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Offline ackland3

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Gas tank mounting
« on: September 11, 2014, 11:56:50 am »
My 1985 k10 with the long box currently has one 16 gallon tank and the passenger side has had a hole drilled into it so I want to upgrade to the 20 gallon. Can i do this without moving mounts at all? Would like to know before ordering the parts
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Offline bake74

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Re: Gas tank mounting
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2014, 06:44:11 pm »
     Are you asking if you can remove the 16 gallon and replace it with a 20 on the passenger side ?  Did someone drill a hole into the 16 gallon tank ?
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Offline ackland3

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Re: Gas tank mounting
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2014, 10:27:15 am »
Yes they drilled a hole about an inch inch and a half big in the passenger side and a 20 gallon is about the same price as the 16 so i figured may as well upgrade
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Offline bake74

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Re: Gas tank mounting
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2014, 09:30:38 pm »
     I believe the mounting hardware is all the same, someone will chime in if I am wrong.
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Offline ehjorten

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Re: Gas tank mounting
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2014, 10:59:21 am »
Best make sure you have room to install a 20 gal. tank!  I think the limiting factor is clearance to your front spring hanger on the rear leaf springs.
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