[tcb] Re: Gas Tank
- From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 06:18:07 -0700 (PDT)
Up, no. It's a Type I with the mechanical sender. What you probably had in
the Westy was a Bay tank which is common conversion for the Split Type II and
they have an electrical sender. The problem is how to make the mech sender
work with the deeper Type I tank.
Matt Callahan <m58gc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi Sammy.
We had one of those in our 67 westy.
To mount it I used two pieces of 1x2 under the tank
where the straps are and I believe that the later
sending unit is availiable from aftermarket suppliers
like cip1 or wolfsburg west.
Good luck brother!
Matt
--- sammie smith wrote:
> Anyone out there have any experience with putting
> the enlarged (15 gal) gas tank in the 61-67 type I?
> After years and years of complaining about the small
> tank and after the CA trip in the Baja where after
> 175 miles I was having to look hard for gas stops in
> the Baja I took the plunge and bought the 15 gallon
> after market gas tank to install.
>
> Here is the problem: Only just got the tank so
> haven't tried anything yet; but how do you make the
> fuel sender work properly. The 61-67 bug uses the
> tried and true mechanical sending unit; a float on
> the end of a wire. The larger tanks are about 4"
> higher/deeper than a stock tank. Without doing any
> modifications the sender is going to bottom out 4"
> early and indicate empty when you still have some 4"
> of fuel in the bottom of the tank. At least that is
> my logic before I have looked at what's going to
> happen.
>
> So what's the solution? Modify the wire? Longer
> wire should work. But how much longer? And how do
> you modify the wire to make it longer in the sender?
> Anyway, those are the thoughts. Any suggestions,
> particularly from anyone who has done this? And for
> the question the other day on adjustments for the
> fuel gauge; the Type I mech gas gauges do have an
> adjustment.
>
> Oh, and bus content: This tank does not use the
> normal Type I gas cap. It uses the splittie Type II
> gas cap.
>
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