{"id":883,"date":"2010-04-08T19:27:26","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T19:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/?p=883"},"modified":"2018-08-24T15:46:49","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T20:46:49","slug":"prepare-to-be-shocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/mega-squirt-efi\/vw-trike\/prepare-to-be-shocked\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepare to be shocked…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The tank is finished!<\/p>\n

I stopped at the hardware store and bought both oxygen cylinders they had. Ran them both out, too, though when the second ran out I was only reflowing some of the brazed joints for appearance’s sake.<\/p>\n

It’s not my most beautiful brazing job, but I’m confident it won’t leak. Between the cylinders running out and me pausing to fetch fresh rods, etc, the bronze flowed a little wild in places, but it’s functional and will be covered in paint, anyway \":)\"<\/p>\n

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I had to drill out the fuel pump mounting holes to account for slightly misaligned mounting bolts, but it didn’t take much to mount the pump. I even verified that it spins!<\/p>\n

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I wire brushed the filler spout, drilled out the mounting holes, cut a gasket and bolted it in place. In pressurizing the tank with a little air, the only leak I can detect is around the filler spout. It is cast from aluminum the sealing surface isn’t really flat. I worked it over with a file and it’s much better, but still leaks a little air. I will apply a little gasket sealant and that should take care of that.<\/p>\n

I put a valve and a very short hose on the old fuel tank outlet and will use it as a drain.<\/p>\n

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All that’s left is to sand, paint and install it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The tank is finished! I stopped at the hardware store and bought both oxygen cylinders they had. Ran them both out, too, though when the second ran out I was only reflowing some of the brazed joints for appearance’s sake. It’s not my most beautiful brazing job, but I’m confident it won’t leak. Between the … Continue reading Prepare to be shocked…<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vw-trike"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1962,"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883\/revisions\/1962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}