76 FJ40 gas tank pads missing? (2 Viewers)

[South Texas 97]

I just drained and pulled the gas tank to discover there are no rubber pads, is this normal? The tank has been painted on the outside and while there is a small amount of surface rust inside, not worth doing a lining, in my opinion.
I will derust and paint the floor and replace all the hoses and rubber bits

 

[B y r o n]

Not normal to not have pads to cushion the tank. Factory pads are felt. This was my solution as I felt that the felt pads would tend to hold moisture. Check post #42 in this thread.

 

[South Texas 97]

Byron, thanks, that is perfect. Will do the same.

 

[pbgbottle]

I’ve never seen pads under the tank in any of my crusiers 1976-1978 year rigs ,they did have strips of carpet like stuff on top of the tank but nothing underneath. Interesting hmm.

 

[77mustard40]

Mine had the ‘carpet’ strips, I replaced them with three or four strips of generic weatherstripping. Oh and I found an original key under it!

 

[Malleus]

All of the 40s I've had, including my current one, had 3-mm thick rubber pads under them and on top of them. This is consistent with what the fiche shows, too.

 

[Malleus]

FWIW, I replaced mine with 1/8" x 3" gasoline resistant rubber when I pulled my tank to clean the floor. The OEM pads were pretty much gone. The OEM pads are 3x75-mm, which the same size. The length is entirely up to you. I think Toyota cut them too short; IIRC they were 3 and 4 inches long(ish).

 

[Brew40]

My 1978 when I pulled the gas tank-
You can see the outline of the 4 rubber pads that were original.