Compartment below fuel tank

[dodjh]

Does anyone know what the compartment below the M38A1 fuel tank is...'53' model?

 

[NDT]

In a factory M38A1, there is about 1/4" under the fuel tank where some rubs strips are, before the bottom of the fuel tank well in the body. Under the well is, I guess, planet earth.

 

[dodjh]

In a factory M38A1, there is about 1/4" under the fuel tank where some rubs strips are, before the bottom of the fuel tank well in the body. Under the well is, I guess, planet earth.

What I have is a 19" x 14" x 3" deep compartment that doesn't take up the whole fuel tank dimension but is part of the floor metal and is 3"s below the fuel tank.

 

[dodjh]

What I have is a 19" x 14" x 3" deep compartment that doesn't take up the whole fuel tank dimension but is part of the floor metal and is 3"s below the fuel tank.

Maybe what I'm describing is a well with the above dimensions...?

 

[dodjh]

Maybe what I'm describing is a well with the above dimensions...?

....would it be a sump compartment?

 

[dodjh]

....would it be a sump compartment?

I just looked at my M38A1 tank, (not yet installed) and it is the shape of the compartment I'm referring to. I have a temporary tank in the jeep now that doesn't have a drop down section on it, so that's why I was puzzled about the empty area in the floor below it.

 

[gwitthans1]

The m38A1 tank if I remember correctly is not completely flat at the bottom and will contour to the pan.

 

[dodjh]

The m38A1 tank if I remember correctly is not completely flat at the bottom and will contour to the pan.

Yes,that is correct...thank you for the feedback.