Re: blazer tank install
Hi Rich... there's lots of ways to do it. A general forum search helped me lots when my time came. I used a 1973 blazer 25 Gal. fuel tank, with a sending unit from a 1984 K5 blazer. It was one I found that would fit the hole in the tank... and have proper resistance range (0-95 ohms)to read accurately with the factory guage. (It does read accurate) The straps were made with 18G sheetmetal. T bolts fit through holes in straps at outer end, then strap folded back and welded. T bolts fastened at front through cross braces I made. (heavy wall square tube) Straps bolt into threaded holes in heavy wall tube at the rear. Made this way to enable tank removal without removing the truck bed. The braces I fabbed up could be installed inside frame rails, or from underneath for tank height adjustment once I install the box. I tacked a piece of plate across the rear frame rails to hold everything square while removing braces and mocking up tank.
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