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You are welcome! Good to see another installation up and running...watch that hot air and the windshield when cold.

"Installed" pic....

Yes, on the deuce they are separated already, the 8x8 uses 100% air brakes and there is no venting in the "traditional" sense. Right Tom, using a separate fuel tank for the heater(s) like this, will permit any fuel, including gasoline to be used. Jesse, get a copy of the next Military Vehicles...

Through-hull fittings with 1/4NPT inside thread. Soldered a piece of 3/8 inch copper tubing to a fitting for pick-up tube.

To make the tank water proof and to eliminate the need for an adapter, I have installed a couple of fittings, one for venting and one to go the fuel pump. The vent will connect to the rest of the vent system on the truck.

Yep, "Diesel", but will have kero in it. I think marking it "Kerosene" may draw too much attention to it, since kerosene is not for highway use....I may simply paint over the marking.... I'm currently looking for an adapter like the one on the genset jerry can, so that the fuel line can be...

Having taken apart a number of the SW heaters (the Benmar heaters don't use a wick), I have found that the wick has either been burnt to a crisp or been very sooty. The wick is vital to the operation of the heater, it brings the fuel into the vaporizer and I suspect that the kind of fuel used...