Correct tank for a 3/69 FJ40

[120mm]

I am restoring a 3/69 manufacture FJ40, and after finally getting the pickup tube unclogged, I have evaporust coming through a bottom seam.

I found a replacement tank from Toyota that may or may not fit.

Tank Assembly Fuel - Toyota (77100-60012)​

The pictures I see associated with this pn are all over the map. My tank is a snorkel tank with no evaporation lines, only the one smaller return for the filler, a drain plug, and an outlet midway on the inboard side.

CCOT makes a repop tank that looks just like this, but it claims to be for 8/69 to 72. Dunno what the difference is, but don't want to chunk down $400 - $500 for something I can't use.

Any suggestion/real world experience with this issue?

Thanks!

 

[120mm]

I found these in a listing on fleabay, though it isn't much of a deal. Can get one just like it for $522 shipped.

 

[120mm]

Proof that OEM snorkel fuel tanks exist.

It looks like it might work, though I hate being the guinea pig.

 

[65swb45]

Sorry to see you had a one-sided conversation. ☹️

That tank will work just fine in your truck.😉

 

[120mm]

Sorry to see you had a one-sided conversation. ☹️

That tank will work just fine in your truck.😉

Thanks!

Tired of beating my head against this wall.

Order sent. Once it arrives I predict 2F noises will follow

 

[peesalot]

I got that Toyota tank from Mudrak years ago and it was 380 ish IIRC. IMO thats a decent price.

 

[120mm]

I got that Toyota tank from Mudrak years ago and it was 380 ish IIRC. IMO thats a decent price.

McGeorge offers it for $380 plus shipping ($95) and Tennessee state tax, which is where the $522 figure comes from.

Odd that OEM is cheaper than most repops right now.

 

[cruisermatt]

McGeorge offers it for $380 plus shipping ($95) and Tennessee state tax, which is where the $522 figure comes from.

Odd that OEM is cheaper than most repops right now.

Buy from your local dealer and you won't pay shipping costs.

 

[73FJ40]

Buy from your local dealer and you won't pay shipping costs.

Unless your local dealer charges MSRP of $574.82!

 

[120mm]

Buy from your local dealer and you won't pay shipping costs.

Or $970. Like the *ssholes near me.

 

[120mm]

This just in. Toyota P/N 77100-60012 Fits perfect in my rig.

 

[Living in the Past]

Still see some dealers offering free shipping on orders over $75. Limit of $200 max savings. Might be a little cheaper that way. Do not remember being charge sale tax of ordering from out of state.

Curious when Toyota started adding dimples to the top of the replaement tanks. I know a friend picked up a 65 FJ45 in the early nineties and the tank was a replacement tank with the dimples.

Being sold my Toyota would assume the dimples clear the factory bench seat?

 

[120mm]

Still see some dealers offering free shipping on orders over $75. Limit of $200 max savings. Might be a little cheaper that way. Do not remember being charge sale tax of ordering from out of state.

Curious when Toyota started adding dimples to the top of the replaement tanks. I know a friend picked up a 65 FJ45 in the early nineties and the tank was a replacement tank with the dimples.

Being sold my Toyota would assume the dimples clear the factory bench seat?

Tennessee sales tax is a non-negotiable. To send stuff here, retailers must collect tax.

I don't know any retailer who would eat $100 shipping on a $380 item.

Most retailers who offer free shipping also offer free overpricing to compensate.

 

[Living in the Past]

As far as I know the shipping is something Toyota is involved in. More than one dealer offers it Jim Ellis in Georgia offers the deal and price of the tank $459.86. No shipping cost and no tax would be cheaper.

 

[120mm]

As far as I know the shipping is something Toyota is involved in. More than one dealer offers it Jim Ellis in Georgia offers the deal and price of the tank $459.86. No shipping cost and no tax would be cheaper.

First of all, the "no tax" would be illegal.

Do you have a link to how one orders from Jim Ellis? I tried the website and got nowhere fast.

 

[Living in the Past]

First of all, the "no tax" would be illegal.

Do you have a link to how one orders from Jim Ellis? I tried the website and got nowhere fast.

Not sure tax laws in all fifty states. I know Oregon doesn't even have a state tax and none would be collected. AZ wants a sale tax if the business has a brick and mortar store in the state. Now if you bought a car out of state when your register it here the state collects a tax. Certain car dealers will have the business outside city limits to sale the buyer from paying city sales tax. I just purchased something online that was shipped from California. No tax on that purchase. I do not claim to know all state sales tax law. Personally let the business doing business online worry about the tax laws. If Tennessee requires all businesses to collect a sale tax on all purchases that doesn't mean that applies to what all other states do. I know big sites like Amazon and eBay collect a sales tax. But that tax is less than what Arizona's sale tax rate. That may trickle down to smaller online sites in the future but hasn't to most I deal with.

As for ordering I never had a issue doing it on their Toyota online parts site. I have purchased items in the past where I split and created a second order to get the free shipping. Purchased Toyota's bolt on sliders for the 5th gen 4Runner that way.