Fuel Tank mounting questions

[Georgia Flash]

Good morning,

 

I was wondering something, I have finished welding in patch panels in both the front floor boards and am about to start on the large round hole that I cut in the bottom of the spare tire well.

Now can I just weld a round piece of steel to cover the hole flush with the rear hatch floor? Or do I need something for the stock tank to be sandwitched up against when it is straped in?

If I'm not mistaken the tank has some rubber pieces that were resting against the bottom of the spare tire well. If I choose to cut the rest of the well out (the sides)what will I do with the tank strap that is tack welded to the front side of the well?

I need this answer soon because I called in sick for work today so I could work on the Z

I will go out and try to tackle this after I receive some feedback from my brothas here on the site. Thanks

[jeromio]

Stock tank requires the spare tire well.

[Mike kZ]

What are your plans with the spare tire well? Why did you cut out the bottom only? If it was just because of rust, and you are not modifing your tank, I would weld a piece to the bottom hole and keep your spare tire well.

[Georgia Flash]

Yep you guessed it RUST I kinda figured that the stock tank was going to have to have the tire well but I wanted to make sure and check with the experts before I did anything. I have seen a pic of a well that someone just covered but I wasn't sure if they were running the stock tank or not.

The Z sat in a field with the back window shattered for years collecting rain water in the well so it was pretty rusted out when I brought it home.

Thanks guys for the quick response