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New Fuel Tank

Postby Dennis Hall » Sat Nov 28, 2015 9:27 am

I see the new fuel tanks come with all the holes pre-drilled and the builder now installs the Oops Fittings. Anybody know how many of each size is needed?

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Re: New Fuel Tank

Postby fastj22 » Sat Nov 28, 2015 10:00 am

I would think Sonex would ship with enough fittings to plug those holes.
The old tank had one big and four small fittings.

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Re: New Fuel Tank

Postby Dennis Hall » Sat Nov 28, 2015 1:04 pm

No, fittings do not come with the new tanks, you have tell them what size and how many you need. Thought someone might know, l will call Sonex on Monday.
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Re: New Fuel Tank

Postby Rynoth » Sat Nov 28, 2015 1:08 pm

fastj22 wrote:The old tank had one big and four small fittings.


That would be one for the finger strainer (not sure what size it is but it's NPT) and four 1/8"NPT female fittings.
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Re: New Fuel Tank

Postby fastj22 » Sat Nov 28, 2015 4:03 pm

You will need one big one for the finger strainer and main feed in the sump. One up near the neck as a vent. And probably one more small one at the sump to install the fuel level probe. The other two in the old tank were used for a sight guage should you choose to install one.

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