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Diesel tank and mo' paint (Patreon)

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2018-03-04 16:55:16
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Hi guys! 

I've built a really nice looking wooden box! That sexy sexy wooden box is the prototype for the new diesel tank. Fair warning this video contains a lot of yammering on! ;) Stick with it, in the end, there's glorious glorious painting. 

I used the better part of today to shoot a little bonus video that I can publish while I'm in LA and I got a new tarp strapped to Athena. All in all a pretty awesome weekend :) 

I'm counting down the days (and hours) till I leave to see Ava. While there I'll go on a miniature shopping spree. Sadly I'm limited in how much I can bring back before the tax man wants a piece so the list is short. A Racor 500ma and some LED lights for the engine compartment (suggestions?) and possibly a Racor 510mam. 

I'm off to freeze my behind off while taking Jökull for a walk. Have an awesome Sunday! :) 


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Sail Life - New diesel tank design and painting the engine compartment - DIY boat repair

Feel free to check out my other videos. All videos listed chronology: http://vid.io/xov5 If you new to the channel check out the introduction playlist: http://vid.io/xov7 Painting the engine compartment and figuring out the new diesel tank. Racor P510mam fuel polisher: http://amzn.to/2FSb78R *** Links *** Sail Life on Patreon: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnPatreon Sail Life on Facebook: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnFacebook Sail Life on Twitter: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnTwitter Sail Life Shop US: (Use this if you want items shipped from the US) https://shop.spreadshirt.com/saillife/ Sail Life Shop EU: (Use this if you want items shipped from Europe) https://shop.spreadshirt.dk/saildotlife/ Donations for the sandpaper fund: https://www.paypal.me/saillife

Comments

Johan Foglemark

Thats is going to look awesome! However are you not adding a lot of possible place for the diesel to leak when going with pipes like that? Thank you for the videos!

Sail Life
>>10606261

Yeah, I've seen a lot of comments pointing out the issue with leaks 😊 My OCD is not pleased but I think it's back to the drawing board. I'm scouring the interwebs for examples on how to run hoses in a neat fashion 😊

Pilote

How will the tank be attached? Was it 60 liters? At .875kg/l that’s about 52kg. In an inversion in a storm (and when else would there be an inversion?) one of the last things you’d want is for this super nice fuel tank to start wandering around the engine compartment. I’ve seen two methods: steel straps secured to glassed in stringers or a stout wooden box around the sides of the tank that is also secured to stringers. The box also has steel straps holding the tank down.

Sail Life
>>10607956

It'll be bolted to the sides of the engine compartment and the little "shelf" behind the tank (in a similar fashion to the old tank) 😊. I'm also considering bolting it to the forward support (not made yet). In the end it'll be around 80kg lighter than the old tank (when full) and secured better 😊 I feel good about that. Oh the new tank is 140 liters 😊