Also triple tanking it in the L400 *** some photos up***

[steepcreeker]

Ran out of Argon last weekend, and then got cut short one day this weekend did not allow me to finish yet again. And now my welder is gone. I do have some photos of the project though.

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Two 99L WVO belly tanks(34 cm wide x 28 cm deep and 104 cm long).

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Here are the inside baffles of the belly tanks.

Will use a siphon system like in my L300 . Fill WVO will come from the stock fill cap. There is a rear transfer hose way above axle. Notice the square cut-out where the heater and pick up will go. This is the first of the two tanks with one almost finished. The muffler will be coming out just behind the driver's door to fit right tank. Taking out the mild steel tank and replacing with an aluminium one on the left side.

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invented an in tank heated fuel pick-up that should be interesting to see how it will work . It is using a 8cmX4 cm aluminium square tube with a 3/8" aluminium tube running through it.


Here are two photos of the Diesel tank that will go in front of the spare tire. It will fill from a new port on driver's side, behind panel below signal light.

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Fun little project to see if I can run a better balanced tank system and have my spare still in place.

Edward at Plantdrive has also been great at guiding me in how to design the WVO system. I think that I will go with two 3 ports, a NADA controller, and try and keep the WVO away from my small Diesel tank. This did cause me some issues with my L300 and the Pollack 6 port. I will be porting one of my WVo tanks for fuel return just in case I change my mind later to run three 3 port valves instead, for faster purge times.

I will try and keep all the valves and the vegtherm in the second battery space. I will have the filter on the hotter muffler side of the engine.

I think that the filter will be ported from the engine, and the two tanks ported from the rad by the original Diesel tank.

Now I am looking for coolant system schematics, so if you know where I can find that, it would be great.
Also, does anyone know if there is 5 port T that exists out there to have 3 ports for outlets for coolant????
Also looking for a WVO compatible a one way fuel valve to stop my return loop from back pressuring my WVO filter. 3/8 " hose

Thanks for your help in finding any of these.

[Mr. Flibble]

Please post photos of this! :)

I take it this is your new paddling van?

[steepcreeker]

Yes,it should get to and from many a put-in.

[EnviroImports.com]

Very nice work, if your in the Victoria area, and have a little welding to do, I would be happy to let you finish off, I have a tig and always have argon,
I just picked up a 3/4 ton diesel to run a wvo system in that and have about 3000L of oil sitting and waiting to be split between wvo and B100
Noel

[Mr. Flibble]

Very nice! Thanks for uploading these photos and keeping us updated!

Do you have any photos of the van? Preferably with your Mystic on top or similar?

[Adam]

Hey, when are you going to post the pictures of the complete install? We've finally got some nice weather and I'm looking at installing my WVO kit, but how can I do that when I don't know where all the pieces go

So, go take some shots of the engine bay, and you filler hose setup. Maybe a couple of pics of where you teed into you coolant system while you are at it.

[steepcreeker]

Ah shit is this harassment?

yes, I'll get to it!