23 Gallon Fuel Tank Installed in 83 P/U
 

:rockon: If you limited with your small stock fuel tank here is a sweet option. I was up at SillyFab in Sacramento, CA and saw a fuel tank that was removed from a early Bronco. It holds 23 gallon! Phill @ SillyFab added a skid plate to the bottom side and now it is in my Toyota. Took it out this weekend and everything worked great.

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Pretty cool idea, but not digging the loss of ground clearance. Would work well on a desert truck though. :)

It has plenty of ground clearance. The pictures make it look like it hangs low because I had the rear tire jacket up on a large tree stump and we took the picture looking up. I have nearly 29" from the ground to the bottom of the lowest part of the tank. That was/is higher than the stock tank in the stock location. Sometime picture can be miss leading!

I figured as much, it looks as if it's sitting above the top of the rear diff,, I can just imagine though coming down off a ridge and smacking the tank off something, but then again that's what the skid is for. :)

Last year I got hung up on a large rock that filled the area under the bed between the diff and rear bumper. Now I'll just slide right down the back side of the rocks.

thats pretty awesome... does it utilize the stock filler neck?

Another thing that can be done is to add a gas tank from an S10 Blazer in the same place that you put your tank in, and plumb it to the stock tank. Ive been thinking of doing this myself for the added fuel capacity.

I still need to figure out a way to use that space near my stock spare tire carrier..

Looks good..

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Know of a write up for this?

http://home.comcast.net/~jonmarkstewart/85runner.htm

Check out the link above, it has the info on adding the S10 gas tank.

The fuel filler needed to be relocated to the drivers side. I picked up a flip cap used on may buggies. You can see the location in this picture.

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I've been thinkin of using my spare tire space for air compressors and a tank... just a thought.

I've been thinking of doing a bed trunk/ box..
Just need to grow the cojoanes to cut a huge hole in my bed. Shouldn't be too hard for me since I've already bobbed my junk.

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/z...k/DCFC0001.jpg

http://ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=158078


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I moved the fuel filler to the drivers side of the bed near the tail light.

So do you use just a transfer pump to the main tank so when the main gets low you pump it out of your auxiliary to the main tank right?

James

While I am thinking about it, how did you deal with the fuel level gauge?

And James, I am pretty sure he did away with the old tank?

NO, I took the stock tank out and threw it in the scrap metal pile. It was all beat up anyway! With the stock tank gone I also rerouted my exhaust. I tucked my Flowmaster muffler sideways 2" below the bed, the drill a 3" hole in my bedside for my exhaust pipe to exit on the passengers side way above my rock sliders. I can post pics later if you like. It will be impossible to smash my exhaust on trail anymore!

[QUOTE=xxxtreme22r;51501696]While I am thinking about it, how did you deal with the fuel level gauge?

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I'm using the stock Toyota sender. Just rebent the float arm so it would drop further down into the tank. It works, but I would say it is not 100% accurate! Since this is NOT a daily driver I not so concerned about it. My main and only goal was to be able to carry more fuel. I was alway the first to be dummping fuel from my Jerry Can or looking for a gas station. Thoughs day are gone! :great:

Why not just keep the stock tank and the new tank? Then you would have even more fuel. Who cares if it was beat up unless it was leaking.

James

First I really do not need to carry 35+ gallons of fuel. Also by removing the tank I was able to reroute my exhaust for more exhaust ground clearance. My exhaust exits out the side of the bed and the muffler sits sideways where the front of the tank was. Plus since I have a 4 link suspension everything was realy tight on that side.