got the new gas tank

[blazerguy71]

well after checking all over the place I finally decided to go with a steel gas tank I finally ordered it had everything planned to put it in and wouldn't u know it we got 5" of snow the day it was delivered so now i'm hoping to have a nice weekend to get it installed and take the blaze for the very first drive since being home will take more pics when i'm not freezing my butt off.


Adam

[CJ5 Convert]

who'd you get it from? I just installed one last weekend and had to do a lot of work arounds I took plenty of pics and will be posting them. -Jason

[blazerguy71]

I picked it up from lmc truck for 173.00 tank and shipping everything i've done and seen says all i have to do is remove the old filler tube from the old tank to the new tank but like anything else it proboably won't work that way.


Adam

[Yukon Jack]

When I got my new tank of course it wouldn't fit so I took it and had the old neck soldered onto the new tank - got home and the darn thing still wouldn't fit.

Broke out the hack saw and cut the old neck off the new tank and used a piece of 1 3/8" fuel hose to attach my old neck to the short fitting on the new tank. The portion I cut off the old filler neck is about 1 1/2" behind that little tab that you see on the side of the filler neck that is used to secure the smaller vent line. For reference, you can see how I folded that tab flat in the pics of the tank installed.

Here are a couple pics of the old tank and the new tank









Here are a couple pics to show how I used the old tank's filler neck. About a 4" piece of hose goes from the new tanks existing filler neck and attaches to the bent piece that I cut off my old tank, then it connects to the long piece that will go up the side of the Blazer.







Hope this info helps you with your tank.

[Thealien]

Where did you find 1 3/8ths fuel line? All I could find was 1 1/2.

[Yukon Jack]

A local industrial rubber hose supply company had it in stock and in a fuel grade.

[blazerguy71]

i did some measuring and my old filler tube is 1 1/4 all I could find is 1 1/2 so now i'm off to find some more parts this ain't gonna be fun but i'll figure it out.

Adam

[CJ5 Convert]

It's 1 3/8" and napa has it straight peices. If you go to a super flex hose all I have found is 1 1/4" and 1 1/2". Some guys had luck with the marine stuff. But they don't have boats where I live. -Jason.