Re: TOY: Making gas tanks

[langehen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Lance Langehennig)]

Gimme about a month, I'm having a tank bent for my Jeep soon, I'll let you 
know how and what my mistakes are.
Also, I modified an aftermarket tank to fit my Jeep previously (moved axle 
back 2"). Mig welding isn't the rout to go. I'm going to see if my TIG 
skills are up to the task on this one.
Lance L.


At 03:57 PM 1/5/01 +0000, you wrote:
>OK - I've been thinking/talking about an extended capacity tank that takes
>advantage of my 2" body lift and since I'm installing the V8 and it'll 
>probably
>get thirsty when using the HP - I had some thoughts on building one that I
>figure someone on the list may have some input....
>
>First - anyone ever make their own ~21-24 gal tank?
>
>What size steel/metal to use?  3/32 or 1/8" overkill?? I'll be armoring the
>bottom so puncture resistance isn't the issue.  I also don't want the 
>truck to
>lean to one side ;-)
>
>The first choice would be to lay the thing out on a sheet of steel, cut 
>the one
>piece like a "+" and fold up the sides to make a box - that requires a brake
>and a cutter to acomplish that, but would require less welding.  The next
>choice is to have pieces cut for each side and weld them up creating the 'box'
>
>Either way that's a LOT of feet in welding bead and it's got to take a lot of
>time to cover that area!  What about skip-welding the edges and then using a
>fuel resistant sealer on the inside and outside of the tank then something 
>like
>this tank sealer (here- http://www.por15.com/tankseal_fuelpreserve.html ) to
>seal it up inside and out.  That way lay a 1" bead and 2" gaps between 
>them and
>then run some sort of seam putty and the sealer over that.  Aren't factroy
>units spot welded together???  How are they sealed???
>
>Any thoughts?  Ideas?
>
>-
>Brian
>
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