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Anyone else have issue with fitment of the WH 13 gallon stock steel tank?
Seems the main fill tube is attached to tank about 3/16-1/4inch to low so when tank is mounted, the filler tube rides on the frame rail. I actually have to psuh the passenger side up three inches to get the right side of the tank to touch the right mounts, meaning this bends the filler tube up and into the body. I have 1" BL. I have the tank mounts pushed as far "up" as they will go.
I measured my stock tank which fits fine and the inlet tube sits 1/4 inch higher...
Also, sender unit and locking ring issue. Seems the sender unit locking ring supplied is just a little bit smaller and made of metal which is a lot weaker, which allows the ring to slip off one of the three mounting tabs as it is turned onto the tank bracket. I corrected this by using the original old ring which worked fine. Lastly, not happy with the square cut sealing oring, I think the shape will result in a leak later down the road as the ring is taller than it is wide, shouldn't that be a round oring? Hope it works.
Only work around to filler tube is to "maletize" the tube for releif from hitting the frame rail. I have also considered reinstalling my original but I need to paint it after having it cleaned up.
Why me, I'm getting tired of this aftermarket "bolt on" stuff not fitting.
Seems the main fill tube is attached to tank about 3/16-1/4inch to low so when tank is mounted, the filler tube rides on the frame rail. I actually have to psuh the passenger side up three inches to get the right side of the tank to touch the right mounts, meaning this bends the filler tube up and into the body. I have 1" BL. I have the tank mounts pushed as far "up" as they will go.
I measured my stock tank which fits fine and the inlet tube sits 1/4 inch higher...
Also, sender unit and locking ring issue. Seems the sender unit locking ring supplied is just a little bit smaller and made of metal which is a lot weaker, which allows the ring to slip off one of the three mounting tabs as it is turned onto the tank bracket. I corrected this by using the original old ring which worked fine. Lastly, not happy with the square cut sealing oring, I think the shape will result in a leak later down the road as the ring is taller than it is wide, shouldn't that be a round oring? Hope it works.
Only work around to filler tube is to "maletize" the tube for releif from hitting the frame rail. I have also considered reinstalling my original but I need to paint it after having it cleaned up.
Why me, I'm getting tired of this aftermarket "bolt on" stuff not fitting.
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