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Technical => Miscellaneous Technical => Topic started by: Dano on February 05, 2009, 06:53:57 PM
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* How have you set yours up?
* One gauge or two
* Gravity fed (very hard to do in a low Beddie)
* pumped to first/ original tank
all info would make a good thread......Cheers Dano
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Dano
The two tanks that were in my camper had a seperate gauge on each with a fuel line from each tank connected to a changeover manual valve mounted under the floor with just the handle poking into the cabin on the floor near the handbrake. I took the extra tank out as I put the van on gas and need the space under floor. I have the tank up the back yard and most likely the valve in the shed you can have for $0 if you want them just pay for postage I'm in Brisbane
Joe
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How does the long range tank work? I mean how do you fill it?
I'll take it off your hands if you dont want it Joe?
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Cheers Joe Ryan, I have sent you a pm. I am trying to figure if I need two fuel pumps or solenoids, and general routing of the lines? Can I get away with fuel hose or does it have to be steel lines? any info would be great as I am doing the seach thing on the net but so far the info is on tanks only.... :-\
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Danny, the ones on our long range tank on the truck are just rubber fuel line.
make sure you pun an inline tap in on both sides of the hose so you can isolate the tank if you neet to
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Dano,
I have long range fuel tanks on my trucks.. The fuel flows between the two tanks via a fuel hose on the bottom of the tank. I would not recommend a steel pipe between the two tanks as the tanks vibrate a bit and the pipe will crack at the joins. I have a gas valve in the middle of the hose to shut off the tanks so you can get full tanks while filling up. You need a breether on the tanks also so the fuel feeds through properly.
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I had a GT mini once which had twin tanks.
Honestly it was a pain in the butt unless you filled them both up at once. they just had a hose between them and one tank had the "to engine" hose, one fuel guage is all you need with connected tanks as they drain into one another, $5 gas really gives you $2.50. the tape between the tanks would of been a good idea because isn't often possible to use two petrol pumps at once so the fuel drains to one then equals out when you go to top up the other (slowly).
As suggested make use of taps (fuel taps) so you can switch off the secondary tank when not being used, and remember petrol does go off so can't be stored for months and months
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thanks for all the info peoples, me thinks me got a plan..... ;)