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‘72 Blazer at work {Project Hope}

ekajkrats said:
Heart transplant? If so, what's he putting in it, if not, what is in it?
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It has an old 350 in it. The carb was full of rat poop so we borrowed a test carburetor just to see if it would fire.

I changed the oil and primed the pump a bit and dropped a few cc’s of boyscout fluid down the vents and it went vroom vroom for a few seconds.


The Customer is considering an EFI intake so I roughed in stainless 3/8” supply and return lines for either setup.





beags86 said:
Damn, I didn't know an inanimate object could die!
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Ashes to ashes rust to dust.
 
The new tank filler neck is different than the original.




The old tank has a curve in it that routes it around the rear body mount.

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The new tank has a straight fill tube that goes directly into the body mount.
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I’m thinking i’ll have to cut back a few inches and see if I can get the filler hose to work around it or do some metal magic.

Anyone come across this issue?
 
pblaze725 said:
The new tank filler neck is different than the original.




The old tank has a curve in it that routes it around the rear body mount.

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The new tank has a straight fill tube that goes directly into the body mount.
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I’m thinking i’ll have to cut back a few inches and see if I can get the filler hose to work around it or do some metal magic.

Anyone come across this issue?
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Yep, unsolder the old filler neck and resolder it onto the new tank. Took the guy 10 minutes to do mine.
 
Yep, the nuts & bolts are soldered too.

The boss man don’t want to put a flame to the old gas tank so we’re going to have to come up with a different solution.
 
I couldn't find the thread but I've seen a guy use manual tools to cut the neck out around the tank and then removing the soldering.

Also, taking it to a radiator shop and having it boiled out to make it clean and then doing the work.
 
bp71k5 said:
They just filled mine with water...no boom that way.
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I’ve done this under the shade tree before.









ekajkrats said:
I couldn't find the thread but I've seen a guy use manual tools to cut the neck out around the tank and then removing the soldering.

Also, taking it to a radiator shop and having it boiled out to make it clean and then doing the work.
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Yea I guess I could snip it out.


We can clean the part, I’m just worried about excessive corrosion in the filler neck from all rust and sitting with no cap for the last decade.




In the mean while we moved the old girl out of my bay as i’m waiting for parts.



I’ll post more progress when it happens.
 
Yep, that's the way I did mine sharp chisel and hammer to start a hole, then finished up with tin snips. then you can use as much heat as you like to get the solder of, but my new tank had the filler neck brazed on, had to use a cut off wheel to grind down the gold color to get the neck off
 
If you’re going with EFI, get ready to upgrade fuel pump pressure big time. Not a biggie.
 
Awesome!

It always amazes me what is available now to restore these trucks. First time I did it most of this stuff wasn't made.
 
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