I am in need of gas tank advice

I recently came across a free 1977 CJ7 21 gallon gas tank purchased from JC Wittney some years ago.

I am curious if this gas tank could be converted to be used in a relocation of my under seat to the rear location in my CJ6 and quite possibly what would be needed to do this conversion if its a possible project.

I'm am relatively new to Jeeps and am eager to learn all I can

I read Mikes blog concerning his conversion but I'm not sure how to translate it to this application

Any help would be appreciated


The demensions are 26" wide 13" high 16.5" deep

 

If thats the one I am thinking of you are going to lose your departure angle. The last one I saw was on a 5 with 33in tires and it hung lower then the diff.

 

That stinks I was hoping that wouldnt be the case. Its about 13 inches tall. I wasn't sure how far I could tuck it up there.

Anything larger than the 15 thats out there that wont hang so low?

 

This tank came with no parts. Would you happen to know what I'll need to make it work? I surfed the web to try and find some sort of schematic but couldn't find anything.

 

Check the '77 factory manual or parts book.

I need to set up my scanner again ... I'll try and get you the exploded drawing from the manual this afternoon.

What are you unclear about? The original tanks for these years were held in by the skid plate. Not sure about the oversize tank though. You should have a fill, vent (glug-glug for the filler), and vapor recovery outlets. The fuel pickup and return go through the sending unit, which fits in the top of the tank with an o-ring and locking ring. You should be able to get the filler hoses and filler neck from aftermarket sources.

 

Thanks for the info. I'lll look for those scans this evening

 

Not yet. I have some things to do, then I'll set up the scanner. Real soon now.

 

This is a 2MB file - high resolution so you can read it as well as the original reads.

http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/~reese/Scan10038.JPG

 

Thanks Tim I really appreciate it.