Highboy Fuel Tanks
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lift and fuel help
hey guys yall have been so much help i thought i would pick your brains some more on my truck i have three fuel tanks one behind the seat and one in each fender. i have never seen anything like this or read about it on our trucks any ideas if it was an option or custom? and if it was a factory option do they still make the switcher valve mine is broke and are these tanks even worth isong or should i just scrap them? and what is the best way to lift the front of these trucks springs shackles? its a closed 44
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From: Simi Valley, CA
Originally Posted by 1awesomehighboy
hey guys yall have been so much help i thought i would pick your brains some more on my truck i have three fuel tanks one behind the seat and one in each fender. i have never seen anything like this or read about it on our trucks any ideas if it was an option or custom? and if it was a factory option do they still make the switcher valve mine is broke and are these tanks even worth isong or should i just scrap them? and what is the best way to lift the front of these trucks springs shackles? its a closed 44
The filler neck came through the quarter panel below the scallop (bumpside) line about a foot or so in front of the rear wheel opening.
There was no passenger side tank offered. Your truck prolly has "aftermarket saddle tanks." These were sold and installed by several manufacturers, one being the Fey Bumper Company.
The usual location for the filler necks of these tanks was above the scallop (bumpside) line.
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Mine has a strange one....in addition to the behind the seat tank, there is a square-ish one located behind the driver under the bed OUTSIDE the frame rails....the filler neck comes up inside the bed trough the front corner floor of the bed....there is also a metal corner plate in there to prevent stuff from going out the hole from the bed.
Is this one of the aftermarket ones?
Is this one of the aftermarket ones?
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From: Cow Town, CA
Originally Posted by Unimog005
Mine has a strange one....in addition to the behind the seat tank, there is a square-ish one located behind the driver under the bed OUTSIDE the frame rails....the filler neck comes up inside the bed trough the front corner floor of the bed....there is also a metal corner plate in there to prevent stuff from going out the hole from the bed.
Is this one of the aftermarket ones?
Is this one of the aftermarket ones?
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From: Simi Valley, CA
Originally Posted by Unimog005
Mine has a strange one....in addition to the behind the seat tank, there is a square-ish one located behind the driver under the bed OUTSIDE the frame rails....the filler neck comes up inside the bed trough the front corner floor of the bed....there is also a metal corner plate in there to prevent stuff from going out the hole from the bed.Is this one of the aftermarket ones?
One well known company mounted their auxillary tanks outside the frame rail, right up against the left quarter panel.
That lead to ppl being injured or killed, because in a collision, the gas tank exploded.
There are a lot of those 1970's, early 1980s GMC and Chevrolet trucks still on the road today.
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From: Cow Town, CA
if i remember right (and i do that very little) you can use OEM super duty front springs (leaf) and it will give you 2 or 3 inch of lift...or was that the back? i know that you can on the front OR the back but not both...
