Yeah, a bigger diesel tank would be nice...

But...I live in S Texas and my 50/50 blend starts up ok cold down to the 40's. Summer time is about 80'f low at night so I can probably go to 75% blend for the summer.

The super small diesel tank I'm planning would really only be needed for a morning start up if an extreme cold front comes through. Like once or twice a year.

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1987 300TDT
1981 VW MKI Caddy 1.6 diesel, waiting on engine swap
1983 D-50 Power Ram 4x4 "Mitsubishi" 2.3 turbo diesel
assorted gas powered crap and motorcycles

RIP: 1984 300TDT, 1982 300TDT, 1984 190D 2.2, 1992 300D 2.5, 1987 300TDT, 1982 Maxima LD28, 1983 Maxima LD28, Isuzu C223 P'ups X3, 1983 Holiday Rambler 6.2 Banks turbo diesel, 1984 Winnebago LeSharo 2.1 TD, 1985 Allegro 6.5

Contact Steve, he is in upper NY State living off-grid and does conversions to SVO/WVO. http://www.green-trust.org/ is his site.He is presently running a detroit diesel generator on WVO.
Luc

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1983 240D 4 speed running on B100 and SVO
www.b100wh.com/b100wh.html#reactor
My Biodiesel Reactor/Processor

Just make a one to three gallon diesel/BioD tank to fit under the hood or ???. Use OEM tank for WVO. Use the heated fuel pick up from Dana L. Scott in the OEM tank.

Make the tank Using what ever PVC tubing that wont react with diesel/BioD. Maybe 6 or 8" diameter? Smaller diamerter but odd shaped?

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"If anyone knows other lessons I need to learn, please tell me. I'm tired of learning them the hard way".
by JerryBro

The Glow Plug Wait: This waiting period is a moment of silence to pay honor to Rudolph Diesel. The longer you own your diesel the more honor you will give him". by SD Blue

My normal daily life; either SNAFUed- Situation Normal... All Fouled Up, or FUBARed- Fouled Up Beyond All Repair

62 UNIMOG Camper w/617 Turbo, 85 300SD daily driver- both powered by blended UCO fuels

I used to run my 300TD with a custom made 20 litre tank up front behind the left headlight. But I now have a 40 litre tank in place of the spare wheel. The coolant and fuel lines run from the engine bay, under the car (insulated and shielded with 38mm x 50mm steel channel), up through the floor under the back seat and up over the wheel arch to the tank. There is room under the plastic mouldings to hide all the pipework and cables. I made the tank from a section of 200 litre drum. It all fits neatly under the spare wheel cover. The spare now lives on the roof on a rack I made to clamp on the rails.

I've got a few pics if anyone is interested.

Andrew

We're always interested in pics!
Lay 'em on us.

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1984 300TD Wagon--Astral Silver--Retired
1983 300TD Wagon--Dark Blue--Retired

A few pics showing the tank during construction and installation

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Brilliant work! I would suggest re-thinking ditching the spare....Its sort of like a smoke detector or fire extinguisher....when you need it you NEED it....

Well done Andrew.
I didn't know you visited here.
Another example of Australian ingenuity.
Tony

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Tony from West Oz.
Fatmobile 3 84 300D 295kkm Silver grey/Blue int. 2 tank WVO - Recipient of TurboDesel engine.
Josephine '82 300D 390kkm White/Palamino int.
Elizabeth '81 280E, sporting a '79 300D engine.
Lucille '87 W124 300D non-turbo 6 cylinder OM603, Pearl Grey with light grey interior


Various parts cars including 280E, 230C & 300D in various states of disassembly.

I am truly impressed! I never thought about fabricating a spare tire tank out of a steel drum like that. Thank you so much for the pictures and the great idea!
Damon Fite 1983 300TD Wagon

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1984 300TD Wagon--Astral Silver--Retired
1983 300TD Wagon--Dark Blue--Retired

Is this the famous "Australia Andrew"from the infopop forum?

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1984 300TD Wagon--Astral Silver--Retired
1983 300TD Wagon--Dark Blue--Retired

I believe so!

I've converted two of these Mercs with the larger rear tank and I have kept the spare wheel in both cases. Although I note that new Mercs (especially the smaller ones) no longer come with spare wheels.

I may have been to the Infopop Biodiesel site a few times.

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Just came across this outfit...

http://www.biofuels.ca/

They make what thhey call a "donut" tank that fits inside the spare wheel on a VW TDI. Looks like a good solution, but not sure it would work on a vertically-mounted spare as in our wagons.

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'81 300TD turbo <<sold 12/05 to another diesel nut

Many thanks again to Andrew for all the pics and help. Here's my tank, finished and ready for install.

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1984 300TD Wagon--Astral Silver--Retired
1983 300TD Wagon--Dark Blue--Retired

One could make a neat canvas bag to put the spare tire in,and place it wherever is convient in the moment, even the roof rack when needed.