Tanami Fuel Pump

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Tanami Pump

Think I'd like to see figure of flow rate at 2.5psi or how long it takes to empty a 20ltr jerry with that 10mm outlet. I drilled and tapped a small hole on the opposite top side from the spout and srewed a small wing nutted bolt with a rubber washer to seal. Should see how fast the sucker empties now compared to before when you open the breather. No more gulp gulp. works for me.

I'll stay with my home alteration but if you had jerry mounts that were a pain in the RRRR's or hard to get to then it looks a great alternative if their claims are good.

John (Vic)

Had one for a few of years now.
Works fine. Does take a couple of minutes to empty 20ltr jerry but its not like I have to do it every day.
No holding up jerry & no spilt fuel.

Regards

PS. See you in May. Maybe you could try mine then.
Try before you buy. Must be good.

I use mine to pump my biodeisel out of a 200 L drum every week. Works really well. If I lost it, I would sell my wife to get another ;-)

Shhh don't tell her.

John,

I GOT ONE! I GOT ONE! I GOT ONE!

And it's the duck's guts mate. Don't listen to the knockers.

How many times has one busted their foofer valve, holding an almost full jerry can over a bloody spout that refuses to keep still. You end up with as much fuel on the ground as you do in your tank.

My Camper Trailer has two jerry can holders conveniently located on the draw bar and I don't even need to remove them when transferring the contents to my fuel tank.
The jerry's are metal and thus earthed to the trailer, which is in turn earthed to the vehicle. So safety issue is resolved.

I have a simple method I use to pressurise the jerry cans.

A three metre piece of air hose with clamp style connectors at each end and a shut off valve just back from one end.
Clamp one end to the spare tyre on the back of the jack. (Over pressurised)
Clamp the other end (with the shut off valve conveniently located) to the air inlet on the Tanami Pump which is fixed in place in the jerry can.
With the fuel line connected between the petrol tank inlet and the Pump, crack open the valve and observe the contents being "pushed" out of the jerry, into the fuel tank.

All very civilised.

I can remove the pump and insert into another jerry can without disconnecting anything else and at some convenient time (usually at camp) reinflate the spare tyre with the Big Red Air Pump.

Of course, Big Red (or equivalent) could also be used, but you don't need much air.
I think the blow off pressure is set at 3 or 4 psi.

So get one John and join the stress free way to top up.
I believe Opposite Lock are convenient distributors.

Yep,
I have one, got it off ebay for $29 + $10 postage, so I thought I done good;-)))
As others have mentioned, it does indeed work as described....

All of my jerries except 1 are ex- Aust. Defence Dept. (circa 1952-58), & it works perfectly on the army ones, but on the 'ring-in' there is some air leakage past the lid seal, but it still pushes the fuel out in a satisfactory manner...

One thing I would strongly recommend if you do get one, is to fit an in-line filter to the delivery hose... I never re-fuel from jerries (or other containers) unless it's through a funnel w/- a fine gauze strainer, or in this case, an in-line filter.. That way, there's less less chance of any cr@p gettin' into the tank... What goes in there direct from the bowser is another matter of course, but that's a chance we take....

Regards,
Ed. C.