burb/blazer tank picture
 

Does anyone have a picture of a suburban tank mounted in a swb frame? Mine came minus straps so i have to figure out how to mount it and make my own straps..Thank you for any help...Kevin

Look in the Faq section. i did a writup on a tank install and have a few pics there.

here are some of mine in progress...

another

Not to rob your thread but was wondering what kind of
sending unit are you going to use. I want to do this to
my 69, have gotten thread with great instructions. I have
a 350 out of son's totaled 92 also have his computer and
fuel sending unit. It was 1 month old. Anyways will this
fit in blazer tank, if not do you know what will work.
Thanks
Don

just running a stocker but it's not hooked up yet so i can 't really tell you how it works.

Kevin, I'm in the process of doing this on my truck and am just waiting for a sending unit and can finish the install. However, I didn't use the straps that came with mine. Instead, I made some rubber spacers that are used in exhaust hanging (any rubber will do) and drilled slightly bigger holes where the straps go through on the tank and just bolted it up to the frame. The rubber spacer prevents steel on steel contact. I'm not exactly sure if this way is kosher (I'm sure the straps served a purpose, but that's how I have it for now until I hear otherwise).

Brad

Am I understanding that correctly that you bolted your tank right to the frame?

The way I understand it is that using straps prevents stress on the tank where it would have been bolted on. Since the frame flexs a bit while driving, and you will no doubt hit bumps and such, the straps sort of cradle the tank to prevent stress at any mounting points. If you bolt the tank to the truck there will be a lot of stress where the bolts mount to the tank, and you may see cracking there.

Shawn

Ok

I thought of a much better way to explain it. Imagine you are trying to hold the tank, and its half full. You are holding the mounting tabs on the side with your hands, and gas is sloshing back and forth. That would be tough. Now imagine you have the straps around the bottom of the tank, and you are holding those. It would be a lot easier, and would have a lot less stress on the tank itself.

Maybe I am just typing away with not much meaning, but at least it ate up a few minutes for me :D

Shawn

Thanks Shawn. Understood perfectly, in fact that's what I kinda figured and will probably figure out a way to do that. My problem is that the tank sits too high and make the straps too long, so I'll have to cut the straps or something..

Kevin, I have extra straps that I may cut up instead and could possibly give you the original style that I have. Not sure yet until I get that #@*! sending unit. I should have gotten it 3 weeks ago! PM me if you're interested.

Thank you gentelmen I found excellent info in the faq section and thank you for all your help. P.S. Brad keep in touch i will be looking @ swap meet this weekend but odss on finding those are probably not good....Kevin (68 swb in pieces)