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72blazer_mud_bogger · 08-19-2008, 10:28 AM

looking to take my tank off the bottom of my blazer and run to full size beer kegs up top, trying to figure how i can avoid sloshing of the fuel inside the keg. any ideas would be great.....

vtblazer · 08-19-2008, 10:58 AM

Foam and/or baffling are used a lot but either is going to be tough to make happen with an old beer keg, unless you have the skillz to cut one open and do the install.

Why not just go fuel cell?

72blazer_mud_bogger · 08-19-2008, 02:48 PM

i got a guy that can weld aluminum, i am just trying to figure out how it should be done once i get inside, what would work the best. may just add a screw on type (or something like it). this is all new to me so, and all the guys i know that go wheeling in my old area run fuel cells, just wanted something different. if i have to i will go with fuel cell, but i want to see if i can make this work first. how often do you see a 72 blazer with beer kegs for fuel tanks

johnnywagon · 08-19-2008, 03:36 PM

RCI sells safety foam "bricks" for use in fuel cells. They also sell universal floats/sending units but you would have to some how shield the loose foam fbricks from interfering with the float.

OLDCHEV4X4 · 08-20-2008, 07:05 AM

The float in my fuel cell is inside a tube so that nothing interfear's with it.

dammitmitchell · 08-20-2008, 08:39 AM

hey if you can like angle the bottom of the keg like a convex curve, or just a big dip for your pickup tube to sit in, thaty way if you ar "slohing" on low fuel you still ahve a good pick up point

Batman · 08-20-2008, 01:02 PM

Beer kegs are usually stainless, haven't seen an aluminum one. Sounds like an interesting project.

72blazer_mud_bogger · 08-20-2008, 01:22 PM

well that makes it easier, the one i was looking at in chicago last year when i lived there where aluminum. i didnt explect it to be easy, but it will not be the most common fuel cell. thanks for the help

jc · 08-20-2008, 03:12 PM

ive scrapped pleanty of kegs and about half where aluminium and the rest where stainless.

today i just baught a real nice stainless slitz OLD beer keg for a gas tank that is stainless.

Wreckless_71 · 08-20-2008, 06:41 PM

My buddy has a keg for his fuel cell on his VW Baja Bug it's pretty sic. He has it mounted up on his rack with some KC's an axe and a shovel.

jc · 08-20-2008, 08:25 PM

i just checked the date on the keg. its 2-71 excellant!!!!!

70gmcjimmy · 08-20-2008, 08:50 PM

This is sure a subject I've never seen before!

Back in the 70s before dirt circle track racing rules began requiring actual fuel cells they generally mandated a welded 1/8" steel tank rule. Sloshing fuel was a problem when the driver would throw the car into the turns, as it could cause the car to get too loose. One way we prevented that was to fill the tank with wiffle balls. It worked real well!

If you have a large enuff access hole using the foam blocks that Johnnywagon recommended is definitely the way to go. To fit that foam into an odd shape such as a keg, an electric knife like you carve a turkey with can be used to shape it so it isn't compressed, then it will absorb and drain fuel from it much better. Don't tell the wife you used the knife, or in my case many years ago, my Mom!

I have drained many a keg thru the years and have never seen a stainless steel one! Never knew they existed. That is my education for the day!

Later---DAC

T/C · 09-16-2009, 10:06 AM

Okay bump for an old thread... I have a 1970 GMC SWB and the tank inside the cab is leaking... I got ahold of a free keg and want to do this... How big of a problem is it for a truck that is going to just be driving on the road? (With the Slosh) And if i need to do something to help with it... Do the wiffle balls not melt or anything? (Sorry if thats a dumb question but i dont know Lol) and how full would i fill it with them?

ghettoluxury · 09-16-2009, 10:42 AM

it is no different than your current tank

cobinder · 09-16-2009, 10:44 AM

Fill the keg with foam balls. They are made for motorcycles. Just keep stuffing them in there till you get teh effect you want.

