So today was the first day in a while that I had time to get a few jobs done. First on the agenda was to try to remove the stock fuel tank, unfortunately the SWB fuel tank is completely different to the LWB as it's located behind the seats in a kind of 'horse saddle bag' configuration.
This means that the only way to get the fuel tank out is to remove the entire rear sub frame.
One of the bolts on the DW HICAS replacement kit needed to be removed in order to swing the arms out of the way, this allowed access to the rear sub frame nuts
I'm toying with the idea of locating the new fuel cell in the passenger seat location, initially I was looking at mounting it in the boot however by locating it slightly further forward and lower should equal out the weight of me in the driver seat and also as it would sit about 12"-18" below the stock location the centre of gravity should also be lowered.
This is by no means set in stone however I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be ok.
This tank may be ok to use without the swirl pot and lifter pump as the outlet ports sit lower than the base of the tank and as long as the tank remains at least 1/3 full it should never starve the main fuel pump, so effectively the lower angled section of the tank itself would act as the swirl pot
As it was a nice day I took the opportunity to give the engine bay and the front end a good dig out, rub down followed by a few coats of paint, it definitely looks better for it
The Nissan '99 spec lights seem to have a new lodger
I'm not entirely sure how he got in there but I think he's asleep
Needless to say there's still shit loads to be getting on with
Tomorrow I need to get cracking on burning out the old sub frame and diff bushes.....can't wait
. Hope you get it sorted soon.
