6th April 2013 – Fuel tank – final fit
Next job of the day was to do the final fit of the fuel tank. The fuel tank had been in and out a few times and we had a few attempts to [...]
12th January 2013 – Fitting the fuel tank and filler cap
The job of fitting the fuel tank and the fuel filler cap really have to go hand in hand. When we were fitting the rollbar we had provisionally fitted the fuel tank in [...]
12th January 2013 – Preparing the tank for fitting
We were on to fitting the fuel tank next but before we could fit it we had to first prepare the tank. As advised in the manual, firstly we lined the sides of [...]
5th January 2013 – Filler cap more modifications
We had seen that there was no seal between the cap and the fuel filler flanges, so we thought there might be a potential for fuel to leak when cornering and also via [...]
5th January 2013 – Fuel filler modifications
We decided to modify the lower sections of the fuel filler cap assembly. Mark was worried that if the O ring seal between the 2 pieces ever failed, with the roof fitted, there [...]
5th October 2012 – Fuel filler cap and flanges arrived
We received the fuel filler cap and all the connection flanges but I hadn't added this to the blog til now. These pieces are custom made and hats of to Gerry again as [...]
17th March 2012 – Fuel Tank arrives
We took delivery of the fuel tank today. More to follow on this once we get around to fitting it. --
25th February 2012 – New braided fuel pipe
We planned to get some more time on the car this weekend. We have planned to get most of the little job under the bonnet out of the way today. First job was [...]
23rd January 2012 – Fuel pressure regulator(fuel king) & connecting to carb
Happy New Year to everyone. Just a quick update as the last post was a while ago now. The cobra build was put on hold over christmas as I was away in NYC [...]
4th June 2011 – Installing fuel lines and fuel pump
After the brake lines, we moved onto the fuel line installation. Again, we bought the fuel line kit from Gerry at Hawks Cars which included all of the pipes that are needed to [...]