Running a remote fuel tank

motorv8N · Sep 24, 2008

I'm hoping this weekend to get to some of those oil pressure and clatter diagnostics on the old TEA20 I've posted about recently.

In order to get the thing to run without the rocker cover I need to remove the tank and set up some kind of remote fuel arrangement (as well as block off the breather pipe).

Can anyone tell me what the size of the following fittings are?

-sediment bowl fitting into tank
-sediment bowl output to fuel line
-fuel line into carb fitting

I was thinking of canabalizing my lawn mower for the gas tank and fitting some rubber gas line tubing over either the metal fuel line at the sediment bowl and clamping against the threads or buying a small fittting for the carb and connecting the same way there. Thoughts? Anyone done this before?

Should hold for the short period I need it to run but I think I'll have a fire extinguisher on hand for this exercise anyway...

Mark from the Fort · Sep 24, 2008

Sorry, I am not a TEA owner and do not have the specifics for you. As to your other question, yes, a small lawnmower tank is perfect. Some even have "shut-offs" on the bottom (a nice feature. I have used a plastic one and used a rubber padded woodworking clamp and have clamped it directly to the battery tray.
My father clamps his to a roll around work tray and mounts it far away from where he is working.
These tractors run for quite a while on 1/2 gallon of gas.

Alex MacEwing · Sep 24, 2008

On my 1951 TEA20-85, I run a 5/16" rubber hose between the outlet of the sediment bowl and the metal pipe going to the Carb, to connect a inline fuel filter, so that should give you a close idea.... Alex

Jerry/MT · Sep 24, 2008

Can't tell you the size of your fittings but a i1 liter pop bottle hung as high as possible from the steering wheel or from a step ladder makes a simple teemporary tank. I just stick a fuel hose in the top and the suction seems to start it. You can also push the tube as far down as possible and hold your thumb over the other end to help suction some fuel over the edge of the bottle.There's a few minutes run time off the carb bowl tog et the fuel flow started. Hope this makes sense to you.

Don Hooks* · Sep 24, 2008

Let me offer another solution. You will have the tank off already so just build a stand to hold it up a couple of feet away from the left side of the tractor and run a length of rubber fuel line from the sediment bowl outlet to the line you disconnected from the sediment bowl outlet. The rubber line, some screw clamps and perhaps a male thread/male barbed fitting for the outlet are all you will need. You could nail some 2 by 4s together or put a plank between two step ladders or sit it on a workbench. This way you know the plumbing works.

motorv8N · Sep 25, 2008

Lots of good ideas here folks -- thanks. I also remembered that I have a small fuel tank from a 1936 outboard motor hanging in the garage. It has a shutoff and perhaps even the correct fitting sizes.

motorv8N · Sep 29, 2008

OK -- well I got to my remote tank setup this weekend. Bit of a mix of things. My 1936 Scott outboard fuel tank with a barb fitting, Chevy inline fuel filter, and some clear line, all clamped to an overhead beam then fitted over the tractor fuel line. Worked great, although the filter was verging on starving the motor. Didn't want to run right out of that tank without the sediment bowl, however, so I put up with it. Thanks for the suggestions.

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