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Hi,
I bought a 98 TJ Sport 6 cylinder. The dealer window sticker was still with the paperwork and it says it has a 15 gallon tank. Is this accurate? I had assumed the tank would be cloer to 20 gallon. Thanks, Al __ Arold "Al" Green |
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Arold "Al" Green wrote:
> Hi, > I bought a 98 TJ Sport 6 cylinder. The dealer window sticker was > still with the paperwork and it says it has a 15 gallon tank. Is this > accurate? I had assumed the tank would be cloer to 20 gallon. > Thanks, > Al > __ > Arold "Al" Green It is an either or situation on the TJ I believe unlike the YJ were they just 'faked' the 15 gallon tank by moving the filler vent. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's - Gone to the rust pile... Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) |
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On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:20:17 -0400, Mike Romain >
wrote: >It is an either or situation on the TJ I believe unlike the YJ were they >just 'faked' the 15 gallon tank by moving the filler vent. Actually if you really knew anything you would know that 15 gallons is standard and there was a option for a 20 gallon tank. ----------------- TheSnoMan.com |
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http://www.gottrail.com/TJ/TJfueltankconversion.html
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O http://www.billhughes.com/ "Arold "Al" Green" > wrote in message ... > Hi, > I bought a 98 TJ Sport 6 cylinder. The dealer window sticker was > still with the paperwork and it says it has a 15 gallon tank. Is this > accurate? I had assumed the tank would be cloer to 20 gallon. > Thanks, > Al > __ > Arold "Al" Green -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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On Sep 17, 1:05 pm, "Arold \"Al\" Green" >
wrote: > Hi, > I bought a 98 TJ Sport 6 cylinder. The dealer window sticker was > still with the paperwork and it says it has a 15 gallon tank. Is this > accurate? I had assumed the tank would be cloer to 20 gallon. > Thanks, > Al > __ > Arold "Al" Green Both the TJ and later YJ tanks can be converted to 20 gallons by trimming the vent tube. The only problem is that your gauge will read full until the last 15 gallons start being used. |
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nrs wrote:
> On Sep 17, 1:05 pm, "Arold \"Al\" Green" > > wrote: >> Hi, >> I bought a 98 TJ Sport 6 cylinder. The dealer window sticker was >> still with the paperwork and it says it has a 15 gallon tank. Is this >> accurate? I had assumed the tank would be cloer to 20 gallon. >> Thanks, >> Al >> __ >> Arold "Al" Green > > Both the TJ and later YJ tanks can be converted to 20 gallons by > trimming the vent tube. The only problem is that your gauge will read > full until the last 15 gallons start being used. > So they faked out some of the early TJ's too? I thought I remembered something about that. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's - Gone to the rust pile... Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) |
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Arold "Al" Green wrote:
> Hi, > I bought a 98 TJ Sport 6 cylinder. The dealer window sticker was > still with the paperwork and it says it has a 15 gallon tank. Is this > accurate? I had assumed the tank would be cloer to 20 gallon. > Thanks, > Al > __ > Arold "Al" Green I was just reading around and found out you have a 19 gallon tank in your 98 TJ. If the sticker says it is a 15 gallon tank, they put a float ball stopper in the fill tube so it shuts off at 15, but the tank is the same. You can drop the tank and remove this ball by trimming the tube back. Here is a link with directions about halfway down: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=453329 You then would need the 19 gallon sender or just realize your gauge just reads the bottom 3/4 of the tank. I have had cars like that... Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's - Gone to the rust pile... Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) |
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On Sep 17, 9:37 pm, c > wrote:
> Jeff DeWitt wrote: > > Mike Romain wrote: > >> Arold "Al" Green wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> I bought a 98 TJ Sport 6 cylinder. The dealer window sticker was > >>> still with the paperwork and it says it has a 15 gallon tank. Is this > >>> accurate? I had assumed the tank would be cloer to 20 gallon. > >>> Thanks, > >>> Al > >>> __ > >>> Arold "Al" Green > > >> I was just reading around and found out you have a 19 gallon tank in > >> your 98 TJ. > > >> If the sticker says it is a 15 gallon tank, they put a float ball > >> stopper in the fill tube so it shuts off at 15, but the tank is the same. > > > Why on Earth would they do something like that? You usually know what > > your talking about and I'm not disputing you, it just sounds like a > > really stupid thing to do... so if they really did do it I'm sure it was > > to meet some goofy government regulation. > > > Jeff DeWitt > > I can't imagine why they would do that either, unless it was to make > some easy money on people ordering the upgrade to the 20 gallon tank. > There are sites all over the net on how to do the fix though. > > Chris- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - They must've changed the spec sheets in later years, 'cause I have a 2006 Wrangler X and my spec sheet does say 19 gallons. However, the manual states that when the 'low gas, dummy' light comes on, you have approximately 2 gallons of gas left. I have intentionally travelled as far as I have dared around my town with this light on (never more than walking distance from a gas station if it quit), and even when I fill it, I have never been able to put more than 17.5 gallons in it. So I am not sure if the gauge reads wrong, or if the tank is not really a 19 gallon tank. |
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It's a Daimler/Kraut thing, Americans wouldn't understand.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O http://www.billhughes.com/ "Jeff DeWitt" > wrote in message ... > > Why on Earth would they do something like that? You usually know what > your talking about and I'm not disputing you, it just sounds like a > really stupid thing to do... so if they really did do it I'm sure it was > to meet some goofy government regulation. > > Jeff DeWitt -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Bingo!
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O http://www.billhughes.com/ "c" > wrote in message ... > > > I can't imagine why they would do that either, unless it was to make > some easy money on people ordering the upgrade to the 20 gallon tank. > There are sites all over the net on how to do the fix though. > > Chris -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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