Well ive been kicking around doing a rear stretch on my TJ. The long arm i installed was for a TJ or LJ so im curious to remove a control arm and see how much adjustment i have with out making new arms. First thing is first....get that stock fuel tank out of the way!
Ive purchased a RCI2161 cell, im reusing the stock fuel pump and sending unit so i found a set of fuel pump rings on ebay for a TJ pump.
I tack welded 1/4 bolts on the inner ring and cut it in half so it will fit threw the hole i cut in the top of the cell.
I purchased a sheet of 1/8in rubber that i cut to make gaskets out of, i used a 30-06 brass casing in a drill to cut the bolt holes. Other installs Ive seen guys only used 1 gasket and complain of gas odors, i used 2.... 1 inside the tank and 1 out side between the cell and fuel pump both coated with high tack gasket maker. Sorry i didn't get any good pictures of the assembly going together.
The RCI mounting brackets were nice but i have my complaints. The straps were powder coated nice but have no type of cushion between them and the cell. I ended up getting some 1 1/4in wide rubber foam stripping and wrapping the inside of the mounts and the bottom brackets with it.
Got the cell set in place mocking up the mounting brackets
Heres the pretty much final install other than cleaning up the wiring some.
I did have to cut the fuel pump harness and extend the 4 wires. Also as you can see all the plumbing is now stainless braid with AN fittings. I will post back all the hose and hose fittings i had to purchase to adapt everything. I took it for a quick run after the install. You do hear a slight fuel pump whine and some fuel sloshing but its not bad. All in all was fairly easy upgrade.