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I've heard of $150 new gas tanks. Anyone know where? Thx.

If you find out don't tell me. I just spent $175 repairing mine!

I've also been looking for alternatives to welding my punctured panel truck fuel tank. The cheapest options seem to be in under-deck marine fuel cells ($150 and up). There are drawbacks: This is not a huge savings over having the tank welded, the cheaper versions are limited capacity (and may not meet DOT safety specs), and there will be plumbing issues with any non-OEM tank. A quick search on the interwebz gave me this $235 plastic unit alongside this $220 steel tank. That seems to be competitive pricing, even JC Whitney's plastic under-floor tanks are $210 and up. So the short answer is No, no new fuel tanks at the $150 level.

I think there is someone making AD under bed tanks now but they are so simple we make our own. Right off the top of my head I think they are 13x13x21 inches. The pickup tube needs to be built in plus the filler neck and sending unit plates for additional backing strength. You also need channel or angle to make the tank to frame brackets but they are a simple "L" shape. We had a run of 48 pickups and several Suburbans so tank making became a necessity. I am VERY poor at posting pictures with text but will give it a try. If all fails maybe I can email the pics to someone skilled (Like Tim) who can then post them. PICTURE # 1 is the very basic tools needed (plus a welder). The pipe on the edge of the welding table is spaced up the thickness of a washer and then tacked to the table. This gives a slot to slide the 18g cold rolled metal through and make nice looking rounded corners but square corners would be fine. PICTURE #2 is the pickup tube tacked to bottom for rigidity. PICTURE #3 is the pickup fitting at same location as a factory tank. PICTURE #4 is a completed tank ready for filler and sending unit. Before welding final end in place you can use a baffle but the factory didn't.

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