I still want a sticky.....
=DeepRoots;155346]as to why I don't use two seperate filters:
Until I can afford/rig up a heated filter it would be a bad idea to have a seperate wvo filter. I feel that if the filter wasn't flushed out with diesel it would be clogged on startup with cold VO.
Thought I'd swing in here a little on this one. Been really busy lately, tied up, & kinda getting over couple little minor Dr. procedures....Doctors have to eat too, so I did my civic duty & gave 'em some $$$$
I've got my original Factory fuel filter now, but am fixing to change the head out & go to the older style Cummings filter... there are 3-4 filters available that are round $5 thru $12...the $12 one(longer) is supposed to be an emulsified water seperator.
I got tired of $25plus for new 7.3 filter, & Cummings is as fine or finer micron than the 12 micron factory filter.
I also got 2 other "Goldenrod" or something....farm filters (cheap) plus a Cat watertrap screen filter (this'n catches cockroaches & fleas...does darn good catching water too!) mounted down under on the frame, got heater hose RedNeck rigged up round ALL my filters, (I got close to 100" total of red heaterhose running here & there on this thing plus enough insulation to open a store....probably overweight)...got bunch other Redneck hoaky crapp on here too!
(If I ever run over a dog & it starts ripping & trashing stuff under there, this thing will run & dribble green water for a week!!)
Starting to think about a 1/4"-3/8" bellypan like is under my Caterpillar.....(Tec Stickie???? Call it"IDI BellyPan How To")
One thing my slow, one tracked mind has figured out, when I flip over to "purge" my veggie out of filters etc, I think diesel only runs & flushes out the "top"portion of the filters....mostly. However, if 'ya run it long enough before getting home to shut down, then I think filters would probably fuesh out totally. Just my thoughts on that part.
Soon as I get time I'll post some filter & head#'s if anyone interested, pic's too.
I'm running veggie in my factory rear tank....
which happens to now be about 31-33gal cap including filler neck hose! (last fall, by totally innocent,dumb, stupid, unaware accident, I shot the air to it & made a bloated, roundish, really nice looking fuel tank outa my oringinal square sided "cubie' looking factory tank. Works too.
I should try to find that link when I get time.
(I still think I should have got a "STICKY" for that'n, maybe draw some royalty's.... Edited by the moderators, of course!!)
regarding hose, I used regular rubber fuel hose for the moment. It met my specs regarding pressure and heat tolerance. I'd also bought this hose a year ago for redoing my return lines, at that time I threw some in a jar of vo, and it has faired well... not soft or nasty, just greasy.
probably around oct/nov I intend to swap my current fuel line for a pre-made HIH unit with aluminum fuel line (probably like the one on fattywagon's site).
How many OB'ers are currently reg. here on OB???.....about a gillizion? I don't know if I should post this little secret or not....
EVERY reg. OB'er here on this board probably will laugh at me, laugh twice (X2)....wound my spirits or something.
But anyway, couple year ago I needed bunch of fuel line. Being the
tightwad I am, & not liking parts store prices, I happened to be in local Farm Supply store. There was the
orange 1/4" &3/8" bulk air hose, the plastic, stiffer kind....
the kind that twists & kinks& aggravates the living he** outta you! The kind I totally normally despise, But costing about 1/4th per/ft what fuel hose cost. It said "Oil Resistant" on it....soooo, I got to thinking!!
I've had orange colored fuel lines on my rig for about 2 yr now....so far....
There may be orange colored stuff in my IP, injectors, cioated on the pistons....but I haven't seen any Orange colored exhaust smoke out the tailpipe yet
(would this be worth a Tec Sticky????)