Help! Fuel Tank Replacement - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

orangek5 · 01-16-2011, 09:05 PM

Need some advise. I just bought a new replacement steel fuel tank and the filler tube is shorter how or what do I do?

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1949gmc · 01-16-2011, 09:42 PM

Take them both to a radiator shop. The old neck is soldered to the tank and is easy to get off, but the new short neck is practically welded on. My rad shop found out that he couldn't unbolt the new neck because those little nuts wouldn't come off, so he broke the neck free from the flange and soldered the old neck to the new tank/flange.

This might help you, too:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=212828

orangek5 · 01-16-2011, 10:37 PM

Thanks, I guess a radiator shop is my next stop.

Erik V · 01-17-2011, 03:52 AM

I've got a plastic reproduction tank in my 71. The big inlet is just like your new one, short. So I have the steel downspout running to just below the bedfloor, then a rubber hose from there across the frame rail, to that short tank inlet. Works fine.

Erik

Burt4x4 · 01-17-2011, 03:54 PM

I cut the neck off the old tank and use it along with rubber hose to connect too the filler... rubber,metal,rubber...done deal!

BIGBLU 72 · 01-17-2011, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Burt4x4

I cut the neck off the old tank and use it along with rubber hose to connect too the filler... rubber,metal,rubber...done deal!

X2 this works great and its cheap!

01-16-2011, 09:05 PM	#1
orangek5 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Rose Hill Ks Posts: 290	Help! Fuel Tank Replacement Need some advise. I just bought a new replacement steel fuel tank and the filler tube is shorter how or what do I do? Old New __________________ 1970 Jimmy 4x4 IL6 1971 Jimmy 4x4 350ci v8 1971 SWB 327ci v8 1972 Short Stepside 305ci v8 1972 Blazer 2WD CST LS9 350ci 4sp 1999 4 Door LB 1 Ton Old Body Style 5.7 v8

01-16-2011, 09:42 PM	#2
1949gmc Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Lindenhurst, IL Posts: 659	Re: Help! Fuel Tank Replacement Take them both to a radiator shop. The old neck is soldered to the tank and is easy to get off, but the new short neck is practically welded on. My rad shop found out that he couldn't unbolt the new neck because those little nuts wouldn't come off, so he broke the neck free from the flange and soldered the old neck to the new tank/flange. This might help you, too: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=212828

01-16-2011, 10:37 PM	#3
orangek5 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Rose Hill Ks Posts: 290	Re: Help! Fuel Tank Replacement Thanks, I guess a radiator shop is my next stop. __________________ 1970 Jimmy 4x4 IL6 1971 Jimmy 4x4 350ci v8 1971 SWB 327ci v8 1972 Short Stepside 305ci v8 1972 Blazer 2WD CST LS9 350ci 4sp 1999 4 Door LB 1 Ton Old Body Style 5.7 v8

01-17-2011, 03:52 AM	#4
Erik V Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 174	Re: Help! Fuel Tank Replacement I've got a plastic reproduction tank in my 71. The big inlet is just like your new one, short. So I have the steel downspout running to just below the bedfloor, then a rubber hose from there across the frame rail, to that short tank inlet. Works fine. Erik

01-17-2011, 03:54 PM	#5
Burt4x4 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 1,842	Re: Help! Fuel Tank Replacement I cut the neck off the old tank and use it along with rubber hose to connect too the filler... rubber,metal,rubber...done deal! __________________ 1972 K5 MPFI454/Sm465/Np205/D60/14FFd/Re-Centerd H1s w/Swamper Iroks



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