socojoe499

I just started working on a 1982 SR5 long bed that my uncle had sitting back in a barn for the last 5 years. I dropped the tank and found a few holes in it as well as about an inch of rust in the bottom of the tank.
Just to make sure it would run I replaced the mechanical fuel pump and ran a fuel line from the pump to a gas can and she fired right up.

I can't seem to find a replacment tank under $300, any suggestions?
I'm going to check salvage yards this weekend, but any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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You've got it. Junkyards. Even better bets, unless you're on the west coast, would be the classifieds here at Yotatech, or on the Marlin Crawler forum. Gas tank might be a bit much in shipping, though...but if you can find a good one cheap, it ought to come out to a good bit less than $300. West coast seems to have no shortage of these trucks around, in decent condition, so you could probably find something locally.

But yeah...local is best. Junkyards, craigslist, old truck sitting in someone's yard. I'm guessing you're from a rusty area of the country, though? So maybe they'd all be that way (rusty) around you.