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« Reply #6870 on: October 05, 2013, 10:16:17 AM » |
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 Manky's Pop. Manky's Pop. Manky's Pop. Manky's Pop. |
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« Reply #6871 on: October 05, 2013, 07:33:58 PM » |
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 Maybe we should paint it that way, take it to a show & tell everyone who wanted it to stay in bare metal it was your idea? Marcus & Archie were playing with the Pop when I called in briefly at the yard this afternoon. They'd sloshed a bit more fuel around inside the Pop tank & found a couple of weeping areas -the original seam on the driver's end & the square patch welded on where the sender unit used to be. They'd used the last of the Chemical Metal on them & were confident it was holding. They're taking it on the Picnic Run tomorrow morning, starting at Blackbushe Airport Café near Camberley, Surrey. If there's a problem with the main tank they can switch back to the Reliant one. Hopefully they'll let us know how they get on. Loony's got the keys for the next couple of weeks while I'm on holiday, so if you see it out & about or on FaceBook or something, it ain't been stolen! It might be being driven like it has been though.
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« Reply #6872 on: October 06, 2013, 08:24:05 AM » |
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have a good break mate...
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« Reply #6873 on: October 06, 2013, 07:10:40 PM » |
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« Reply #6874 on: October 07, 2013, 09:41:38 PM » |
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Nice pic's Horney. I especially like the first one  |
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« Reply #6875 on: October 25, 2013, 08:11:04 PM » |
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Steering wheel mount & centre cap courtesy of Mr Olds. Think we need to adjust those rear shocks a bit -it leans alarmingly to one side with Archie & Loony perched on it! I've been on holiday for 3 weeks, so haven't had a chance to take the Pop out. I've missed it. Loon tells me the 2 linked fuel tanks worked perfectly when he drove it, so hopefully we've upped the range before filling up to around 200 miles now.
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« Last Edit: October 26, 2013, 10:29:34 AM by Manky Monkey »
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« Reply #6876 on: October 26, 2013, 11:32:43 AM » |
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did you have any speeding tickets waiting for you?
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« Reply #6877 on: October 26, 2013, 05:29:08 PM » |
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 Not that they've told me about. Archie had a speedo app' on his mobile phone for the Picnic Run cos the one in the truck isn't hooked up yet. I was going to take the Pop for a run out to Jackhammer, the local hotrod shop this afternoon. Pulled the cover off & found the steering wheel & tops of the doors covered in rust -I can handle bare metal all day long & never leave a mark on it. Loony touches it once & it instantly oxidises. The man exudes rust. By the time I'd wire wheeled everything off, it had begun raining. We're due big storms this weekend, so looks like I won't get much achieved. In the end I took my daily driver to the rod shop, which was just as well as it poured down on the way. Loon & Archie left the front Pop tank partly filled & the rear Reliant one empty. We thought the Pop one was leaking cos it was empty when I took the cover off, but then we found there's fuel in the rear one. Which means it's draining down from the higher tank to the lower one when it's parked up, (hasn't been used for 2 weeks). I'd hoped the rubber diaphragms in the fuel pumps would act as a one way valve, but maybe they don't. Or perhaps one of them just happened to stop in the open position when the ignition was switched off. An inline one-way fuel valve in each line would fix it.
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« Reply #6878 on: October 26, 2013, 07:19:01 PM » |
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if you used a brass two way fuel tap as found on ex-milatry land rovers and some petrol / tvo tractors then you would only need one fuel pump and you wouldn,t get run back to the other tank |
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« Reply #6879 on: October 26, 2013, 07:25:43 PM » |
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Could that be operated remotely from inside the cab though Mike? I've got an electric switch on the gearbox tunnel with warning lights to tell me which tank is running, so I just flick from one to the other. The system works when there's fuel in the "reserve" tank cos the main tank can't drain back into it. It's when it's the other way round it drains. Just means I have to make sure the reserve tank is kept full, which makes sense anyway.
Anyone know where I can get 10mm bore inline one-way fuel valves?
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« Reply #6880 on: October 26, 2013, 07:41:05 PM » |
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not knocking youre idea /set up ,but,,
if the reserve tank is full then theres a remote chance that gravity or pump could overfill and then spill fuel from the vent on the reserve(the lower one ?) tank simply because one tank is lower than the other ,,
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« Reply #6881 on: October 26, 2013, 07:47:55 PM » |
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Mike is right about the risk of overflowing the lower tank.
Rather than the manual tap Land Rover used on the diesels and early petrol, they also did an electrical solenoid tap for the petrol, twin tank twin pump versions.
Part number is PRC5543
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« Reply #6882 on: October 26, 2013, 08:11:15 PM » |
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« Reply #6883 on: October 26, 2013, 08:16:47 PM » |
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Yep just found them in CBS |
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« Reply #6884 on: October 27, 2013, 12:35:57 PM » |
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Non-return valve also available from Burton Power in 3 sizes, although they are £6.95, i have one on the Dutton between the pump and carb.
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