Re: Tohatsu/Nissan 3.5 external tank info

Mac Davis (cgula@innet.com)
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 13:02:17 -0500

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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
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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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