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**1971Stepside** · 10-11-2018, 02:59 PM

Does the bed cross member hit your fuel pump/lines? In the pics above it looks like the cross bar would hit (it has been cut out in the pictures). Also, would it be possible to have the neck moved to the top of the tank and enlarged?

cebra · 10-12-2018, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by 1971Stepside

Does the bed cross member hit your fuel pump/lines? In the pics above it looks like the cross bar would hit (it has been cut out in the pictures). Also, would it be possible to have the neck moved to the top of the tank and enlarged?

I cut my crossmember to tuck the tank up further, depends on how low you want your tank to hang (you can put spacers to lower the tank where it bolts up on the 4 corners; side note I ran a single strap across the middle too...probably overkill). My tank is about 1" from the bed floor so even if you welded the neck/vent directly to the top it would drop it down quite a bit. The Wrangler filler neck is tiny and is still about 5" long.

10-11-2018, 02:59 PM	#1
1971Stepside Almost Satisfied Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 2,932	Re: Need specific help on gas tank etc. Does the bed cross member hit your fuel pump/lines? In the pics above it looks like the cross bar would hit (it has been cut out in the pictures). Also, would it be possible to have the neck moved to the top of the tank and enlarged? __________________ 1971 C10 Stepside. LSx 6.0 with BTR Stage IV, Speed Engineering Headers, 4L80e transmission w/3200 Circle-D Stall. 3.73. Posi. Purchased this truck when I was 17. I started the rebuild (or take apart) in 1993. I have drug it around all over the country in pieces. Finally back on the road in 2021. "I can't complain, but sometimes I still do. Life's been good to me so far."



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