I'm in desperate need of a set of gas tank straps for an 83 D250 with a 30 gallon tank.
NOBODY shows them. I've seen them listed for like 89-93, 91-93 but NOBODY shows a damn thing for the 81-88s.
If I absolutely have to I guess I could make something out of some stainless steel strapping, but I shouldn't have to... It's us Dodge guys getting the shaft yet again /for which having owned Nothing but dodges since I became licensed to drive in 1983 ... (No I'm not the original owner of this truck, it's just coincidence that it was new at the same time I became old enough to drive) . Who here knows what about a source for these .. and DO NOT say LMC. I don't want anything thru them even if they're the last parts place in existence.

My search came up with these?

https://www.carparts.com/search?q=fuel_tank_straps&refinements[part]=Fuel_Tank_Strap&itemperpage=20&currentpage=1&sort=best-match

I have one from a 83 D350 but I will have to try and find the other. There is only 2 on that tank, right?

"Hit the link and it came back as "page not found".
And Hugh , yeah.2 straps. It's been a while but I think it was some of the vans and ram chargers that had the tank behind the axle that had 3rd strap

It was from cars.com, and the site led me to straps for an 83 D150. Now I see where it says "universal fit" and I'm sure that's not what you're looking for.
Sorry for the wild goose chase...

I have this one but may have sent the other one to the scrapyard with the frame.


I'll keep looking.

What's the difference between '83 straps and 88 - 93 straps? Length?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/164683131122

Here's a couple of tanks pics....


To answer your question, I don't know. I just kept mine as a spare in case I need one someday. We don't really have the rust/breakage problems down here in Tejas.

I can add this
A few years ago my son had an 80 d150
Somehow his tank cracked, and we hunted all over for a tank for that.
At one point I got one from a junkyard out of like an 84. I remember the interchange notes from the receipt said "1981-87 ALL" . I didn't get under that truck with him when he tried to put that 84 tank in his 80 all I remember was hin saying "it won't work" and couldn't tell me what was in the way or what wasn't where it needed to be, and I told him "c'mon it HAS to " I eventually found one out of a 79 that went right in. I ended up selling that 84 tank and ended up getting back what is paid for it like 6 months later. It wasn't a short bed/long bed deal as the replacement came out of a long bed and his was short bed (step side actually) and that one went right in .
Later ( could have even been on here I don't know) someone else told me that if is have gotten the cross member out of that 84 then it's tank would have fit the 80. But it still comes down to why in the fark can't I open a damned catalog and get anything for my Dodge, that any idiot can get for a freaking shivvy or Furd? That's the boiling question that's pissed me off for years.
I'm gonna be pulling that tank out so I can blast and paint that frame anyway when it warms up outside. . I can use the one that didn't break as a pattern and make one if I have to, but I believe that the front and back straps are different from each other. My front is the one that is rotted out. I may have to pick up a set of used ones from the local junkyard (they have a few 80s trucks there) to use as a pattern.... I really don't want to put it back in with a set of used ones if I can help it... Do you know which strap you have pictured there, Hugh?

mine is the wide one closest to the rear leaf springs.

Nobody makes new straps because there's so many variations. Tank capacity, wheel base, frame height and the attendant cross members are all factors.

Roll your own is the best bet.

Wrong. Nobody makes them because I'm not talking about a damn Chevy