Ok, my fuel filler neck has been relocated to inside the bed so I can shave the gas door. I have a nice cap to go on it, and I want to trim the brackets off that used to secure it to the gas door. My question is, on a scale of 1-10, how un-safe do you guys think it is to do away with the ground wire for the neck? I know it's obviously better to have it grounded, but on a lot of older cars the fuel filler is not grounded....
Indychus
Fuel neck ground wire...
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The problem is once I cut off the mounting brackets, there is nowhere to ground it near the cap... I may weld a tab to the neck under the bed and ground it there... i'm thinking the ground isn't really necessary though, just something added by an over-cautious engineer....
Yeah bro, put the ground wire back on ASAP. Speaking from a fire fighter stand point- yes filling up creates static electricity and thats what the ground wire is for. For god sake, DO NOT weld anything to that filler neck without removing your fuel tank first, even if its empty, flame+fumes=BOOOOOMMMMMM
Ground that shit!!!
Ground that shit!!!
actually if you weld on a tank that holds flammable fluids its best to fill it up as much as possible. Fumes go BOOM before liquid. At least thats what they did on the Aircraft Carrier.
Yeah I have seen some dumb shit in my day of fire fighter and I wouldn't suggest even doing that, that seems more hazardous to me and more likely to blow the truck up or catch it on fire.
Yea thats what I thought too so I asked them cause they were welding on one of the tanks that held the jet fuel (jp5) lol. They said it was safe and we didnt go boom so im inclined to believe them haha
ive never seen this i guess if i shave my gas door i will i plan on making a box to mount it to i guess i can just extend the ground to the top flange
First off... nothing is going to explode if I weld to the filler neck on my workbench 30' from the truck... I'd have to be a complete jackass to weld to it with it installed on the tank...
Here's the pics you guys requested of the new filler location... the flange is still on it and I haven't moved the ground wire yet, but you get the idea... Can't get a decent pic for some reason... once the body drop is done and I can get it out in the sun, I'll get some better pics...
I wanted to build a small box to house it, but there isn't enough room without moving my air tank, and I'd rather have the tank centered up in the bed...
Here's the pics you guys requested of the new filler location... the flange is still on it and I haven't moved the ground wire yet, but you get the idea... Can't get a decent pic for some reason... once the body drop is done and I can get it out in the sun, I'll get some better pics...
I wanted to build a small box to house it, but there isn't enough room without moving my air tank, and I'd rather have the tank centered up in the bed...
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Just wanted to express my concern if you happened to have the idea of welding while it was on the truck yet. Hoping you weren't that dumb
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