Normally I'd make a joke about the fuel mileage or the cost of filling up nowadays, but I can't say anything bad about these early 90s and older trucks. They are virtually unbeatable.
These still had metal fuel tanks which would all send rust flakes to the fuel filter. Those 7.3s mostly didn’t care until you had injector issues and no starts. 6.7 strokers wouldn’t last long with a metal fuel tank. The cp4 would grenade itself by the first winter.
Do you have the Diesel in your Excursion? A friend of mines who owns a 2000 Excursion V-10 has told me when the tank is empty it will take $150+ to fill the tank up.
There is no selector valve, you yahoos, the switch in the dash switches power from one fuel pump to the other. And there is a big advantage to the dual tanks/fuel pumps, electric fuel pumps sometimes fail, with dual tanks you have a spare. No spare pump with a single tank
Have a little over 363,000 miles on my one owner 1983 F-250 - the selector valve's never given me any problem, but I make sure any fuel that goes in the tanks is spotless clean. Only takes a tiny bit of crud to foul the valve.
@@dembrowi_n_c.5111you must not live in Minnesota. I replaced that damn valve 4 times on my 89' 7.3 before I bypassed it and stopped using my front tank completely.
I’ve never heard of wing windows being called a crotch vent, but yea I agree. My dad had this same model truck and those tiny windows were such a handy feature. Good times along the California coast, while enjoying the sights and smell of the cool ocean breeze
@@joel.ha. that’s called daddy’s money, must be nice. Some of us work hard for our things, you can tell when you shake a man’s hand if he’s a trust fund baby or a laborer.
@@GladlyOnXbox im not here to debate that. Just saying that it's not outside the realm of possibility for a random dude to have a 60k truck in highschool.
@@joshg6874 my buddy had a car that would randomly turn cruise control on by itself. That got sketchy a few times when we forgot to turn it off when we were not planning on using it.
Yeah this isn't something new 😂 sadly young people missed out on the greatest things back in the good ol days. Being able to live without big brother in our hands all day everyday
I think you forgot to mention something. Anybody who owns a flatbed truck will tell you that it is always good to have weight around the rear wheels to help maintain traction on the ground especially in wet or snowy conditions because these trucks are either rear wheel drive or all wheel drive. So putting an extra gas tank in the rear helps to keep weight where it's needed the most.👍🏼👍🏼😉
and when approaching sharp turns on those wet road surfaces ALWAYS pay attention to the yellow signs and go at the recommended speed if you are in a light pickup truck. I ended up swerving because I was going slightly too fast thinking I could safely go what I normally would when dry. Thank God nobody was in the other lane.
Newer gas tanks still go out to the back. The problem with these is the tanks were made of steel. They’d send rust flakes all through your fuel lines and clogg up your fuel filters, causing injector issues and no starts.
Got a pair square body Chevies that still have both of their saddle tanks in working order. They're a pain to fill at the same time though unlike my 95 F350.
I really like how the reason this existed was because they hadn't figured out plastic fuel tanks yet and it was very expesive to build a tank that would bridge an axle
@2koolchris291 My 95 dually is doing that quite well since the truck and factory engine have 177,000 miles on it and the cab is rotting out behind the door seals on the cab.
We had one in a 90-something F150 my family had growing up (this was >20 years ago, I was 15, can't remember exactly). Neat feature but I'd rather just have one big tank. Miss that old truck.
Personally to keep the weight distribution, I'd use the smaller rear tank for short distances or even for long distances would run the rear out then swap to the front. Keeps center of gravity. Helps especially when towing a trailer
The only problem with that, at least with the '96 F150 I had, was the fuel return was only plumbed to the front tank. So if you run on the rear tank with a full front tank, fuel would come out of the vent.
@kmin3434 you're an idiot. Having an empty bed with fuel just in the rear tank and a loaded trailer will raise risk of fishtailing. All I said was what I personally did. I'm not writing the goddamn Bible saying you have to do this
@@CCIPresThere was something wrong with that truck, probably the switching valve. I had a ‘90 F-250 with dual tanks and I would regularly fill both tanks and run on whichever was last selected.
@@kmin3434 Exacty. My question to James is, are you a pilot? A good pilot is always mindful of weight and weight distribution. When it comes to 3/4 ton pickups and larger: just throw it on there and go.
From someone who has owned one of these era trucks (94 Lightning), I can promise you that you don't want this cool feature. The fuel modules are EXPENSIVE and there's two of them. They often don't just outright fail either, but "fail working". My lightning had low fuel pressure on the front tank, but when I switched to the back tank, it would back feed and overflow the front tank if I wasn't careful. Also, options are limited if you want a higher volume pump. I will admit though it is a neat feature, and quite handy when it works.
Right but that's because it's cheaper and more efficient to just run AC. Back in the day so many trucks didn't even have AC, so having Vent Windows was a necessity.
my 2022 RAM 1500 has two tanks as well: the normal gasoline tank and then there's an additional LPG Autogas tank. I have a switch, but the RAM switches automatically between them. I usually run on LPG only, but until the engine gets a bit warm it runs on gasoline and then switches to LPG automatically, and ones LPG is empty it automatically switches back to gasoline again
The only pain with the trucks was keep using that switch, the switch valve had a tendency of going out if you only used one tank for a long period of time so it's always good courtesy if you have a working twin tank system to use both of them regularly
I used to prank my friends by letting the tank go emptying and the truck would start sputtering. my friends would be going nut thinking that we were running out of glass in the middle of nowhere.
