Hey,
Just wondering if anyone has any good ideas on how to fix the fuel tank in place. There are flanges on the bottom which don't give it enough
support, therefore i am thinking of having a strap around the filler neck at the top. I have got my second SVA test on Thursday so a quick and easy
solution is needed.
Thanks
Dom
Can you wrap a couple of steel bands around it (with foam inserts of course) and secure the bands to the chassis?
ah ok, i think that will work fine. Just need to get hold of some steel bands now. Any ideas on where?
The usual way is too make some straps out of 25mm x 3mm (or similar) steel strip bent to shape around the tank and secured to the chassis rails with
nuts/bolts/rivnuts etc. As Razman says you need to pad the straps with sponge/foam to protect the tank itself.
Here's a quick pic of mine...
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B&Q do some suitable steel & alloy strips
Yep, I used some aluminium 25mm wide 1.6mm strips which is much easier to shape than steel and plenty strong enough. I use self-adhesive closed cell
foam rubber applied to the straps.
I made my strips in two parts with the long part going from bottom chassis rail up the front of the tank and half way over the top. I then had a
second part bolted to two of the tubes at the back of the chassis. These two parts meet together where I have turned up the ends and drilled a hole
for a long bolt (one for each strap). This allows me to tighten it up which holds the tank snugly in place.
Cheers,
Craig.
Your car looks like a STM Locoblade.... If it is and you've used a STM tank are you sure you need to add the straps.... Its an easy job to do but
mine went through SVA without a problem...
Infact, at the first test in Nottingham it was about the only thing they didn't pull me up on!!!
quote:
Originally posted by BenB
Your car looks like a STM Locoblade.... If it is and you've used a STM tank are you sure you need to add the straps.... Its an easy job to do but mine went through SVA without a problem...
Infact, at the first test in Nottingham it was about the only thing they didn't pull me up on!!!
I used 2" wide 1.6mm ali strips.
Easy to cut and bend in ali!
Cheers,
James