Yea. I checked out the site. They also sell small accumulator tanks. I'm afraid the small foam cubes would float around.... Damn,why can't someone come up with an EASY fix?
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Originally posted by Snowmann View PostAny close up pics of how you went thru the tank wall with the 1/8" plate? I'm assuming the fittings are compression style given the tube used... But trying to figure out how you successfullly created a bulkhead style fitting with this plate concept...
I used JB weld on and around the threads of the elbow. The bulkhead plate was then attached to the tank with four pop rivets with JBweld between the plate and the tank.The car makes it possible, but the driver makes it happen.
Jim Levie, Huntsville, AL
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Originally posted by jlevie View PostThe bulkhead fitting is really pretty simple. I drilled and tapped a 2x2x1/8" piece of steel plate for 3/8NPT. The brass fitting is a 3/8" compression to NPT elbow. The NPT side (that winds up in the tank) was drilled out to accept 3/8" soft copper tubing which was soldered into place after bending and trimming. I formed that tubing to generally follow the existing fuel feed tube from the siphon.
I used JB weld on and around the threads of the elbow. The bulkhead plate was then attached to the tank with four pop rivets with JBweld between the plate and the tank.
My plan is a npt weld bung with basically the same component list as yours...
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Originally posted by Snowmann View PostI'm assuming you just didn't want to weld as it was a used tank?
My plan is a npt weld bung with basically the same component list as yours...
A better alternative, which I wasn't aware of at the time, is to replace the in-tank high pressure pump with one from a late production 318is. That pump has a return fitting which eliminates the need to fabricate same.The car makes it possible, but the driver makes it happen.
Jim Levie, Huntsville, AL
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Jim,
Did you modify the tank in anyway to fit the transfer pump to the driver side?
Mine when installed and spun to lock is indexed with the feed line facing to the drivers side (180 degrees from yours)
The tabs on the fuel pump hole in the tank are different sizes and appear to only allow the pump to index this way.
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Originally posted by blueapplesoda View PostNice mod. Didnt the e21's and some vw have some sort of fuel "capacitor" thing? I swear I've seen something like that to battle our starvation issues.
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Originally posted by priapism View PostDid it fix your starvation? Seems everyone I've talked to that's tried to fix it has only made it worse, us included.
Well, I guess there is a third solution. That being installation of a fuel cell.The car makes it possible, but the driver makes it happen.
Jim Levie, Huntsville, AL
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Originally posted by blueapplesoda View PostNice mod. Didnt the e21's and some vw have some sort of fuel "capacitor" thing? I swear I've seen something like that to battle our starvation issues.Your signature picture has been removed since it contained the Photobucket "upgrade your account" image.
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Hey, Jim,
nice trick- thanks, all for bumping it back up ttt.
Timely, too, as I've got both early and late tanks, and all the pumps from both,
but haven't started putting one back together in the car.
And yes, if you get some tubing, you can compress fuel cell foam and then feed it into
the tank to foam it. Perhaps not a perfect solution, but it might help with fuel movement
and certainly with explosion.
tnow, sometimes I just mess with people. It's more entertaining that way. george graves
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