Thankfully, most automakers made that safety change as their new models evolved, but there were exceptions. Move the fuel tank away from the rear bumper, and design it into the safer location forward of the rear axle. I felt the case was sending a message to the entire auto industry: I testified in the precedent-setting “reckless homicide” Pinto trial in Indiana in 1980. There's plenty of room for the factory single exhaust, and the rear axle is miles away from the back of the tank, so if we ever do get a wild itch to add 1-ton axles or huge dual exhaust in this Jeep we know we won't have to make fuel tank modifications to accomplish it.Many of us will remember the notorious Ford Pinto, which made headlines in the 1970’s and 1980’s with revelations about its terribly vulnerable fuel tank located near the rear bumper, with resulting fuel-fed fires in rear-impact accidents coast-to-coast. But until then, we have the tank up and held in place with four of the eight mounting holes, and we're pleased to say the fit is perfect with no interference at the bottom of the floor.
We'll have to drop the tank one more time to finish hooking up our fuel system after the engine swap begins, so we're going to wait until that time to hook up the filler and vent as well as welding the nuts to the inside of the frame to make install and removal much easier. Then, we pulled the tank back out and finished drilling the holes and then bolted the tank back in.
Once it was up tight into place, we measured each side to make sure the tank was centered side to side and from the rear crossmember and then drilled eight small pilot holes through the frame at the center of each tank bracket.
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