I have a 78 f350 regular cab 2wd with the 140wb, not a camper special. The issue I have is finding a rear gas tank. Does anyone know of solutions, tanks from other cars/truck that work or reproduction tanks? Also, it has the dual tank option but does not have the side tank, can I use the side tank from another regular f100-350 truck?

Thanks

 

All aft tanks are steel and on the 2wd the side tank is metal and plastic on 4wd.

http://www.fuelpumpwholesale.com/ite...32&mfr=SPECTRA PREMIUM IND., INC.&weight=13

MTS COMPANY, L.C. - Ford Pickup fuel tanks

1973-79 Ford Pickup Truck Fuel Tank

More info about it....There are two differences between the tanks. Tanks with EEC have a hole in the top center of the tank. A rubber grommet and check valve are pressed into the hole. A line goes from the check valve along the inside of the passenger side frame rail to the engine compartment where it hooks up to a charcoal canister. Non-EEC tanks don't have this hole. The other difference is the nipple for the breather line that is located right next to the nipple for the filler hose is located 180 degrees opposite.
If you are going from an EEC tank to a non-EEC tank you must also change the fuel cap to a vented style. The EEC tanks are vented through the EEC system and use a sealed fuel cap. Non-EEC tanks vent through the fuel filler cap.
If you run a non-EEC tank and a sealed cap the minimum is you'll have fuel starvation problems, at worst a collapsed fuel tank.
- Is your truck a longbed 4WD? Does it have evaporative emission system?
There are two possibilities with the plastic tank.
79 F150-350 regular cab, 133" WB 4WD, w/ evap. emissions system, 24.8 gallon mid-ship plastic tank
D7TZ-9002-C
Same w/o evaporative emissions system 26.3 gallon plastic tank
D7TZ-9002-D

Fuel sender
76-up F100-350 >s/n C00,000
Use with aft axle steel tank, includes gasket
D7TZ-9275-D
Bob Hoover Ford-Mercury, Vienna, IL has 1 (618) 658-9218
Brighton Ford, Brighton, MI has 1 (800) 336-3305
Beau Townsend Ford, Vandalia, OH has 1 (937) 898-5841
Own Ford, Jarratt, VA has 1 (434) 535-8515
Vintage Fords, Beaver Dam, WI has 116 (!) (877) 846-8243

 

Thanks, that is alot of helpful info, but the issue I have is that the rear tanks in the link wont fit, my truck being a 140wb has a narrow chassis, which I have read is the same as the high boy trucks. Also, I wouldnt mine using a side tank instead of the rear one. Does that side tank in the link fit the narrowed chassis trucks?

 

I hear that some folks with narrow frame HB use the newer little Ford Ranger truck fuel tank for the rear?

I would guess that the narrow frame would not have any effect on the width of the metal one cause with the metal or plastic one in the mid ship tank position, cause with that tank installed you have lots of frame room left over.

 

here is some reading: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...uel-tanks.html

 

Thanks, I will look into that, that might cost less than having a custom one made, but if the side tank is the same, I might just go with that.

 

Thanks for the link, saw a couple options there.