Documentation of the conversion of my 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 Sport to a Diesel/WVO Hybrid.

Tank:

Tank in the mount:

Access/heat exchanger mount/Fuel pickup plate

Not done yet but well on its way.

Okay, I mounted the tank and rack into the bed of the truck.  It is screwed down with 1/4 x 1 1/4 self drilling screws and is like a rock.  I may add bolts in the future as I am concerned about it coming out under loads.  We shall see.

Next I developed a proof of concept to produce a very tight coil in some 1/2 inch 3003-O bendable aluminium tubing.  Basically I installed fittings on each end of a piece of tuning and filled the tubing with water.  Then I froze it to create a solid bendable core.  I formed it around a 3 inch piece of copper tubing at work and it works great.  The only issue is that I closed both ends of the tubing and the ice blew a hole in the pipe.  I think if I leave one end open and elevated it will reduce the expansion stress. Also I will freeze it for a shorter period of time.

February 25th:  I started the construction of my intank heater.  Using the a new coil similar to the one above but with 5 turns around the form, I set out to enclose it.  I was a little at a loss for what to use.  I do not have any sources of inexpensive sheet aluminum so I was surfing the Lowes website when a product caught my eye.  I picked up a 10" x 10′ roll of aluminum flashing material.  I figured that it was alread coiled up and all I would have to do it cut enough out to make a multi layered tube.

The tube has about 4 layers to give it some strength.  The bottom is a single layer and all of it is riveted together with aluminum rivits. I made some mounting tabs out of a couple pieces of the flashing and rivited them to the sides and around the coil legs to hold the resevoir in place.

The bottom has 1/8 inch holes to allow flow into the reservoir and the sides have two sets of 3 1/4 inch holes spaced up the side. You can see those holes in the first picture.

Okay,  I know it has been a while.  I have been getting the brewery up and running so this has been on the back burner for a while.  I spent the last couple of nights working on may fuel module.  I am using a Ramco Performance  Turbo Fyner fed by a Shurflow pump.  The pump feed a home made bypass regulator constructed from a pressure relief valve from the plumbing section of Lowes.  I played with it and discovered that it could be adjusted down to the level i was looking for so I figured what the heck.

I am trying to make as much stuff as possible hard piped.  This should save me from massive hose change outs if needed.The bypass feeds back into the intake for the pump before feeding the filter.

I intend to get a electric filter wrap for the filter to boost the heat at this point and help preserve the filter.

More to come as I get stuff done.