Which goes straight up? See pic attached.
Fuel pull/return/sender
Vent cap
Or 50% between those?
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Fuel tank mounting orientation
Discussion in 'Heavy Duty Diesel Truck Mechanics Forum' started by skallagrime, Jan 17, 2022.
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I would put the fuel draw and return at center top.
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Any advice on how long to cut the fill/return necks? Its a 24.5 tank, they gave me 28 inch tubesRideandrepair, Keepforgettingmypassword and Goodysnap Thank this. -
Could be.....if the float has a metal arm you can tweek the float to adjust the gauge to full/empty to dial in the accuracy.
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Was this style, no arm, which i cant find for a 24.5 tank, so maybe its actually a 22inch... eh, inaccurate fuel gauge wont kill me (and personally i dont like the arm style sending units)
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Personally I would set it up so it reads empty long before it is empty. Put the draw tube as close to the bottom as possible.
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I'd put the draw tube 1/2" or so off the bottom, just to keep it from drawing in any water or sediment that may have settled out in the bottom.
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I'd just leave it bare. The filters will pick up the bad stuff and filters are easier to change vs removing the tube.
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Just gonna ride this question alongside since enough people that know stuff are already here
In pic, 2/0 cable goes to one each of the start batteries
Theres a few knicks in both positive wires due to terrible placement, better to just wrap those parts with tube and replace with 2/0 or use the new 1/0 i have on hand?
Runs are about 6'
(Also alternator hot wire is relatively stiff from vibration/heat and only 1/0, when replacing that i assume that deffinitely should be replaced with a 2/0 since its almost 15 feet?)
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