My 2015 platinum has a 35 gallon tank. The extended range is nice on trips. I drive back and fourth between Nashville and East Ky allot. One tank will almost take me one way and back.
Ikr. I flipped when I fueled mine for the first time and it was like $100 for half a tank or so. But, as much as I love driving my Titan, 2 trips rather than 1 to my uni an hour away is really nice.
Just for the record 0BS stands for original body style, even ford and chevy says that. But ya we run 3 of those OBS fords with twin tanks and love them.
I never understood that. It's not the original body style for f series truck at all. The original body style was over 40 years before that. THAT SAID, OBS ford's are my favorite and I would beat a nun to death with a used diaper for one with a 7.3. Best truck ever made. Full stop
The truck I drive at work has this! We have an OBS F-350 7.3L idi turbo powerstroke with the 4 speed + OD manual. It has a custom made hydraulic dump bed and I’ve hauled up to 4.5 tons of gravel on it. Things a beast.
My friend drove a 1990 F250 with 2 gas tanks. Blew my mind. It had a cap on it. We fit a ton of people into it. Gas was only a buck a gallon so we all had a blast riding around in it.
the 1987-1991 broncos actually had 30 gal tanks atleast all the ones ive seen, mind, 1 tank, gasoline engines ect, so not sure if there ever was a dual tank bronco from factory aint ever seen a 7.3 in a bronco either so who knows
@@djaydeved sorry, I was trying to say to replace the rear tank of the truck with the tank from a Bronco for the bigger tank. Some of the replacement tank companies make the Bronco tank lined for diesel to replace rear tanks for F250/F350s.
Sold a dual tank econoline work van over 15 years ago. The single tank in my truck has way more capacity than both tanks combined and I don’t have to worry about garbage ideas breaking. Plus a toolbox/fuel transfer tank in my bed gives me the option to carry around 100 gallons. Btw dual tanks were implemented because it’s cheaper to use existing small capacity tanks for the (new at the time) large vehicles than design and manufacture new high capacity tanks for all the different vehicles.
Always carry spare fuses. I was in the middle of the mountains once the fuse was burnt out for the tank selector. No way to switch. I put a fuse from another slot that was almost the right size got the tank switched over and then put it back in where it belonged having spares with me, would've made it an easy fix
Im a big Ford nut and for whatever reason was never a fan of these or even the dentsides. I like the Bricks and Super Dutys. I dont think im right in the head though
I bought a 1994 Eddie Bauer F-150 xlt mid last month that has that same feature. I paid $500 for it and all it needs is both fuel pumps replaced and all tires replaced. It's body and interior are in pretty good shape thanks to it sitting away from trees and being sheltered from the elements by a tin automotive shop so you can imagine how happy I am to have it.
My 87 Ranger had dual tanks exactly like this F Series. There are actually times when you don't want to drain one tank and then move into the other. For example, if you are off roading or driving in the snow you want to sit between them and drain them evenly in order to keep the weight spread across the back axle better. It actually does make a difference in regards to traction.
I got a 96 F250 XLT but only the front tank holds fuel, the rear one leaks from the filler neck. Trust me when I say that watching fuel spill and trickle from the rear tank in a walmart gas station is ALOT like watching your kid piss their pants in public, it's damn embarrassing lol. Wish both my tanks worked for the longer drives im doing recently, you're a lucky dude lol. And nice truck👍
@johnorcutt1390 Man I got the 5 speed standard lwb too, the truck drives like a damn schoolbus it's so slow and long but damn is it fun lol. Wish I could get another obs with a 5.0 they look like fun too, nice truck man 👍👍
OBS: Original Body Style Also, that was my first super duty and the two tanks were amazing! Driving from OK to south TX, it was so cool to hit the switch in the on a remote stretch of highway and watch that gauge climb back to full 😎
Obs is confusing as there's multi prior generation body styles. Is it exclusively the 90s body style? I have a square body and a 90s box body chevy, that's what I call the 90s so people know which one I'm referring to.
@@mccartneystuart i believe so the 90s were the obs/aeronose, the late 80s are called bricknose, early thru mid 80s is the bull nose, and mid to late 70s is the dentside
Those are outside the frame of the truck right? (Saddle tanks) if so they are notorious for catching fire or exploding when hit. More of a Ford guy but love the 70's C-10
Is it? Because it still works on my 95 350. Gotta bad ground starting for the sending unit in the rear tank, but that's a different story for a different day.
@@cbmech2563 yes you are correct on this particular truck it only has a selector valve but newer diesels do you have electric lift pump in tanks but on the gas versions of these ford trucks they have high pressure fuel pumps in the tanks that do have a lot of issues
@@cbmech2563 it actually depends on the years. The older 7.3’s use a mechanical lift pump on the top of the engine. At some point (97 or 99, I forget ) i think they changed it to a frame mounted electric pump. Its been a while, i could be wrong. But on 95 at least, its driven from the camshaft. It was a popular mod for guys to convert it over to an an electric pump.
@@kctyphoon mines a 97 and is the last year of the mechanical cam driven pump. Mine now has 2 Bosch pumps on the frame between a pair of spin ons. The pumps are on a relay and I can switch between them. I now have a spare, the mechanical pump stranded me a couple of times.
@@kctyphoonI want to say they went to an electric pump when the 250/350 models got moved to the Super Duty line and Ford released the new body style ones in 99.
