Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 11:32:56 -0800
Reply-To: David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
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From: David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
Subject: Who is interested in auxilulary fuel tanks ?
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Volks,
I have a few requests to start a limited
production run of aluminium auxiliary fuel tanks for the Vanagon.
The tanks I built in the past were a three
chamber designed for heating veggie oil. Essentially the main top chamber
held circa 75L of fuel. The bottom forward chamber was totally isolated
from the other two and was about 5cm deep and was flooded with engine
coolant from the heater core loop – thus heating the fuel located
above it – which is what veggie oil burners wanted at the time. At
the rear of the tank was a small 1.5L sized chamber that was connected to
the main chamber via a narrow slit and it acted as a trap for the fuel so
the engine would not suck air on long hills when the tank was near empty
– this was also the pickup and return points for the engine. All of
these tanks were built for Syncro vans so there was a 60mm pipe at the
front one could attach a fuel hose that would route to the 2WD fuel filler
position. The tanks were located in the area under where the sliding door
is between the inner and outer “frame” sections. 3mm thick
aluminium was used throughout with the exception of the bottom which was
4mm to allow for some extra strength for rock surfing if that
occurred.
I am willing to do a limited one time only
run of tanks, but I would like to know what people want. Building a tank
like the above takes some time so they are not going to be cheap. If I
recall correctly they were in the $800 range last time in 2006. If they
are built without the heater bit, they will be cheaper than the ones with
the heater. There are certain things that I am able to customize during
the build so I can do this on a custom build basis for some items and thus
the price will also vary as well. Some people want a full sized fuel
filler neck, some people want to use transfer pumps to fill it, some may
want more or less capacity... so... let me know.
Tank Choices:
Tank Style 1 - 75L tank, two chamber design
(75L main tank, 1.5L sump tank for fuel pickup)
Tank Style 2 - 75L tank, three chamber
design (75L main tank, 1.5L sump tank for fuel pickup, coolant filled
heating chamber)
Options:
Large fuel filler port – for
attaching a large 60mm fuel filler hose to it – you choose where it
goes.
Small fuel filler port – for
attaching a small 8mm fuel filler hose to it – you choose where it
goes.
VDO fuel level sender – compatible
with the Vanagon fuel level gauge.
Custom size – I can increase or
decrease the height of the fuel tank to suit your needs.
So for now, I would like to know the
interest level of people who are interested in getting me to produce
another limited run of tanks. Based on that interest level, I will
publish some prices and take firm commitment orders at that time. I would
like to know by the weekend so I can get some pricing together next
week.
Please let me know what you would like off
list – my email address is david@ hasenwerk.ca
David Marshall
VW Adventure Driver and BMW Adventure Rider
HasenWerk
http://www.hasenwerk.ca
