Fuel Pump

Will the mechanical/diaphram fuel on my 1978 Dodge van pump the gas from
a small gas tank (only a few gallons small gas tank) if the small gas
tank is sitting on the floor of my van? Or would I need to add an
auxialary electric fuel pump to the top of the small gas tank?

The reason I ask is beause of the high gas prices, I want to mount a
small gas tank inside of my van (probally behind the front passenger
seat) and use the small gas tank.I could build a wooden box and mount
the box to the floor and set the small gas tank in the box.I guess I
could locate a small boat/marine gas tank that has the fuel outlet near
the bottom of the gas tank and drill a hole in the floor for the fuel
line and that would eliminate the need for an auxiliary electric fuel
pump?

I almost never drive anywhere that is more than about a fifteen miles
round trip from my house.I always have a 3 1/2 gallon gas tank in my van
anyway for lawn mower gas, so carrying a little extra gas tank around in
my van has never been a problem for me before.Those gas thieves are
really bad around here.When I am not using my van, which is most times
about once every three weeks or more, I could remove the small gas tank
and put it in my storage shed in my back yard.
cuhulin

here is a guy who permanently mounted a marine fue tank in his car.
scroll down until you see the red fuel tank.
http://www.mx6.com/forums/1g-mx6-other-performance/96667-sunroof-delete-other-weight-savings-8.html#post1162123
i would say you don't want fuel vapors in your passenger compartment
especially if you smoke.
If theft is a problem, what about a locking gas cap on your factory
tank and forget about an auxilary tank inside your van?

boxing@sasktel.net wrote:
> here is a guy who permanently mounted a marine fue tank in his car.
> scroll down until you see the red fuel tank.
> http://www.mx6.com/forums/1g-mx6-other-performance/96667-sunroof-delete-other-weight-savings-8.html#post1162123
> i would say you don't want fuel vapors in your passenger compartment
> especially if you smoke.
> If theft is a problem, what about a locking gas cap on your factory
> tank and forget about an auxilary tank inside your van?

Seconded. If a secondary consideration is leaving only a couple gallons
in a steel tank, I'd recommend a fuel cell.

nate

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I think it will work without an auxilary electric fuel pump. Maybe try
that. I think you could look around for an inline electric fuel pump
if going without one doesn't work. Here is a web page that sells them
but they seem rather expensive. Maybe there are cheaper pumps around.
http://www.nextag.com/inline-fuel-pump/search-html
Carter would likely be cheaper than Edelbrock or Holley.