Those fuel tanks all rusted out. Hard to find an original tank that hasn’t been flushed out countless times. Ford didn’t stop using metal fuel tanks til 99
Some Paccar (Kenworth/Peterbilt) semi trucks have this too, although now its moreso used just to read the level of fuel in each tank. Far more useful on modern trucks where the def tank takes up room on the driver side of the frame, therefore a smaller tank is needed on that side. For example I drove a Peterbilt 389 that had a 80G driver tank and a 150G passenger tank, the switch would let me monitor which tank had what amount of fuel. Most of the time when the truck was off and parked long enough the fuel would level out between the tanks. On an older Peterbilt 378 Tri axle dump the switch actually controlled which tank fuel was actually pulled from, so it was up to the driver to maintain fuel level for weight balance, a lot of the trucks I've seen with this system end up getting converted to a dual pull since it was a mostly unnecessary setup in most applications. Neat stuff!
Just in case anybody was wondering, the reason you use the front tank first is because the excess fuel the engine doesn't use drains back into the front tank. Obviously that's not a good thing if the front tank is already full and you're dumping more fuel into it. I learned this the hard way.
My father's '72 Chevy Custom C10 had extra saddle tanks. About 50 gallons total. Meanwhile, my 2500HD has a 36 gallon as standard, and I don't have to switch it, so I think I see why these died out.
I had a Ford 150 back in the 80’s that had two tanks as well. I always used the rear tank as a back up incase I was running late and didn’t have time to get gas. However, I did drain the rear tank once a month to avoid it from going stale! That was my teenage thought process!!
I found one in very good condition 14 years ago, didca full off body restoration and new tanks, fuel lines and pumps. Manual with 3:08 gears... I'll keep it to the day I die. Never had a vehicle I enjoyed more on road trips to the north country.
There is also a 38 gallon rear tank available which bolts right in. That combined with the existing mid mounted tank makes for a good bit of fuel capacity.
The best part about these for long trips over just one large tank is that you can use two fill nozzles. If you go to truck stops with their 1" nozzles, it fills them in what seems like seconds.
If you wanted to you could put vegetable oil in one tank and once you start your truck with the diesel, you can switch the tank and run on the vegetable oil.
I had a 94 F-150 flare side with dual tanks. Swapped blown up 5.0 for a 5.8. The dude I bought it from had a 10in lift kit and a 4in body lift on it. I sold it because I got tired of not being able to use it for anything but a woods truck.
The greatest thing about this feature isn't the capacity. Newer trucks have large enough fuel tanks to rival or match both of those tanks combined. What makes that feature so great, is that you have two fuel pumps, so as long as you keep some fuel in both tanks, you'll never be left stranded because of a fuel pump failure.
My first truck was a 1996 F250 with dual tanks, I drove that truck till I was 22 and even the 2 tanks weren’t enough for where we lived so I got two of those round 60 gallon tanks for semi trucks and attached them to each side with a pump to transfer fuel into the main tanks for a total of 170 gallons plus the transfer tank I had in the bed for the tractors, we could go weeks of driving that truck to the city and back without having to fill up, it’s pretty grat
My 1978 Chevy 3/4 Ton Crew Cab had the two 20 Gallon Side Impact Outside The Frame Fuel Tanks on both sides. There were times when I pulled the dick move of parking in the middle of two gas islands to fill both tanks from two pumps at the same time. This way I didn't have to turn the truck around to fill the second tank. It had the same deal with the Toggle Switch & Independent Fuel Level Sending Units.
A huge advantage of this setup is when a fuel pump fails, you just switch tanks. Had a 95 and pump went when I was about sixty miles from phone service or people. Just switched tank and continued.
We had a fleet of those and worked very remote locations. Our protocol was run through front tank to 50%, switch to the gear and run that to 50% and then fuel up.
Had a obsolete with tanks like that and a few extra. All together truck was capable of lugging around about 155 gallons. Made the truck ride so smooth and less bouncy stiffness from the rear. Downside was you really felt the weight of that if you didn't balance the load forward. Rear tank first gave much better handling all around and rn was nice being able to go from SC to FL without needing to stop for fuel.
Its a great feature especially when those fuel pumps start failing. I'm currently running on the front tank until I find the time, parts and energy to rebuild the rear fuel pump on my '93.
All old cars used to work that way. The second tank was called the "reserve tank" and there was a tap to switch to the reserve when you ran out of fuel that way you didn't need a fuel gauge. They went away motorbikes hung on for a little bit longer this truck is a throwback. But it's definitely not unique.
Imagine at the Costco line and after waiting a bunch this man closes his flap and opens another one
Happened the other day to me 😂😂😂
Thats funny 😂
Gets in his truck, pulls forward two feet, opens second flap. 🥸
Hahaha
There’s Costcos with diesel where???
Remember: switching to your secondary fuel tank is always faster than refueling
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Good one dawg
Nice COD reference sir 👏👏👏👏
😂😂😂
@@yungsagegaming8577it's not a COD reference 🙄🤦 it's a gun community reference
There's no worse feeling then switching to your rear tank knowing it's full only to find out it's also empty😅
That happens when you loan your truck out.
@@hidel308 EVERYTIME haha
That feeling when you confidently flip the switch but watch the gauge go the wrong way........
I typically switch at 1/4 tank, just in case i gotta go back!
There actually is. I had an 88 with dual tanks and the solenoid went out leaving me with only 1 tank.
