Anyone installed dual tanks on their deuce?

[Lonesome715]

I am kicking around the idea of installing a second fuel tank where my spare tire is. If I do I am just going to mirror the passenger side tank with all the same parts. I am just wandering if there are any hiccups I should be aware of or if this would be more complicated than I am thinking it will be. Switches, valves and what ever else I will require is a bit troublesome but I think it will be some what simple to work out once I get into it. The biggest problem I have is where to install my spare tire. But that will be the subject matter of another thread.

 

[wsucougarx]

I did it on my M109A3. I am using it as a feeder tank to the primary tank. Just throw the spare in the bed.

 

[ODdave]

Park brake cable gets in the way

 

[Lonesome715]

Would you happen to have photographs of that set up? I am running some larger than stock tires on 22.5's and, I am not the man I was a decade ago. I would really rather not lift those things in or drag out of the bed. I have a few ideas, but I plan to go over that at another time.

 

[Lonesome715]

Park brake cable gets in the way

Now that is something I di dnot ven think about. I appreciate you bringing it up. I was hoping to do something abotu my broek parking brake, I guess I should do that first and see how it goes.

 

[wsucougarx]

You will have to re route the parking brake cable. I have the full write up in my thread:
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/55385-project-off-grid-m109a3-w-w-log.html

 

[Lonesome715]

Awsome thread, thanks!

I did not mean for my print to be so big. I guess I hit the wrong number.

 

[Lonesome715]

My first though was to route the lines to the passenger side and install a T then just use the filter on the frame ral for both. Now I am thinking maybe getting another one for the driver's side would be better and fedding it that way. Either way what am I looking at to get it done. Also, which way would yeild the least maintainence issues? I know haveing a second filter will add cost, but would be be better to have a seprate one for each tank?

 

[eagle4g63]

I was also going to say the cable but I was too late, easy fix though. A real pain in the A to get at the nuts for the tank brackets....the air tanks get in the way.

Anyway I haven't ran the lines on mine yet.....just one more thing I need to do

 

[Lonesome715]

It does not sound all that bad. I guess I will start gathering the parts I need. Between this and the wincg I have, I am never going to get this truck done.

 

[phil2968]

Don't forget about your return lines. The fuel has to go back to the tank it came from. How about moving the spare tire under the rear of the bed.

 

[clinto]

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce-modification-hot-rodding/82138-secondary-fuel-tank.html

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/7144-m35a2-dual-tanks-where-put-spare.html

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce-modification-hot-rodding/47688-extra-fuel-tank.html

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce-modification-hot-rodding/31580-dual-tanks.html

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce-modification-hot-rodding/8719-2nd-fuel-tank-my-deuce.html

 

[m-35tom]

there is a manual double 3 way valve available from a company in NC i think. reasonable price.
i will try to find my notes on that, my m-35a8 had 2 tanks. you need to switch both the supply and the return.
tom

 

[Lonesome715]

Sticking it under the rear of the bed was my first though. However, it does not look as though it will work with the trailer hitch I am installing there.

Thanks for the links!

I appreciate the heads up on the valve. I wll poke around and see what I can find.

I am starting to see this is not a new idead. I was hoping to be one of the first, oh well.

 

[joshs1ofakindxj]

My thread is one of the ones listed above. I think I did it about as simply as you can.

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce-modification-hot-rodding/82138-secondary-fuel-tank.html

Regarding the parking brake line, just unbolt it from the cab, throw it over the frame, and reconnect it. Simple.

 

[Lonesome715]

That does look smple, thanks for the thread.

Those of you that have already done this, what did you all do with your spare tire?

 

[wsucougarx]

Got it strapped inside the M109A3 box. Took the pioneer tool rack and mounted it on the side of the fuel tank

 

[joshs1ofakindxj]

Thankfully, uncle Sam saw it fit to equip the M35A2 with 4 spare tires in the back, so I'm not concerned right now, but I'm adding a bed crane soon so I can mount a spare or 2 in the bed and I'm putting my spare tire mount from the M35A2 on my M105A2 trailer so I'll have a spare on it when I take it along on an adventure.

If you're running super singles, with a secondary tank set-up like mine, you'll have to add a bed crane or something and put it in the bed. I'm 23 years old I can still lift a 9.00 NDT in the bed by myself, but I can see that getting old as I get older.

I was thiking about doing a swing away tire carrier on the back of the bed, but you still have the issue of hoisting it up. I saw one person made a swing down tire carrier on the back of a 109 box, but that used the high point of the box as a hoist point.

 

[Lonesome715]

I did not even realize this truck did not come with a pioneer rack. Hmmmm, maybe I should look for one of those next.

Right now the truck is singled out but I am most likely going to dual it out again. If so, I agree, a spare would not be a big concern. That being said however, I hope to take it frodin later on in life so I should have a spare by then.

 

[m-35tom]

go here SELECTOR VALVES you need the SK1060
when i got mine it was about $35, your results may vary.
tom