10,000$ Question
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10,000$ Question
1.-thats anybody try to adapt a secondary tank into a shore bed? . I have a long bed 78 and iI will like to know if is posible to do that my truck is 77 shore bed.
I have the one on the rear and will like to hava another one so a can burn more gas during long trypis.
2.-I also will like to know if is posible to adapt a cruse control from the same 78 into my same 77. I know from fact that the sering will fit because a have a tilt from a 78 but wath about the wires.
3.- worse case senario, is a lot to do to change all the wireing from that 78, you may think what is wrong with the 78 ? is my parts truck that I found for $200.
Am I asking to much?.
I have the one on the rear and will like to hava another one so a can burn more gas during long trypis.
2.-I also will like to know if is posible to adapt a cruse control from the same 78 into my same 77. I know from fact that the sering will fit because a have a tilt from a 78 but wath about the wires.
3.- worse case senario, is a lot to do to change all the wireing from that 78, you may think what is wrong with the 78 ? is my parts truck that I found for $200.
Am I asking to much?.
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From: USA_NY
They sell bigger tanks I believe LMC sells a 30 or 32 gallon............Dont know about mounting an additional tank underneath...I believe mine is 36-40"long by 18"and probably 10" high...Just guessin.....Dont know what your truck looks like but you could go with a fuel cell in the box or a couple of cans for back up.......Do you need 60 gallons of gas often.....With my trucks to go through that much Id need.. 2 cases of fluids and 5 gallons of Antifreeze before I even got to use the fuel...
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My '77 shortbed 4x4 has one tank under the frame at the back, above the spare tire. I have another tank, factory option, in the cab behind the seat. I would like to remove the tank behind the seat for 2 reasons, safety and storage space. Starting in 1980 Ford started installing a midship tank under their shortbeds which held/holds 17 gals. I believe that a 80-81 tank would probably fit just fine, one would have make the mounting straps. The wiring harness that runs along the frame in my truck has a pig-tail for a mid ship tank so the swap should be pretty easy. The inside wall of the bed has a hump moulded into to clear the filler/vent lines. It would be a matter of finding another filler door assy. from a salvage yard and installing, or in my case, having it installed. The extended cab trucks of the time had the option of dual tanks and if it was a shortbed it had both doors.
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