> The boat tank will sit on the front bumper and you can tie it off through the grill to things that will hold it in place. The fuel line can also
> go through the grill, over the top of the radiator by the filler neck and directly to the fuel pump. Just tie it off so it doesn't get into the
> fan.
>
> Folks have recovered coaches using his approach and driven hundreds of miles...5 gallons at a time....
I have done it several times. The shortest one was under 1 mile. The longest one was around 300 miles with four 5 gallon cans and one stop at a
station along the way to refill them.
I see no reason to install an electric pump if the mechanical one is working. It adds nothing and increases complexity of the system. Vapor lock is
a non-issue because the can is located above the intake side of the fuel pump and is only about 6 or 8 feet long.
I had one short distance move where the fuel pump was questionable. So we installed the can in the passenger seat and ran the hose direct to the carb
without any fuel pump.
Because the can was higher than the carb, it gravity fed and worked just fine without a fuel pump.
On carburetor high wing airplanes the fuel tanks are overhead so no auxiliary pump is necessary or installed. Fuel will gravity feed in case of a
fuel pump failure. On low wing airplanes an aux pump is installed in case the mechanical fuel pump fails.
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Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
