Is it possible to run a water line from inside the frunk to inside of the bed?

[Sam James]

Can't do a mobile meth lab, as I do not look like Brian Cranston.

Like they said, anything is possible with enough time and money.

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[FordLightningMan]

As a firm believer in bidets being a necessity anywhere I travel, I think I see what the OP is going for...

 

[MostlySafeBear]

As a firm believer in bidets being a necessity anywhere I travel, I think I see what the OP is going for...

Funny that you should mention that, as I am a bidet user as well. In addition to extra cleanliness over dry paper, all the resources (such as water, fuel, etc) that go into making toilet paper, bleaching it, trucking it all over the country are saved when a person just directly uses the water for cleaning.

 

[Regular150]

The use case is to move water from a tank stored in the frunk to a point inside the bed. Just a concept at this point, so I have no elaboration.

Yes, add a 120 volt high pressure pump and you could go with a smaller line and make up the volume with the pump. That same small line could either as you said go through the frunk drain, or you could also drill a small hole to where the battery is and run your line in the extra space it's not completely taken out by the transmission tunnel. Then bring it up into the bed you can pop any of the rubber seals at the front part of the bed floor.

 

[MostlySafeBear]

Yes, add a 120 volt high pressure pump and you could go with a smaller line and make up the volume with the pump. That same small line could either as you said go through the frunk drain, or you could also drill a small hole to where the battery is and run your line in the extra space it's not completely taken out by the transmission tunnel. Then bring it up into the bed you can pop any of the rubber seals at the front part of the bed floor.

Thanks! As I don't have a Lightning yet, I wasn't sure if its design was far enough from a combustion F-150 that it might not be possible to run a water line through the area.

 

[Pioneer74]

This is for a keg in the frunk and a tap in the cab, isn't it? You can tell us. We won't judge.

 

[p52Ranch]

Yes, add a 120 volt high pressure pump and you could go with a smaller line and make up the volume with the pump. That same small line could either as you said go through the frunk drain, or you could also drill a small hole to where the battery is and run your line in the extra space it's not completely taken out by the transmission tunnel. Then bring it up into the bed you can pop any of the rubber seals at the front part of the bed floor.

A 120 volt high pressure pump sounds like it could be painful when used in the bidet application.

 

[YankeeCP]

Xzibit can pimp your ride and add dual fish tanks

 

[GDN]

Unless whatever you are putting in bed is heavier than the water I'd want the water in bed. The rake is already bad enough, weight the bed down first if at all possible.

 

[sotek2345]

A 120 volt high pressure pump sounds like it could be painful when used in the bidet application.

Better than a 10HP pump running off the 240V.

 

[Regular150]

Thanks! As I don't have a Lightning yet, I wasn't sure if its design was far enough from a combustion F-150 that it might not be possible to run a water line through the area.

There should be space looking at the two frames and engine and transmission out in the lightning.

 

[Regular150]

Unless whatever you are putting in bed is heavier than the water I'd want the water in bed. The rake is already bad enough, weight the bed down first if at all possible.

400 lbs capacity gets you 42 gallons minus tank weight.

 

[p52Ranch]

I think I figured it out OP is going to install a water cannon in the bed

Better than a 10HP pump running off the 240V.

True True.

I believe a 10 HP 240 V electric motor would require the output of two Lightning's to operate. A 5 HP 240 V pump (drawing 28 amps) would empty the 42 gallon tank in under 10 seconds. Now that would be a wild bidet ride.

 

[Yellow Buddy]

Please move this thread if there is a more appropriate sub-forum. None that I saw quite fit.

For weight balance and other reasons, I'm wondering if it's possible to place a water tank in the frunk and plumb it so that it comes out at a point accessible to the inside of the bed?

I know that the frunk has a small drain in its lowest point, and that is a start, but it's not a complete answer.

For an ordinary F-150 (if it had a frunk), I know this would be possible, but I'm not sure if or how the design of the Lightning would complicate something like this.

I don't have my lightning on hand but the drain plug for the frunk is one option.

If I had to take on such a project, I might explore the access cover to the 12v battery. Based on some pictures the battery behind there is open air. It might be feasible to drill a hole and run a 1/2" pex line through there and route that along the frame rails to the back of the bed. Once at the bed I would probably drill through the bed itself to get the line back up. It would need a pump in this setup.

 

[ShirBlackspots]

For a truck camper in the bed? If you have an on-demand pump I don't see why not

Given the size and shape of the frunk, you couldn't put a lot of water in it. The overall volume is 400 liters or 105.67 gallons, but the weight limit is 400 pounds, so about 48 gallons max.

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