Hi Everyone! I need help!!! I am attempting to do my second conversion, which is a greasecar kit on a 1998 Dodge 2500 Pickup with a 12 Valve Cummins. At this point I have my greasecar kit spread out on the garage floor and I have been going nuts for the last 24 hours trying to figure out the best place to mount my filter and solenoids. I also need to figure out the best route to insatall my HIH. Greasecar directions give no suggestions for any of this, (Big Dissapointment!). My only other install experience has been on a 1982 Mercedes 240D last year. I guess I got lucky with that one because the 240D engine compartment had much more room and the greasecar kit came with a install CD that had some usefull photos. I would really appreciate any help, thoughts, photos!!! Thanks! I am from Red Hook, NY

 

I met a guy a while back that put a greasecar kit in his VW. Said the manufacturer was very helpful with all details.

 

First of all, have you looked at the Greascar and Frybrid forums? Bunches of info there.

Here's a thread from Greascar:
http://www.greasecar.com/forum_topic...rmtopicID=1329

A few at Frybrid:
http://www.frybrid.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4642

http://www.frybrid.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4518

http://www.frybrid.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4271

http://www.frybrid.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4280


Ok, I can tell you what I did on mine and maybe a few options.

I have an 80 gallon tank in the bed. It's underneath a sleeper that hides it. I open the back door on the sleeper and lift up a section of the "shelf" to get to my heated filters, filler neck, etc. I think if I had to do it over, I'd just put it all in a big tool box.

Of course, my setup is home-built and more like a Frybrid kit than a Greasecar. I have a large Fleetguard coolant heated filter back on the tank along with an Arctic Fox tube in shell heat exchanger, a Webb coolant heated 30 micron fuel strainer, and a coolant heated pickup/strainer (100 micron) that I fabricated myself. From the fleetguard, I have a 1/2" line down to a frame-mounted Mallory 110FI pump, from there 3/8" stainless supply and return lines are bundled with the coolant lines along the frame up to the driver's side engine compartment. A Mallory 4309 bypass regulator (with a stiffer spring) is on the firewall next to the brake booster. I have a 16 plate flat plate heat exchanger that I'm going to mount on the left inner fender just behind the fuse/relay box. My valves are actually 4-way and plumbed such that either fuel that is not being used circulates back to it's respective tank. They are located behind the original spin-on filter housing which is shared by both diesel and WVO. The veggie lines and coolant lines run behind and just under the brake booster with the coolant lines continuing on along the firewall to the right side of the engine. I run the heater core in series with the lines to & from the veggie tank first.

Anyway, you will probably get some ideas from the threads above. You could mount the Greasecar filter at the tank if pulling through it, otherwise maybe on a bracket off of either battery or the left firewall if pushing through it.

Hope that helps,
Vince

 

Here's another thread that might be interesting:

http://www.frybrid.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4978

 

I'm in the process of doing the same kit.I mounted the 40 gal.tank so that the hose barbs on the tank are pointed left.You can than go through the holes in the bed from the factory.I mounted the solenoids on the firewall right side between the hinge and first clump of wires.I mounted the filter on the left side wheel well it will be slighty on an angle.

 

Thanks everyone for the info! Xeus, Can you email pictures of your setup? It sounds like your situation is most simular to mine. My email is: mtaylor721@hvc.rr.com Thanks! Mike