Normally I'd make a joke about the fuel mileage or the cost of filling up nowadays, but I can't say anything bad about these early 90s and older trucks. They are virtually unbeatable.
These still had metal fuel tanks which would all send rust flakes to the fuel filter. Those 7.3s mostly didn’t care until you had injector issues and no starts. 6.7 strokers wouldn’t last long with a metal fuel tank. The cp4 would grenade itself by the first winter.
You must be a tesla fanboy
That Greta Thunberg sticker on the 2nd door caught me off guard LMAO
HOW DARE YOU!
@@musayildiz9189 LOL!
Best part of the video was seeing that sticker 😂
I mean did it?
So great!
I'd rather have the single 44 gallon tank on my 05 excursion. No selector valve to worry about. Easier to fuel up and use
Good point cause the selector valve just adds more work when it breaks and so does the switch
Do you have the Diesel in your Excursion? A friend of mines who owns a 2000 Excursion V-10 has told me when the tank is empty it will take $150+ to fill the tank up.
@FrozenDonut13 mines the v10 and 4x4. All excursions have the 44 gallon tank though. Yeah here in NC it cost me about 130 to fill it up
There is no selector valve, you yahoos, the switch in the dash switches power from one fuel pump to the other. And there is a big advantage to the dual tanks/fuel pumps, electric fuel pumps sometimes fail, with dual tanks you have a spare. No spare pump with a single tank
@@FrozenDonut13well do the math buddy? If it’s gas you can see the price at the gas station same as diesel
That switch usually switches you between the tank you're on and no fuel at all since the valve is usually screwed up.
Only an issue with gassers that sit a good while. Gums the diverter up.
Have a little over 363,000 miles on my one owner 1983 F-250 - the selector valve's never given me any problem, but I make sure any fuel that goes in the tanks is spotless clean. Only takes a tiny bit of crud to foul the valve.
@@dembrowi_n_c.5111you must not live in Minnesota. I replaced that damn valve 4 times on my 89' 7.3 before I bypassed it and stopped using my front tank completely.
My 87 Ranger always stumbled badly when I switched tanks.
@joeritter8331 you have rust in your tanks probably.
I just want the crotch air vent to make a return
My 97 Sierra has one 😂love it
My 98 4runner has it, love that thing. Keeps the boys nice and happy when i get clammy on a long drive.
I’ve never heard of wing windows being called a crotch vent, but yea I agree. My dad had this same model truck and those tiny windows were such a handy feature. Good times along the California coast, while enjoying the sights and smell of the cool ocean breeze
@@arctr00perecho that’s not what I mean. There are older cars with air vents below the steering wheel
@@JStryker7 ah ok
In high school I used to freak out dates that were about to run out of fuel and then “magically” fill it up.
That never happened. You got no ass
Highly doubt you owned a 60,000 truck in highschool.
@GladlyOnXbox not everyone is as broke as you, I went to school with some kids that drove Mercedes Benz and similar right when they turned 16
@@joel.ha. that’s called daddy’s money, must be nice. Some of us work hard for our things, you can tell when you shake a man’s hand if he’s a trust fund baby or a laborer.
@@GladlyOnXbox im not here to debate that. Just saying that it's not outside the realm of possibility for a random dude to have a 60k truck in highschool.
Imagine his amazement when he learns about intermittent windshield wipers.
😁😁😁😁😁😦😁😁😁
Wait that's a thing!?
@@jacobshort5378 for some reason dawg, my 99 does the same thing, also cruise control only works like half the time.
@@joshg6874 my buddy had a car that would randomly turn cruise control on by itself. That got sketchy a few times when we forgot to turn it off when we were not planning on using it.
I love watching Tommy discover things I lived through.
Yeah this isn't something new 😂 sadly young people missed out on the greatest things back in the good ol days. Being able to live without big brother in our hands all day everyday
I’m sure he’s known for a long time. Highly doubt he’s just discovered this.
what's very sad it doesn't work long term you have to delete one tank that works
@JonathanCharles-uc8zc especially if you lived in the rust belt lol those switches might last a few years up north lol
Fax
Dad's 95 F150 had dual tanks. Miss that truck.
They don’t make vehicles like they used to
@@OG-uq9yb sadly.
I got one it’s a good truck but takes a lot of maintenance
I also have a 1990 f150 xlt lariat with dual fuel tanks and its the I6. Right now has 386190 miles
Same !!!
36 gallon single tank I have works fine
Yup my tank is practically the same size as those two tanks combined. All without having the maintenance of two tank fuel pumps.
Do you want a cookie or something?
@@rainerhaulsonyes
It’s for farmers to switch from red diesel to regular diesel. Red diesel is for farm use only
@@chadkrause6574 dude probably has a pavement princess he wouldn't know nothing about that.
When you open the gas lid how dare you!😂😂😂
fuel lid* a diesel dont take gas
Man I miss having two tanks. My first truck was an '81 F150 when I was 16 and it had dual tanks. Such a handy feature.
Would you rather 2 21 gallon tanks or a single 44 gallon tank?
@@OneManHolocaust Honestly probably the 2, 21 gallon tanks. That gets me a second fuel pump in case one goes out.
When fuel was much cheaper.
@@SugmaDLigmaNutz So true. I couldn't afford to fill two tanks these days.
@@ducktapepilot just use red dot fuel in one tank. 😏
I currently own and daily a 1995 F250 4x4 with the dual tanks that also work and will never get rid of it.
