i need a new gas tank for my 77 volare. on all the parts look ups i f`ind it asks what month it was made. apparently there was a change in the tank set up mid year. anybody know how to tell what month a car was made. ive gotten all the info i can from the vin i believe hh41c7f133835 gives me the year,location, body type, but not the month.....

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tim@timforbus.com

duh, i looked at the actual tanks. looks like mine is a pre 4/1/77. now to find one...and a sending unit

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seems like those 76 tanks are harder to find

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mopar-71-72-73- ... 75&vxp=mtr


wondering if this will work....

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tim@timforbus.com

Being a late car, there are a few ways to figure out the original question.

The fender tag under the hood will give some of this information, you should also have a sticker on the edge of the driver's side door that will give the car's manufacturing date, and other fun details (if all the stickers are intact there will be tire pressure recommendations, a silver tag that it is/is not equipped with a catalytic convertor, etc...).

that is a one year only tank / design 77-89 are all the same on fjm bodies.. new spectra premium canbe had on rock auto.


for the 76 tank I might try a parts wanted post on www.aspenandvolre.com


Greg

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This may need comments from an expert, but as far as I know, the '76-'77 tank has an elevated part where the fuel filling pipe is attached, which is different from later models. I have seen mentioned that they don't interchange with later model tanks at all, but the question is if they interchange with all external connections and filler pipe included, and maybe need a rerouting of the fuel lines out of the tank as well. There may be differences in the body layout after april '77 that make the change impossible. I have both '77 and '78 wagons myself, but I have never removed the tanks to compare. I have frequently seen the question, but never a good and detailed answer!

Olaf

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Over on for F,M and J bodys only under the general F body discussion's ,page one I posted my solution, with pictures, of replacing the trunk floor with a latter M body floor. Now the problem went away, repops available!!!

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1977 Volare wagon auto Air,1977Volare wagon 4spd OD, 1985 short bed D100,4spd.OD

and those trunk floors are readily available.. maybe not always un rusty.. but available

interesting solution.

Greg

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