Cab Insulation
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Laughing Gas
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I really like your wiring and battery installation. Now don't take the following the wrong way. I was always taught not to run a flamable line above electrical wiring and battery. With that long of a fuel filler tube, you may have vibrations that could crack the tube to tank attach point. Having a rubber joint will help absorb vibrations. Maybe a rubber boot over the length of the tube may help on possible leaks into the wiring or battery. Just a point to think about. Have a great day, chuck
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Very nice job on the wiring, I haven't seen work that good since I was an aircraft electrical worker rewiring F4 aircraft during the Viet Nam war. Looks like you have an ECM mounted on that panel, are you running a late model engine?
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Laughing Gas
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I really like your wiring and battery installation. Now don't take the following the wrong way. I was always taught not to run a flamable line above electrical wiring and battery. With that long of a fuel filler tube, you may have vibrations that could crack the tube to tank attach point. Having a rubber joint will help absorb vibrations. Maybe a rubber boot over the length of the tube may help on possible leaks into the wiring or battery. Just a point to think about. Have a great day, chuck
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Laughing Gas
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I bought a roll of the insulation from Lowes that is enough to do all I need for the cab. The adhesive is polyurethane construction adhesive from Lowes or Home Depot. It is in standard caulking tubes and easier to use than spray adhesive. I cut the insulation to size and ran strips of adhesive about every two inches on the back of the insulation and stuck it to the cab. There is no way it will ever come off and you can slide it around to line it up. If you use it be sure to press it on good and check it for a few minutes and press it down again. It was even easy to put under the cowl without getting adhesive on the wiring or the air conditioner I taped up the seams with aluminum tape like you use on ac and furnace ducts.
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The tank was made by my son out of aluminum with one baffle in it.The fitting you see is where the fuel pump and fuel gauge goes in. There is no erratic movement of the fuel gauge when you stop and accelerate so it seems to be doing a good job. It will hold about 16-18 gallons from our calculations but we haven't fill it completely yet. The small section is there for clearance for the driveshaft and exhaust pipe. I will post another picture of it in the frame before we painted the cab 
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This is the tank mounted in the frame before the cab was painted. It has rubber supports between the mounts and the tank. It could be removed from the bottom but it is in there very tight. 
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