We've got two. 95 and buying a second one
Hell yea brother
@MelanieFrancis-qo7sk so three then 🤔
I think you forgot to mention something. Anybody who owns a flatbed truck will tell you that it is always good to have weight around the rear wheels to help maintain traction on the ground especially in wet or snowy conditions because these trucks are either rear wheel drive or all wheel drive. So putting an extra gas tank in the rear helps to keep weight where it's needed the most.👍🏼👍🏼😉
2wd or 4x4. None awd.
and when approaching sharp turns on those wet road surfaces ALWAYS pay attention to the yellow signs and go at the recommended speed if you are in a light pickup truck. I ended up swerving because I was going slightly too fast thinking I could safely go what I normally would when dry. Thank God nobody was in the other lane.
Newer gas tanks still go out to the back. The problem with these is the tanks were made of steel. They’d send rust flakes all through your fuel lines and clogg up your fuel filters, causing injector issues and no starts.
Love my 88 F350 Dually with both tanks still working great.
Is the truck angle lopsided when both tanks are full? 😅
@@MarkLockwood-sm9mr Surprisingly enough it's not, or at least not that I've noticed.
@@MarkLockwood-sm9mrit's a 1 ton dually gonna take a lot to make it lopsided
Got a pair square body Chevies that still have both of their saddle tanks in working order. They're a pain to fill at the same time though unlike my 95 F350.
I have the same year. Extended cab, I only have the front tank tho. I was thinking about just putting a tank in my bed in a tool box.
The duel tank feature has saved me when my front tank's fuel pump went out when I was out deep in the woods.
I really like how the reason this existed was because they hadn't figured out plastic fuel tanks yet and it was very expesive to build a tank that would bridge an axle
Love the old 7.3s !! Damn near indestructable!
I do too man. If taken care of they’ll outlast the truck.
@2koolchris291 My 95 dually is doing that quite well since the truck and factory engine have 177,000 miles on it and the cab is rotting out behind the door seals on the cab.
Funny you say that because the transmission blew after the Ike gauntlet test
Yep that's why they stopped making them
@@MagicCarpetRide8669 people didn't buy them that's why they stopped making them.
Lots of trucks had those back in the day.
We had one in a 90-something F150 my family had growing up (this was >20 years ago, I was 15, can't remember exactly). Neat feature but I'd rather just have one big tank. Miss that old truck.
Chevy had them on their trucks but the tanks were on driver and passenger side.
Our '75 F150 had 'em.
It seems like they all only had one tank that worked unless they were brand new.
@@CDTucker336 both of mine worked untill i deleted the front due to the Efuel kit i used only worked with a single tank.
Personally to keep the weight distribution, I'd use the smaller rear tank for short distances or even for long distances would run the rear out then swap to the front. Keeps center of gravity. Helps especially when towing a trailer
The only problem with that, at least with the '96 F150 I had, was the fuel return was only plumbed to the front tank. So if you run on the rear tank with a full front tank, fuel would come out of the vent.
Dude, you're talking about maybe 150 pounds of fuel in a 8,000 pound truck. Do you determine which seats people sit in in your truck too?
@kmin3434 you're an idiot. Having an empty bed with fuel just in the rear tank and a loaded trailer will raise risk of fishtailing. All I said was what I personally did. I'm not writing the goddamn Bible saying you have to do this
@@CCIPresThere was something wrong with that truck, probably the switching valve. I had a ‘90 F-250 with dual tanks and I would regularly fill both tanks and run on whichever was last selected.
@@kmin3434 Exacty. My question to James is, are you a pilot? A good pilot is always mindful of weight and weight distribution. When it comes to 3/4 ton pickups and larger: just throw it on there and go.
My dads old 87 ford van had this. It as also a 4 on the floor and had a great inline 6. Beast of a van for his business.
From someone who has owned one of these era trucks (94 Lightning), I can promise you that you don't want this cool feature. The fuel modules are EXPENSIVE and there's two of them. They often don't just outright fail either, but "fail working". My lightning had low fuel pressure on the front tank, but when I switched to the back tank, it would back feed and overflow the front tank if I wasn't careful. Also, options are limited if you want a higher volume pump.
I will admit though it is a neat feature, and quite handy when it works.
I love the small front side window feature, that is something no one has done since!
Right but that's because it's cheaper and more efficient to just run AC. Back in the day so many trucks didn't even have AC, so having Vent Windows was a necessity.
They’re also great if you’re a smoker 😂 my 1992 Toyota pickup has wing windows, i love them
Yes! Good for people who smoke.
With the wing window you can get fresh air without it letting rain in or it blowing on the side of your face
@@cbmech2563 it's not a Wing. It's a vent window.
Had a 95 150 with the 5.0, man I miss that truck
I have a 1993 I'm selling.
I got a teal metallic blue 93 5.0 it's something I'll never sell
my 2022 RAM 1500 has two tanks as well: the normal gasoline tank and then there's an additional LPG Autogas tank. I have a switch, but the RAM switches automatically between them. I usually run on LPG only, but until the engine gets a bit warm it runs on gasoline and then switches to LPG automatically, and ones LPG is empty it automatically switches back to gasoline again
Dam that's awesome
Your in the uk i take it idk why we don't have a lpg option here were thdy are made
@eostudios714 I'm not in the UK?! I've never been there. And you can buy LPG systems in the US as well
I bought my 97 in 2011 and i love it. Still have it today.
