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Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
Those of you who have moved it or kept it, tell me what you think. Pros, cons for each option. Pics!
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
Its much easier to just leave it in the cab. LOL.
Seriously though, when my tank in the cab is full it is noisy and I sometimes smell a little fuel. I think the noise is from the sides of the tank flexing. It would be nice to have some more room behind the seat as well.
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
I left mine in the cab so I could put my spare tire under the bed.
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
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Those that are mounting them in the back are looking for trouble with a much more likely rear end collision, because protection isn't engineered in, IMO. Mine's staying put. |
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
Only thing I dont like about my blazer tank is:
PITA filler No spare tire place (except putting in bed, that looks ugly but its a truck oh well)
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
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Filler is the pain, I have a billion vents and it still wont fill fast.......Hate poly tanks. Smitty
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
they've worked fine for 40years have never seen a need to move one
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
Unless you need the space behind your seat for something other than gas leave it there. I have a million more important things to spend my time on than moving something that works perfectly well.
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
leave it in the cab. I moved mine and it was such a pain to fill that I put it back in the cab.
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
I would consider moving it if there was a reason other than speakers....Dosent gain me any more leg room so its just extra $$$ and trouble I can spend elsewhere.
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
When we redid my truck I did not see any real benefit as to moving the tank to under the bed. I never smell any gas in my truck not did I fing it necessary at all..
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
I left mine in the cab after some modifications. I had 3 bungs soldered into the bottom of the tank so that my high pressure fuel pump mounted on the frame for the fuel injection wouldn't be starved when I turned a corner. I removed the sock from the original fuel line from the sending unit and use it as a return line. Works great.
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
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When you added the sound deading material how much did it knock the noise level down vs. stock? 1-10 (10 being loud) I would say the truck is a solid 9 now...lol ![]() ![]()
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
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look here: http://www.sounddeadenershowdown.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi and this is a place that sells some good stuff... I'm not saying buy it you can just see some of it http://www.secondskinaudio.com/
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
I probably will never move the tank out of the cab, no advantage that I can see since both my trucks have bucket seats.
Having a tank in the cab is part of the old trucks. I am more into original workable trucks myself, but I do appreciate all the work that people have put into their trucks to make them the way they want.
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
Ive always been told it was more of a safety issue, is there any truth to that?
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
I would leave it personally. I don't recall many ever being wrecked and having problems as far as a safety issue and as far as smelling gas I smoked in them for years
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
If your pickup were to end up on its side somehow the gas cap would get yanked off and gas would spill out and probably all over the driver. If you were sliding and generating sparks there would probably be a good chance of becoming dead.
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
I moved mine and I love it. I did it at first for safety reasons since its my daily driver and thats the last thing I want to have behind the seat in a crash. I did notice a major improvement in ride quality once I put mine in the back. Also like mentioned before you will get some added traction in the rear. If you do change gas tanks, I highly reccomend using a 1969 Camaro gas tank if you do want to change yours to the rear. It lets you hide the filler neck behind the license plate (no holes in the bed), the fuel sender works with the gas guage, and it does not hang down hardly at all compared to the Blazer tank conversion (Also its cheaper than the blazer tank).
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
Yeah, I'll post some today.
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Re: Should I leave the Fuel Tank in the Cab?
I've tried 4 different gas caps, and I still get fuel dribbling out when I go around a right turn. I only keep the tank 1/2 full now, and my paint appreciates it. I plan on moving my tank to the back real soon.
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