corax
04-28-2008, 04:09 PM
Look what I got on Ebay . . . .
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NWMP Aux Fuel Tank '88 4Runner (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160232250876&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fmotors.shop.ebay.com%3A80%2F__%3F_ from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm39%26_nkw%3D160232250876%2 6_nd1%3D%26submit.x%3D21%26submit.y%3D6%26_fvi%3D1 )
I've been looking for a used one for quite a while, I just couldn't justify the $600 price tag on a new one. A little bit of rust work with the cup brush and some leftover POR with a layer of truck bed coating & I should be good to go. It supposedly doesn't have any leaks, but if it does I could always weld some sheet over it (tank cleaned and filled with water of course)
This is a gravity feed system & the way it's supposed to be installed is with a tap into the main tank drain on the bottom. Problem with this is I don't like the idea of having something hang even lower off the main tank, especially something that could drain all my fuel if it gets hit hard enough. I also don't want it draining into the main tank all the time. So my thought is to put a shut valve on it (elec or manual) and have the aux tank drain into the filler neck vent tube for the main tank. My other option is to buy a cheap fuel pump to pump the aux tank into the main. Does anyone have any other ideas?
http://i18.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/d9/9e/5a6c_0.JPG
NWMP Aux Fuel Tank '88 4Runner (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160232250876&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fmotors.shop.ebay.com%3A80%2F__%3F_ from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm39%26_nkw%3D160232250876%2 6_nd1%3D%26submit.x%3D21%26submit.y%3D6%26_fvi%3D1 )
I've been looking for a used one for quite a while, I just couldn't justify the $600 price tag on a new one. A little bit of rust work with the cup brush and some leftover POR with a layer of truck bed coating & I should be good to go. It supposedly doesn't have any leaks, but if it does I could always weld some sheet over it (tank cleaned and filled with water of course)
This is a gravity feed system & the way it's supposed to be installed is with a tap into the main tank drain on the bottom. Problem with this is I don't like the idea of having something hang even lower off the main tank, especially something that could drain all my fuel if it gets hit hard enough. I also don't want it draining into the main tank all the time. So my thought is to put a shut valve on it (elec or manual) and have the aux tank drain into the filler neck vent tube for the main tank. My other option is to buy a cheap fuel pump to pump the aux tank into the main. Does anyone have any other ideas?