The only pain with the trucks was keep using that switch, the switch valve had a tendency of going out if you only used one tank for a long period of time so it's always good courtesy if you have a working twin tank system to use both of them regularly
My 86 GMC pick-up had tanks on either side so I'd fill one and turn around and fill the other. Good times ❤
Those trucks got a bad rap about side impacts great rigs though
I miss my 94 f150!
I used to prank my friends by letting the tank go emptying and the truck would start sputtering. my friends would be going nut thinking that we were running out of glass in the middle of nowhere.
@@docflash1635thanks for the idea😁
My Dad's 94 F150 with a 5.0 had 2 tanks. Kinda weird on a single cab.
Some of us are old enough to remember this on our own 😂
Yep. The '77 Chevy I had in the mid-'80s has dual tanks.
This is a feature that ALL new trucks should have, and old feature that never should've went away.
My 2015 platinum has a 35 gallon tank. The extended range is nice on trips. I drive back and fourth between Nashville and East Ky allot. One tank will almost take me one way and back.
Just got a 32 gallon tank on my 2011 f-150. Works for me
Ikr. I flipped when I fueled mine for the first time and it was like $100 for half a tank or so. But, as much as I love driving my Titan, 2 trips rather than 1 to my uni an hour away is really nice.
@@TurtleSauceGaming to fill up my tank at peak gas prices was like over $150 since mid 22 I only filled up my truck a couple times
Just for the record 0BS stands for original body style, even ford and chevy says that. But ya we run 3 of those OBS fords with twin tanks and love them.
I never understood that. It's not the original body style for f series truck at all. The original body style was over 40 years before that.
THAT SAID, OBS ford's are my favorite and I would beat a nun to death with a used diaper for one with a 7.3. Best truck ever made. Full stop
Old or Original? Compared to what?
The truck I drive at work has this! We have an OBS F-350 7.3L idi turbo powerstroke with the 4 speed + OD manual. It has a custom made hydraulic dump bed and I’ve hauled up to 4.5 tons of gravel on it. Things a beast.
It's actually Old body style cause in January 96 the new body style 97 F150 went on sale beside new Old Body Style 96 models.
I guess I’m old but this was how all old trucks worked. One switch, one gauge.
My friend drove a 1990 F250 with 2 gas tanks. Blew my mind. It had a cap on it. We fit a ton of people into it. Gas was only a buck a gallon so we all had a blast riding around in it.
Love these old school trucks
My 79 f150 had two tanks. I really did love that feature.
I had this on my old 87 Chevy short box. I miss those days
We all do .. no doubt!
Replace the rear tank from a Bronco and have a larger rear tank. I believe around 30 gallons.
the 1987-1991 broncos actually had 30 gal tanks
atleast all the ones ive seen, mind, 1 tank, gasoline engines ect, so not sure if there ever was a dual tank bronco from factory
aint ever seen a 7.3 in a bronco either so who knows
@@djaydeved sorry, I was trying to say to replace the rear tank of the truck with the tank from a Bronco for the bigger tank. Some of the replacement tank companies make the Bronco tank lined for diesel to replace rear tanks for F250/F350s.
@@ramrunnr ooo did not know that, thats prety cool!
Sold a dual tank econoline work van over 15 years ago.
The single tank in my truck has way more capacity than both tanks combined and I don’t have to worry about garbage ideas breaking. Plus a toolbox/fuel transfer tank in my bed gives me the option to carry around 100 gallons.
Btw dual tanks were implemented because it’s cheaper to use existing small capacity tanks for the (new at the time) large vehicles than design and manufacture new high capacity tanks for all the different vehicles.
Always carry spare fuses. I was in the middle of the mountains once the fuse was burnt out for the tank selector. No way to switch. I put a fuse from another slot that was almost the right size got the tank switched over and then put it back in where it belonged having spares with me, would've made it an easy fix
My '84 square body has twin 16-gallon fuel tanks that are on each side of the truck.
my 90 Dodge Ramcharger has one 35 gallon tank
One of the best looking truck ever made.
Im a big Ford nut and for whatever reason was never a fan of these or even the dentsides. I like the Bricks and Super Dutys. I dont think im right in the head though
Yeah if you have zero taste
Do you really think this looks better than a 2023 f-250? 🤨
@@DiaperSNiFFERhe prob grew up around blocky cars so thats why he likes them just like you grew up around not so blocky cars
@@MoaiHeadEmoji I guess … whatever you guys say. And btw a 2023 f250 is still blocky
I’m so glad you guys got a 7.3 power stroke
I bought a 1994 Eddie Bauer F-150 xlt mid last month that has that same feature. I paid $500 for it and all it needs is both fuel pumps replaced and all tires replaced. It's body and interior are in pretty good shape thanks to it sitting away from trees and being sheltered from the elements by a tin automotive shop so you can imagine how happy I am to have it.
Yep, I had an 87 and an 89 Ford F-150 XLT Lariat. Loved both trucks. One blew a headgasket, the other caught on fire and there was nothing left of it.
All us old guys are like yeah this is normal, all our trucks have this
My Ford Excursion still holds more fuel at 45 gallons, with no switches. So, no, I don’t wish I had that feature, lol
Yeppp
Love the greta sticker 🤣🤣
yeah god forbid anyone talk about the environment.
@@SD-pi9co That's fine, if they can do it reasonably and sensibly. Greta is neither.
