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You can make lots of tanks fit. If you want more fuel capicity than stock (i belive 18 gal) Put in a bronco tank (25 or 33 gal) Guess it all depends on how much you want to pay, what you want, and what is available
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From: Harrison County, Texas, C
Ervin, I recently put a 79 Bronco tank(25gal I think) in place of the rusted rear 19gal tank in my 79 F150 LWB 4x4. When I got the tank off the Bronco I got the tray that it rides in with it. Does the same thing as straps, only it's a tray. The bronco tank was not as wide on the horizontal plane but was a few inches deeper. In short I got two lengths of 2" square tubing to make new mounts for the tank and bolted them crossways under the frame. This also provided as a drop to lower the tank enough to keep it from hitting the bed. You won't be mounting a spare back there anymore but that's ok.
It's not brain surgery but it is some trouble to get it in there. You get extra fuel capacity of course, I have 45 gal cap now.
It's not brain surgery but it is some trouble to get it in there. You get extra fuel capacity of course, I have 45 gal cap now.
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From: Ashland City, TN
i know in dual tank trucks with the rear gas tanks you can puta bronco 36 gallon in the back with a little bit of strap modificatino and smarts.
As long as it dosn't have a tow package.
for the side tanks behind the driver, you can probably fit up to a 20 gallon in there if you can find it, i think older chevy and GMC tanks are the same size and fittings ands tuff. not exactly sure on that however.
As long as it dosn't have a tow package.
for the side tanks behind the driver, you can probably fit up to a 20 gallon in there if you can find it, i think older chevy and GMC tanks are the same size and fittings ands tuff. not exactly sure on that however.
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Ervin is my last name! cool man, anyway I ran into a guy hunting that stuck a stainless steel tank in his early bronco, dont know who made it but maybe there is a stainless one made for our F series
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79 F150 4x4
97 F250 LD 4x4
02 Explorer Limited
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79 F150 4x4
97 F250 LD 4x4
02 Explorer Limited
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From: Harrison County, Texas, C
The side tank on the LWB's is 19-20.5 I believe. If you really want to go big LMC stocks a 38 gallon tank that is a drop in replacement for the rear one. However it costs over 400 bucks. You could always do a in-bed or under the toolbox tank and get some serious capacity. But, that's a lot of gasoline to be sitting on!
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I took the 22.5 gallon from my 79 Bronco,and put it in place of the 19 gallon rear mount tank in my 1979 F250 4x4 truck.I had to use the strap's from the Bronco.Upper,and lower strap's.Easy job though! 
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OR if you want extreme distance capability, mount up some aftermarket saddle tanks under the sides of the bed. My Grandfather did that on his Superduty and put in two 16 gallon saddle tanks, one under each side of the bed in front of the rear wheels. Now he's got a heck of a range capability after filling up. I just would hate to pay that gas bill for filling up!! 
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Originally Posted by quadrazer
OR if you want extreme distance capability, mount up some aftermarket saddle tanks under the sides of the bed. My Grandfather did that on his Superduty and put in two 16 gallon saddle tanks, one under each side of the bed in front of the rear wheels. Now he's got a heck of a range capability after filling up. I just would hate to pay that gas bill for filling up!!
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Originally Posted by Rifleman7.62
Now we just need a single selector switch to run four+ tanks! 