T/C · 09-16-2009, 10:47 AM

Thanks guys.. Lol Pulled 3 gas tanks from a few parts cars my girl friends dad has and found none i could fit under the bed.. Then we found the old keg lol

packrat42 · 09-29-2009, 09:07 PM

T/C, Do you have any more updates on the keg gas tank? I just bought one last weekend and I was gonna do the same thing.

T/C · 09-30-2009, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by packrat42

T/C, Do you have any more updates on the keg gas tank? I just bought one last weekend and I was gonna do the same thing.

The deal i had fell threw... I am still trying to find something... If i find a keg first i am going to go with that but if i find a normal tank i will use it.. I will let you know when i figure out what i am doing...

The worst part is you cant buy a keg here (I am not sure about other states) But from anyone who is really allowed to be selling them if you dont have a tdc? Or something like that.. So i cant just go buy one from anywhere..

ghettoluxury · 09-30-2009, 11:40 AM

so rent one empty it out (with the help of some friends) and forget to return it

Batman · 09-30-2009, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ghettoluxury

so rent one empty it out (with the help of some friends) and forget to return it

Technically, that's illegal. However, it does happen quite a bit. Those kegs are the property of the brewery and they cost the brewery a lot more than the deposit one leaves on them.

T/C · 09-30-2009, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Batman

Technically, that's illegal. However, it does happen quite a bit. Those kegs are the property of the brewery and they cost the brewery a lot more than the deposit one leaves on them.

And also... I am not 21 nor are any of my friends that would think about doing that anyways

72blazer_mud_bogger · 01-14-2012, 07:47 PM

The best place that I have found to get the kegs from is college parties. Hope that helps, I am finally getting around to getting my two kegs together and getting put in the truck. I will try to take some pics as I go for you all

mikemileski · 01-18-2012, 02:26 PM

Maybe you can get one of those guys that build ships in bottles to make you some baffles for the inside of those kegs :-)

Mike Mileski
Tucson, AZ

Mxracer202 · 01-18-2012, 05:27 PM

Thought about the same thing with the keg idea for my 58 willys. buying kegs here Is a pretty simple task, They sell for about $40.

but back to the sloshing, If you cant get the right foam in the keg you can also go with wiffle balls as 70gmcJimmy said Its pretty common on prerunners and desert trucks. Theres tons of "wiffle ball" threads onhttp://www.Dezertrangers.com

I think the kegs would be a pretty sweet idea,

My .02

72blazer_mud_bogger · 01-18-2012, 10:34 PM

thanks guys, I will be trying this soon.

08-19-2008, 10:28 AM	#1
72blazer_mud_bogger Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 533	Beer Keg Fuel Tanks looking to take my tank off the bottom of my blazer and run to full size beer kegs up top, trying to figure how i can avoid sloshing of the fuel inside the keg. any ideas would be great.....

08-19-2008, 10:58 AM	#2
vtblazer Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Vermont Posts: 8,537	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks Foam and/or baffling are used a lot but either is going to be tough to make happen with an old beer keg, unless you have the skillz to cut one open and do the install. Why not just go fuel cell?

08-19-2008, 02:48 PM	#3
72blazer_mud_bogger Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 533	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks i got a guy that can weld aluminum, i am just trying to figure out how it should be done once i get inside, what would work the best. may just add a screw on type (or something like it). this is all new to me so, and all the guys i know that go wheeling in my old area run fuel cells, just wanted something different. if i have to i will go with fuel cell, but i want to see if i can make this work first. how often do you see a 72 blazer with beer kegs for fuel tanks

08-19-2008, 03:36 PM	#4
johnnywagon Sofa King. We, Todd, Ed. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Spokane, Wa. Posts: 631	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks RCI sells safety foam "bricks" for use in fuel cells. They also sell universal floats/sending units but you would have to some how shield the loose foam fbricks from interfering with the float. __________________ ~John 71 Blazer One Ton 65 Chevelle Station Wagon x2 59 Belair 2 Door 71 Chevy Open Road Van RV www.myspace.com/johnnywagon

