Date:         Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:34:16 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Fuel tank install tip
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Gravity makes things easy enough when removing the tank, but on the way
back in, a little help is good. Here's something you can do if you are
working by yourself as I was, or even to make the job easier and safer with
two people.

The problem in the install is that the front of the tank has to rest on a
lip while the rear of the tank must be raised in three or four increments
to allow the re-attachment of various hoses and tubes. The tank of course
wants to slip off of that lip and fall to the ground.

I found that a cheap trucker's strap with a hook on both ends solves the
problem. Hook one hook around the lip on the back edge of the tank and the
other into one of the drain holes in the spare tire pan. Tightening until
snug forces the tank into the lip on the leading edge. Now you can get to
work without worrying about the tank falling to the ground. You will have
to loosen the strap a notch or two as you raise the tank into position, but
that's all you have to worry about as you hook things up.

Jim