Yucca-Man
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My '96 gas tank has a few gallons of dents in it, and I have an opportunity to get a clean '91 tank...how interchangeable are they? Both are 4.0L HO
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Gas Tank same between 91+96?
- Thread starter Yucca-Man
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red91
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Yucca-Man said:
Yucca your fuel pump according to interchange information is 96 only, and you should have a plastic tank.
Tank interchange is 94-6 due to plastic. I don't think your fuel pump will fit into an earlyer model. Is yours metal???
Yucca-Man
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Hmmm...it's listed as "undamaged tank w/sending unit" and I know there's a Ford fuel pump that can be wired in (I'll search and find it again if needed) but wasn't sure if I should grab this tank...I'd like to be able to use more than 12.5 gallons to fill the tank...
red91
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Yucca-Man said:
mitchell says it will work, other source is off I guess. Fuel pump installation should be the main concern.
Wouldn't be the first time the info I have is wrong. Seems like your good to go.
Matthew Currie
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red91inWA said:
Red, I think you have your year info wrong. The 96 still has the steel tank which is common to the earlier models. My son just bought a 96. It has a nice new shiny metal tank, just like the old rusty shabby patched metal tank in my 95. Unless the tank design changed partway through the 96 model year, a 91 tank should work just fine in a 96.
old_man
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A crazy buddy of mine made a special gas cap with an air compressor connector on it once. He then proceeded to pump the tank with air until the dents popped out. Scary huh????
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Better than trying to weld on studs for a dent puller :wow:old_man said:
old_man
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Hey, I thought about using my pin welder. :lecture:
Matthew Currie
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old_man said:
I've seen that done before, and it works for a tank that's just oilcanned, but for corner dents and the like I'd worry about cracking.
I also can tell you from personal experience that if you undent or replace a tank that has been dented where the fuel pickup is, and don't rebend the pickup, you can run out of gas with a lot of gas in the tank. You know, it's really just about impossible to push an F150 pickup uphill and steer around a corner at the same time, in the dark... :tears:
Yucca-Man
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- Castle Rock, CO
I think I'll just go with the replacement tank and avoid the compressor fitting, thanks 
