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Good deal! I have been using mine a few times a week since it was built.
My wife has even used it once:metal:

Kevin
LFD Inc.

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Hey, the tank looks good! ;) My frame has another cross member just be hind the axle and it sits at a slight angle. I think I have seen it on other leaf trucks as well but maby it was not always used. That is the other one I attached my straps to. As for the filler neck I first used a pice of 2" exhaust pipe and had it bent to go into the rear wheel well area. This would probebly be tough for you since it is lowerd. I later drilled a hole in the bed side staight out from the filler on the tank and used a stock stainless cap. I had a bit more room for routing because of the body lift. I am sure you will come up with something trick! I wanted to keep mine out of the bed because I used my truck alot and unloading it to fill up did not sound like fun..:lol:

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You can get those tanks "new" (old but not used), from HERE for $25 plus $25 shipping. Search for Blazer and it will come up. I put one in my shorty a couple years ago. Then, to save even more money, I welded in the sender flange from the truck tank, and bent the truck's sending unit float arm to work in the blazer tank. Check it out:

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Mike that tank is close but still a bit different. But for 75% less it sure would work! I need my filler to exit the side body panel because I plan on using this truck as a truck alot. I just need to hit the pick-N-pull and go import shopping:rolleyes:

Kevin
LFD Inc.

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Gas tank is mounted and ready for final welding then fuel lines. I made teh top front mount out of 2x2x1/8" and notched out the side for thetank to sit in their tight. Then I took the section I cut out and reversed it and welded it back in for added strength. I then set the rear mount and it is just 1x1x 3/16" and is raised up on two pieces of 1/2x1/2 for the correct spacing.

Next it was time to make the rear mounts. These need to be removable and able to go in after the tank is slid in place (with the bed already on). I used some 1/2" round tube and some 3/8" bolts. The center 2" wide section will weld to the tank strap that is made out of 2x2x1/8" and gets a rubber tank strap over it for tank protection. The front is just a long bolt welded to the strap and then slides thru a slip mount and tightens down with a nylock.

I have $32.40 in metal and hardware and another 2hrs in labor.

Kevin
LFD Inc.
$2937.82
92hrs

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More~

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In the last pic the small washers will get replaced with 3/16" thick ones to keep it from pulling thru the slip mounts. Now I will need to hammer and dolly the tank seam just a bit for some added room at full bump. With leaf springs the axel moves back as the suspention compresses more then with coil springs.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

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Kevin,

Here are the wheels

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Sorry it took so long to get these to you brother, been putting in a lot of hours for uncle sam. Hope you can see thme ok.

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nice tank progress, makes me want to do it to mine more

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Cool my new wheels should be on their way very soon. I hope to get this back on the road in its current paint condition in a week or so. I have re thought the rush to paint and I am going to hold off for a bit and do a few body mods first I have been wanting to try out before one of my other builds gets under way. Plus I just need somthing to drive other than my Honda Hybrid (company owned work car) and my wife never seems to want to hand over the keys for her new SS (395hp) trailblazer:rolleyes:
So I will tear into the doors and do the rebuild kit, weld up the gas filler hole and slowly start on body mods and finish work. Then once the next customer build is done (Trazer) I will pop some paint on this pig!

Kevin
LFD Inc.

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Sure have enjoyed watching this project!

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Kevin, on the picture of your U bolt set up with the square tube block, shouldn't the axle tube be welded to the square tube to keep the axle from spinning?

Nice work BTW. I've been learning a lot watching your build threads and was even motivated enough the other day to pull the rusty driver fender off my ride. Need to do some clean up and rust proofing before installing the new one. Then its on to the running bords and floor.

Keep pushing us to do more with your positively non-stop ambition.

HG

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Yes it will once I figure out if I will run a one piece ot a two piece drive shaft. The pinion angle changes a bit depending on the type you use. But good catch!

Kevin
LFD inc.

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I did not get much done tonight because we had our first Winters car show for the summer so I wanked around the corner to check things out.

What I did get done was the lower mounts for the rear bags, installed the other U-bolt kit and centered the diff up in the frame. I will try and get the top mounts done on Wensday.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

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Kevin gotta love the infomative tech. I think you are one of the best on being able to follow. Keep up the GR8 work. I always love to read your posts. Enough a** kissing get back to work so we can get more ideas for our rides:lol: RJ22

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I had another few hours to play tonight. My upper bag mounts finaly arived and by arived I meen I got off my arss and built them:rolleyes: They turned out well I think and I now need to decide on a drivline so I can set the pinion angle and start welding things up. For my compressor I am going to use and electric comp I have from one of my old rockcrawler's. It is the army hummer style and is good for 100psi and I have a 3gal tank froom my old ART kit that I will use as well. I still need to get a valve and switch and then it will tie into the factory air guage in my dash.

Kevin
LFD Inc.
$2937.82
94hrs

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is that 3/16" you use for your upper bag mount? and what do you bend it with? looks awesome, i love reading your threads....amazing skills.

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So you are running leafs and bags? Without trailing arms to multiply travel it seems like those would be a bit stiff back there? Is this how it's done to just use them as "helper"' bags? Nice fab as always!

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Yes they are 3/16" and I have a 45ton Iron worker for shearing, breaking, punching and pressing.

It is a leaf spring truck and the bags will be empty untill the trailer is hooked up (my extra leverage) just to level things back out. I think it will ride just fine and may even get a pound or two in the bags for normal travel. I removed the over load spring and I installed a 25gal tank in the back so I feel I added alot of weight off the rear of the axel.

We will find out in a week or two I hope:)

Kevin
LFD Inc.

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Well no real progress in the last week or so because I am finishing up the paint on Lemon Drop then I will get this back together and on the road for now. I came home today and found a few freebee's from fellow board member cpracing1 . He like the bed chop and found it usefull for his conversion and wanted to donate somthing back. They are 15x8's for the rear and 15x7's for up front:metal: When I get around to paint they will go the green of the upper and lower body color with some thin trim rings. He also sent me some other parts but that will be a surprise once they get grafted into this project!

Kevin
LFD Inc.

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Good pickup on the wheels. I just went with the same setup on Ol' Blue.

AA

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How does the UPS guy like the dog!:lol:

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Otto has been introduced to him so he is fine but his temp last week never got to the portch. The guy next door had to bring it up.:metal:

Kevin
LFD Inc.