Thread: 73-87 gas tank
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Old 11-22-2010, 01:40 AM   #2
dwebster8783
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Re: 73-87 gas tank

I just finished this conversion. its not a bad project I just recomend taking the bed off to save your back and knees. I am building a 65. I used a tank from a 75 blazer. first I bought the conversion kit but was not impressed with the fact that it stuck up above the frame rails so high and you had to cut into the bed braces to make it work. with the actual blazer tank and sme mods it sits flush with the top of the frame. the trick I did was weld 2inch box tub the length of the tank to the bottom of the frame, you have to remove a very small frame brace (which does nothing really) and the very back cross member needs to be moved back as far as you can go with it. If I can figure out how to post pics I will. total cost of tank conversion was about $50 just remember that the newer tank are 90 ohm senders and the conversion kits come in 30 or 90 ohm.
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