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68_c10_on20s · 02-19-2003, 02:37 PM

i got a kit from brothers with the plastic blazer tank i got a question do i have to cut out the bed support it looks like its in the way.my truck is a swb and when i hold the tank in place the middle hits any help boys?????...Steve

Orence1 · 02-19-2003, 02:46 PM

On my LWB I had to remove the crossmember that is a part of the spare tire carrier system. I am not sure what the situation is on a SWB. If that is the crossmember you are talking about, I suspect you will have to grind off the rivets and remove it. Good luck.

PloreOSU · 02-19-2003, 03:36 PM

Check out this link.
In some of the pictures you can see where the bed support had to be notched up.

**STP67-72** · 02-19-2003, 11:45 PM

You do have to trim at least half of the bed sill. Inside to inside to frame rails. You must leave sills that sit on the frame area. You then have to decide what filler neck that you want. I have used several different ones. It has to be higher than the tank for sure.Let me know if i can help. Steve

68_c10_on20s · 02-20-2003, 09:53 AM

well i went to the junkyard yesterday and got me a filler neck off a jeep cherokee and a filler hose auto parts house didnt have one in that size so i found another one off the jeep i can make it work i hope just gota find a spot to mount it might take me some time but ill get it......Steve

grnddwn · 02-20-2003, 01:16 PM

I had the floor out of my blazer and found I had to notch the one cross member when I made the new one because the filler ran right into it. I asked brothers and they said they never had this problem can't se how though.

02-19-2003, 02:37 PM	#1
68_c10_on20s Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Waxahachie TX Posts: 773	blazer tank install i got a kit from brothers with the plastic blazer tank i got a question do i have to cut out the bed support it looks like its in the way.my truck is a swb and when i hold the tank in place the middle hits any help boys?????...Steve

02-19-2003, 03:36 PM	#3
PloreOSU Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 42	Check out this link. In some of the pictures you can see where the bed support had to be notched up. __________________ 72 GMC, 2x4, LWB Fleet DONE: 2/3 drop, 17" rims, front end rebuild, front/rear sway bars Working on: old air AC, blazer tank, rear discs, 03 silverado seats.

02-19-2003, 11:45 PM	#4
STP67-72 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: PORT NECHES, TEXAS / USA Posts: 1,664	tank You do have to trim at least half of the bed sill. Inside to inside to frame rails. You must leave sills that sit on the frame area. You then have to decide what filler neck that you want. I have used several different ones. It has to be higher than the tank for sure.Let me know if i can help. Steve

02-20-2003, 09:53 AM	#5
68_c10_on20s Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Waxahachie TX Posts: 773	tank install well i went to the junkyard yesterday and got me a filler neck off a jeep cherokee and a filler hose auto parts house didnt have one in that size so i found another one off the jeep i can make it work i hope just gota find a spot to mount it might take me some time but ill get it......Steve

02-19-2003, 02:46 PM	#2
Orence1 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Bothell, WA Posts: 548	On my LWB I had to remove the crossmember that is a part of the spare tire carrier system. I am not sure what the situation is on a SWB. If that is the crossmember you are talking about, I suspect you will have to grind off the rivets and remove it. Good luck.

02-20-2003, 01:16 PM	#6
grnddwn belly dragger Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: sherwood park AB. Canada Posts: 696	I had the floor out of my blazer and found I had to notch the one cross member when I made the new one because the filler ran right into it. I asked brothers and they said they never had this problem can't se how though.



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