Signed on recently to this site. I have a '94 F150 XL, which is replacing an '88 Ranger. Needed the bigger bed for my landscaping business. Really like the body style of the 9th generation Fords. Truck runs great at 254K. Only problem is the front tank sending unit is bad. No big deal, as I'm happy to just run off the rear. Question is can I remove the front tank completely/safely, without screwing anything up. Mechanical skills are limited to oil/plug changes, and the like, but I have a buddy who is a cracker jack mechanic. Appreciate any responses, and for the record my mash of choice is Dickel.

 

im confused with this whole mash stuff

 

welcome to fte
and why remove the tank it doesnt weigh much your better off fixin it

 

Welcome to the forum.

I prefer Old Bushmills Irish Whiskey, Black Bush. Mixed with some black coffee.

 

Appreciate the welcome. Sour Mash? Missouri has the Ozarks last time I looked. Surely some mash was cooked, lol! Bushmills is good stuff, but in this economy I like to support our local distillers. Dickel is made in Tullahoma, Tn. Jack Daniels in Lynchburg, which, ironically is a "dry" county. As for my front tank, on the fence for now. Don't need to use but one, and the rear works fine. Just thought it might work to drop it, for the weight. Need to look, but I assume the tank is steel in a '94. When did Ford go to the dual tank setup? and why? To give the trucks more range. Just more to go wrong in my opinion.

 

A short primer:

Sour mash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Both of my 1978 Ford trucks had dual tanks. So did my two '93 Lightnings and my current 1992 F350.

More range, yes.

 

Howdy from Chapel Hill TN. Why drop the front tank? The weight savings wouldn't be worth the trouble. My sender on my 95 has been out since I got it and I mainly use the front tank. Just put a quater of a tank in the rear and fill up the front reset the trip meter when you do. I get 350-360 mi per tank out the front plus you have the rear for saftey. It will take a few tanks to see what yours gets but you get the idea. I 've used the milage to keep track of of the front tank and have never ran out.

 

Howdy back Chapel Hill from H'ville. This whole dropping the tank thing was just an idea. From nosing around other threads here it looks like a lot of folks have the same problem. For now maybe just put a little gas in it, maybe a fuel stabilizer? and put it on the list of things to fix. I can run off the good tank for now. Rather not fill both tanks anyway. There is a Y somewhere forward of the front tank? and from there just one line to the fuel rail in the engine compartment? I believe that's the configuration. Got to go clean a pond, my own this time. And then fire up the grill and ice down the beer. Told my son, who is in Iraq, that I would toast his service this Memorial Day.