exhaust is basically in, charcoal canister and air tank are mounted, including a heat shield. Brake lines and full hydro hoses are on deck.









...biggest air tank I could reasonably fit was this aluminum 4-gallon unit -

Nice work!
Gonna be a shame to cover it all up

naw it's cool

Brake lines are in place, and now working on the full hydro steering hoses n stuff, and I was able to re-purpose the heat shield I had in the Dakota - looks like it'll work great -

...soooo when I made the y-pipe I neglected to remember to include the O2 sensor bung...so I had the pleasure of drilling a big hole through the beautiful plumbing to weld in the bung, which worked fine - meh no biggie -


Gas tank plumbing. Since it hadn't yet broken I took the opportunity to reinforced the vent port - took a piece of 3/16 brake line, sanded it just a skosh thinner, lubed it up with JB Wend, stuck it in, and used a dremel wheel to cut it flush -




Wanted to use the OE "5/16" fitting that goes onto that port and eliminated the excess 'baggage' from it, used JB-weld seal it off, and now it is a typical 5/16 fitting - this is the tank vent to the charcoal canister -

Next, in order to figure out the fuel filler tube I first had to modify the filler neck mount. The OE plastic tabs were brittle and broken, so I am using screws to retain it to the body...but naturally there wasn't enough meat behind it so I fabbed an 'extension' from 16g steel to give the screws more purchase, making the filler neck mount much more secure -






...and with that located in place I can finish the filler neck...and I'll begin the work to secure the Poison Spyder corner armor in place...which is what drove all the filler neck work to begin with... -

Welded a flange to the filler neck so that instead of simply 'floating' in a grommet it now screws firmly in place. Also, removed the tiny vent tube and welded in a bung for a 1/2 NPT x 5/8" hose for the tank vent. It aught to filler up as fast as the hose can pump it out now (y)

Got the filler hose and vent hose figured out - used two hoses from Oriellys to connect the 1" and 1"/1.25" tubes (#FNH111 and 118) - works awesome, and WAY cheaper than what the dealer wants for those two hoses.








Added a small tab to support the other end - now it bolts up nice n tight to the body and won't rub against the bump stop and shock tower -