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I use a mod'd SBC oil pump as transfer. It coupled to a 1/3 horse AC motor, till I get a 24 volt scooter motor. It will only spin 1725 rpm and I still collapse, from suction, every hose I've tried. I'm sure that length is part of it. I've got about 30' of hose and have had to use all of it at...
I do have a black 200 gal tank that is in the sun. I use it to separate water, and crud, out of the oil. I have a drain on the bottom on the side (it's like a drum on it's side) that I drain water from till I start getting oil, then I draw from 6" above that to filter.
Don't know about the vac...
When we were having probs, and I pulled the pumps, they were NOT off, just lose. Lose enough that I could pull them off w/ the clamps still on. Changing clamps to a standard hose clamp instead of the factory clamp solved the issues.
During all that troubleshooting I had several conversations...
Had that same issue trying to find "submersible fuel line". We were lucky, the hoses were still good just loose at the top clamp.
Wrote about it here, fuel issues
The 24volt motor that I'm going w/ is an electric scooter motor. They can spin up into the 2000+RPM range and move a 200+lb man down the road. They come in several sizes/ratings. The one I was looking at goes for about $50.
Here's one for $35 that should work; 24volt motor
I'll use it to power...
I kept the floor insulation separate from the insulation on the hump. First I did the floor w/ the hump/tranny cover out. Then I put in the cover and insulated that. That way I can remove the cover w/o having to cut the insulation.
I'll do the same w/ the mat that I use.
We had loads of experience w/ that when we took Elise's M109 up the eastern sierras last summer.
We started w/ a fairly new, to us, tranny. Couldn't get it to stop puking out the bellhousing. Ended up pulling the tranny right before the trip and finding that the oil return hole on the front had...
I do remember that thread, it was a very nice looking camper they made. I've been thinking of a S-250, or such, dropped in. Though I may start w/ a 105 hardtop. Could also be very tempted by one of those gutted MTK's.
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