IDIBRONCO
IDIBRONCO
I decided to start on the installation of my Bronco fuel tank in my Blue Truck today. Since a lot of people ask about it, I decided to try document my progress here. I'm doing things differently than a lot/most people do so keep in mind that this is my method and yours may differ. I've been running on the front tank since I bought it and have only used the rear tank twice, once by accident. I'm keeping the front tank and using an electric transfer pump to pump fuel from the Bronco tank to the factory front tank.
Disclaimer #1: This is NOT going to be a quick three hour install. I don't even have everything that I need to actually use this set up yet so bear with me.
Disclaimer #2: some of the included pictures may upset some of my norther brethern and sistern. Sorry, but not sorry.
Disclaimer #3: I have never attempted this so I may make mistakes. That's part of learning, right? Also, this thread is intended to be entertaining as well as informative.
Quick truck background:
I bought this truck in January of 2013 with the intention of using the engine to replace the one in my Bronco with the A Block external crack. I had a guy drop me off about 180 miles from home with a few tools, a jack, a spare tire, and some blankets (just in case). A friend offered it to me for $500, but said that he'd take $100 off if I didn't want the flat bed. I told him to get it off of there. As I was driving it home, I decided that it reminded me of my first 85 F250 that I wrecked and I decided to keep it and drive it. Since I was driving it, I decided to replace the non working fuel senders with the ones from my wrecked truck that both had worked. No bed, easy job. While I was replacing the rear tank sender, I saw that the fuel was cloudy. I have no idea what caused it, but I decided to not run on the rear tank. A few years later, I was going down the Interstate and reached for the blower control switch to turn it down (it was winter) and accidentally hit the tank selector switch I drove for a couple of miles and realized what I had done so I switched back to the front tank. That's when I started drawing from the front tank and returning to the rear tank. A few months later (doing minimal driving with this truck) I bypassed the FSV to only run off of the front tank. I tried to drain the fuel out of the rear tank to get rid of it, but only got a couple of gallons out of the feed line. I knew that I had a hole in the tank now too. I've finally bought most of what I need to do a Bronco tank install. I bought a 33 gallon tank. This is WAY more good fuel than I've been able to carry since I bought the truck so I'm not going to worry about the 5 extra gallons that a 38 gallon tank would hold.
Disclaimer #1: This is NOT going to be a quick three hour install. I don't even have everything that I need to actually use this set up yet so bear with me.
Disclaimer #2: some of the included pictures may upset some of my norther brethern and sistern. Sorry, but not sorry.
Disclaimer #3: I have never attempted this so I may make mistakes. That's part of learning, right? Also, this thread is intended to be entertaining as well as informative.
Quick truck background:
I bought this truck in January of 2013 with the intention of using the engine to replace the one in my Bronco with the A Block external crack. I had a guy drop me off about 180 miles from home with a few tools, a jack, a spare tire, and some blankets (just in case). A friend offered it to me for $500, but said that he'd take $100 off if I didn't want the flat bed. I told him to get it off of there. As I was driving it home, I decided that it reminded me of my first 85 F250 that I wrecked and I decided to keep it and drive it. Since I was driving it, I decided to replace the non working fuel senders with the ones from my wrecked truck that both had worked. No bed, easy job. While I was replacing the rear tank sender, I saw that the fuel was cloudy. I have no idea what caused it, but I decided to not run on the rear tank. A few years later, I was going down the Interstate and reached for the blower control switch to turn it down (it was winter) and accidentally hit the tank selector switch I drove for a couple of miles and realized what I had done so I switched back to the front tank. That's when I started drawing from the front tank and returning to the rear tank. A few months later (doing minimal driving with this truck) I bypassed the FSV to only run off of the front tank. I tried to drain the fuel out of the rear tank to get rid of it, but only got a couple of gallons out of the feed line. I knew that I had a hole in the tank now too. I've finally bought most of what I need to do a Bronco tank install. I bought a 33 gallon tank. This is WAY more good fuel than I've been able to carry since I bought the truck so I'm not going to worry about the 5 extra gallons that a 38 gallon tank would hold.
