- 1. Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: James Barrett <jamesbrt@mindspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 19:04:57 -0500
- I have been considering replacing the saddle tanks and the cross over pipe with a much safer setup. I am looking for a tank that is 33 1/4" wide, 22 3/4" deep and 7 1/2" tall. I have looked at sever
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00090.html (8,647 bytes)
- 2. Re: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: CoolVT@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 20:19:37 EST
- Where is the spare tire going to? I know, there are no nails on the road in Florida. Mark L.
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00092.html (7,304 bytes)
- 3. RE: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 07:58:38 -0700
- Try Fuel-safe or ATL fuel cells. They make steel or aluminum-enclosed bladder tanks that are approved by most racing organizations. They won't be the cheapest thing around, but they are really, reall
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00097.html (9,872 bytes)
- 4. Re: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: BRIBAUM@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 21:15:54 EST
- The fuel tank had been where it is and no problem for thirty years. Now all of the sudden change it. Doesn't make much sense to me. I would leave well enough alone.
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00190.html (7,515 bytes)
- 5. Re: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Griffing" <bartdog@mindspring.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 22:01:25 -0500
- all well Want a good deal on a Pinto. It only leaks a little gas.
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00192.html (7,887 bytes)
- 6. Re: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: "scott van every" <irishve@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 20:59:31 PST
- Perhaps the thirty years have been thirty years of Good Luck! The two saddle tanks, connected by three rubber hoses appear to be a major accident waiting to happen. I have always felt, "God help me
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00193.html (8,465 bytes)
- 7. Re: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: "Pete Stanisavljevich" <pete_stanisavljevich@coxtarget.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 08:09:38 -0500
- I had the misfortune of being rear ended in a MkV Alpine in the late seventies. The impact separated the cross-over tube from the right side tank, spilling the contents of the gas tank into the trunk
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00194.html (8,632 bytes)
- 8. Re: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Laifman <Laifman@Flash.Net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 09:00:43 +0000
- Just can't understand all this fuss about the side-mount, cross tube Tiger fuel tanks. My Mustang tank was at least as close to the rear end as the Tiger's. What you're missing is the correct drivin
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00199.html (8,803 bytes)
- 9. Re: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: James Barrett <jamesbrt@mindspring.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 18:15:20 -0500
- I also haven't had a wreck in 30 years, but I still carry insurance. Just happen to have a few extra dollars available and am trying to put them to the best use. While trying to solve a fuel pump pro
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00204.html (8,759 bytes)
- 10. Re: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: James Barrett <jamesbrt@mindspring.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 18:17:54 -0500
- Waiting on a catalog of fuel cells at the moment. Will pass the word as soon as I get what I want. James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00205.html (8,664 bytes)
- 11. Re: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: DJoh797014@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 23:45:08 EST
- Best fuel tank story I know happened to my neighbor in his IH Scout II (Another vehicle 35 years ahead of its time). He was out looking for Bambi when he grounded out and ripped a large hole in his g
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00212.html (8,673 bytes)
- 12. Re: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: ritchie@mcn.org (Armand & Lorie Ritchie)
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 08:46:45 -0800
- What was your neighbors name? Red Green! ritchie@mcn.org Armand & Lorie Ritchie
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00218.html (9,005 bytes)
- 13. Re: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: "TOM WITT" <wittsend@jps.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:39:47 -0800
- Thought my tanks were empty, but tipped the car with a jack just to be on the safe side. I had to pull the tank on the drivers side because I was unable to "fish" out the Dead Rat under the tank. Any
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00225.html (9,907 bytes)
- 14. RE: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 08:37:20 -0700
- Hi all, So who says you have to have a rigid, 1 1/2" diameter pipe running back there? The only function of the pipe is to transfer gas between the tanks during filling, and to supply the 5/16" fuel
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00232.html (9,394 bytes)
- 15. Re: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: Tiger289@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:10:30 EST
- It's going to take a mity long time to fill the tanks at the pump
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00233.html (7,760 bytes)
- 16. RE: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:17:36 -0700
- I'm not sure about that. The second tank can only fill as fast as you can move air out of it - through that five foot long 1/4" or 5/16" upper hose. Another thing is that most fuel fill pumps (at sel
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00234.html (8,674 bytes)
- 17. Re: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: Tiger289@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:33:05 EST
- Well It would certainly be safer,even if it did take longer to fill.
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00235.html (7,570 bytes)
- 18. RE: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <TSMIT@isotel.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:41:32 -0700
- True enough. I did mention Earl's, which I believe is gasoline and oil proof through the entire size range in the Perform-o-Flex line. I wonder what people use when they rebuild that rear tank to pip
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00237.html (8,879 bytes)
- 19. Re: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: James Barrett <jamesbrt@mindspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 20:37:26 -0500
- Have not yet found exactly what I need. My Tiger trunk will allow a 33 5/8 X 22 X 7.5" tank, assuming that the battery is relocated to the fenderwell and the old battery hold down brackets are remove
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00244.html (8,929 bytes)
- 20. Re: Safer Fuel Tank. (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Griffing" <bartdog@mindspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 20:45:34 -0500
- Have you considered removing the trunk floor?
- /html/tigers/2000-02/msg00245.html (7,434 bytes)
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