08-20-2008, 07:05 AM	#5
OLDCHEV4X4 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Chester County PA, USA Posts: 1,228	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks The float in my fuel cell is inside a tube so that nothing interfear's with it. __________________ 72 k/10 short wideside 72 k/5 Blazer 72 K/5 Blazer - obstacle course racer 72 custom/10 8' bed 70 K/5 Blazer 67 C-30 GMC Flat bed 86 GMC K2500 Plow Truck 85 GMC K3500 84 M1008 85 M1008 77 G30 Motor Home 72 Sears 12hp Tractor Glenmoore, Pennsylvania

08-20-2008, 08:39 AM	#6
dammitmitchell the pollock Join Date: May 2008 Location: abilene, texas Posts: 4,423	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks hey if you can like angle the bottom of the keg like a convex curve, or just a big dip for your pickup tube to sit in, thaty way if you ar "slohing" on low fuel you still ahve a good pick up point __________________ Jack of ALL trades, Master of none.. (but one... procrastination) Army vet 02-08 RIP El Jay! Miss you brother! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=343538 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=386042

08-20-2008, 01:02 PM	#7
Batman Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Central IL, USA Posts: 51	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks Beer kegs are usually stainless, haven't seen an aluminum one. Sounds like an interesting project. __________________ 1972 GMC K1500 350 V-eight TH350 4x4.

08-20-2008, 01:22 PM	#8
72blazer_mud_bogger Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 533	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks well that makes it easier, the one i was looking at in chicago last year when i lived there where aluminum. i didnt explect it to be easy, but it will not be the most common fuel cell. thanks for the help

08-20-2008, 03:12 PM	#9
jc Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jackson, New Jersey Posts: 1,560	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks ive scrapped pleanty of kegs and about half where aluminium and the rest where stainless. today i just baught a real nice stainless slitz OLD beer keg for a gas tank that is stainless. __________________ 2004 Silverado 2500HD Crewcab 4x4 2000 TOYOTA 4RUNNER 1971 CHEYENNE LWB (THE LOVE SHACK) 1967 c-10 lwb (THE FARMERS DAUGHTER)

08-20-2008, 06:41 PM	#10
Wreckless_71 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Kelso, WA Posts: 363	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks My buddy has a keg for his fuel cell on his VW Baja Bug it's pretty sic. He has it mounted up on his rack with some KC's an axe and a shovel. __________________ 1972 K10 4" lift, 35’s, 383 stroker, 700r4, current project. 1971 C10 3"/5" static drop, 355/350. "La Bamba.” The current daily driver.

08-20-2008, 08:25 PM	#11
jc Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jackson, New Jersey Posts: 1,560	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks i just checked the date on the keg. its 2-71 excellant!!!!! __________________ 2004 Silverado 2500HD Crewcab 4x4 2000 TOYOTA 4RUNNER 1971 CHEYENNE LWB (THE LOVE SHACK) 1967 c-10 lwb (THE FARMERS DAUGHTER)

08-20-2008, 08:50 PM	#12
70gmcjimmy GMCDAC Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rapid City, SD Posts: 837	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks This is sure a subject I've never seen before! Back in the 70s before dirt circle track racing rules began requiring actual fuel cells they generally mandated a welded 1/8" steel tank rule. Sloshing fuel was a problem when the driver would throw the car into the turns, as it could cause the car to get too loose. One way we prevented that was to fill the tank with wiffle balls. It worked real well! If you have a large enuff access hole using the foam blocks that Johnnywagon recommended is definitely the way to go. To fit that foam into an odd shape such as a keg, an electric knife like you carve a turkey with can be used to shape it so it isn't compressed, then it will absorb and drain fuel from it much better. Don't tell the wife you used the knife, or in my case many years ago, my Mom! I have drained many a keg thru the years and have never seen a stainless steel one! Never knew they existed. That is my education for the day! Later---DAC __________________ 1970 GMC K5 Jimmy Custom 4X4 Mom's driver from 1971 to 2001!! Under rebuild! 1972 GMC C2500 Pickup owned since 1979 Needs a rest and refurbish! 1955 GMC 100 2nd design driven almost daily! Rest In Peace Mom. "Dolly" 7/15/23 - 5/18/09 GMC driver for 30 years! Last edited by 70gmcjimmy; 08-20-2008 at 09:17 PM.

