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82Cecil · 08-27-2009, 07:26 PM

Before I press this curve out of the bottom of the cell, is this normal/needed?

I wouldn't think so but I've been surprised before.

Wild83C10 · 08-27-2009, 09:57 PM

Shouldn't be that way, who's cell is it?
The sump doesn't look straight, but it could be the picture.

72 SUPER10 · 08-27-2009, 11:00 PM

Sometimes happens when they pressure test it for leaks, does it say it has been tested ,

**Captainfab** · 08-27-2009, 11:14 PM

It is also common to get a little bit of distortion when welding a tank like that. Especially when you have the additional welding around the sump. IMO it really doesn't hurt anything. Are any of the other sides distorted?

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Originally Posted by 72 SUPER10

Sometimes happens when they pressure test it for leaks, does it say it has been tested ,

82Cecil · 08-28-2009, 05:34 PM

It is a 15 gal Jeg's brand, the picture does make the sump look crooked but it is not. The bottom is the only side with a bow in it.

I'm just going to press it flat.

Marv D · 08-29-2009, 11:27 AM

I guess I would ask 'why' you need it flat??????

mongoose · 09-13-2009, 05:56 PM

to make mounting it eaiser i suppose... as the tabs are on the bottom of the tank as well..

Wild83C10 · 09-13-2009, 06:06 PM

I have mine sitting on aluminum tubing. This spaces it off the bed and I didn't have to cut the bed up too much. I only put holes in for for the fuel lines.

djracer · 09-13-2009, 07:09 PM

Make sure you don't mount it by the tabs.

truckpoorpackrat · 09-13-2009, 07:49 PM

I would think that curve is there to allow the fuel to flow toward the sump, if you turn the level up & down is it setting flush with the bottom (I think you are holding the level on the bottom of the tank in the picture)? Does that make sense? James

08-27-2009, 07:26 PM	#1
82Cecil Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Jacksonville FL Posts: 47	My fuel cell rocks... from side to side ( pic ) Before I press this curve out of the bottom of the cell, is this normal/needed? I wouldn't think so but I've been surprised before.

08-27-2009, 09:57 PM	#2
Wild83C10 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: NJ Posts: 910	Re: My fuel cell rocks... from side to side ( pic ) Shouldn't be that way, who's cell is it? The sump doesn't look straight, but it could be the picture. __________________ 83 C10 Stepside (SOLD, it was a blast!) 383 MASS-FLO EFI/TKO II 600/3.90 Posi 10 bolt S475 and C4 DM running, fine tuning turbo= Douchebag Racing: Runs Fine all the Time

08-27-2009, 11:00 PM	#3
72 SUPER10 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: LUCEDALE MS. Posts: 157	Re: My fuel cell rocks... from side to side ( pic ) Sometimes happens when they pressure test it for leaks, does it say it has been tested ,

08-28-2009, 05:34 PM	#5
82Cecil Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Jacksonville FL Posts: 47	Re: My fuel cell rocks... from side to side ( pic ) It is a 15 gal Jeg's brand, the picture does make the sump look crooked but it is not. The bottom is the only side with a bow in it. I'm just going to press it flat.

08-29-2009, 11:27 AM	#6
Marv D Registered Truck Offender Join Date: May 2008 Location: hells training ground (aka Ariz) Posts: 3,118	Re: My fuel cell rocks... from side to side ( pic ) I guess I would ask 'why' you need it flat?????? __________________ Still playin with trucks, even at my age! When you're dead, it's only a problem for the people around you, because you don't know you're dead. .....It's kinda the same when your STUPID. I just did my taxes and reviewed my SS statement. Thanks to the current administration it looks like I will only have to work till noon on the day of my funeral.

09-13-2009, 05:56 PM	#7
mongoose Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: slurrey, bc. Posts: 1,134	Re: My fuel cell rocks... from side to side ( pic ) to make mounting it eaiser i suppose... as the tabs are on the bottom of the tank as well.. __________________ -'73 c/10 - Low with Go - will be complete... probably never. -'90 2wd Blazer - well... soon enough anyways. -'84 SWB - the daily gas guzzler.

09-13-2009, 06:06 PM	#8
Wild83C10 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: NJ Posts: 910	Re: My fuel cell rocks... from side to side ( pic ) I have mine sitting on aluminum tubing. This spaces it off the bed and I didn't have to cut the bed up too much. I only put holes in for for the fuel lines. __________________ 83 C10 Stepside (SOLD, it was a blast!) 383 MASS-FLO EFI/TKO II 600/3.90 Posi 10 bolt S475 and C4 DM running, fine tuning turbo= Douchebag Racing: Runs Fine all the Time

09-13-2009, 07:09 PM	#9
djracer Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Wetumpka, Al, U.S. Posts: 8,891	Re: My fuel cell rocks... from side to side ( pic ) Make sure you don't mount it by the tabs. __________________ Kevin Special Thanks to All who have helped on the TRUCK! My Pass Time Show http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p...Chapter1-0.mp4 So Far my best Times are: Motor only: 6.44 1/8 @ 104.13 10.39 1/4 @ 125.83 Nitrous Times: 5.785 1/8 @ 118.65 with a 1.336 60ft 9.168 1/4 @ 142.58 with a 250 shot dead out of the hole!

09-13-2009, 07:49 PM	#10
truckpoorpackrat Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: joplin mo. Posts: 272	Re: My fuel cell rocks... from side to side ( pic ) I would think that curve is there to allow the fuel to flow toward the sump, if you turn the level up & down is it setting flush with the bottom (I think you are holding the level on the bottom of the tank in the picture)? Does that make sense? James



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