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New tank is installed!! Very high quality piece from Boyd's tanks. Craftsmanship is top notch. My only quibble was with the placement of the vent/rollover valve - it's right under one of the bed braces making it very difficult to get to. 3" more to the front and it would have been perfect. Oh well, I just put the hose on before I put the tank up in the hole. Other than than that, I would highly recommend it.

While I had the tank out I also redid my fuel filler neck with a bigger pipe (2"). When I had originally put the filler neck together, I used an 1.75" pipe and then flared the end that connects to the tank which was a 2". It worked most of the time, but if I got a gas pump the flowed really fast, it would burp fuel. So this time, I used 2" pipe for the entire piece. I know that's not a lot bigger, but that's all the room I have up in the bedside. Hopefully it let everything flow a little better than the other one. I also welded a bracket to the pipe to mount it to the bed floor. The tie wrap I've had on there for the last 4 years needed to go :lol:

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More pics

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That looks real good Rob!

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That looks nice Rob! Dig the slight stance alteration as well. :bowtie:

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http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1398005195
Rob,
Do you have any more info about the fuel door/lamp housing install? Do you know what donor vehicle the hinge came from? How is it fastened? I am planning to do the same install for my filler. One more question, how did it fill at the station? plenty of flow? thanks

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It's just for show. This truck does not run on gas... It runs on plutonium. He has one of these in the buddy console
http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/a...E68A290B7E.png

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Thanks Rus!
Thanks! Its suprising how much difference one inch can make, :lol:.

I've been found out!!!!!

Mike - The flow with the smaller pipe was adequate at best. The flow with the new pipe seems to be a lot better, but I've only filled it once. I'll get back to you on future results. I got the hinge at Home Depot. It is attached to the marker light with a 2-part super glue. Here's a thread I started showing how I put it together:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=380571

If you have any other questions. Let me know.

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This thing is looking amazing. Are you still working on the tranny program? I got my '09 dialed in pretty good but I am still not happy with my power downshift.

This truck has a lot of parts that I am interested in. The Dakota Digital gauges you have how did you work the OBDII interface? Also, did you get the boost referance gauge from DD? I may have missed it, but how did you hook the paddle shifter up to the trans and is it the only thing used to shift the trans?

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Do you have pictures of this?

Still playing with the tranny. I used this software program to help withe tuning the shift points and the TCC lock up:

http://www.hptuners.com/forum/showth...Table-Software

I used the Dakota digital BIM -01-1 OBDII interface. I have a NGK wideband that has a display and plugs into my HPTuners interface so I can also datalog it. The paddle shifters have a wireless interface that connects to the Tap up Tap down (TUTD)wire the Speartech pulled when he build my harness. The only way an A6 can be shifted "manually" is with a TUTD switch.

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No big updates. Just fine tuning a few things. The new tank and filler tube are working great. I have filled it several times and other than having to be careful when it's almost full, I have had zero problems.

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Those gauges would look good in my truck lol.

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:D, yes they would, ;).

Picked up some bling bling for the truck yesterday. Do you guys think it will look out of place? :sexy:

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I wouldn't do it Rob, looks too... Country? Even for the "farm" truck.
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That'd be great for the sleeper look, but you gotta think they'd know something is up when they see those huge meats you're rolling in the rear. :lol: Oh, & I'm sure it doesn't sound too sleeper-ish either?

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I'm waiting for pics with the topper on the truck!

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^^^^me too!!

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Here you go.....:D.

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I say roll with it. It looks old school country cool.

Can you give us a full side shot of the whole truck with the topper?

Mike

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X2... but so far I think it looks cool. Some big (20") truck ralleys would look cool with the topper.

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Heck yeah Rob! you're ready to go camping at the lake now :)

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Guess I'm the odd ball here! Heck no! Pull that thing off.
:devil:

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:agree:

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Thanks, :metal:

Same here on the ralleys....:9

Thanks!

:lol: Different strokes I guess. Cool thing is, I can pull it off in 5 minutes, :metal:

Here are some better pictures.

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Lose the camper IMO

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I LOVE it!