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I always thought that front tank is 19 gal. Went shopping for replacement and I also see 16 gal tanks which look the same, unless I am missing something. Do I need 19 gal for my '93 F-250?
It's been a while since I ran my front tank real low but I seem to recall on my '92 long bed that the front tank held 16 gallons, but I absolutely could be wrong.
My 1990 F350 4x4 Cab Chassis has a 19 gallon tank. It was missing when I bought the truck, got a used one with straps from an IDI OBS of unknown year, but it had same exact dash and front turn signals.
Don't remember what year they changed the turn signals.
Now I'm thinking of what should I use as an insulation between frame/straps and the tank. Looks like this may work, but maybe somebody has a better idea?
I use tar-cork tape, most commonly known as Prestite.
it's a soft, gooey, petroleum based tar-cork that I use for insulating refer box txv's, but it has 1000 uses, you'll be grad you have a roll, it'll last many years.
it's perfect against the fuel tank, because it will not allow moisture to contact the tank where the straps bind there, where they would normally like to collect moisture and rust.
and between that and the strap, a strip of flexible fiberglass reinforced edm plastic rubber roofing material.
Something else, roofing tar paper or better, plasticy or dense felt, to back it up and keep the straps from cutting through the prestite into the tank.
Maybe could find the rubber roofing material type is commonly used for commercial building roofs or mobile home trailers..
I put a fine stainless mesh screen, as a strainer, you could probably adapt PEX or flare some
hardline to reach the bottom of the tank, so it won't fall off like a length of rubber fuel hose could.
Thanks. I was going to visit my local Granger for something else, so will pick up a roll of cork tape while there. I have already ordered a roll of that 4" neoprene tape as somebody used it for the same purpose and posted a review with picture. Also have a sheet of low density 1/8" neoprene at home and some fiberglass mat left over from minor boat repair.
Speaking of the strainer. I saw in the other thread you blamed low sulfur fuel for breaking plastic. Wonder if this is the case. I have new strainer for this tank and have put new strainer in my other truck about 4 years ago. May want to pull it out and see how it holds up over the years. Not going to take much time as truck has a dump body and the top of the tank is easily accessible.
You're so lucky you have an easily accessible tank. Yes, diesel is now corrosive to plastic and less resistive rubbers, I'm sure someone else can validate this claim.
Those plastic 'showerhead' strainers desintigrate and make 1000 little clogging particles that slosh around the tank, just waiting to get sucked up and cause problems.
I still have, half a pound (at least it sounds like , of old disintegrated plastic and rubber bits rolling around in my tanks.
The way they're shaped, It's just not possible to grab all the junk out of the bottom.
I put that fine stainless mesh screen, secured with stainless wire, and running PEX as all my fuel hose, except when it enters under hood, then it switches to over to NBR soft fuel hose.
I got tired of fighting any more fuel issues, and set on a mission to permanently ugrade all deficiency, weakness, and potential problem later on.
After cleaning the tank, fixing the sending unit and installing new strainer on my other truck 4 years ago I was curious to see how it looks now. So far so good.
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