Under hood storage box

[Blakestuhh]

I’ve got a 1990 GMC C1500 and my engine bay looks like the one below. I picked up a storage box and was wanting to know if it was possible to put one in? Has anyone relocated vapor canister if so how’d you do it. Also do I need a bracket or anything to install? Thanks in advance.

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[Blakestuhh]

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[HotWheelsBurban]

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The factory style box is for the vortec engine compartment that has the rectangular vapor canister. I guess if you got one of those and all its brackets, it might be doable. 96 up also has different inner fender panels. Moparmat2000 had a post or 2 on doing this on his 94 pickup. He used a military ammo box as his starting point.

 

[alpinecrick]

96 up also has different inner fender panels.

I did not know that.
My 97 is an early build, and both my 96 and 97 have the round cannisters with the storage box--which have become a place for my relay-fuse box.

Edited to add: Now that I think of it I replaced the inner fenders on my 96 with a 97 or 98 Suburban inner fenders. They were identical to my originals and everything bolted right back on.

 

[1ton-o-fun]

Yep! I scooped up a storage box before learning that it doesn't fit my '93... I figure I'll make it work someday.
I should be able to simplify/clean up a lot of under hood stuff whenever I drop the Cadillac engine in.

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

I did not know that.
My 97 is an early build, and both my 96 and 97 have the round cannisters with the storage box--which have become a place for my relay-fuse box.

Edited to add: Now that I think of it I replaced the inner fenders on my 96 with a 97 or 98 Suburban inner fenders. They were identical to my originals and everything bolted right back on.

I got to learn a lot about how the box is installed, by removing 7 or 8 in the LKQ pick a part back in February. It took that many trucks to get 2 good boxes and 2 good lids. The hinges get broken on the lids, which makes it difficult to find a complete assembly in good condition. The one I kept to put on the Burb is a box from one truck and a lid from another. I'm not doing a restoration so it doesn't matter to me!
The rectangular vapor canister bracket has tabs on it that interlock with the flat end of the box. The other end h as a protrusion that goes into the inside of the fender, where the screw goes into a speed nut that should already be there.( my Burb has it.) Then the stud on the bottom goes through a hole that has to be drilled, if it's not there. But the inner fender panel has a raised boss where this hole will be, so you just need to mark it and drill. I'm going to put paint on the end of the stud and set the box in place; this should mark where the hole should be made. I'll probably make it a little bigger so there's adjustment room. Once it's installed, it won't go anywhere.
Just haven't done it cause I need to replace the washer bottle and pump. I want to grab one at the yard, since the GM ones are made heavier than the aftermarket ones. Also if it still has juice in it, then it doesn't leak!
Anytime it's not raining here and I have money, it's just been raining so the place is a mud pit.

 

[Jorgem2003]

You can do it with an L bracket I found a random l bracket and it worked with a couple self tappers