@@stingypaperwaffles And you would have never known here name if she did. Either way, what you said is subjective. Seemed "reasonable" to me.
@@SD-pi9co you're entitled to your opinion, as I am to mine.
@@stingypaperwaffles opinion vs science
My 66 Chevy pickup had 3 fuel tanks. Plus factory ac. Love the good ol'pickups.
My 87 Ranger had dual tanks exactly like this F Series. There are actually times when you don't want to drain one tank and then move into the other. For example, if you are off roading or driving in the snow you want to sit between them and drain them evenly in order to keep the weight spread across the back axle better. It actually does make a difference in regards to traction.
I love my 96 F150 XL with two gas tanks that both work!
I got a 96 F250 XLT but only the front tank holds fuel, the rear one leaks from the filler neck. Trust me when I say that watching fuel spill and trickle from the rear tank in a walmart gas station is ALOT like watching your kid piss their pants in public, it's damn embarrassing lol. Wish both my tanks worked for the longer drives im doing recently, you're a lucky dude lol. And nice truck👍
@@anthonyvalenzuela8108 sorry to hear about that. It's a rust free truck with 66k on it. Super rare find. Seen a mid 80s F150 yesterday. What a bute!
@@anthonyvalenzuela8108 the 96 sounds pretty sweet tho. These trucks represent the last of an era.
Iv got the 96 xl. 5.0 5 speed lwb.
@johnorcutt1390 Man I got the 5 speed standard lwb too, the truck drives like a damn schoolbus it's so slow and long but damn is it fun lol. Wish I could get another obs with a 5.0 they look like fun too, nice truck man 👍👍
OBS: Original Body Style
Also, that was my first super duty and the two tanks were amazing! Driving from OK to south TX, it was so cool to hit the switch in the on a remote stretch of highway and watch that gauge climb back to full 😎
Pretty sure its old body style because ford offered the new body style f250 light duty in 97 as well
Old Body Style is correct.
Obs is confusing as there's multi prior generation body styles. Is it exclusively the 90s body style? I have a square body and a 90s box body chevy, that's what I call the 90s so people know which one I'm referring to.
@@mccartneystuart i believe so the 90s were the obs/aeronose, the late 80s are called bricknose, early thru mid 80s is the bull nose, and mid to late 70s is the dentside
OLD body style….
My 95 f150 302 has that option and still works.
My 86 f150 302 EFI and 91f250 351W both have dual tanks, but I'm kind of surprised my dad's 90 f150 302 shortbed has dual tanks
my 87 f-150 4x4 had 2 tanks loved that feature sure miss the old truck it never let me down
I have a 1986 chevy c30 and has a fill on either side.
All five of my 80's square body chevys have factory mounted, dual 20 gallon saddle tanks on the frame. Driver's side and passenger side.
My Dad had a '76 Chevy with twin tanks. You could run one dry and switch it without missing a beat.
Those are outside the frame of the truck right? (Saddle tanks) if so they are notorious for catching fire or exploding when hit. More of a Ford guy but love the 70's C-10
Yea and both of mine work. Which is rare lol!
Saaame
You son of a bitch lol. My front tank doesn’t work
Same, love to joke with people that were about to run out of diesel then just switch it over to the full tank
Both tanks working isn't that rare, dude. Lol
Is it? Because it still works on my 95 350. Gotta bad ground starting for the sending unit in the rear tank, but that's a different story for a different day.
If both pumps work awesome option because if one pump goes out you always have a way home
On a diesel there is only one pump.....on the engine.
@@cbmech2563 yes you are correct on this particular truck it only has a selector valve but newer diesels do you have electric lift pump in tanks but on the gas versions of these ford trucks they have high pressure fuel pumps in the tanks that do have a lot of issues
@@cbmech2563 it actually depends on the years. The older 7.3’s use a mechanical lift pump on the top of the engine. At some point (97 or 99, I forget ) i think they changed it to a frame mounted electric pump. Its been a while, i could be wrong. But on 95 at least, its driven from the camshaft. It was a popular mod for guys to convert it over to an an electric pump.
@@kctyphoon mines a 97 and is the last year of the mechanical cam driven pump. Mine now has 2 Bosch pumps on the frame between a pair of spin ons. The pumps are on a relay and I can switch between them. I now have a spare, the mechanical pump stranded me a couple of times.
@@kctyphoonI want to say they went to an electric pump when the 250/350 models got moved to the Super Duty line and Ford released the new body style ones in 99.
Nice !!!! Love those 80s and 90s Ford pickups !!!!
Those fuel tanks all rusted out. Hard to find an original tank that hasn’t been flushed out countless times. Ford didn’t stop using metal fuel tanks til 99
So now we know what OBS means 👍👍
Some Paccar (Kenworth/Peterbilt) semi trucks have this too, although now its moreso used just to read the level of fuel in each tank. Far more useful on modern trucks where the def tank takes up room on the driver side of the frame, therefore a smaller tank is needed on that side. For example I drove a Peterbilt 389 that had a 80G driver tank and a 150G passenger tank, the switch would let me monitor which tank had what amount of fuel. Most of the time when the truck was off and parked long enough the fuel would level out between the tanks.
On an older Peterbilt 378 Tri axle dump the switch actually controlled which tank fuel was actually pulled from, so it was up to the driver to maintain fuel level for weight balance, a lot of the trucks I've seen with this system end up getting converted to a dual pull since it was a mostly unnecessary setup in most applications. Neat stuff!
