POTD- PROJECT OF THE DAY: What Did You Make In Your Shop Today?

[woodchucker]

Yeah, I guess I'm the canary if there was a leak in the tank! Funny thing is I drove a Ford Pinto while going to college if you recall the drama with those. At least with the truck there's a dump box to help if I was rear-ended!

well, you know the old marketing line.. Ford has a better idea.... NOT..

 

[mmcmdl]

Last night I had some quality seat time on the Kubota . Sawed up 4 old bed frames and loaded them in the firepit and lit them up along with last years Christmas trees . Lit the sky up pretty good ! Todays job is to get the garden weeded out and take the PTO implements back down to the other house . General clean up . 50 and sunny at the moment . If it stays nice , I'll dig into the JD tractor project this evening .

 

[FOMOGO]

Fuel tanks in the cab were common to most all of the older trucks. Life was just more exciting back in the day. Mike

well, you know the old marketing line.. Ford has a better idea.... NOT..

 

[BGHansen]

well, you know the old marketing line.. Ford has a better idea.... NOT..

I recall having to take the Pinto in for a couple of safety recalls on the tank. As I recall, the original problem was that a rear-end "bump" would drive the tank forward where it could be punctured by a bolt head or two. The first fix was to put a deflecting plate between the tank and the cross-member with the exposed bolt heads. Problem was, the plate was angled so the forward end of the tank was deflected down which then twisted off the fuel fill pipe (leaving a big hole).

I recall (no pun intended) bringing it back for a couple of other recall fixes. One was to do something at the fuel fill neck to tank to keep it from twisting off; maybe a rubber hose connection so there'd be some compliance? Another recall was to change the original deflecting plate so instead of angling the tank down, it was pushed up to the bottom of the floor pan.

That's all memory-bank recalls from around 1977-78, so don't quote me on it!

 

[woodchucker]

Fuel tanks in the cab were common to most all of the older trucks. Life was just more exciting back in the day. Mike

I used to see them saddled on the side, at least I thought... maybe my mind is playing tricks.. IH, Chevy?

 

[BGHansen]

Fuel tanks in the cab were common to most all of the older trucks. Life was just more exciting back in the day. Mike

Glad I never smoked!

 

[FOMOGO]

Chevy was guilty of the same "crime". Most of light heavy trucks, C-series for GM, F series for Ford used the same cabs as the pickups with different fender openings for the larger wheels. The larger over the road trucks generally had saddle tanks. Mike

I used to see them saddled on the side, at least I thought... maybe my mind is playing tricks.. IH, Chevy?

 

[pontiac428]

I used to see them saddled on the side, at least I thought... maybe my mind is playing tricks.. IH, Chevy?

68-72 both Chevy and Ford did it. The saddled tanks that followed from Chevy also did a Pinto when t-boned

 

[lordbeezer]

Fuel tanks in the cab were common to most all of the older trucks. Life was just more exciting back in the day. Mike

Chevy truck gas tanks were behind seat. Corvairs had same problem with gas tank ruptures as pintos except front instead of rear in accidents. I built mounts and installed a modified 302 and c4 trans with 9” rear in a 71 pinto. It was fast. Went thru rear tires quick.

 

[lordbeezer]

And yes I did the recall with longer filler tube.