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Dennis.Kirby(at)kirtland.
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Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 7:19 am Post subject: Larger, one-piece fuel tank for a Mark-3

Kolb Friends –

 

I am looking for suggestions and recommendations for installing a new, larger-capacity fuel tank in my Mark-3 Classic.

 

Currently, I’m using the twin 6-gal polyethylene fuel jugs, supplied by Kolb.  A recent fly-out I attended in the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico made it clear that 12 gallons is not really enough gas for flying into these remote areas of the Southwest!

 

Where have you Mark-3 guys gone to have your custom-made aluminum fuel tanks fabricated?

 

I’ve seen several references on this List over the years to larger-capacity, one-piece aluminum tanks, and this is just what I’m looking for.  I realize installation will likely require me to cut a steel tube on the cage, to get access.  An easy repair - I’m OK with that. 

 

Does anyone know of a shop who has fabricated a tank for a Mark-3, that maybe has a pattern already?  My other option would be to build up a cardboard-and-tape pattern, and take it in to a local custom-fabricator.  But I thought I’d check with you List guys first, to see if there might be a shop somewhere that has done this before.

 

Many thanks –

 

Dennis Kirby

Mark-3, 912ul, in

Sandia Park, NM

 

 

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pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
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Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 8:23 am Post subject: Larger, one-piece fuel tank for a Mark-3

Hi Denis,

  

 I cannot remember who it was but there was someone  on the list who had added another tank .

 They had a simple system with the plumbing which  seemed from the drawings to be OK.

  

 I never went ahead  with that as I found a  source for some larger tanks with the same footprint as the original ones which  just dropped into place without cutting anything. They were just a bit  taller...

  

 Needed to modify my filling method a bit. I think  that I added a pump which clamped to the opening in a standard jerry can rather  than pouring direct.

 It also meant that I could carry a spare 20 litre  jerry can in the passenger space to give even more capacity.

  

 Pat

  

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Richard Pike

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Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 4:07 am Post subject: Re: Larger, one-piece fuel tank for a Mark-3

Or for about a weeks work and a couple hundred bucks you can make your own. 

http://www.bcchapel.org/pages/0003/pg1.htm



Just be sure not to put any ethanol in it or you'll get to make it twice. Guess how I know this?

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