Auxiluary Gas tank
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silversink
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now go to the antique store and get an old trunk and cut out the bottom to cover the tank and no one will know its in there. I have one covering a toolbox and battery in an old truck I drive every day
BRENT in 10-uh-C
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One thought for me is the electric fuel pump. In modern applications, the pump is usually triggered by an oil pressure switch that in the event of some type of accident, the engine and the fuel pressure are shut-off simultaneously. With this set-up, there is no safety measures with the pump, albeit granted the gravity set-up is not totally safe either.
One other thought I do have to ponder, is for all the additional work and expense of "jury rigging" to mount an auxiliary tank, wouldn't it have been just as easy to repair/restore the rusty original tank? What did I miss in that regard??
Mitch//pa
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brent i think the OP's plan was to be able to drive the truck now and work on cleaning out the tank later. you have a valid point of using some kind of emergency shutoff. if it was me i would use a modern ford inertia switch.
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Fred K-OR
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Every time I try it it just says "upload Failed"
Your pictures may be to large. Cut down the size and they may work.
29Cabriolet
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Being the owner of a '29 leaky gas tank, I too was exploring all options on repairing/replacing/substituting. I had thought about an auxiliary too. I've read many accounts of the difficulties and issues encountered in removing and repairing the stock 29 tank. So FWIW, to even consider replacing the tank with an auxiliary of some kind was perhaps it could be the lesser of two evils.
BRENT in 10-uh-C
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Ok maybe, but I think that often times people are fearful of the unknown. Removing and re-installing the gas tank is NOT that big of a deal in my opinion, ...it's just time consuming. It has been discussed many times here in the past. Second, properly restoring a tank is not that big of a deal if you are properly equipped with tools & talent. Usually, rigging creates just as many problems and often times is unsafe in the manner by which it is done. That is why my vote is to do it properly the first time to avoid the hassles associated with "do-overs".
Fred K-OR
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I agree with Brent. I have pulled and sort of restored two 1929 tanks on my rigs. And that is something for someone that did not know what he was doing.
Also you mentioned you were going to put on a Lentville body later. If you do this, the tank is right there to remove and restore-been there and done that. Good luck.
Also you mentioned you were going to put on a Lentville body later. If you do this, the tank is right there to remove and restore-been there and done that. Good luck.