Need to know how much a replacement fuel tank for an M715 is. Someone saw better need to have the one from ours at our museum and need a good replacement so we can run on more than a jerry can.
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Need to know how much a replacement fuel tank for an M715 is. Someone saw better need to have the one from ours at our museum and need a good replacement so we can run on more than a jerry can.
Do you have a fuel pickup in your jerry can? How are you doing it?
just have a tube running into a hole drilled into the top of the can. It is field expedient to say the least
Try Memphis Equipment maybe...dont think I have heard of replacement tanks out there though...
Might ve to have one made or see if someone is parting a truck out unfortunately...
A couple of years ago when I rebuilt my truck, I looked to find a tank as mine had some surface rust inside. I never did find anything out there at any of the surplus suppliers. I ended up cleaning mine and sealing it.
In your case, fabricating or having one fabricated might be the best option. They are nothing more than a fairly square tank with the filler neck in the side and a sending unit in the top, along with one baffle running the length inside.
I was looking for one a while back. I can't remember if it was Memphis Equipment or Vintage Power Wagon, one of them had replacement tanks that they had made. They were way more than I was willing to pay.
A Zone member called Snuffy in Alabama was having one made this summer.
He may be able to help.
The tank is very basic. A good metal shop should be able to make one without asking a arm and a leg.
Aluminum fuel cells are relatively affordable. Could be altered with TIG welding. It wouldn't look like stock but it would work.
When i asked Memphis Equipment about the cost of a tank, they quoted me.....$700!! Yikes. I managed to get it repaired, but I think I have a hotrodder build me a stainless steel one for less than half that!
Do the M715 and M725 use the same fuel tank? I know a guy local that has one might hit him up for a part if he has one.
i chose to build my own tank for clearance issues. my stocker was in fine shape. at the time (~6 months ago) it cost me 55 dollars for the .090" aluminum and about 4 hours of saturday to fit and weld the pieces. i have the fortunate luck of working in an awesome manufacturing/fab shop where we have CNC plasma and pressbrake to accomodate my plan, but if i had to pay for the material and the time to cut and form it i would still have only had maybe 200 bucks in the tank. then you just need to be able to weld alum, or have a buddy who can. here are a few pics
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715362.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715337.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715346.jpg
According to the parts manual, all the trucks in the series use the same tank.