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Old 11-06-2009, 04:52 PM   #6
derider
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Re: Underbed gas tanks...yes again

Great kit with a few pointers. I just finished installing this kit on my 66. You will need to remove the spare tire mount,brace. Trim about 1/2"-3/4" of the bed support above the tank, and cut away about 1/2 of the bed mount for clearance of the filler neck. The stock blazer tanks had a bend in them this one points straight for the mount, or I suppose you could have a muffler shop bend some pipe and weld it. The tank has four holes in it with tabs that point upwards, these go into 4 holes that are already in the frame. The next brain twister is the straps, they come bent the wrong way for packaging. You will actually want to take the 90 the other way. I bolted one side of the straps through the frame and tank, and then drilled 2 holes for the hooks on the other side, then tightened the straps. The 30 ohm sending unit works great with my fuel gauge also. My wife just got all the pictures of this project off our camera so I need to get them and will be posting them soon.
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