Factory Gas Tank Relocation

[SayBye]

So Ive been considering linking the rear of my MJ. Ive got my own budget way Ive done on a few Cherokees and it works well. With budget in mind, keeping the factory gas tank is something I would want to do. Has anyone moved it into the bed, toward the cab and allowed the tank to sit on the pench seam rim that goes around the tank? Ive done this on several Cherokees but not sure about fitment issues with the MJ's...

 

[SayBye]

Moving it to the center of the bed but closest to the cab is the idea...

[M1A1TankerTom]

I responded to your PM. I would think a fuel cell would be much easier to just mount in the bed. I think I only paid around 150 bucks for my Summit 20 gallon fuel cell and that came with a sending unit for a fuel gauge.

[Wesleypipesyo]

Because this thread is old I am posting up. Tom, what fuel cell did you buy? Did it come with mounting equipment? Any pictures of how it turned out?

[Incommando]

You can get a good in the bed locking tool box just slightly larger than the tank for about $60. Mount the tank to the box. mount the box to the bed. Plumb through a hole drilled through both floors. Use grommets. Cut a hole and attach a CJ/YJ/TJ style gas surround to the side of the tool box for filling. you could also run a fuel transfer tube out of the box and up to a filler ( even the factory one) mounted in the bed under the bed rail. This is the type I have seen used in a Cherokee. You might need a slightly different size. 

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[M1A1TankerTom]

I don't remember exactly which model I bought. It was a summit racing brand 20 gallon tank that came with a sending unit already installed. It did not come with mounting equipment but summit sells a mounting kit separately.

 

Here is a pic of the tank in the bed before I installed the mounting straps.

 

[Incommando]

The advantage to runnning the stock tank in the tool box is that you don't have to rig a pump and the replacement parts remain the same.. Just listing options.

[Wesleypipesyo]

The advantage to runnning the stock tank in the tool box is that you don't have to rig a pump and the replacement parts remain the same.. Just listing options.

 

I am looking into that option as well. My current gas tank dumps fuel until I am below 3/4 tank. I am hoping that it is just a sending unit that is broken or a bad connection. If the tank is bad I need to replace it. Either way the tank is going into the bed of the truck.

[Rockfrog]

It may just be the lock ring gasket, just fixed a similar issue on my motorhome ... Fill tank, river of gas ensues until the 3/4 mark, quite frustrating, easy enough fix.