A whole 18.5 gallons. rofl
What have you done to your ride lately?
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Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Nice man!!
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Damn!! Yes. At least put some comfy walking shoes in the back.
I am hoping to stumble across an oversized gas tank solution for a 3rd gen 4R. This 18.5 gallon gas tank is killing me after the 21 gallon tank on the Tacoma.
balakay
BabyMax
Isn't there a tank out of an F150 that fits in the spare tire location? I thought I remember seeing that somewhere.
Yes; but I really want to keep my spare there as long as I can. Also the tank there still requires a manual or electric pump to transfer fuel to the main tank.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Well you can't have both, just carry the siphon hose around and practice Obama's road to recovery
ouch
I think once I get the transmission up to par for the motor I will be back in a decent MPG again. Right now the trans is showing abuse from being behind the supercharger with no upgrades of its own.
It also shows the fuel backwards IIRC. When it reads "E", it's actuall full and vice versa. So that'll take some getting used to...
balakay
BabyMax
It only does that if you use a Ford pump and sending unit. If you modify the tank to fit a Toyota pump and sending unit, it works like normal.
But I think Zech is talking about just using it as an auxiliary tank and not the primary tank. So his would still read from the stock tank and he would just wire up an auxiliary pump to an in-cab switch to transfer fuel from the auxiliary tank to the stock one. IIRC the Ford tank is 19gal so using it alone wouldn't gain him but .5gal of capacity
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Oh ok cool. Yeah .5 gallon isn't worth it. Just overfill it at the gas station. You can damn near fit another gallon in the fill neck on Tacoma's doing that.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Back when I had my 82 Yota I installed a gas tank from an Olds.. Don't recall the model, where the spare went. It held 26 gallons. Took it to a radiator repair shop and they cut down the filler neck and brazen it back on. It had a flip down license plate bracket and it filled through a hole cut in the bumper. Had a solenoid to switch between tanks. Old school days before EFI and the need for an electric fuel pump. Wish I could remember what model it came out of. Would be nice to do it again for my 81. It worked great. I would mainly drive on the 26 gallon tank and then switch over when it was sputtering.
Back when I had my 82 Yota I installed a gas tank from an Olds.. Don't recall the model, where the spare went. It held 26 gallons. Took it to a radiator repair shop and they cut down the filler neck and brazen it back on. It had a flip down license plate bracket and it filled through a hole cut in the bumper. Had a solenoid to switch between tanks. Old school days before EFI and the need for an electric fuel pump. Wish I could remember what model it came out of. Would be nice to do it again for my 81. It worked great. I would mainly drive on the 26 gallon tank and then switch over when it was sputtering.
Yeah, my father had a Ford Ecoline van with the dual gas tanks. I remember him doing the same thing all the time.
My old 92 F150 had dual tanks. It was great when I was driving cross country.
thekidcatcher
Well-Known Member
Mostly done with the bed rack modifications. Should finish Sunday
Just drained the transmission pan, refilled with a bottle of Lucas trans stop slip fluid and 2 qts of ATF fluid. I should know pretty soon if this is going to be a $9 bandaid to get me by until a rebuild.
Dropped a few unnecessary pounds from the 4Runner tonight. I was informed by my wife I need to find the little sensor that dings whenever I am taking a turn "too hard" and kill it. Apparently she does not like an audible reminder of how I drive.
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
Dropped a few unnecessary pounds from the 4Runner tonight. I was informed by my wife I need to find the little sensor that dings whenever I am taking a turn "too hard" and kill it. Apparently she does not like an audible reminder of how I drive.
Found the solution to your sensor problem.
http://www.cbioffroadfab.com/products/3rd-gen-toyota-4runner/
While I do like that solution I do not think I can apply that fix at this time.