fuel tank

[hotrod]

Gidday guys
Have just remove my tank to clean as sick of filter blocking up/no fuel flow (in record time) with 'sand' and  trying to get fuel to flow properly so thought I would start at the back and work forward.
 My question is that I have a spare tank that is identical except for a about 100mm tall and 40mm across cylindrical 'thing' next to the sender unit, it has pipes from it back into tank
What is this 'thing'
also rattling around in my tank i found another 'thing' this one looks like but is not an old bullet shell (bigger) with a marble inside. it is obviously some sort of one way valve.
has it fallen in off someones siphon or has is fallen of something inside the tank?

[grandad]

sounds like the end of a siphon hose to me

[ShaneJ]

The first 'thing' is the breather arrangement and the second 'thing' sounds like the end off a siphon hose.

[delrazor]

yeah I have one of those second things.
It is at the end of a piece of tube and you wiggle it in the liquid and it magicaly draws the fuel up to start a siphon.
I love it.
derek

[Stangas]

Short of starting a new thread i thought i would continue with this one...

Fuel Tanks...  it is rather small in my opinion.

I plan on doing some long distance driving with a 253 v8 in her...  just wondering what options i have for a second tank or upgrade the existing tank
I think it has about 60L in it at the moment.  Did they come out with a larger option?

I would love a second tank, so do they fit?
What about a kewl drop tank at the back?

Also...  filling is a biatch with trickle feeding really the only option.  Any tricks to allow me to increase the flow rate?  I was thinking along the lines of a new filler that is located higher up the body and increase the breather hose.  Any other opinions?

Cheers guys

[Marishka]

go LPG,  you will save yourself a fortune,

[Stangas]

till you run out 100kms past the black stump..

dont want to run gas...  unless i can mount the tank under the vehicle

[Marishka]

havnt u heard of dual fuel?
keep a small reserve in the petrol tank
i do it with the green poptop.
and ive never run out of gas in a vehicle in my life.

[BlackBedford]

go LPG,  you will save yourself a fortune,

Gas has got very expensive and rare in the bush. I have a Bedford van setup on straight gas but had too much hassle getting it so I had to park it.

[Marishka]

yeah straight gas isnt a good idea at all.
unless you stick to high traffic areas,