Gas Filler Neck

[Old77]

I have a 77 Chevy C10 that I am restoring and have a question that hopefully can be answered. As you all know, these trucks and their filler necks are a pain on fill up because you have to sit there and baby sit the nozzle so that it doesn't fall on the ground and you cannot fill the gas too quickly because if too much comes out of the nozzle too quickly then it just comes right back out at you. so my question is, is there something out there that is a kit of some sort to modify this little problem? I am getting ready to replace the whole tank, lines, sending unit,... so I figured that this would be a good time to try and solve this. Another idea I had was to install a rear mount tank to where the filler neck was behind the license plate. Has anyone actually done this kind of set up on these truck and if so, is it a pretty straight forward modification. of course, after you do this, you'd want to do the body work to fill in the original hole for the gas but that is besides the point at this time Anyway, any info on this subject that you can give me would be VERY useful. I'm just trying to get all my information so that I can properly plan out my next steps. Thanks

Old77

 

[Steve W]

I did a body off reno of my 1979 K15 4x4 and was able to raise the filler neck about a 1/2" to 3/4" just by playing with some slack in tha bands that hold the tank in place. I then re-drilled the screws for mounting the filer neck higher on the bracket. I was suprised at the results. I can now fill the tank up at any pump on the higher flow setting on the fuel nozzle, if I put the nozzle in about half way.

As for the rear tank idea, I have a friend with a '72 GMC 2wd and he has a rear mounted tank installed. Th filler neck is behind the licence plate and above the bumper. The plumbing was into a "T" in the fuel line and a small "pet cock" style hand valve on te floor of the cab on the drivers side. He also has a auxillary side tank (so do I) mounted with the same style of plumbing. Been years on my truck and other than cleaning the valve every once in awhile it's been no problem.

Good luck

Steve

Steve