My long weekend

cam04

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So I had another money saving brain fart last week and bought a 65 litre under tray diesel tank. If you are thinking this might be an easy undertaking, I’d suggest it isn’t. I saved roughly $1k over a replacement tank for roughly the same capacity (150l all up), but I wouldn’t volunteer to do it again.
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CTL

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Thinking of doing similar. Did you plumb in a seperate filler? How do you get fuel from aux to main?
 

Triton14

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Everything is always easier the second time around.

At least thats what I am telling myself after doing my 1st snorkel install ;)
 

cam04

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Thinking of doing similar. Did you plumb in a seperate filler? How do you get fuel from aux to main?
Yes, separate filler for mine, and it drains into the main tank breather line via a tap that I can use to isolate it. The invert is pretty high though so it doesn’t completely drain naturally. I really want it to be simple and reliable so I don’t want an in-line pump. I can easily pressurise the breather on the auxiliary tank with air and it will all drain. I am waiting for a new filler neck to arrive with the breather incorporated and I’ll tap in a tyre valve and use a cordless compressor or even just a bike pump if I need the last 20 litres.
Installing an inline pump will kill any gravity feed and if it dies there isn’t much redundancy - still might go that way, haven’t decided. At the moment I can fill both tanks and leave the tap open and one just drains into the other which I will lose with a pump. Swings and roundabouts I suppose. Glad to have some fuel range.
I had to drop the exhaust mounts, shocks and reroute some electrics to get the 65 in there and it only just fitted. It’s a fiddly job.
 
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CTL

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Thanks. Just paid a build deposit for a chassis mount alloy canopy. Optioned a 80l aux diesel tank which will be plumbed similarly. Was wondering if you did it differently.
Figured it would be a pain to fit an aux tank after the canopy is installed so was happy to pay for it to be done for me.
 

Albynsw

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I put a poly 110 litre tank under my tray on my last cruiser. Definitely easier to do while making the tray
I had a separate filler point and then just cut a T piece into the breather line on the OEzn tank and fitted a shut off valve
Worked a treat, I just drove until the fuel light came on on my factory tank and then opened the tsp and let it gravity feed the 119 litres into main tank while driving
Would do it the same way if doing again

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