fuel tank swap.(pics)

[td]

Hey td,what are some of the details of running the sending unit wire?Where did you come through the cab to make the wires go to the rear?I know you probably had to lengthen them,how did you lengthen them?TIA,Calvin

Calvin,

i had a role of wire that matched the stock sending unit wire so i just used a butt connector to join them. look were the in cab fuel line goes in the cab floor, there's a rubber grommet right beside it, i punched a little hole in it to run the wire through and used the butt connector to join onto the end of the existing wire. then tucked it out of the way in the corner of the cab.

here's a pic of the sending wire routed with the fuel line along inside the frame rails.

[td]

i snapped some shots with the bed and bumper on. tank is barely visible




with this one i had the camera even with the bumper.



here's one from the side.

[427blackpearl]

looks real good td
also i thought i was the only one with blue dots

[Joshpow]

I like that td. Looks great. I'm liking that idea mare each day.

[td]

looks real good td
also i thought i was the only one with blue dots

ya just gotta have the blue dots in a classic !!

I like that td. Looks great. I'm liking that idea mare each day.

thanks josh. now that its all back together i find myself searching for another small (affordable) project to get under way. i cant drive it any in this nasty weather we're having here so naturally the next best thing is to work on it.
i have some sound deadening mat left over from doing the cab floor, so i'm going to do the rear cab wall were i removed the tank now, but i already know thats not gonna give me the (fix) i'm wanting so i'll have to find somthing else to do to go along with it .

[427blackpearl]

nasty weather, thats no joke i went out saturday and forgot i didnt have wipers . but the good thing is the faster you go the more the rain blowes off

[stangconv]

Screw it.. I am going to get the tank... I was planning on just putting the tank in the box and put a cool cover over it, but I am going to take the bed off anyways.. and it looks SO much better. Wonder why Ford didnt do this from factory, especially since they were already making these tanks.

[td]

Wonder why Ford didnt do this from factory, especially since they were already making these tanks.

stangconv,

these trucks were meant to be used as trucks back in the day, and I'd suppose they figured the tank didn't need to be exposed to the rough world the undercarriage of these trucks would be living in. just my

[craftsman]

Hey td that looks good, good workmanship too.
I was looking at your photo album and saw you do some atv riding. I bought one back in the summer and i like to ride royal blue and windrock . It's a blast and i have a lot of fun with it.Where do you ride?

[td]

craftsman,

private message sent.

[papabug71]

Looks very OEM td, thats the way they should have been. Kudo's!


Also td, PM sent regarding your rear bumper tuck.

[KF100TK]

Thanks for the pictures TD, thats a cleaner look than i expected.
You think a guy could run some tailpipes tucked up under the bumper yet?

[td]

Thanks for the pictures TD, thats a cleaner look than i expected.
You think a guy could run some tailpipes tucked up under the bumper yet?

i don't know about that KF100TK, its pretty tight back there for tail pipes, you'd have to run them outside the frame rails when you got to the tank with'em, and that would look kind of tacky even if it was doable.

[KF100TK]

Thats what i figured.

[Joshpow]

No worries on the exhaust issue. I run mine in front of the wheels anyway!