SX/4 - Which Cherokee tank do I modify to fit?

[IowaEagle]

I probably should pull my tank and get it done, just to be on the safe side.   Who knows where the rubber filler fitting to tank is available from.  Or can you use the correct sized fuel resistant hose for this?

[macdude443]

Let me know if you find a source for that.

[IowaEagle]

The hose or the tank?   Way, way, way back when we had a How To about that filler neck hose and I think someone just got some fuel rated hose, 2" maybe, not sure, and cut it to fit.  I forget how they clamped it.

[mudkicker715]

The hose or the tank?   Way, way, way back when we had a How To about that filler neck hose and I think someone just got some fuel rated hose, 2" maybe, not sure, and cut it to fit.  I forget how they clamped it.

Wasn't that route66rambler that did that. I think i got user name correct.

[IowaEagle]

It could have been.  I was thinking it was Sam Jones (the first EagleOne),the guy who started the Nest.  It was way back when we did not do a great job archiving stuff and their was a couple accidental great deletes.

[macdude443]

The part I need is the rubber seal that Fits in the tank. The metal filler piece then pushes into it.

[vangremlin]

I had to fabricate the hose from the metal portion behind the license plate holder to the tank.  I went to the local Carquest and test fitted the different fuel filler hoses they had until I found the sizes that fit.  Luckily the bigger size was big enough that the smaller size fit inside of it snugly.  I clamped the larger size to the metal behind the license plate, then put another clamp where the smaller hose fit into the larger one.  It's been working for 5+ years now.

My car had been sitting for over 15 years when I got it, with fuel in the tank.  The old filler hose was a total mess, its hard to even describe the consistency of it.  It was still intact but not solid at all.  Yuck!

[IowaEagle]

Thanks for the info vangremlin.  How about doing a quick write-up for the Eaglepedia?

[vangremlin]

Thanks for the info vangremlin.  How about doing a quick write-up for the Eaglepedia?

I can do that although I don't recall the sizes of the fuel hoses.  Also, do the other Eagles have a different setup than the Kammbacks?  Macdude's post says he needs the seal on the tank that the "metal filler tube slides into."  I want to make sure I don't tell people the procedure may be applicable to their car when they have a different configuration.  Thanks.

[IowaEagle]

Good points.  Several different ones.  Except for Pacer it could have just been lengths.