From: kuhrick (kuhrick@comcast.net)
Date: Mon Apr 01 2002 - 20:26:39 PST
At 07:12 PM 4/1/02 -0800, you wrote:
>Based on the parts shown in the -24P book, my guess is that when you
>install the kit, you remove the primary fuel pump to gain access to
>the tank's innards, and then either remove that extra return fitting
>or make a new hole to install a bulkhead fitting. The draw tube itself
>appears to be a piece of tubing attached to the bottom of the bulkhead
>fitting with a compression connector and various adapters.
>
>I'm more interested in having a functional heater than having a 100%
>correct heater installation, and I'd like to avoid unnecessary labor
>(like draining the tank, steaming it out, drilling a new hole,
>removing the shavings....). Thus, I was considering the idea of
>soldering a straight piece of copper tubing into the end of a brass
>nipple or thread adapter, which I could then insert through that 1/4"
>NPT return fitting and thread into place. I'd probably leave my new
>draw tube a bit short, both to avoid ingesting sludge and so that the
>heater can't draw the tank completely dry. Does anybody have any
>comments or suggestions about this idea?
>
>Alternately, does anybody have the correct bulkhead fitting to do the
>job "right"? A search through the ol' McMaster-Carr, MSC Direct and
>Grainger web sites didn't turn up any suitable, affordable, metal
>bulkhead fittings... just plastic stuff, expensive stainless steel
>stuff, BSPP threaded stuff, and other not-quite-right fittings.
>
>If I do have to install a new fitting, maybe I could come up with a
>creative way to use hand and/or chassis punches to avoid both the
>metal shavings and potential sparks of drilling, thus avoiding the
>need to drain/steam/clean the fuel tank. I wouldn't try this on a
>gasoline tank, but am I correct in thinking that this is not a
>thoroughly stupid thing to do outdoors on a diesel fuel tank?
>
>Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance!
i have used copper tubing as dip tube 2-3 times
and drilled a compression 1/2 unnu pipe theds to compression
and put the nutt and feral on the copper tubing and shoved the copper all
the way to the bottom of the tank and pulled it up little to keep pip
tube off the bottom and titened the nutt up
and left some out the tope to put a gas line on
you need more info on what i was talking about get with me
my new enmale after at home went belly up is
kuhrick@comcast.net
and
kb9yku@comcast.net
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