Plastic is good in this situation,The Chassis cab trucks came with steel tanks with a coating inside which was known to delaminate.

 

Yep, some had steel tanks with problems. But Ford took responsibility and helped the customer by...flipping them the bird and denying warranty for clogged fuel systems

Did I get that right, or was there cussing involved too

In any case, plastic is better here. Put a little fuel in it, swish it around, dump it out, and wipe it down inside as best as you can reach with a lint free cloth.

Think debris, dirt, sand, etc.

If it has been sitting a while, make sure the inside does NOT feel slimy anywhere (algae feeds on diesel/biodiesel in the presence of water). If so, wipe it all down with acetone.

Should be easier since it is all still off the truck

It's never a mistake to stack the deck in your favor

 

Well I took about an hour over the weekend, and completed the H&H mods, so all is good, however I think I may have botched the harpooning of the tank a bit...I cut the pipes really close to the tank walls...I hope that won't really matter as this is a diesel, not a gasser...

 

Any pictures Jaime?

 

Another big brick in the solid foundation you're building

 

ill try and take some pictures with my tablet, sadly the camera on my Fruit phone is not working, so I need to fix that, but I’m also considering upgrading to a different phone either windows or Android based…

 

well the finial fuel tank piece arrived today, the lock ring for the tank....but the seal seems to be too small? HALP!!!! Please? does anyone have ANY pictures of how its supposed to be put on, I assume around the tank opening but I don't see any apearant spot (groove) to put it in....

 

Not sure what you need, but here's pics of my Excursion tank.




Does this help?

 

 

How about a pic of what you have?

Here's the lock ring still installed. It's hard to get started. Line up the start of its thread with the start of the thread on the tank, lay a short 2x4 across it and smack firmly with a hammer to pop it on a little, then you can turn it to thread it on.

Otherwise, no way I could get it to start threading on

 

You can see the gasket still on the opening as I pulled the innards out. The gasket is between the metal plate and the tank. Second pic is a zoom of the opening.




Does that help?

 

Looks like that might be the answer?

 

yea, the pic with the gasket was the answer I was seeking, thanks!!! and it did help, also as for the ring I have the tool so meh, so yup I got it covered. I have threaded it on before using the tool to make sure it goes on correctly, not sure how tight I need to make it so I just went until the tank started rotating as I held it down.

 

Whew! Glad you got it

I marked my ring and the tank before removing it to index the original position. I think that was in the write-up I read somewhere.

I believe it is a matter of tight but not stripped/jumped the threads. Surely you got it right

 

There was also mention of carefully warming the cap up to expand for ease of installation.