Gas tank replacement
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Gas tank replacement
I recently noticed a fuel puddle underneath my truck, (70 F 250 Sport Custom) and today my brother and I took the skid plate off of the tank mounted inside the frame hoping it was a line problem....well it wasn't. I had about 8 pinsized holes towards the front on the bottom of the tank. The tank came out pretty easy, but finding a replacement tank was difficult. I ended up finding a tank for a 73 at O'reilly. The only problems we encountered was that the replacement tank is a couple of gallons more, the vent and filler holes were reversed. We replaced the hoses and installed a longer vent hose to accomodate the switch, and fabricated some steel to hold the tank....solid as a rock! It took most of the day, but it was fun.
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I will keep this in mind as I have a 72 with the same problem, I had no idea of what I could replace it with. Thanks for the tip FFCross! How different is the filler hose location and what has to be done to make it work?
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The filler hose is pretty much in the same place. The trouble I had was with the vent hose. On my original tank, the vent was towards the front of the truck, and on the replacement tank, the vent was towards the rear. I got a longer piece of hose to make the extra couple of bends to make the connection, and used my original filler hose. It fit just fine.
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Originally Posted by joelhenry
I have just replaced my tank in my 67 that I purchased from LMCTRUCK.com for $199.00
I would like to replace the auxiliary one.
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Hi MacOffutt, the 72 f100 2x4 parts truck I bought is the first that I have seen. Not common but afew were around. Like an earlier reply has mentioned a 73 and up f100/150 front fuel tank may work mounted under the box. Another idea is to mount it in the rear where the spare tire is between the frame.
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I have an aux tank on my 70 F250 Camper Special. It was an option, but I don't think they are too uncommon. You should be able to find one in a boneyard. If you get an aux tank from a later model keep in mind that the frame width changed around 73, I think. Anyway, make sure it's gonna fit before you waste time or money on one. The older frames are narrower, so it's a tight fit for a tank.
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CS Aux Tank Filler Hose Observation
One more thing to consider with adding an auxilary gas tank to the '72-ish CS, is that it takes a weird gas filler hose. I understand that the incredible price tag is a result of the gas hose having two different sized ends, and a squished metal tube inside, to prevent it kinking between the bed and frame.
Any one have a cheaper solution?
Kevin
Any one have a cheaper solution?
Kevin
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