What to DO?

[Squash]

I ran into the same problem, but it was at 1/4 tank
during bouncey fourwheeling!  I'm sure that with some
research, some tanks can be bolt-in replacements.

SquaSH

--- Brent Obermiller <ober_b at sssnet.com> wrote:
> I got lost here somewhere between suburbans and
> monte carlos, BUT I have
> installed a '78 Regal tank in an '82 Gran Prix (both
> "G" bodies) and
> would dare say that an '86-88 GN/T-typ (good luck)
> or a 4.3l Monte Carlo
> tank should bolt in the '78 Monte Carlo.  Trust me,
> get a baffled tank
> like these.  I put an analog projection on a '79
> Malibu w/ the original
> tank and it can't be driven hard (accel or
> cornering) w/ less than a 1/3
> to 1/4 tank of gas.
> -Brent
> 
> steve ravet wrote:
> > 
> > Squash wrote:
> > >
> > > First, no matter if you got TPI or TBI, save
> yourself
> > > an assload of time/money and steal the tank AND
> sender
> > > from an EFI suburban (1987-1991).  There were 2
> types
> > > of sealing "rings" on the top of the tanks,
> 1973-1982
> > > had one and 83+ had the other, and It look like
> the
> > > sender from say a 1989 efi sub will fit a 1985
> tank.
> > > In-tank pumps are the way to go.
> > >
> > > SquaSh
> > 
> > I'm slowly getting caught up on old email, 250
> left to go....
> > 
> > Are you saying here that the sender/pump assembly
> from an EFI vehicle
> > (say a 747 truck) will drop into an older gas
> tank, say a '78 Monte
> > Carlo?
> > 
> > --steve
> > 
> > --
> > Steve Ravet
> > steve.ravet at arm.com
> > Advanced Risc Machines, Inc.
> > www.arm.com
> 

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