RE: [DMCForum] Re: Tuna Fish Tank Baffle

["John Hervey" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill,
Again after several 100 of them out there there has been no complaints
except yours naturally. The original wasn't designed with a bottom and it
wasn't made to hold fuel.It's made to help maintain the slouch when your
going up a hill or turning a corner. Yes, if your running on a dollars worth
of gas all the time you will suck air. You will do that with any baffle.
John


  -----Original Message-----
  From: content22207 [mailto:brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
  Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:22 PM
  To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Tuna Fish Tank Baffle


  My tank is identical to yours. A large size tuna fish can just barely
  fits through the opening. Is about 95% height and diameter of John
  Hervey's baffle (you have to squeeze his to get it in. Not hard to do
  because it's only made of aluminum flashing). One advantage of the can
  -- has a solid bottom. Does a much better job of holding sloshing fuel
  (that's why people still suck air with his -- the thing flops up &
  down, holding no fuel at all). Drill some 1/8" holes near the bottom
  so you don't exclude fuel when the tank level drops below the lip.
  Mine are 1/4" from the tank bottom.

  Bill Robertson
  #5939

  >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "timnagin" <timnagin@xxxx> wrote:
  > >If your original baffle is in good condition then I suggest
  > >you keep using it.  I would expect any stale system to need
  > >a new suction hose, suction filter, fuel pump boot & cover.
  > >If you are on a budget then follow Bill Robertson's example
  > >with the tuna can.  I'm hardly above doing that myself.
  >
  >
  > The baffle is ok, but I might have messed up the screen when I was
  cleaning
  > the tank.  The suction hose was very soft and squishy, but
  everything else
  > was fine.  The fuel pump boot is ok, but the cover is ripped.  I would
  > rather wait and buy the good stuff, but I think the tuna can will
  not find
  > its way into my car :)
  >
  >
  > >> The pump had a plastic Bosch sticker on it that fell off in my hand,
  > >
  > >The new ones come that way for applications where it is
  > >mounted outside the tank with a strap.  I have heard about
  > >people having those clog the fuel suction screen.  You are
  > >lucky you caught it.  So are all the parts to your baffle
  > >system there?
  > >
  > >Walt
  >
  >
  > Can you define 'strap' without using the word 'on'?  ;)  Seriously,
  I don't
  > know of any strap that was on mine and the pump looked brand new.  I
  could
  > tell someone had been in there before, but it didn't seem recent.  I
  think
  > all of the baffle parts are there.  I will have to look again as it
  has been
  > many months since I had my hands in the tank.
  >
  > Greg


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