Fuel tank fabrication project

[Aussie Mike]

Good point Ben. The doors are not a perfect seal. Just metal on metal. Enough to stop the big surges of fuel but fuel will leak past them on regular driving.

There will also be a couple of small holes near the bottom of the surge tank. This will allow the surge tank to fill when filling the tank otherwise it wont fill till the fuel level reaches the level of the trap doors. You would quite a bit of fuel in the tank to get the car started otherwise. Also when the fuel level gets low i.e below the level of the trap doors the small holes will it will allow some fuel into the surge tank. Otherwise it may be possible for the pump to drain all of the fuel out of the surge tank and run out of fuel with 5L or 10L still in the tank.

Cheers

[Rog246]

So Mike I can't see a link to order these on line yet !!
Where do we form a queue............Let me guess .......it starts in Mexico and runs up into QLD

[Philm]

Awesome welds Mike.

[stumpeater]

Love your work Mike! I recon if you costed this tank or had it made in a "shop" it would be worth a small fortune! But that applies to most of your custom built parts I guess.

[Aussie Mike]

Thanks Guys,

Many times I've thought of chucking my job in and making car parts and pieces for a living. Unfortunately at the speed I work I'd probably never make any money

Bills have got to be paid and the rat race still pays OK. Maybe it'll be part of my retirement plan. With the way the recent global financial ups and downs have been I can't afford to ever retire.

Cheers

[Aussie Mike]

Welded the surge tank and baffles in today. What a pain in the arse!!

Welding the baffles in didn't go as well as I would have liked and there was some bad language flying round the shed.

When I tried to weld them into the floor of the tank the aluminum moved around a lot. In the end I just welded the baffles on the ends and didn't attach them to the floor of the tank. Had to massage the bottom of the tank a bit to get it back into shape. Just too difficult to weld. I reckon it would have been easier to weld the baffles in before welding the end plates on. Oh well, I know for next time.

I reckon I might have to invest in a straight TIG torch. It's really difficult to weld inside a tank and get into the corners with a conventional 90 degree angled torch.

All that's left to do is weld the lid on, weld the filler neck and breathers in and weld some brackets on the sides.

Cheers