Re: oil firing (was firebox Facts!)

[Vance Bass]

Hey, Keith, 

Following your good info about coal ashpans, I was reminded of a 
question I have been unable to answer about the oil-fired model I'm 
building. The thing has a tank under the oil bunker that I took to be an air 
tank at first. But on closer examination of the plans, there are two 
problems with that: no air pump, and little sliding flaps on the ends of the 
tank. So, clearly, it's not an air tank.

My hypothesis is that it's a warming tank for the fuel oil. Can anyone 
confirm or deny that guess? (There's a pic at 
<http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/fh%26pb/kahuku_tank.jpg>. The pink 
area is some kind of shroud or duct, further indicating that it's something I 
don't recognize.)

Thanks for any clarifications.


-vance-

A dead man asks you to remember the highest ideal of the warrior is 
that he lay down his sword. Jet Li in "Hero"