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**landarts** · 08-03-2011, 08:17 PM

After filling in the aux. tank doors with sheet metal I moved on to fabricating a metal housing to go inside the bed and support the filler neck from the aux. tank that Im still going to use.

What I did was take measurements of a in cab housing off of a blazer and adjusted to make it work for me. After measurements were transferred to piece of 18 gauge I scribed where the bends would go and rig up a poor mans brake . I use a large piece of metal flat stock that had, I slid the metal under the flat bar and clamped everything to a piece of plywood had sitting on the back frame of the truck. Once the bend was inline I bent it then moved on to the next bend. Finished off with a few tacks with the welder and a little flap disk on the grinder.

08-03-2011, 08:17 PM	#6
landarts landarts Join Date: May 2005 Location: Star, Idaho Posts: 1,327	Project: Fixrupr 72 Cheyenne After filling in the aux. tank doors with sheet metal I moved on to fabricating a metal housing to go inside the bed and support the filler neck from the aux. tank that Im still going to use. What I did was take measurements of a in cab housing off of a blazer and adjusted to make it work for me. After measurements were transferred to piece of 18 gauge I scribed where the bends would go and rig up a poor mans brake . I use a large piece of metal flat stock that had, I slid the metal under the flat bar and clamped everything to a piece of plywood had sitting on the back frame of the truck. Once the bend was inline I bent it then moved on to the next bend. Finished off with a few tacks with the welder and a little flap disk on the grinder. Attached Images Last edited by landarts; 08-06-2011 at 12:32 PM.