Rear seat gas tank

Gene-C · Post by **Gene-C** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:07 pm

My new gas tank
One of my customers made this for me a as a gift and boy what a gift
I took it home and put on a sump, mounting tabs, sending unit, filler neck
and roll over breather valve
Dennis gave me the breather that was designed for the top of the tank
I tapped the 2 holes for 1/8 pipe and made a mount to make it a remote
Came out pretty clean I think

Tom-Kathleen · Post by **Tom-Kathleen** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:50 pm

Nice! Is that about 15 gallons? Tom

Gene-C · Post by **Gene-C** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:59 am

Tom
My old was was 16 gallons and I made this one 2 inches taller
Haven't done the math yet or been to the station yet to fill it
so somewhere 18-20 is my guess

Scott-Drolet · Post by **Scott-Drolet** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 4:30 am

I guess this is nice, Gene, if you like going some 600 miles without stopping for gas. I, however, much prefer sweating out that last mile of a 100 mile run wondering if I'll make it back to camp:-D

Just kidding, superior work as always Gene. It really looks nice and fits the space perfectly. Just one more thing for me to be jealous about!

Scott

Ed-Chenal · Post by **Ed-Chenal** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 6:01 am

Gene,

Does a full tank put you over two tons?

Have fun.

manx1111pla · Post by **manx1111pla** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:18 pm

I guess more shocks are in order

Gene-C · Post by **Gene-C** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:21 am

Hey now
Gadget has been on a diet for sometime now
heck "free"is cool and replacing my steel tank with aluminum
so adding a couple gallons of gas is nothing
The best thing is no more stick for a fuel gauge
My tank switch allows for two tanks so nice when I switch tanks the fuel guage switches too
I'm stoked

Tom-Kathleen · Post by **Tom-Kathleen** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:15 pm

Scott - don't forget that when you run out of gas, Gene will be there with his "portable gas station" to "sell" you some for a "discount price", which can vary depending on how far you are in the boonies. LOL Tom

Scott-Drolet · Post by **Scott-Drolet** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:22 am

Oh boy, I can imagine how much THAT would cost. I once ran out of gas in Borrego, and Pete, aka Pedro, was kind enough to give me enough of his to make it to a station, But, heck, that was years ago and I STILL hear about it. I'd much rather just hand him a ton of cash with the agreement that we would forget it ever happened!

Gene-C · Post by **Gene-C** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:36 pm

Off road pricing for parts and fuel is a mathmatical formula as we alll know
I have always packed Gadget like a service truck so if we are in need we have a better chance of getting back to camp
However Scott you do bring up a good point
Is it worthwhile to pay the premium for the part or
get it for free/ replacement value and have to listen to the story again and again

I personally like telling the story becuase it gets better with each telling.
I too have had Gadget on the end of a tow strap and it makes the story that much better I think
But for me the breakdowns and the off road repair is the story
Heck I spent years reading Bruce's Baja stories

1856 · Post by **1856** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:44 am

Gene did the new tank include a catheter like the race car did ?

Gene-C · Post by **Gene-C** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:29 pm

No Mark
I did not convert my system over to alcohol
still on premium

louisb · Post by **louisb** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:54 pm

Doesn't that make the buggy arse heavy?

--louis

Tom-Kathleen · Post by **Tom-Kathleen** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:00 pm

Doesn't matter, that buggy is ALL HEAVY!! But if you break down, you'll be glad he is there! Tom