09-16-2009, 10:06 AM	#13
T/C Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Krum Tx. Posts: 267	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks Okay bump for an old thread... I have a 1970 GMC SWB and the tank inside the cab is leaking... I got ahold of a free keg and want to do this... How big of a problem is it for a truck that is going to just be driving on the road? (With the Slosh) And if i need to do something to help with it... Do the wiffle balls not melt or anything? (Sorry if thats a dumb question but i dont know Lol) and how full would i fill it with them? Last edited by T/C; 09-16-2009 at 10:07 AM.

09-16-2009, 10:42 AM	#14
ghettoluxury Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Waynesfield Ohio Posts: 1,991	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks it is no different than your current tank __________________ 1949 Five Window, 1973 Step Side, 2000 Z71

09-16-2009, 10:44 AM	#15
cobinder Everything is work in progress Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Denver Colorado Posts: 326	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks Fill the keg with foam balls. They are made for motorcycles. Just keep stuffing them in there till you get teh effect you want. __________________ Good luck with your truck! How much?! It's just an old truck part!! 49 International on a 80 GMC 3/4ton 4x4 chassis 48 International KB-5 2 ton dump bed 04 Honda CRF "500" 09 Honda CRF450 fuel injected rocket 03 Suzuki hayabusa carbonfiber wheeled monster. 02 Ford diesel stretch van (toy hauler) 01 38' Monaco diesel pusher motorhome



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09-16-2009, 10:47 AM	#16
T/C Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Krum Tx. Posts: 267	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks Thanks guys.. Lol Pulled 3 gas tanks from a few parts cars my girl friends dad has and found none i could fit under the bed.. Then we found the old keg lol

09-29-2009, 09:07 PM	#17
packrat42 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Rutherfordton, North Carolina Posts: 328	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks T/C, Do you have any more updates on the keg gas tank? I just bought one last weekend and I was gonna do the same thing. __________________ '72 Nova '71 C10 '63 VW Beetle ...............................____ .................________-\|___\____ ..;.;;.:;:;.,;.\|__(O)___\|____/_(O)\| _______________________________________

09-30-2009, 11:40 AM	#19
ghettoluxury Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Waynesfield Ohio Posts: 1,991	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks so rent one empty it out (with the help of some friends) and forget to return it __________________ 1949 Five Window, 1973 Step Side, 2000 Z71

01-14-2012, 07:47 PM	#22
72blazer_mud_bogger Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 533	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks The best place that I have found to get the kegs from is college parties. Hope that helps, I am finally getting around to getting my two kegs together and getting put in the truck. I will try to take some pics as I go for you all

01-18-2012, 02:26 PM	#23
mikemileski Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 66	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks Maybe you can get one of those guys that build ships in bottles to make you some baffles for the inside of those kegs :-) Mike Mileski Tucson, AZ

01-18-2012, 05:27 PM	#24
Mxracer202 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: RC, South Dakota. Posts: 164	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks Thought about the same thing with the keg idea for my 58 willys. buying kegs here Is a pretty simple task, They sell for about $40. but back to the sloshing, If you cant get the right foam in the keg you can also go with wiffle balls as 70gmcJimmy said Its pretty common on prerunners and desert trucks. Theres tons of "wiffle ball" threads onhttp://www.Dezertrangers.com I think the kegs would be a pretty sweet idea, My .02 __________________ 58 Jeep willys pickup 67 K10 4x4- soon to be trail truck TROUBLE MAKER RACING "If you can't stand BEHIND our troops, please stand in FRONT of them."

01-18-2012, 10:34 PM	#25
72blazer_mud_bogger Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 533	Re: Beer Keg Fuel Tanks thanks guys, I will be trying this soon.

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