Skill Center has now bolted on the solenoids, and hooked up the coolant hoses to the 40 gallon vegetable oil tank. They are now figuring out where to put the Vegtherm, that the fuelwill go through before it gets to the fuel injector. The Vegtherm will insure that the oil is heated to 160 degrees so it will not hurt the injectors over time.

Below, student Jesse experiments with ideas to support the Vegtherm.

Here, Walt brainstorms with Jesse on the best way to support the Vegtherm.

Below you can see where the coolant hoses come into the truckbed and then into the tank.

Here are teacher Walt, and students Brian and Jesse working on the project

Walt has re-drawn the schematics, so that he can isolate the three areas that need to be worked on. On the right you can see the diagram of Grease Car, which Walt then re-drew so the students can better understand how to go about implementing them. Walt is creating new ways to improve the installation of the grease car kit.

WSU students create solar home in the Solar Decathlon in Washington DC
http://wsm.wsu.edu/stories/2006/February/solardecathlon.html

OSU Biodiesel Initiative
http://oregonstate.edu/groups/biodiesel/index.htm

Spokane Skill Center has started converting the truck

This is an F250 truck with a 6.9 liter diesel engine that is being converted to run on waste vegetable oil. The automotive department of the Skills Center of Spokane is working to install the grease car kit. For information about the Skills Center, go to http://www.skillscenter.com/Automotive/index.stm . Below, Skills Center has been working on bolting on the tank and the heated fuel filter. (Nice work!) They have also cut a hole in the truck bed to run the heated cooling lines through.

Modified veggie fuel tank that has coils through it through which the heated coolant can flow to heat up the veggie oil.

This switch allows one to start on diesel, then switch when the temperature is high enough. It also has a third position to purge the fuel lines of veggie oil before turning of the truck.

Above, teacher Walt, shows how they are mounting the heated fuel filter close to the coolant lines near the dashboard heater of the truck. Next week the plan is to hook up the electrical parts and the Vegtherm.