As hard as I tried, I could not locate a place for the fueling nozzle that keep it above the rear fender.
So a hanging bracket was going to need to be fabricated. In luck, I found a nice place off the rear bumper bracket. |
The first order of business is cutting metal. A pair of 1/4"x2" drop down bars were cut.
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The two bars were clamped in place to setup measurements for the rest of the bracket.
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Here I am measuring for the face plate. I will also need to cut 2 pieces of bar to reach the back of the bumper.
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The rest of the metal pieces are being cut and readied for assembly.
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This is the face plate. It needs a 1" hole for the refueling nozzle to pass through. This is the starter hole being drilled. |
I am chasing the pilot hole with a larger hole. This is needed to make the large 1" drill bit drill smoothly.
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This is the finish pass with the 1" drill. |
The drop down bars also need holes drilled into them to attach the bracket to the bumper mount. |
Here are all the bracket pieces prepped and ready for welding. |
The first welding pass will connect the drop down bars with the horizontals.
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A little clean up makes something ugly looking pretty dam nice. |
Speaking of ugly, this is the entire bracket clamped together and ready for welding. It took a while to get it right, however there are no do overs if it is not clamped correctly. |
The insides are DC stick welded. |
The outsides are TIG welded. Once the welding was finished it is off to the sand blasting boot and then 4 coats of satin black Rustoleum |
Now it is time for the fuel nozzle assembly. This is a piece of salvaged 3/8" stainless steel CNG fuel line. The ORFS (O-Ring Face Seal) was already there. I added the 3/8" flare nut to the other end |
This piece was also salvaged and only needed bent a little to fit what I needed it for.
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Here are all the pieces laid out in an exploded view. The fueling nozzle and CNG check valve are both salvaged. Not much expense here. |
With the bracket installed, the filling assembly is bolted up.
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This is another view from the bottom. |
All that is left is to bend and install a transitional tube from a bulkhead fitting to the filling assembly. I noticed that the 3/8" tubing came close to the edge of the bracket bar.
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I salvaged a bunch of these rubber isolation bushings and another one comes in handy. |
I added the rubber bushing to the tube. It was a tight squeeze to get it in there, however it is a great fix for a small problem.
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Another view showing everything connected up. |