Triumphant tank mod

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Been having long term issue with fuel tank in my triumph 2000 saloon.it's been an epic saga of cleaning , re-sealing,failure, replacement, ;leakage , repair ,leakage.to finally putting  a wanted on here for an ally tank.and getting a reply from Tamworthbay.

 

I picked the tank up in nov.last year...along with a bass guitar that someone else on here had won in a roffle..that got picked up  a week later by it's new owner , who just happened to live 3 miles from  me

 

i've only , just, got round to fitting the tank ..had to make a stand up for it 

 

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and being a bit of a jebend i've posted this in the wrong section

[Pillock]

D'ya want it moving? I can leave it in a thread of it's own if you've got more to post on the matter, or I can lob it into News 24 if it's just a one-off?

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there may well be more ,just thought i should've put it n the autoshite section not

this one

[Tamworthbay]

Looking good! It’s a shame the project it was made for had to be canned, but it’s gone to a good home and the money has gone to good use as well.

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needs a bit more tidying ,secure the fuel lines and pump..then see what sort of range we get ..the previous set up of carbs we were getting about 9mpg ..with new set up i'm hoping for high 20's

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Made and fitted a mount for the fuel pump Plus a bit more tidying of wires

[fordperv]

Please tell me that pump has rubber mounts on? If not it will shake the crap out of its self

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not in this pic ..need to pick up a couple of bobbin ones 

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what with setting up my new shop and work stuff havent had much chance to update this

took it out for a spin .car was running well.. stopped at a pub for a drink [non alcoholic] came back out to nothing ,,no  light,spark or sausage

 

cut a long story short.a wire had come off the ammeter,..,on this model , the power for the whole car , except the starter, goes through the ammeter first,,.had to talk to the shedi master in somerset to discover this fact

 

with that replaced i could then do a MPG test ,,,nice little run out , round the lanes , and i get 25 MPG...

i have got an air leak on the front carb though 

 

 it's got 1.3/4 strommies instead on 1.5 with an adaptor plate on a flowed inlet manifold...and these adaptor plates are notoriously tricky o seal 

also lost overdrive ..which may have impaired the MPG

 

ive got an Austin healey works overdrive gearknob/switch coming and ill fit this instead of the shonky wobbly column mounted original one

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the new gearknob/overdrive switch has arrived..it's actually for an Austin Healey,,but i know works triumphs had them too..ive used them before on my previous cars ..my daughter wants me to sort the wiring so we can have overdrive on ll froward gears ..told her i'd do the next time we do some mountain passes

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with the thread in the gearknob 3/8 unc and on the gearstick 5/16 unc i took the bits into the workshed to decide a plan of attack

options included 

filling the hole in the gearknob and drilling tapping to 5/16 [couldn't find anything to fill the whole that would be strong enough]

 

weld a 3/8 bolt to the gearstick [couldn't find a 3/8 unc bolt or a 3/8unc die]

 

what i did find ..whilst looking through my stash of shite ..was a 5/16 helicoil kit ...unf though..BUT i just wound the coil into the knob then wound the gearstick in and hey presto ,one firmly attached gearknob

[Stanky]

 it's got 1.3/4 strommies instead on 1.5 with an adaptor plate on a flowed inlet manifold...and these adaptor plates are notoriously tricky o seal 

also lost overdrive ..which may have impaired the MPG

 

 

Could you fashion a gasket from thin silicone sheet so there is some 'squish' in it, but it won't rot like rubber does when exposed to petrol?

 

Also more please. Which edge of the gearknob does the toggle switch go? Leading edge, trailing edge or side? where do you route the cables? Do they get cable tied to the gearstick shaft or is there a more elegant* solution?

 

But basically just more. Of everything.

[Christine]

Any switch way by the look of it ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Could you fashion a gasket from thin silicone sheet so there is some 'squish' in it, but it won't rot like rubber does when exposed to petrol?

 

Also more please. Which edge of the gearknob does the toggle switch go? Leading edge, trailing edge or side? where do you route the cables? Do they get cable tied to the gearstick shaft or is there a more elegant* solution?

 

But basically just more. Of everything.

im going to try a paper gasket with with a thin smear of silicon next .prob is theres more than one ..it goes inlet manifold ,gasket ,adaptor plate , gasket ,,carb

and the gearknob set up will be similar to the last pic that christine posted 

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going on whatb stanky said about using something with more squish i went with a silicon instant gasket along with the paper ones and it seems tom have worked

[Christine]

Oi,  there was only 40 pins in that bag I bought on Monday 

[Stanky]

excellent news, glad I could be of help!

 

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Oi,  there was only 40 pins in that bag I bought on Monday 

i'll check the other bags tomorrow

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excellent news, glad I could be of help!

 

might do the same to the back carb as well