Are you doing any cleanup first or just brushing directly on the frame?

 

That's what I was wondering, it looks very lumpy? Maybe it is the glitter of the lights being an illusion

 

I wire wheeled everything a year ago so there's no more of the factory gunk that's usually on the frame, it was mostly bare metal until I let it "Patina" for a year. This paint like POR15 prefers to be applied over a very porous surface so I left the light rust as is besides blowing the loose stuff off. It is a little rough but those pics are also wet, it seems to lay smoother after a day or two of curing. TBh I don't care how rough it is as long as it's black and not going to rust though, it was originally a PA truck so it saw some pretty tough winters. I am going to further inspect the Evap and gas tank mounting plates I may replace them. I will definitely replace the fuel tank straps, they look awful.

 

Is it possible to direct swap in a 34Gal long bed tank?

 

No it is not

 

That's what I thought, maybe the new more aggressive motor with bigger tires and heavier parts will get more than 200miles per tank

 

HA! Wouldn't it be nice if it worked that way? 26 gallon tank in a 2500HD with 6.0 is lame. One of my future mods I am considering is putting the 40+ gallon blazer/suburban tank in my truck, between frame rail at the back just like they were mounted factory in those rigs.

Just a big crossmember and spare tire hoist in the way... nothing that can't be sawzgrinded away and reinforced differently. The trucks EVAP system is already rated for 100 gallons onboard....

 

Wow I didn’t know all the shortness came 26gal that’s pretty lame. All that spare tire none sense is already gone from this truck and I have seriously considered an aux tank in the bed feeding the main but that’s more work and more complications to a vital system. They finally built a gas station within 5miles of my house so it’s not as bad as it used to be.

 

Y’all whining about a 26gal tank while I’m sitting here with a 15gal getting 4mpg.

 

So you can't drive even 100miles to a tank? That's unacceptable.