tapping the deuce's fuel tank for a generator

[doghead]

http://www.jmesales.com/item/103266/Gasoila-Soft-Set-Thread-Sealant-With-Teflon.aspx Check out this for a sealant, I have been using it for years. It can be found at Industrial plumbing suppliers. They do make a hardening type also. It is used on fuel pumps (gas stations) and LP systems. I use the can with a brush. Its really a good" everything dope"! Also here is their Company link with all their products listed http://www.gsasupplyco.com/index.html

 

[cranetruck]

Thanks for the link.
I went to McMaster's and added a few other things to keep the shipping cost in proportion.

 

[OPCOM]

Thanks for the good comments. Alas there is no grommet as the hole is too small and the brake line is exactly right above it so I can't drill it out but I hope to slip a piece of heatshrink tubing in there on each line. I used pipe dope for the fittings after reading about the expanding of the threads caused by teflon tape. I hope this will not cause a problem since there is no real pressure in these pipes. It has dragged out a long time. There are things which cannot be done until other things are done, and then there is that missing piece of material always stopping the job.

 

[alphadeltaromeo]

OMG...that avatar Patrick...LOL...holy moly boy...

 

[doghead]

A short piece of rubber fuel line sliced length ways and slipped over the lines (wires, cables ,whatever need protection) instead of a grommet works for me sometimes.(especially when i don't have a grommet or the hole is large or irregular in shape or I jamb more through the hole than was there) I usually place a tie wrap on it at either end to keep it from sliding through the hole. Thanks Patrick, for sharing this project with us. I enjoy following along with all these type of posts.

 

[doghead]

OMG...that avatar Patrick...LOL...holy moly boy...

Is that really Foghorn Leghorn? Or, was that the chicken where you got the other Great avatar of the "old guy" from your trip? It is side splittin' funny!(and Cool)
Edit; the other avatar is from Uncle Lee's! I found it on your great site http://www.bunkerofdoom.com So did you really meet "The Foghorn Leghorn"?
Boy, I say boy....

 

[alphadeltaromeo]

Foghorn Leghorn is great

 

[OPCOM]

At this point I have to complain about the bolts I bought from lowe's hardware store. 1/4" coarse thread, in a 25-pack bag. Also bought lockwashers, flat washers, and stop-nuts (nylon insert kind). It took only 50 ft-lb of torque to snap the heads off the bolts. they break where the tread section becomes the underside of the bolt head. These are for the side hatch hinges. To avoid breaking more, I tightened then only to where the lockwasher was fully compressed and no more. what junk! I suppose since there are nine per hinge and the hatch is aluminum, it is OK for now but I am disappointed.

 

[OPCOM]

OMG...that avatar Patrick...LOL...holy moly boy...

Is that really Foghorn Leghorn? Or, was that the chicken where you got the other Great avatar of the "old guy" from your trip? It is side splittin' funny!(and Cool)
Edit; the other avatar is from Uncle Lee's! I found it on your great site http://www.bunkerofdoom.com So did you really meet "The Foghorn Leghorn"?
Boy, I say boy....

Yeah I did meet up with him last weekend. Real and in peron. I can just imagine him now as I work on this project saying "No no no yer doin' it all wrong!"

Since I change avatars sometimes, here is the image referred to..

 

[rmgill]

At this point I have to complain about the bolts I bought from lowe's hardware store. 1/4" coarse thread, in a 25-pack bag. Also bought lockwashers, flat washers, and stop-nuts (nylon insert kind). It took only 50 ft-lb of torque to snap the heads off the bolts. they break where the tread section becomes the underside of the bolt head. These are for the side hatch hinges. To avoid breaking more, I tightened then only to where the lockwasher was fully compressed and no more. what junk! I suppose since there are nine per hinge and the hatch is aluminum, it is OK for now but I am disappointed.

You want grade 5 if not Grade 8 for good strength.

 

[OPCOM]

You are exacytly right sir! I usually do buy at least grade 5. It was my own fault for not looking at them. I guess I assumed they would be better than pot-metal. Why would they even sell pot-metal bolts? Who would intentionally buy them and where would they be used? to hold seat cushions down? hehe..

 

[rmgill]

Well, lots of things are good for basic stupid grade 3 bolts. Holding sheet metal together, tube furniture, wooden objects, etc. In some cases same like a frame for a cast iron engine to be mounted on. In one case, I've seen how hardened bolts result in the case of engines breaking because the grade 5 and grade 8 bolts don't stretch and the cast iron case ends up busting instead. But, when you have to hold several hundred pounds onto something else, yeah, grade 5 or grade 8.