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« Reply #4860 on: May 26, 2012, 08:12:03 PM » |
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I was on my way over to yours to crack the whip today ! Was trying out the A pick up while attempting diagnostics. A full tank here (6.5 gallons) and running out just outside Alton made me turn back:( Next time  |
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« Reply #4861 on: May 26, 2012, 10:34:37 PM » |
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Bugger. Would've been good to see you, (& the truck), Kev.
Hang on. You left home with a full tank & ran out at Alton? A quick Google check makes that 22 miles. 6 1/2 gallons. That's ...erm, about 4 miles to the gallon? What've you got under that bonnet?!
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« Reply #4862 on: May 26, 2012, 10:43:01 PM » |
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Bugger. Would've been good to see you, (& the truck), Kev.
Hang on. You left home with a full tank & ran out at Alton? A quick Google check makes that 22 miles. 6 1/2 gallons. That's ...erm, about 4 miles to the gallon? What've you got under that bonnet?!
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« Reply #4863 on: May 26, 2012, 10:59:51 PM » |
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« Reply #4864 on: May 27, 2012, 08:00:09 AM » |
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its only a pinto!!!!
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« Reply #4865 on: May 27, 2012, 08:22:33 AM » |
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Indeed it is 'only' a Pinto Chris but it's making 635 bhp ! Well it ought to be for that MPG !
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« Reply #4866 on: May 27, 2012, 10:43:58 AM » |
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what bhp is it making kev?
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« Reply #4867 on: May 29, 2012, 08:15:37 PM » |
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Again, not a lot to photograph today, but we've taken the front & rear panels back off the fuel tank cradles & welded captive nuts to the inside faces. They hold the chrome "staples" that the leather straps will attach to, (actually door check strap mounts from Europa Car Spares). With the panels welded back in place & cleaned up with an angle grinder soft pad, I screwed the staples on & we mocked up the leather straps. They'll go about here, with the buckles halfway between the top of the tank & the cradle. Now I need to measure up & cut them to length, allowing enough for the strap to loop around the staple. Then I'll take them to the local upholsterer to stitch together. These are purely for show cos the tank's already welded to the cradles, but I like them.
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« Reply #4868 on: May 29, 2012, 08:27:40 PM » |
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Underneath the tank, you can see the fuel outlet pipe. I drilled the tank & Loony welded in an offcut of the 10mm steel pipe we used for the main fuel line under the truck. I've drilled the floor so the outlet pipe will drop down through a rubber grommet to the pump underneath.
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« Reply #4869 on: May 29, 2012, 08:30:12 PM » |
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LIVE FAST and DIE YOUNG,, past 50 AND STILL HERE NOW. WAITING. FOR. THE. GRIM. REAPER
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« Reply #4870 on: May 29, 2012, 08:35:41 PM » |
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cant you come out of the tank with a 90 degree bend and go through the bulk head. then turn the pipe down between the cab and pick up bed. just in case some thing sides in the bed and cuts into the fuel pipe
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« Reply #4871 on: May 29, 2012, 08:36:59 PM » |
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That's a good ideal spanners |
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Why do every five minute job take all day, and
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« Reply #4872 on: May 29, 2012, 09:24:54 PM » |
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Steel fuel pipe. What am I carrying that's going to cut it? To be honest, I doubt I'll carry much at all in the bed.
No shut off valve on the other tank either. Since when do cars have valves on their fuel tanks? If we needed to take the tank out, we'd clamp the rubber fuel pipe between the tank & pump, same as you would on any other car.
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« Reply #4873 on: May 29, 2012, 09:31:22 PM » |
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you never know, you may be faced with transporting 000's of hacksaw blades stranger things have happened  isn't the tank in the bed more athstetic but usable |
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