[Public-List] Prefered new fuel tank ?

[Rachel]

That sounds very similar to the set up on #221 (as well it should!).

  I found a Moeller tank that fits right on the shelf, perfectly.  And 
it even goes in through the cockpit locker door (many of mockups for 
bigger tanks did not).   There is one catch though: At least on my old 
tank, the filler neck was right at one end of the tank , and the hose 
went straight up to the deck fittings.  All the new tanks have the 
filler in about   6" from one of the short ends, so you no longer have 
a straight shot, and it's too short a run to bend normal fuel hose.

A correction:  The tank still fits right on the shelf, but there would 
be 6" of "vacant" and wasted shelf space at the forward end (i.e. the 
original tank must have been about 6" longer).  I may change the whole 
setup, but if I use the Moeller tank, I have two options:

1) I got some of the "bendy" fuel hose that looks like the Michelin 
Tire Man.  I don't think I'd bend it enough to gain back all six of the 
inches, but perhaps half of that.

2) Move the deck fill.

I think I'll either go with #1, or else get a different tank that sits 
more vertically in the forward end of the locker.  I'm still pondering 
it.

I can get you the part number for the Moeller tank if you'd like me to. 
  IIRC, it's about 12 or 13 gallons capacity.

Rachel
#221


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