I have a 20 gallon plastic tank from a '90 YJ that's in great shape except for the bowl / baffle that is supposed to shroud the pickup tube. It appears it's supposed to be secured by four plastic rivets which all had broken. I can't think of a way to reattach it and have confidence that it won't break free again or leak (such as drilling four holes and bolting it to the bottom). Any suggestions for reattaching it? How about alternative options? I could leave it off but then the pickup would be at risk of sucking air in off-camber situations so I'm not too crazy about that option. I've been thinking about using the pickup "log" from my CJ tank as a possible solution. Any thoughts on how to best approach this?

i pulled mine down to change the fuel pump and i have a pretty good idea, drill two holes in the tray length wise then seal them with the same gasket material that surrounds the sending unit, i replaced it with the fuel pump

Can you wire it to the pickup in some way that will keep it centered and not interfear w/ the float? Kinda like a spoked wheel ?

I think you should use a spark plug. Any spark plug. Sieries it with the coil and see what happens. :flipoff2:

Sup bubbah? :D I agree with the other dood. Pattern the downtube gasket and I'm a big fan of rivits.

Here you are... :D What are you doing over here? :flipoff2:

Build a tank from scratch! That's my solution! PM me over on the "little site"

Thanks for the replies!

Hybrid, I don't think I can attach it to the pickup tube easily or securely enough that it won't bounce around in there. I think it really needs to be secured to the bottom of the tank. The baffle already has a sleeve for the pickup tube which will keep it centered in the tank, but without the rivets there's nothing to keep it from spinning around the pickup tube or slapping around against the bottom.

Loppster... :flipoff2:

YJ_Swamper, so the gasket would go between the bolt head and the tank on the bottom/outside of the tank? Hmmm... that might work. I'd have to get a second gasket but that's easy enough.

Bob, but... I already have a tank :flipoff2: I PM'd ya btw :beer:


So, no votes in favor of using the CJ style pickup? Just makes me nervous drilling holes in the bottom of a currently leak-free gas tank :eek:

Originally posted by Eric Ruhl

So, no votes in favor of using the CJ style pickup? Just makes me nervous drilling holes in the bottom of a currently leak-free gas tank :eek: I agree with you on that, drill holes in a good gas tank? I've done something very similar to http://www.outdoorwire.com/4x4/jeep/tech/fuel/FuelInjectedCJ01/ and in talking with the author he said you don't really notice not having a shroud for the pickup tube. (Mines not running yet)

I was thinking of glueing a shroud, but can't find and info on it.

I'm thinking glue. Got any special geeky pocket protector engineer stuff handy?:flipoff2:

JB Weld? That's fuel safe, isn't it? Let the tank dry out (probably already is) then rough up the surface on the bottom, lay a nice bead, press, let dry.

Drilling holes in a good tank ... not me... sounds like opening a endless can of worms. JB would get my vote. Another idea would be modle glue, it melts the plastic on both pieces. Id try putting a dab on the outer edge to see how it would react first.
I'm not familiar w/ the "CJ Log" style pickup so no input there -