[imacflyr3]

As promised, here are the photos of my homemade fueler. Please excuse the clutter....I took these inside the trailer right after getting home from a contest.

The first photo shows the front view looking at the pump unit. This is an abs outdoor junction box from Lowes. It has a rubber seal that should keep out minor spills. It's mounted to a piece of 22ga sheet metal which hangs on the neck of the jug and wraps around the side and underneath the jug. I wanted it to wrap under like this to try to keep a static charge from building around the pump. This is probably not a real concern, but why take a chance.

Photo 2 shows the strap wrapped around the pump unit and through the back handle of the jug. This is a quick release cargo strap from Harbor Freight, cut to length to fit my needs....around $3.

Photo 3 shows the filter side of the unit. The filter is a cheap inline filter from Farm n Fleet....less than $5 if I remember correct. It's attached with a broomstick holder that I had layin around. It's a bit tight, so I'll probably have to make a small adjustment to it. The holder is held on with a 4-40 screw and nyloc nut.

Photo 4 is the switch side. I used double pole/single throw switches so I could use covers on them. The covers on the switches came on some other switches from Harbor Freight. ...loved the carbon fiber look, so I had to use them!! You can get covers at Autozone too. The covers are for more than just looks....these keep the unit from being turned on accidentally in the trailer while I'm bouncin down the road.

Photo 5....The "guts" of the pump unit! There's really nothing special here. The black box thing on the red wire up front is an inline blade fuse holder. This will keep bad things from happening if I inadvertently turn on both switches. The switches are wired so one pumps the fuel in...the other pumps the fuel out. I used wire splicers to make the connections (the blue things). The other connectors are either butt splices or insulated blade connectors.

Photo 6....Same "stuff" as photo 5.

Photo 7 shows how the pump is mounted to the top of the junction box. I used 4-40 screws with nyloc nuts and washers. The wires are fed through a hole drilled in one of the diagonal corners of the box. I used shrink wrap on the pump wires to help protect them as they came through the box. I still have to fill the hole around the wire with something....probably something similar to shoo goo...suggestions?

Photo 8 shows another view of the interior. The battery is sitting at the bottom left of the photo. This is just a cheap 8 cell nicad pack from Radio Shack that came with it's own charger. I'm sure I'll swap this out at a later date, but for now it works very well. You can also see the connector used for the battery hanging in the air (the white thing up by the switches). For now the battery just sits loose inside the box. The jug doesn't see enough movement or vibration to really require hard mounting, but I'm sure I'll do something in the future...probably velcro.

Photo 9 shows the pump unit removed from the jug. I wanted to be able to easily remove it for filling and winter storage. You can more easily see the shape of the metal bracket here. The box is attached in the same way as the motor....4-40 screws w/nyloc nuts. I do have the box spaced away from the metal bracket by the width of the nylon nuts. This allows any drips from the jug to go down behind the box to the ground without going in the holes in the back of the box.


So, that's about it. Let me know if you have any questions or want to see more images.

Thanks!!

GH