New fuel tank install
 

It took me 30 minutes to get the old tank out. 3 hours + to get the new one
in, but still have one more bolt to get through on the tanks back side. The
one I purchased was from 4 wd hardware. I measured the mounting holes and
dimensions with the old tank Yes I did have to trim off some of the metal,
but this is ridiculous!!! I'm starting to get within an 1/4" of the tank
welded seal bead. I'll get it wrapped up tomorrow, but have any of you all
had such a miserable experience replacing the original tank with a so called
direct replacement? Also, I think I've this return fuel line routing thing
figured out.

Later

--
Thanks Always !!!
Paul '75 CJ5 258
Vail, CO.

Re: New fuel tank install
 

I went with the plastic tank from 4WD Hardware and had no problems with my
CJ5. Everything lined up and fit perfectly.

4WD Hardware is usually pretty good about that stuff.

Good luck.

Casey Teague
http://justjeeps.jeepz.com

"Paul Brogren" <pibrogren@msn.com> wrote in message
news:bl5icn$8cgq3$1@ID-190695.news.uni-berlin.de...
> It took me 30 minutes to get the old tank out. 3 hours + to get the new
one
> in, but still have one more bolt to get through on the tanks back side.
The
> one I purchased was from 4 wd hardware. I measured the mounting holes and
> dimensions with the old tank Yes I did have to trim off some of the
metal,
> but this is ridiculous!!! I'm starting to get within an 1/4" of the tank
> welded seal bead. I'll get it wrapped up tomorrow, but have any of you
all
> had such a miserable experience replacing the original tank with a so
called
> direct replacement? Also, I think I've this return fuel line routing
thing
> figured out.
>
> Later
>
> --
> Thanks Always !!!
> Paul '75 CJ5 258
> Vail, CO.
>
>

Re: New fuel tank install
 

I went with the plastic tank from 4WD Hardware and had no problems with my
CJ5. Everything lined up and fit perfectly.

4WD Hardware is usually pretty good about that stuff.

Good luck.

Casey Teague
http://justjeeps.jeepz.com

"Paul Brogren" <pibrogren@msn.com> wrote in message
news:bl5icn$8cgq3$1@ID-190695.news.uni-berlin.de...
> It took me 30 minutes to get the old tank out. 3 hours + to get the new
one
> in, but still have one more bolt to get through on the tanks back side.
The
> one I purchased was from 4 wd hardware. I measured the mounting holes and
> dimensions with the old tank Yes I did have to trim off some of the
metal,
> but this is ridiculous!!! I'm starting to get within an 1/4" of the tank
> welded seal bead. I'll get it wrapped up tomorrow, but have any of you
all
> had such a miserable experience replacing the original tank with a so
called
> direct replacement? Also, I think I've this return fuel line routing
thing
> figured out.
>
> Later
>
> --
> Thanks Always !!!
> Paul '75 CJ5 258
> Vail, CO.
>
>