Nov 27-28, 2021
Back at it!
The muse is back!
....Finally, she suddenly reappeared.. I've missed her.. The pull to return to the Berkeley drew me back out to the garage the day after our Arizona trip came to an end.. I think the march of the calendar has something to do with this too.. First thing you know it's December, then it's spring, and fast forward to I can't believe it's been another year..
On with it then
..My yellow motorcycle tank was so convenient to use- plug and play with its integrated fuel filter, pump, and sending unit. Trouble is, the way I had it mounted caused too much flex and movement under hard braking and acceleration, and it developed a leak at the seams down near the lower mount.. My mounting design was to blame, but there's a silver lining in the needed rework, as it gives me a chance to up the capacity a bit.. I'm getting about 25 mpg, and that 5.0 gallon bike tank gave me range anxiety at about 120 miles- This is the perfect time to add a few gallons capacity.
So here I am modding my 8.0 gallon tank to fit my application. 8 gallons of fuel is pretty heavy for this small, light car, but in spite of that, I like having the option to top it off for better distance when it matters. I've decided to fab in the OEM Honda sender, which involves flipping it 180* and extending the float arm. I spent almost 1/2 a day fiddling with gallons of water and bending and filling and draining and refilling, and I'm down to this: When the last 'bar' starts flashing on the dash, I've got exactly 1.25 gallons left (approx 30 miles).. at 1/2 tank (4 out of 8 bars) I have exactly 1/2 tank (4 gallons), and on the upper end (3/4 to full tank), the gauge lies, and indicates there's a bit more fuel than there really is (reads about .75 gallons too high).. This appears to be the best I can do with this gauge.. I've rationalized that since I can't seem to get it to be honest on both the top and the bottom, I'm much more concerned with an accurate reading on the lower half of the gauge..
The filler neck gets a beneficial rework too.. the black neck in the pics was used with the bike tank, and the straight neck is the new design.. That hard kink in the 1st neck necessitated that I gas up very slowly; the new straight-shot neck should not suffer that same flaw..
As I'm still not set up to weld aluminum, on 11-29-21 I dropped the tank off with Doug, the local radiator guy who is happy to take on small odd jobs, like welding up the giant hole in the top of my aluminum tank.. I should have it back in a week or so..
--ccrunner
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Dean
1972 Honda N600 Restomod "ccrunner's N600 VFR800 repower"
1963 Volvo P1800 Restomod
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