Thats right boys and girls, I said I was going to do it and I did it. I bought a 35gal tank from Vecoplan as he was parting out his PW. Well I got it in and wasnt going to do te swap until weekend after next but decided to go out there and look at what all was involved and it didnt look so bad. So two hours later I had my old one down and my new one up.

Since this has long been a debate of what will match up and what wont, I decided to go through with it and clear everything up. I took some pics of the tanks side by side so you all can see where the difference is at. The pump is the same and doesnt need to be changed out a new one bought. All the fuel lines are all in the same places. The rear strap was the same but the front was a different one so Im glad Matt sent them to me. Oh yeah, to get the tank down you will obviously need to run it down as much as possilble and support its weight with a jack. The nuts holding it up there are 15mm and it will have to be a deep well but even that isnt long enough at first. So you will need a 15mm wrench to back the nut down 1/4" or so and then finish it with the ratchet. All off the lines you need to disconnect from the tank have clips you need to push in with needle nose pliars and then pull apart to disconnect.

Here is the link to the pics

http://cid-fb87bd8396fbfbf4.photos.l...%20tank%20swap

 

good deal man, where the extra part of the tank go? Front or rear? does it get in the way of anything else or was there enough room for it already? I thought fillin up 26 gal was bad... cant imagine 35 haha

 

The additional part of the tank goes towards the front of the truck and just behind the rear crossmember. Those pics under the truck would be showing that. No CELs, no changing or rerouting hoses. All PnP.

 

Most places here in NY were capped at $75. Only recently just before the gas prices started to drop is when they started removing the $75 caps because it would cost most cars right about that leaving the trucks to be only 3/4 full and some 1/2 full....Weed...lol..... i used 2 different cards when i needed to fill the tank right up. I know they put a cap on because people were driving off w/out paying. using the two diff card trick works good.
Hey, weed. You sure don't look like you were there to get dirty with those shoes and pants rolled up like that...lol
What was the reason to go to a larger tank> Do you travel to where you would need to not stop as frequent?

 

Bitchin

 

this is sweet!!! a couple of us have talked about it. I really could use a 35 gal tank. now i just gotta find one and ill be on my way. so the fuel gauge reading question is answered as it reads correctly now? does the overhead pc acknowledge the extra amount of fuel?

 

wow, that's great!! thanks for the share!!!

 

I'm also curious about this. Did the overhead and the fuel gauge need any time to adapt or did were they accurate as soon as you filled up?

 

Yeah they were doing that down here too with capping the cards. My pants legs were rolled up because they kept getting under the wheels on my creeper. I went to larger tank for no more reason than because I just wanted to. I try not to take my truck out of town much because of the gas consumption. We usually take her Mini Cooper that gets 35+ mpgs and yeah I miss my truck because it doesnt have the power but then it costs so much less to fill her 12gal tank up.

IDK about the OH reading the DTE yet as I havent filled the tank yet. I will let you guys know.

 

Sounds like he did a great job; I think everything should work fine with the plug-n-play. My Laramie came with the factory installed 34 gallon tank and I see no difference with his installation or hook-up.