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All this discussion of external vs. internal fuel tanks reminds me that for
our dinghy motor on our Triton I have a Seagull with the small regular tank.
But I also have a larger Seagull with the "long range" tank which is, these
days anyway, over $100 to buy extra. It fits both. I think I will switch
and put the big tank on the smaller engine and the small tank on the larger
engine. Since I don't use (and will sell when I get around to it) the
larger tank, nothing is lost at all. That will mean I won't have to worry
about all this internal/external stuff. I'll just put a larger "internal"
tank on and not worry.
Mike
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From: "Ken Preston" <preston@gencc.com>
To: <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 2:06 PM
Subject: RE: Self Steering P-14/15 & external fuel tanks
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> Thanks for both responses Harry. . .
> I'd been wondering how much fuel I could transfer using just the squeeze
> bulb. I own a new-condition Evinrude tank (full of 10-year-old gas. . .)
> with a squeeze bulb type hose attached. . .seems like I could just plumb
it
> into the engine's tank as you describe (or into a fitting on a spare tank
> cap) and voila. . .I'll bet it would be enough to fill the little tank in
a
> minute or so of squeezing.
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> The reason I went to shock cord on my self steering apparatus was because
> the surgical tubing I bought did not function with my jam cleat. I've
> decided to try a pigtail of 1/4" nylon spliced to the surgical tubing. .
> .maybe 14" of tube versus a couple of feet of nylon. . .get the
> responsiveness from the piece of tubing and still be able to cleat to the
> tiller so handily.
>
> Ken Preston
> P-15 #1063, Bainbridge Is., WA
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> From: hlg@pacbell.net [mailto:hlg@pacbell.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 8:20 AM
> To: wwpotter@tscnet.com
> Subject: RE: Self Steering P-14/15
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> Ken
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> I'm sure the problem is the bungeee. It just has too much initial
> resistance to stretch. Your setup sounds correct otherwise and the
response
> will be much better with surgical tubing. .
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> Harry Gordon
> P14 #234, Manatee
> Mountain View, CA
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