Drop the tank or lift the bed?

[The Griff]

The Dodge has a BAD fuel leak coming from the top of the tank somewhere.
Yesterday I left for town with a 1/4 of a tank, It is ten miles to town exactly, and in those ten miles, I apparently burned through a 1/4 of a tank.
I started smelling gas as soon as I got into town, I looked under it, and there was gas running down the side of the tank like it was coming from a garden hose. I put 5 bucks in it, and that got me back up to a 1/4 of a tank, and It stayed there all the way home, and the tank and the frame were dry when I got home.

I crawled under it and it looks like it wouldn't be too hard to drop the tank, the straps busted loose pretty easily. There's still a 1/4 of a tank in it, would I have to drain that or could I still manhandle it down? but would I be able to set it on the ground without taking the lines off it? Or should I just pull the bed off and mess with it from the top?

 

[rampage]

You've been driving around for almost 2 months with a gas leak?
http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=317257

We need pics of your "friend" first then we'll be glad to help out.

And this still holds true.

 

[The Griff]

Do as I say, not as I do.



It had all but gone away, I checked it everytime I would go somewhere, and It wouldn't leak.

Then yesterday rolls around.





And again, if I so much as thought of such a thing, I'd be shot.

Repeatedly.

 

[dhcomp]

Grab the hf trans jack, and screw some 2x4s to the top of it. Made it super easy to drop by Burb tank. Almost a one man operation

 

[dremu]

Grab the hf trans jack, and screw some 2x4s to the top of it. Made it super easy to drop by Burb tank. Almost a one man operation

And a Burb tank is fricken huge @ 43 gallon!

I submit a slightly different option, the all-purpose ATV jack, but also with scrap lumber.

See http://coloradok5.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3472452&postcount=2

-- A

 

[dhcomp]

Grab the hf trans jack, and screw some 2x4s to the top of it. Made it super easy to drop by Burb tank. Almost a one man operation

There are pics of how effective this method was in my Burb thread in the Burb forum

 

[K85 Octane]

pull the fuel line off at the pump if it's machanical, you can siphon it off there or get a cheap pump from the local auto parts store and pull it out. Sometimes you can even pull the hose to the filter and it will piss everything out there (most of the time on accident lol) That way it's not too heavy. If it's FI, pull the hose and let the pump push all the fuel out. If it turns off within a couple seconds, jump the relay until the gas is out.

wait, what year is this? lol

 

[campfire]

(from the other thread)

Jack up the radiator cap, slide a GM 1/2 ton of the same vintage in its place. Problem solved

This response is downright epic. Wifey and I both laughed our heads off.

 

[MrSchaeferPants]

After dropping the tank in my Blazer.



lift the bed What, 6 bolts, two plugs for the taillights, perhaps a screw for a ground. Gas filler neck is pretty easy too. Good chance to clean/derust frame rails and unbed and such

I removed the bed on my dodge longbed two years ago by myself in 20-30 minutes.

 

[brans87]

MrSchaeferPants X2 on what he said!

 

[brian wafer]

lift bed

 

[desertrat67]

I'd go the bed route, too. This will let you see all of the hoses to check their condition and allow you to turn the truck on and see where the leak may be coming from.