Malburg114's 3Link go fast SAS

Fits between the frame rails or so ive been told. I know you either have to swap all the Toyota fuel stuff over and weld it all together or somehow make the ford stuff work with the Toyota stuff. If mine doesn't leak, ill probably run it and maybe lay a piece of 1/8th in over the existing skid.

 

For those interested, I will once again be going to the Marlin Crawler round up. Should be a good time. Then October Ill be at Trail Hero in Sand Hollow, November is Hump N' Bump in Logandale, NV, and have plans to go to Winter 4x4 Jamboree in Sand Hollow in January and KOH in February. And then Easter Jeep Safari again as well. Probably spend a lot of weekends in Sand Hollow or Logandale so let me know if anyone wants wheel.

A picture from last years MCR.
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Hmm, interesting

Well that sounds like a bit of a pain...no thank you

 

Don't be scared! The F150 tank swap is super easy and fits perfectly between the frame rails. I bought a rear tank for a 1993 F150 off Rock Auto with a pump and sender. It comes with a wiring diagram for the three wires it takes to run and you just need some high pressure fuel like to clamp over the Toyota hard lines that end at the back of the cab and then clamp onto the Ford sending unit. If you want to keep the evap intact, just tap a couple barbed fittings in too. You can even keep your fuel gauge functional by bending the float arm 180 degrees since it's resistance is just flipped from what the Toyota gauge uses.

I was intimidated at first doing it until I got into the swap and realized it's dirt simple if you keep the Ford pump and sender.

 

Are there other benefits of the Ford tank swap besides junkyard availability? Is a "stock" tank necessary to keep it street legal?

Will it still fit between the frame rails and behind the axle with the bed bob?

 

The stock gas tank is the lowest belly point of these trucks, and it also makes it way easier to 4-link

 

^ yep. My stock tank had like 12 usable gallons because it was so dented.

Also you can't move the axle forward with a stock tank. The Ford tank is flat enough that it can go above the axle.

 

Not going to be SASing or anything anytime soon, but I'm curious: What is the capacity of the F-150 tank? Thanks.

 

18 or 19 gallons or so, I fill up with about 15 gallons normally.

 

Thanks, Connor.

Awesome truck, by the way. One of my favorite swapped 1st Gens on TW.

 

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Well that's easier sounding than I thought. Did you just make some straps and a skid for yours? I still need mine to pass smog so will have to wire it all correctly and plumb everything. And I would end up ordering one as well. They're cheap enough.

 

Yeah I don't see the benefit for me to do this. Was just curious cause I've never heard of it

 

No problem, thanks!

I ran a couple pieces of 3 inch wide flat stock across the frame to hold it up and then used a piece of the same flat stock across the front bed mounts to clamp it down. Some of my other friends have used the straps that come in the kit too, it's super versatile to be able to be crammed where it will fit.

I just put in the two barbed fittings for evap vents and mine doesn't throw any evap leak codes so it should pass emissions with no problem as long as you seal them up well. Since it looks stock to somebody who doesn't know better, it's really popular in CA where fuel cells don't fly with smog.

 

Finally beefed up my shackles. Probably over kill but don't have to worry about them bending if I ever slam down on them. Finishing looking everything over tomorrow then it'll be ready for the trip.

 

Lmao, too much work to shorten the front of the bed, yet 10k+ worth of parts a few months of fab work is the alternative?

 

Made it back from the Rubicon. Drove a 1000 miles and 20 hours to do the 16 or whatever mile trail. Was worth it though. Parked the tow rigs on the Tahoe side in Tahoma and drove the rigs over to Loon lake. Went from Loon Lake to the Springs the first day, sat around the 2nd day and drove out and home the 3rd day. Overall, was a 4 day tripped and didn't feel rushed at all. No broken parts or body damage this year despite some how we even ended up going down "Old Sluice" which was hard and technical. Overall a great time and a fun trip with my dad I will probably remember forever and hope to do again next year.

DSC_0153 by Harrison M, on Flickr

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I was happy to say the least to make it to this point (Observation Point) after what we went through last year.
DSC_0182 by Harrison M, on Flickr

 

Few more pictures. No real action shots we where just kind of bouncing along lol

 

Painted the shackles and smashed the gas tank skid back straight and welded a piece of 1/8 in to it. Super easy with the plasma just took a couple hours.


Put some dimples in it for drainage and got a fresh coat of paint on it now

 

So I need to make some sort of rack to hold a cooler and possibly a rotopax but theres not much room. Idea was to make a rack with feet that sits over the spare and just use the spare tire strap to hold the rack down to the tire with some loops for tie downs. Anybody have any cool cooler/storage racks lol.

 

I'm curious as well on the cooler mount. I just take a small igloo cooler out with me on the trail, it would be for my big ass Coleman one for the drive to the campsite/wheeling area.

Another thing to look at are those "Gatorade" style water coolers, like the ones they dump the water over the coach with. I wheel with a guy who uses one in his 40 and it's a damn good idea. When you run out of bed space, build up. It holds a ton of drinks/food and has a small footprint. That's what I'm going with for my next cooler.