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