Tank Mounting Bracket
For those of you following this post, you've already read about a custom fuel tank installation for this machine. Today I finally had some time to fabricate it. This post will cover the mounting bracket itself. After much deliberation, we decided to mount the tank on the seat spring. This 'invisible' mount keeps the tractor looking very clean. I used a piece of 2" wide channel and bent it a little so it would nest onto the seat spring. Then I welded plates to either end of the channel that overlap the sides of the seat spring to keep the tank from trying to pivot on the mounting bolt holes. I put masking tape on the spring to protect it while I drilled through the entire assembly to locate the mounting holes quickly and accurately. There are nuts welded to the back of the channel for easy install/disassembly. When the tank finally gets mounted, I have a piece of rubber gasket that will go in between the channel and the seat spring.
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