Today I continued with the fuel tank. I made a brace for the return pipe and welded it on. Apparently, no photo.
I removed the outlet from the tank. It was originally about 14mm, it’s now 12mm
There was a rattle inside the tank. I assumed the sender had fallen apart. The sender mounds from the bottom of the tank with a rubber seal and is mounted in a bayonet style. With ethanol now in fuel and the sender having never worked, it can go. A baffle was loose inside so I just welded it to the side to stop it rattling
Tacked a plate on
Then tig welded it in place
I then bunged all the holes and filled it with water to check for leaks
Only one leak luckily, but unluckily, it was behind the brace I’d just welded on
Fortunately another pass with the tig sorted it. I then left the tank out in the sun to dry.
So I turned my attention to the plumbed in fire extinguisher
This has to be mounted within the roll cage so the diff tunnel seemed as good a place as any.
The clever people out there will notice I have not fitted the straps the hold the bottle so I had to unbolt it again. Those that didn’t notice are as daft as me
And tank mounted
The external pull cable was mounted along with a sticker
The internal pull was fitted in the new switch panel. It has to be next to the electric cut off and accessible
The cables were then run back to the bottle and the solderless nipples fitted with 10mm free play so the scrutineer can see the cables move without setting off the extinguisher
The nozzles must be fitted like so
So I fitted one each side under the dash
I didn’t fancy running any pipe or making brackets for the engine bay so I left it there.
As a quick job before I went in, I thought I’d fit the exhaust to see how far off it was
Miles apparently.
So I cut the manifold and exhaust up to raise it 2 1/4”.
This sits better
This secondary pipe is now miles off
I removed the outlet from the tank. It was originally about 14mm, it’s now 12mm
There was a rattle inside the tank. I assumed the sender had fallen apart. The sender mounds from the bottom of the tank with a rubber seal and is mounted in a bayonet style. With ethanol now in fuel and the sender having never worked, it can go. A baffle was loose inside so I just welded it to the side to stop it rattling
Tacked a plate on
Then tig welded it in place
I then bunged all the holes and filled it with water to check for leaks
Only one leak luckily, but unluckily, it was behind the brace I’d just welded on
Fortunately another pass with the tig sorted it. I then left the tank out in the sun to dry.
So I turned my attention to the plumbed in fire extinguisher
This has to be mounted within the roll cage so the diff tunnel seemed as good a place as any.
The clever people out there will notice I have not fitted the straps the hold the bottle so I had to unbolt it again. Those that didn’t notice are as daft as me
And tank mounted
The external pull cable was mounted along with a sticker
The internal pull was fitted in the new switch panel. It has to be next to the electric cut off and accessible
The cables were then run back to the bottle and the solderless nipples fitted with 10mm free play so the scrutineer can see the cables move without setting off the extinguisher
The nozzles must be fitted like so
So I fitted one each side under the dash
I didn’t fancy running any pipe or making brackets for the engine bay so I left it there.
As a quick job before I went in, I thought I’d fit the exhaust to see how far off it was
Miles apparently.
So I cut the manifold and exhaust up to raise it 2 1/4”.
This sits better
This secondary pipe is now miles off