6x6 fuel tank changeover

[Rob6x6]

Fellas,
Finally all done.  You beauty.
Many thanks to Dugite and Notlongnow for all your input along the way it was greatly appreciated.
Hopefully our paths may cross one day and I will buy you blokes a few beers.
Cheers Rob

[Notlongnow]

Congrats Rob, good for you for not giving up. It must have been getting close! Happy travels.

[Rob6x6]

Picture of the old Pollak value.
It was frustrating at times but worth it. I have learned a lot along the way.  The old girl is purring like a kitten.
Cheers

[BEARMAN]

Hey Rob, while you are at it I would fit a fuel filter assembly immediately after the pollak valve. This is easy to do and saves a lot of time stuffing around with cleaning the mesh filter in the banjo bolt on the lift pump. I can get a pic of one fitted for you tomorrow if you want.

[Rob6x6]

Thanks Bearman,
I would be very interested with a picture and details of the filter.
Cheers Rob

[BEARMAN]

Here's some pictures of it and where I mounted it Rob. I hooked the pipe from The Pollak valve into in to it and joined the outlet to the fuel line. You can see the filter number there and where I screwed the brass base to the cab crossmember. FS1221 and Donaldson P550688 will also fit that base and all are filter/sedimenter types

[Rob6x6]

Great stuff Bearman,
Great idea I will get my head around it and do the same.  You can never have to much filtration in my opinion.
Another beer owing.
Cheers Rob.

[Rob6x6]

Bearman,
Just curious I see a braided hose in one of the pictures just wondering what it's for.  A water tank line?
Cheers Rob

[BEARMAN]

Bearman,
Just curious I see a braided hose in one of the pictures just wondering what it's for.  A water tank line?
Cheers Rob

The stainless one in the third pic is the air line from the compressor to the air tanks Rob.

[Rob6x6]

Very nice Bearman,  that is on my ever growing list of things to do. I'm currently getting a fuel tank made up and then a water tank.
Cheers Rob.

[BEARMAN]

I put a 300l fuel and 85l water tank under the tray plus a 2nd spare and 2 x 15l air tanks above the twin batteries on the passenger side.

[Rob6x6]

Bearman, my fuel tank will be about 330 litres mounted to the headboard and the water tank will be about 350 litres mounted under the tray.
Can I ask where did you plumb your fuel line into ?
Cheers Rob.

[BEARMAN]

I removed the equaliser pipe between the two tanks and made a separate breather for each one. I then got rid of the original breather setups that piss fuel everywhere when you get near full and made up separate ones. The breather from the RH tank is now plumbed into the breather pipe of the aux tank filler which is situated on the front of the tray just near the RH tank filler. I set up my aux tank with an electric pump which pumps into the RH tank through the breather pipe. When I am cruising I just monitor the RH tank and as it gets a bit low I flick a switch and it takes about 15 mins and it is full again. No need to worry about return lines or extra tank gauges and senders.

[Rob6x6]

Thanks Bearman,
You have given me some good ideas there. I was considering a transfer pump and possibly going into the filler neck somehow. I like what you have done so I will get my planning happening.
Cheers, Rob

[BEARMAN]

Let me know if you want some pics posted up. I used a Disco fuel filler and lockable cap. Originally I went to lockable fuel caps on the main tanks as well but have gone back to the original caps that don't leak when the tank is full. If I forget to turn off the transfer pump when the main RH tank is full it doesn't matter as the fuel will go back through the breather tube into the aux tank. I did have to insert an inner breather tube inside the breather that comes from the RH tank to the aux tank filler neck if you know what I mean.