Ferrara Tanker

[Wombii]

This is looking very nice! Looking forward to seeing this in action! Are those solenoid valves air tight as well as water tight? What did you use to make those suction fittings?

[Tgrzes]

Thanks! The solenoid valves are for both air and fluids. The only thing I don't like is the ID on the valve is only about 3mm whereas the pump and all the intake plumbing is 5mm. So far, I haven't been able to find any 5mm valves.

I recently bought a 9/16-24UNF tap and die, but all these fittings were made from pieces of scrap sink shutoff valves. For the female fittings and blind caps, I turned down the compression nut on a lathe. The piece for the tube is made from bar stock and I just soldered them together. Same for the male threads.


For the lugs on the fittings, I milled t-shaped pieces from .064 flat stock and soldered them in place.


I'm working on the front bumper swivel suction fitting and plumbing now. Should have pictures of that soon.