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GMC Sierra Crew Cab Replacement Fuel Tank - The Longest Haul

Gmc Sierra Fuel Tank Installed Fuel Pump
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Gmc Sierra Fuel Tank Installed Fuel Pump
7. We installed the original fuel pump and pickup into the new tank, while being careful to index it with the fuel lines facing toward the front of the truck, where the stock fuel lines are located.
Gmc Sierra Fuel Tank Fuel Line
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Gmc Sierra Fuel Tank Fuel Line
8. This fuel line connects the upper portion of the front and rear tank sump. One end of the line was left loosely connected because it would need to be moved when the tank was installed into the truck. If you're wondering what the large missing section of the tank is for, it's to provide room for this small radiator (inset). The radiator cools the diesel fuel after it leaves the high-pressure fuel pump and heads toward the filter.
Gmc Sierra Fuel Tank Radiator
Gmc Sierra Fuel Tank Installing Tank
9. It's now time to install... 
   
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Gmc Sierra Fuel Tank Installing Tank
9. It's now time to install the tank. Since our truck was hoisted into the air via a chassis lift, we used these large jackstands to hold the tank in the air.
Gmc Sierra Fuel Tank Reconnected Fuel Lines
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Gmc Sierra Fuel Tank Reconnected Fuel Lines
10. Once the tank was in place, the fuel lines were reconnected to the fuel pump.
Gmc Sierra Fuel Tank Mounting Brackets
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Gmc Sierra Fuel Tank Mounting Brackets
11. Transfer Flow includes these multi-piece strap-type mounting brackets, which we pre-assembled and then bolted around that tank and into factory bolt holes. No drilling was required, and the brackets are foam-cushioned to prevent gouging the tank.
Gmc Sierra Fuel Tank Mounting Brackets
Gmc Sierra Fuel Tank High Flow Filler Neck
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Gmc Sierra Fuel Tank High Flow Filler Neck
12. The last piece of the installation, and this is super cool but optional, is a new high-flow filler neck. This type of neck allows you to fill up your diesel truck at any high-speed commercial truck fuel pump, which makes refueling much faster. Interestingly, the filler neck reuses the factory filler tube, after you remove the restrictive smaller-diameter inner tube.
Gmc Sierra Fuel Tank Adding Diesel
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Gmc Sierra Fuel Tank Adding Diesel
13. And finally, we threw 5 gallons of diesel in our truck to get it fired up and over to a refilling station. The motor lit right off, and the fuel gauge read accurately. What little amount of fuel we had onboard made the gauge just barely read a tick over the empty line. Once we were at the gas station, it cost about 180 bucks to fill the thirsty new tank, but the owner reports driving for weeks without needing to stop for a fill-up. Nice!
Billet Superstore
2380 E. Orangethorpe Ave., Dept. LRE
Anaheim
CA  92806

www.billetsuperstore.com
Transfer Flow Inc.
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