making a fuel tank yourself
Posted: Fri January 2nd, 2009, 1:45 pm
At first a happy New Year to you all from the Netherlands where the watersurface now is used for speed-skating instead of sailing (although I 've seen some ice-sailing too).
I want to place more fuel (gasoline) capacity in mij steel Vulcan. I have space left under the cockpit floor for a 60 liter tank. But as usual the standard available tanks won't fit. The ones that do fit are only 25 l. or so.
So I consider making one myself. Of course I can find someone to weld me one of stainless steel, but that won't be cheap. I have read something about wood-epoxy but that does not seem the proper material to me. Polyester might be but how to build a proper close tank whit that. Of course polypropyleen but I can't work with that myself.
I've also read that you have to be carefull to meet the installation standards because the insurance can make problems when something happens.
Does anyone have a hint?
I want to place more fuel (gasoline) capacity in mij steel Vulcan. I have space left under the cockpit floor for a 60 liter tank. But as usual the standard available tanks won't fit. The ones that do fit are only 25 l. or so.
So I consider making one myself. Of course I can find someone to weld me one of stainless steel, but that won't be cheap. I have read something about wood-epoxy but that does not seem the proper material to me. Polyester might be but how to build a proper close tank whit that. Of course polypropyleen but I can't work with that myself.
I've also read that you have to be carefull to meet the installation standards because the insurance can make problems when something happens.
Does anyone have a hint?