1987 Chevrolet K10 to K20 and repairs

[matthew21lutz]

Originally Posted by notchbackgta

Fleetside

Well there's tons of room between the outside bedside to the inner bed side, could get a custom fuel cell made or buy one that would fit inside and saddle strap or custom mount it to the inside one.

I've thought about doing it for my future k30 build. Still have dual tanks but, moved up for more clearance. Summit has a huge selections of fuel cells, need to measure but, this might work?
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/rci-2171a/overview/

[MTCK]

Looks a little tall at 17". Have a floor and bed floor to contend with.

[notchbackgta]

Originally Posted by matthew21lutz

Well there's tons of room between the outside bedside to the inner bed side, could get a custom fuel cell made or buy one that would fit inside and saddle strap or custom mount it to the inside one.

Huh? There isn't any real room between the inner and outer bed on a fleetside, plus that still doesn't solve the fill issue being in the bed somehow. I plan on putting a sleeve in the factory location through the floor and running the filler through the sleeve to the underside of the cab, it may involve notching the cab corner, which isn't a big deal since I need to replace that too

[olive drab]

Been a few weeks since I last posted some progress. I fractured a finger over the 4th of july weekend and havent dont much haha.

I pulled the truck out the garage and put on a couple tires to see what its gona look like.

[olive drab]

pulled the front axle out

[olive drab]

pulled some of the front suspension off and removed the steering box to check for cracks

[olive drab]

wire brushed the frame where the steering box mounts and die checked it for cracks. Sure enough I had one and believe this might be where I was hearing a popping noise in the front end while flexed