Oversized Fuel Tanks?

[tbryanh]

What oversized (larger capacity) fuel tanks are available for my vans?

 

[Hardass559]

you know them carts buses the e350 ones some have a big like 40 gallon tank in them that will fit in a van frame idk how the sending units would work enless you found one old enuff

 

[tbryanh]

wow. this sounds interesting. so i might be able to store 80 gallons, 40 in each tank.

 

[Hardass559]

probly only 60 only seen over sized rear tanks

 

[GOOSE]

Excursion tank is 44 gal. You may be able to graft that into your rear location. I would get the sending unit and mounting hardware with one out of a junk yard.

 

[tbryanh]

I'll have to check some junk yards. Thanks.

 

[DOE-SST]

If you have some average fabrication skills, you can move the exhaust pipe outside the frame, which opens up an area large enough to hang another OEM 38gal van fuel tank.

I've also found a 40 gal tank from a Chevy van fits perfectly inside the area occupied by the spare tire. You'll have to remove the tire hanger framework and add additional structure to replace lost strength. Just a little bit of cutting, welding, and bolting in the tanks. You can tie the tanks together for easy refueling instead of making filler ports for each extra tank. You could keep the tanks seperate for burning WMO or WVO. A bit more work if you want tank senders and gauges.

With 116 gals of fuel, at 16mpg, that is an unrefueled range of 1856 miles.

This works for 1992-94 E350s, I'm not sure if the earlier vans are the same underneath.

 

[tbryanh]

If you have some average fabrication skills, you can move the exhaust pipe outside the frame, which opens up an area large enough to hang another OEM 38gal van fuel tank.

This sounds good.

I've also found a 40 gal tank from a Chevy van fits perfectly inside the area occupied by the spare tire.

My vans have tanks there already. They are only 20 gallons. Maybe more support would be needed replacing them with 40 gallon tanks.

You can tie the tanks together for easy refueling instead of making filler ports for each extra tank.

This is a good idea.

Would the bottoms of the tanks be connected together?

What diameter pipe should be used to connect them?

How can you prevent one tank from overfilling the other tank?

With 116 gals of fuel, at 16mpg, that is an unrefueled range of 1856 miles.

Nice.

 

[Blind Driver2]

searching reveils much

we already have a pretty extensive thread on this subject

 

[DOE-SST]

searching reveils much

we already have a pretty extensive thread on this subject

For vans?

I've already searched for "van fuel tank" and 99% of the threads are about trucks.


This is a great forum, for trucks. E350 IDI van info is pretty sparse, both here and on other Ford forums..

 

[Blind Driver2]

For vans?

I've already searched for "van fuel tank" and 99% of the threads are about trucks.


This is a great forum, for trucks. E350 IDI van info is pretty sparse, both here and on other Ford forums..

I missed the "van" part