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Not sure on the Suburbans but the Express vans had both the plastic and sticky adhesive backed foam pads.Sure, just may take a little more tightening. Hopefully you won't run out of threads on the "bolts" before they get tight. You may want to insulate the tank bottom/edges from the straps though. Pickups used a pad between the strap and tank; I can't recall for sure but I am vaguely recalling the Suburban did not because the plastic cover was there. Wouldn't want them to slowly rub through the steel.
Richard
Sure, just may take a little more tightening. Hopefully you won't run out of threads on the "bolts" before they get tight. You may want to insulate the tank bottom/edges from the straps though. Pickups used a pad between the strap and tank; I can't recall for sure but I am vaguely recalling the Suburban did not because the plastic cover was there. Wouldn't want them to slowly rub through the steel.
Richard
Good point, maybe I should wake up more before I let my fingers get ahead of my brain. My "off nights" get my schedule so out of whack.. anyway excuses aside, you're right; there are pads on top of the tank and the bottom has the plastic cover.Did this change over the years? My 99 has pads on the top side of the tank, and the underside has a molded plastic cover with louvered vents/drains.
I actually just bought new tank pads, to have on hand, and I'm pretty sure they're smaller than my originals, unless maybe what I got is supposed to be on bottom?
Good point, maybe I should wake up more before I let my fingers get ahead of my brain. My "off nights" get my schedule so out of whack.. anyway excuses aside, you're right; there are pads on top of the tank and the bottom has the plastic cover.
I do stand by my advice though of putting some type of protective layer between the straps and tank, if one is going to be rid of the plastic cover. I do like Pinger's suggestion above about retaining the cover yet coating the tank first to protect it from rust. The only downside is that you still wouldn't know if it was rusting or not, with the cover in the way.
Richard