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Old 12-15-2012, 11:17 AM   #200
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Couple of comments ...

First: I was confused, then I thought I had it figured out, now I'm confused. I've figured it out that the water tank is below the driver's door. Is the water being held in the aluminum tank? Or is the water being held by a plastic tank inside the aluminum tank? I think this is a good idea. The only downside is that if and when it gets cold, the water outside the truck/motorhome is more likely to freeze than if it were inside the motorhome box, say under the bed.

Second: We crewed for an ARCA/NASCAR Cup stock car team for a few years. Their hauler (semi-tractor with 53' lift gate race trailer) had a modest sized tank for race fuel (110 octane) which was a separate tank mounted behind the regular fuel tank on the pax side and it had a filler with a small cap mounted "far back"; hard to get to. They were racing down south and contracted with an experienced truck driver to bring the rig back to Wisconsin while the crew flew home. At the next race they went out for practice and the car ran for crap. They couldn't figure out what was wrong. No power. Finally the spotter, who had climbed down from the spotter stand and was looking at the motor leaned over, touched his finger to a little liquid on the side of the carb, smelled it, and announced confidently: DIESEL FUEL!. Engine builder said, "Change the engine." You guessed it ... the substitute driver had put diesel in the race fuel tank.

Did you move the 130gal diesel tank on the driver's side forward too? Watch your weight on the front axle. I'm curious how much moving that weight forward will impact front axle weight.

Keep up the good work!
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