Bedford Fuel Tanks.

[BusyKiwi]

photo 1 is from left rear
photo 2 is more to the middle showing the mounting strap
photo 3 shows the space and filler pipe to the leaf spring mount
photo 5 is meant to show the the space from the front step area, sadly you can't see it very well
last photo is up the side of the tank, the inner sill mounting, which is the bedford hook (hook to outside of van) on the commodore strap.

the pic below is the coby exhaust i am using on the VN conversion, can't remember what thread is was on

[restoreid]

Thanks for the photos Busy They are good enough to see how it's done Did you solder the new filler tube in or weld it Cheers Reid

[ShaneJ]

Thanks muchly for the pics, very handy.

[BusyKiwi]

i had a radiator place do the mods on the gas tank, they just soldered in the new pipe

[willo]

Guys,
no photos as yet but I am gettin a local fabrication shop to manufacture my new tank for the camper (LWB Cab/Chassis type) to replace the rusted out one.  It will be made out of thick alluminium plate with baffles inside etc and fit in the original place for a Cab/Chassis fuel tank (behind the RH side of the cab).  I have been able to get it made longer for more capacity but not wider due to the overhanging body and chassis rail on the inside.  When i get it made i will post some photos.

In relation to the fuel hose question, i decided to go to 2" silicon hose to join the filler to the tank.  These hoses are used on turbo applications and are OK with ethanol and fairly cheap to buy from eBay.  Original was rubber and it had gone as hard as the proverbial.  A recipe for fumes and leaks IMHO.

Cheers

Neil

[Bedfordcrazy]

Hey neil what are they charging for a new tank to be made ?

george.

[willo]

$550 Aus mate.  I was going to do the whole "flush it" "wet it" and "Kream it" to stop the leaks and subsequent internal rust from filling full of water but it all got too big with bits of "stuff" falling off everywhere inside the tank"  Rust and old Kream treatment do not go well together   In short, the old tank was RS and i decided to go down the whole new tank route.  Went to all teh wreckers around and could not find anything that fitted neatly.  I could have got a rough old steel one that i would have still have had to modify the mounts and pipes etc for $150 and then deal with whatever was floating around inside it too.  It's a lot of money but it won't rust or fill up with rubbish and it is one less thing to worry about when i am in the middle of Australia someday. 

Neil

[John Abbott]

I reckon thats a good price Neil...

[BusyKiwi]

I had a tank made for my custom van, it sits at the back and if lower could be called a drop tank but I hate them so is just a gas tank   cost $400 nz and a VDO sender unit was $70
Tank is just grey steel

[ShaneJ]

Neil, $550 is a damm fantastic price!! Is that including engineering? Usually I pay about $1200 for alloy baffled tanks including the engineering cert.