TR Custom Parts
Mark Hueffman - Owner
- Joined
- May 25, 2001
Finally got around to installing my Metco cell in the trunk. Bye Bye spare tire and jack. Couple cans of fix-a-flat and AAA card will be in car at all times now. Got a good deal on the Metco so decided to do the rear pump conversion for my alky kit.
Cell didn't come with brackets so made my own. Used all stainless hardware to fasten it in, threw my son in the trunk to help with the forward bracket. The right bolt on the forward bracket was a fun one but the old masking tape on box wrench trick worked fine.
Had a Kirban trunk kit in the car and decided to see what I could do with the panel that hides the spare and jack and with some trimming it worked out perfect. Might have another project for that space in back of the panel. Had an Accumulator on the car when I had a stock location IC but with the front mount I am now running there isn't any room so that might find a new home back there in the future.
Bracket for the pump was made out of 1/4 aluminum and I used one of the existing bumper holes to mount it. For added strength I ran another bracket up to the trunk floor as seen in the pics. That bracket goes under two of the pump mounting bolts as well to tie everything together. Nice and strong setup and allows the pump to be mounted fairly low. I didn't like the looks of the pump location in other rear mount installs and thought this might work out better. The inlet of the pump is a bit higher than the outlet of the sump on the tank but never planning on running it right down to empty anyway.
Got a low level sensor from Julio as well as an extension for the harness. Had my harness originally going from the firewall plug on the drivers side going along the factory oval harness and down to the pump. Rerouted this down the drivers side frame and plugged the etension into the end of it and followed the fuel lines up and over the rear and the top of the gas tank. Low level wire followed the same route and put everything into wire conduit.
Got a brass rollover/vent valve from Speedway motors and ran that out the spare tire well and will be putting a small filter on the end to keep anything from getting into the tank.
Ran the grounds from the pump and the low level sensor to the pass side frame rail on one of the bumper shock bolts.
I rotated the head of the pump to get the fittings where I wanted them. 6 bolts, pull them out, pull off the head and rotate. Easy,
All that I have left to do is route the pressure line up to the front of the car and install the check valve on the filter that Julio sent me.
Cell didn't come with brackets so made my own. Used all stainless hardware to fasten it in, threw my son in the trunk to help with the forward bracket. The right bolt on the forward bracket was a fun one but the old masking tape on box wrench trick worked fine.
Had a Kirban trunk kit in the car and decided to see what I could do with the panel that hides the spare and jack and with some trimming it worked out perfect. Might have another project for that space in back of the panel. Had an Accumulator on the car when I had a stock location IC but with the front mount I am now running there isn't any room so that might find a new home back there in the future.
Bracket for the pump was made out of 1/4 aluminum and I used one of the existing bumper holes to mount it. For added strength I ran another bracket up to the trunk floor as seen in the pics. That bracket goes under two of the pump mounting bolts as well to tie everything together. Nice and strong setup and allows the pump to be mounted fairly low. I didn't like the looks of the pump location in other rear mount installs and thought this might work out better. The inlet of the pump is a bit higher than the outlet of the sump on the tank but never planning on running it right down to empty anyway.
Got a low level sensor from Julio as well as an extension for the harness. Had my harness originally going from the firewall plug on the drivers side going along the factory oval harness and down to the pump. Rerouted this down the drivers side frame and plugged the etension into the end of it and followed the fuel lines up and over the rear and the top of the gas tank. Low level wire followed the same route and put everything into wire conduit.
Got a brass rollover/vent valve from Speedway motors and ran that out the spare tire well and will be putting a small filter on the end to keep anything from getting into the tank.
Ran the grounds from the pump and the low level sensor to the pass side frame rail on one of the bumper shock bolts.
I rotated the head of the pump to get the fittings where I wanted them. 6 bolts, pull them out, pull off the head and rotate. Easy,
All that I have left to do is route the pressure line up to the front of the car and install the check valve on the filter that Julio sent me.