magic55
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| posted on 1/5/04 at 11:54 PM |
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fuel tank
im not sure which forum this should be in, so I apologise if it should have been in engines or something. Anyways.
Im afraid im not building a locost yet, but am planning a custom fuel tank for my road car. I was wondering how (if you do) you hook up a fuel gauge
to a custom made fuel tank in a locost?
Many thanks
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colibriman
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| posted on 2/5/04 at 11:14 AM |
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you can buy a fuel sender - i got mine from www.lowtension.co.uk
it might be universal but im not sure - i bought a set of vdo gauges at the same time
cheers
colin
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 2/5/04 at 07:23 PM |
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You can use the original sender form the old tank, just have to cut a hole the same as the original
 
Rescued attachment Tank Sender Hole.jpg
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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James
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| posted on 6/5/04 at 12:02 PM |
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Mark,
Is that just a matching hole cut into the tank? (It looks like it is) Or did you weld the Sierra 'hole' onto the tank?
I cut from the Sierra tank the 'hole' from which the Sender came- but I've not been sure how best to attach this to the tank!
Cheers,
James
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 6/5/04 at 07:14 PM |
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I too cut the hole out of the tank, but just to use it as a template, I chain drilled and then filed it out, it took ages to get just right. I
didn't weld it in because the sierra tank is very thin and I wanted more strength at the cost of weight
 
Rescued attachment FuelTemplate.jpg
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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