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1982 C/K 6.0L Caitlyn Mall Crawler (Interior time)

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I had a side saddle tank rust and start leaking because mud stayed packed up under the plastic skid on my truck. When I replaced the tank, I kept the plastic skid, but I drilled some drain holes in the skid before I reattached it. I haven't taken it back off in a few years to see if there's any mud packed in there again, but it hasn't started leaking again yet.

I doubt you will encounter very much sticky mud like I have that just won't dry out no matter what, but it's worth making a note of, especially if you're looking at buying a used tank that's had a close-fitting skid plate stuck on it. The mud tends to build up in the corners. Mine started leaking near the front corner. Just FYI.
 
Yes I have one tank on the driver side.

Brandon she did ask if that creepy guy was going to be upset.
 
I vote burb tank. Go ahead and get it mounted so you only have to deal with the fuel lines once. Like you said, it will make the sliders much easier, too.
 
removing those POS saddle tanks was one of the most enjoyable improvements I made to my truck. If you don't mind losing some bed space I would bed mount a tank. I wanted a functional bed so I mounted the 25 gallon under the truck. With the 1" pucks to get the bed off the frame it was pretty easy to run the fuel lines.
 
If you keep the single tank, make sure you have a spare gas can. One nice thing about dual tanks is having 2 fuel pumps so a pump failure won't take you out.

However despite my support of saddle tanks, if you only have just (1) tank I would look at a burb/blazer 32gal tank. It would be more work to install a dual tank setup versus adding a burb/blazer tank, at least as far as the plumbing work goes.

If you do keep the single 20gal tank plus a 5gal fuel can, you'll probably be okay. I had a 26gal tank in the K5 and never had a fuel issue. And that truck was lucky to get 10mpg.

However with just 20gal, you might have a problem. I was okay with 20gal on all of the Moab Blazer Bash stuff, but this winter on a long snow run I did run out of fuel. However I only needed 2 gallons to get me to the gas station.

So if it's a matter of getting the truck on the road, you could stick with the single saddle tank and a 5gal spare fuel can.
 
If you're mounting behind the axle, it'll be just like a K5 or Burb filler setup. If you mount it in front of the axle you could probably use the filler door you have now. Not sure you could fit a tank in front of the axle tho.
 
Then Suburban tanks like to smack things when you come down off of ledges and such.

Martin
 
It it even feasible to run a filler hose from the factory fuel filler to a burb tank? It'd be a long hose but then no body work in relocating the filler door.
 
mrk5 said:
If you're mounting behind the axle, it'll be just like a K5 or Burb filler setup. If you mount it in front of the axle you could probably use the filler door you have now. Not sure you could fit a tank in front of the axle tho.
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Might come close to the drive shaft. I hope to get some decent travel some day.
 
Chevy305 said:
It it even feasible to run a filler hose from the factory fuel filler to a burb tank? It'd be a long hose but then no body work in relocating the filler door.
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Maybe, but I would think it would get caught cause it would have to be level or pump really slow.
 
We had a service truck with the filler hose long and basically level. That thing was a pain to fuel. IIRC, we had a 2x4 to roll the rear tires onto to give it some slope.
 
Got this in the mail today, very nice piece .:thumb:

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