Nicely done, and a good follow up. Does the teflon tape hold up? I tried it on some fittings that I use on my veggie oil filtering station, and it promptly disintegrated. Veg oil is a bit nastier in some respects then diesel, so at full dino you might not have a problem for a long while.

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Mercury is a boxer

1984 300d
1999 Prelude
Medici road bike
Klein touring bike
Klein mtn bike

thanks! you've got some cool bikes - i'd love to see that Medici.

re: teflon tape - i'm not sure what to tell you because from my experience it should work fine for veg filtering...

since i've taken ownership of the MB it's been fueled exclusively with biodiesel (roughly B40), the teflon taped FM100 setup on my VW has also been used exclusively with biodiesel (B33 to B100) - both are leak free. my understanding and experience is that teflon tape is perfect for petro and bio/veg fueling applications.

loads of people instruct the use of teflon in veg oil to biodiesel processors, here's just a few that came up googling "biodiesel teflon tape":

http://www.homegrownfuels.net/services.html
http://www.biodieselcommunity.org/standpipewashtank/
http://www.ezbiodiesel.com/accessories.htm

hope you find something that works.

cheers!

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Is it heated?



will us northern folks be able to use it?

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-1983 VW Rabbit LS Diesel (5speed, VNT/Giles build)

there are two FM100 heater options (a side loading and a top loading) but IMHO a heater is not necessary - even in the north - unless your existing in-line prefilter is currently freezing up. i.e. - this pre-filter has probably 25-50 times the surface area of the stock in-line prefilter and because its 30-micron fuel should have no problem getting through it.

cheers!

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I'm worried about the water in the bowl freezing and cracking the bowl.

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-1983 VW Rabbit LS Diesel (5speed, VNT/Giles build)

that will never happen. this exact design from stanadyne is rebadged and comes as OEM equipment on John Deere, Mack, CAT, New Holland and many others on equipment sold in all climates. cheers!

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I just purchased one and will do the install according to your directions. Great write up. Only problem is I did not pay attention to the filter, so the stock 150 microns is being shipped. Still, including shipping, total came to $52 from the company you listed the link for.

Thanks for all the great info!

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70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

99 W210 E300 Turbo Diesel, chipped, DPF/Converter Delete. Still needs EGR Delete, 232K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

Gone and still missed...1982 w123 300D, 1991 w124 300D