Congratulations!
This is the most imaginative solution to a perennial problem... I used to have
a 3.5 and got rid of it due to it's need for constant refueling...
I kept planning to put in an electric fuel pump in that 3.5 but could not
figure out how to keep internal tank from overflowing or choking engine with
fuel pump pressure. Also, cheapest fuel pump I could get was 80 bucks... I
even though about glueing an auxiliary tank on top of existing one... Gave up
when I got Potter and tried motoring against current at inlet. It would not
make headway (actually I was going backwards in fwd at full throttle.)
Best
Solar Fry
P19
In a message dated 3/25/99 1:02:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, cgula@innet.com
writes:
<< Subj: Re: Tohatsu/Nissan 3.5 external tank info
Date: 3/25/99 1:02:04 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: cgula@innet.com (Mac Davis)
To: djensen@teleport.com (Derek Jensen), wwpotter@tscnet.com (West Wight
Potter List)
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Hi Derek:
Try this: Acquire a 1 or 2 gallon plastic gas can. Remove the installed
funnel and drill an appropriately sized hole in the filler cap. Rig a piece
of fuel capable hose from the bottom of the tank, through the hole in the
cap, and into an appriopriate sized hole in the internal tank filler cap.
Attach the tank securely to the top of the transom, and when the motor is
lowered into operating position, gas will siphon from the tank (ex gas can)
into the internal tank, keeping the internal tank full at all times. It's
not elegant, but it works.
Regards,
Mac Davis, Kelpie, WWP19#804, Aripeka, Fl
-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Jensen <djensen@teleport.com>
To: West Wight Potter List <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: Thursday, March 25, 1999 11:44 AM
Subject: Tohatsu/Nissan 3.5 external tank info
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
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>Thanks to everyone who replied to my request on how to put an
>external tank on a 3.5 Tohatsu. (I am finally following up on this ...
>sailing season is here!)
>
>The problem with the 3.5 is that it does not have a fuel pump, which
>is required for a external tank. Several helpful list members sent
>me testimonials and even a page out of the shop manual on how
>to modify the 3.5 to have a fuel pump.
>
>I just got off the phone with Nissan, and it appears that it is
>easy to add the pump to a pre-1992 engine, but for an engine
>of my newer vintage it would require taking the block apart and
>drilling thru the head to get the suction power to run the
>fuel pump. This is not really an option for me, so it looks
>like I will have to stick with unpleasant water-way refueling
>of the tiny internal tank.
>
>Derek Jensen
>P-15 # 694 "El Nino"
>Portland, OR
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