Well today was the day to get the aux tank plumbed in. It was great. My son and I worked on it all day and he was right in there a helpin (besides shooting his airsoft pistol into a box and having a lil fun now and then).

removal of the bed. used the cherry picker and cycle straps in each corner. lifted right up.







Once the bed was off, had clear shot on the tank. Cleaned it up a bit and went to town on the vent mod and plumbing for the aux tank.



hole drilled for bulkhead fitting for vent mod.

 

Got the bulkhead fitting in and started running the 3/4" lines.









Lil man zip tying lines to clean it up a bit.

 

bed back on the truck and laid down the new bed mat (figured since it was lined and got a KILLER deal on the mat, just added protection)

the hole for the feed line is cut and trimmed out with 1/4" line to prevent chaffing on the tank.





Got the pump/filter assembly mounted. Had a buddy here in town machine me the billet bracket for the FASS EM1001 150gph pump. Probably overkill for a transfer pump BUT why not. (actually there was a purpose for doing such a large pump. when the FASS HD150 gets here to feed the motor, IF it ever fails, I can swap over a line from the xfer pump and feed the motor to get home)



Manual ball valve along with a 12v 1/2" electric solenoid to control fuel





some miscellaneous shots of the filter/pump assembly

 

Only thing left is to wire the pump and solenoid. Going to get some guarded switches. One to activate the solenoid AND supply switched power to the pump switch then the 2nd switch to start the pump. This way you CAN NOT run the pump without the solenoid being activated to prevent any gravity over filling AND burning up the pump. Will start that tomorrow (being single has its advantages. Can call mom in the morning and get that out of the way and then BOMB ON!)

 

Here is a shot of the pump/filter assembly after I got the bracket fabbed up and initial plumbing.

 

Very nice chris can't wait to see it in person

 

Oh man that's really nice. Fantastic write up as well.




-Kris

 

GREAT writeup, lookin' GOOD Chris. Will check it out in person one of these days soon.



CD

 

Took the FASS harness and added another relay to operate the solenoid to open fuel flow



the entire harness is in split loom and also added a 2nd ground for protection



harness travels and zip tied along the left side frame along the fuel lines



All tied up and looks pretty darned good.

 

Relays mounted to the firewall



Battery section of the harness is tucked around the back side between the sheet metal and battery box, then connections are tucked up under the blanket



looked around the cab for a location for the switches and LED lights.



FOUND ONE



back side of the switches and LED lights

 

the red switch arms the solenoid and opens fuel flow. also provides power to the pump relay so the pump will NOT work unless the red arming switch is on and the fuel solenoid is open to supply fuel



the blue switch is for the pump. will NOT work unless the red one is on

 

so the OCD is totally kicking in and am more than likely going to buy a new panel. the LED light on the top is a scosh to the left of the bottom one from being lined up. DARNED bit walked just a hair and its tickin me off!

 

Lmao sounds like someone else I know

 

That is a 100% flawless job. If you were in NC, I would have no problem letting you work on my vehicle. Much congrats for a more than professional installation.

 

thanks brother. the h-1, h-53 & h60 crew chief comes out in me and I can't help but to be **** and making things right. Takes longer to do things but the end result is nice.