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Adding an external tank to a motor with a gravity fed internal tank requires
installation of a fuel pump. Outboard motors require vacuum from crankshaft
to run fuel pump. None of the internal tank equipped motors allow
installation of a fuel pump anymore. You would have to hold the external fuel
tank above the motor all the time, Kinda painfull after a while...
Spilling any amount of gasoline in water is frowned upon by the water police.
It is called Water Pollution. Heavy fines result in Florida and probably
every other state.
SF
In a message dated 3/20/00 6:03:36 PM Pacific Standard Time,
michaelconniesmith@home.com writes:
<< Drew--
Meant to add in my previous message about Seagulls something about internal
vs. external tanks. It ought to be pretty rare when you'd need to fill the
tank underway anyway. I've done ours on rivers and, at least once, with
some waves. It wasn't all that difficult. Although some gas slops over the
side, most of it (or enough of it) gets into the tank.
I think it would be pretty easy to adapt an engine to an external tank.
Most newer engines have fittings you can buy. The Seagull should be even
easier. It has a hose going from the internal tank to the carburetor. I
think you could easily run the hose from the external tank provided you had
the tank higher and allowed gravity to work.
Mike
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From: "drewschenck" <drewschenck@email.msn.com>
To: <jckniese@francomm.com>; <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: THE BRITISH SEAGULL ?
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