Just in case anybody was wondering, the reason you use the front tank first is because the excess fuel the engine doesn't use drains back into the front tank. Obviously that's not a good thing if the front tank is already full and you're dumping more fuel into it. I learned this the hard way.
I know a man that had/has an F-150 with two tanks and he said when you switch tanks on the fly it never misses a beat.
Had a Ford econoline 350 van with dual tanks! That was a great van for beach going! I miss ole dirty V
My father's '72 Chevy Custom C10 had extra saddle tanks. About 50 gallons total. Meanwhile, my 2500HD has a 36 gallon as standard, and I don't have to switch it, so I think I see why these died out.
You can get a 35 gallon tank in a truck today so there’s really no need for the two tanks anymore
I had a Ford 150 back in the 80’s that had two tanks as well. I always used the rear tank as a back up incase I was running late and didn’t have time to get gas. However, I did drain the rear tank once a month to avoid it from going stale! That was my teenage thought process!!
My 1992 F-150 XLT Lariet 6cy 300 had this. Loved it. Miss that truck.
I found one in very good condition 14 years ago, didca full off body restoration and new tanks, fuel lines and pumps. Manual with 3:08 gears... I'll keep it to the day I die. Never had a vehicle I enjoyed more on road trips to the north country.
There is also a 38 gallon rear tank available which bolts right in. That combined with the existing mid mounted tank makes for a good bit of fuel capacity.
The best part about these for long trips over just one large tank is that you can use two fill nozzles. If you go to truck stops with their 1" nozzles, it fills them in what seems like seconds.
Yup. I love on my 1985 F250. Saved my butt a few times. Just like a reserve on the petcock of my motorcycles.
This truck is my daily driver, 1994 F250, best truck I've owned!
If you wanted to you could put vegetable oil in one tank and once you start your truck with the diesel, you can switch the tank and run on the vegetable oil.
Kind of! You have to run an entirely different set of filters to do that and have valves to switch between the two.
This "feature" was a solution to a packaging problem due to not enough space in a single location to achieve an adequate fuel capacity.
I had an F150 in high school that had dual fuel tanks and it was awesome. I still miss that truck.
I had a 94 F-150 flare side with dual tanks. Swapped blown up 5.0 for a 5.8. The dude I bought it from had a 10in lift kit and a 4in body lift on it. I sold it because I got tired of not being able to use it for anything but a woods truck.
The greatest thing about this feature isn't the capacity. Newer trucks have large enough fuel tanks to rival or match both of those tanks combined. What makes that feature so great, is that you have two fuel pumps, so as long as you keep some fuel in both tanks, you'll never be left stranded because of a fuel pump failure.
Had a '69 Camper Special with functioning dual tanks. Loved that rig!
My first truck was a 1996 F250 with dual tanks, I drove that truck till I was 22 and even the 2 tanks weren’t enough for where we lived so I got two of those round 60 gallon tanks for semi trucks and attached them to each side with a pump to transfer fuel into the main tanks for a total of 170 gallons plus the transfer tank I had in the bed for the tractors, we could go weeks of driving that truck to the city and back without having to fill up, it’s pretty grat
My 1978 Chevy 3/4 Ton Crew Cab had the two 20 Gallon Side Impact Outside The Frame Fuel Tanks on both sides. There were times when I pulled the dick move of parking in the middle of two gas islands to fill both tanks from two pumps at the same time. This way I didn't have to turn the truck around to fill the second tank. It had the same deal with the Toggle Switch & Independent Fuel Level Sending Units.
That's when trucks were built to work. Loved my dual tank fords and chevys.
Had a 1980 Chevrolet K2500 gasser with dual fuel tanks and a switch on the dash. Back in the day everything was different and easier to work on too.
A huge advantage of this setup is when a fuel pump fails, you just switch tanks. Had a 95 and pump went when I was about sixty miles from phone service or people. Just switched tank and continued.
Fuel pump is mounted outside both tanks and super easy to get to, absolutely perfection
I got a 82’ bullnose F250 that’s got dual tanks as well
This is my favorite feature about these old trucks.
We had a fleet of those and worked very remote locations. Our protocol was run through front tank to 50%, switch to the gear and run that to 50% and then fuel up.
Had a obsolete with tanks like that and a few extra. All together truck was capable of lugging around about 155 gallons. Made the truck ride so smooth and less bouncy stiffness from the rear. Downside was you really felt the weight of that if you didn't balance the load forward. Rear tank first gave much better handling all around and rn was nice being able to go from SC to FL without needing to stop for fuel.
Its a great feature especially when those fuel pumps start failing. I'm currently running on the front tank until I find the time, parts and energy to rebuild the rear fuel pump on my '93.
Two tanks and can't afford to fill either. I feel your pain brother.
I've got that on mine and when they rust out you can put the Bronco tank in the back and increase your capacity to over 50 gallons
My truck does have that. 1993 F350 diesel. My Dad's truck did too, 1982 Chevy single cab, short bed truck...gas version.
All old cars used to work that way. The second tank was called the "reserve tank" and there was a tap to switch to the reserve when you ran out of fuel that way you didn't need a fuel gauge. They went away motorbikes hung on for a little bit longer this truck is a throwback. But it's definitely not unique.
My dad’s ‘94 F-150 had the 300 I-6 and two fuel tanks. 34gal total