Thread: I need to move mounting brackets on my aluminum fuel cell?

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gas weighs about 6 pounds per gallon, so you're going to have approx 80 poungs hanging from those tabs.... I've used the same type fuel tank on many cars and always mount them with straps all the way around the tank. I make both sides and the bottom as one strap, then the top as a separate strap and the straps are bolted to either the frame rails or crossmembers depending on which way I run them....

Yeah, what Dave said jumped right out at me too. I don't think you should hang an aluminum tank that will end up weighing 90 or so lbs just from four little tabs. I have an aluminum tank in my '27, and at first I just built a angle iron framework around it. The first time I put gas in it, the center bellied down from the weight of the fuel. So I cut a 3/16 inch thick aluminum plate and made a complete floor for it to sit on.

I think all that weight hanging on aluminum will distort it and stress it to the point of cracking where the brackets are put on, particularly when you are bouncing down the highway.

JMO,


Don