How to Fuel Tank Tuck a 99-04 Jeep Grand Cherokee WJ Part 1 

You are a tremendous resource for the WJ. Thank you Martin

Finally! An awesome detailed video on how to do this. This is the next project for me on my WJ. Thanks! Looking forward to part 2.

Martin, your a great mechanic. Honestly, pretty sure your an engineer. Keep it up.

Sir Martin. He is a master of WJ.

i have a secondary tank in my spare wheel well, but am considering removing it and doing a tuck and getting a after market tank to take up that extra head room, thanks Martin this vid is very helpful to me and has made me almost certain i want a tuck.

Do I plan on doing this to my WJ? No. Did I watch the whole thing? Absolutely. Really cool mod.

You're great craftsman. Thanks for doing an awesome detailed video of the gas tank tuck.

Thanks for these videos, been planning on doing this to mine for awhile. Replaced the completely rotted out skid plate before winter because I'm sure it wouldn't last another. Will tuck the tank this summer. You are a brave man dealing with that weight yourself, I think I'll pay with some Buds for a second set of hands. Great video as always!

Good video, I m planning to remove the fuel tank, thank you very much for the way to do it

GREAT my friend. You are unique. ALWAYS a real pleasure to follow you. Hello from Italy.

If you make more floor plates w access cover i want one 💯

This is the best looking model of grand cherokees

You gave me all the confidence to tackle this modification. Awesome video man. Thank you. Looks amazing

That space under the floor cover would be a great place to stow some tools and stuff. Slick job.

Hes the Bob Ross of fuel tank tucks. Thats a happy little jeep.

Tank tuck has been on my list for a while!!! Definitely can’t sit for part 2!

Harrison Ford modifies his fuel tank. Great video, giving me all kinds of ideas.

Im going to to this to increase fuel capacity! Excellent video!

Your videos have been getting better and better everytime, love it

I like your removing the bumper cover idea for access. My tank is leaking from a broken hose (I hope).I now have the kit you linked to along with push pins for reassembly coming. I'm hoping I don't have to pull the tank and can find the leak without doing so. Thanks! 😎

Dude... This WJ is clean looks really nice i have a few ideas for mine

Yes , I sure did enjoy the part 1 . of the fuel tank tuck .

Yeah dude! I ain’t finished watching it! But that’s the next project on my WJ after I get done getting my front Dana 30 back in! And the 242 transfer case in replacing the np 247. Appreciate your videos! Now back to learning what you are teaching! Thanks Martin!

Great video....getting ready to install a new skid plate on a 04, and this has been extremely helpful

My tank skid was riddled with rust and had to be replaced and the replacement wasn't that great either in Northern MN. I'm quite jealous of how clean that one is!

Awesome video! I love how clean of a job you do on your projects. Can't wait for part 2

I was just looking for a good video on this last week! Looks like you did a solid job

Great I have all the tools to do this. There goes my weekend

I'm anxious to see part 2, I hope we get to see the machine pressing ribs into the wheel well metal plate.

Absolute amazing work Martin! Wish I knew how to weld and had a garage so i could attempt this. I envy you lol. This is how they should of came from factory. Good job!

My skid is about rusted in half, tank tuck is on my to do list

Thanks for the great videos, original ideas and meticulous workmanship Martin! Greetings from a WJ owner in Zimbabwe!

Thank you for this video. I've been wanting to do this to my wj for a long time just didn't know how to start. Keep up the good work And love the street wj😍😍

I always look forward to your videos you do very good explaining everything thing you do in the steps cant wait for part two

Nice work sir and did a great job for fuel tank going up

Excellent video! im in the process of doing the same except my skid plate was toast so I got one of Affordable off-road skid plates for a 4" tuck (its built like a tank) ill be using your idea for fuel pump access and ill ribb my cover plate as well.

Great video, thanks for taking the time! This just seemed like such a horrible job I've been putting it off, but now ima gonna dive right innext weekend. Something for future videos that would be nice would be if you could show these odd & random connectors after you get them off, how they are removed and replaced etc...etc... Thanks again!

Love that circle cutter!

Nice and thorough good video I wish I hang all of that equipment thanks martin

can't wait for part 2...im on pins and needles here!

Muy buena explicación. Lo felicito desde Venezuela.

Incredible job Mártin...you're the best....!!!! Thanks....!!!!!!!!

I did on my wj sub tank with 50liter and put a spare tire carrier and close the circle in the trank abaut 15 year ago

Brilliant as always. This is added to my "To-Do" list.

You are a smart guy, good job. Well thought out.

Thank you so much . Tank tuck done 🖐️.

Awesome!!!!!!from Cleveland, Ohio

Absolutely love watching your videos and have learned a lot about the wj and it has truly helped me working on mine and ideas for modifications to do thank you so much for the amazing content man

Excellent video,modification , and quality of work...

can i offer you a job at jeep--go at the head office and teach the engineers how the real world likes our cars built simple and common sense god bless you friend

And by far the best tuck video on RU-vid! Are you going through the unibody with the filler hose?!?!?

Great detailed Video, now its time to get to cutting on my WJ! 🤣🤣🤣

Great Martin! Nice big project! You're doing a nice job too! Congrats from Spain and I've been learning a lot with your videos! Thanks!

Thumbs up for the scribed line

Welder sounds pretty good. You got it cranked on battle ship steel mode.

i recently dropped the tank on a 03 overland. i was able to pop all wire connections and lines before i took the tank down. i took them off the fuel filter and left the lines on the tank side. the main reason was i able to jump the pump from the connector to pump the fuel out.

this is awesome knowledge,Martin! Very well done!

You do a great job martin. . Salute!

Great Video Matin! Paul from Reno.

Martin, I have watched about 5 of your videos. I have to say your work is over the top just overly impressive. I have a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0 straight 6 and I love doing work under the hood I do wish I had your years of knowledge. I do find the 4.0 6 cylinder one of the easier engines to work on. Well, I will definitely be subscribing to your channel. God Bless+

Hi martin,once again first class work my friend.no doubt about it.its always good to see a genius at work...and bad language always makes me feel better...hahaha...all the best my friend.regards Den.

BUEN TRABAJO 👍 SALUDOS 🇲🇽

This is really useful stuff right hear, your whole channel

Nice plate....Let’s Go Flyers.

Another excellent video. I had planned on this for awhile and after cutting the floor out to change the pump it has been moved to further up the list. Unlike Nevada in Michigan I have snow and cold coming soon so it has to wait until spring, my garage is dedicated to my Harley.. One of the biggest reasons for me is to stop dragging it on the ground in the woods. No rocks here but plenty of tight trails and mud bogs, that tank is like an anchor trying to back out of a mud hole, ask me how I know... Moving to AZ soon, looking forward to a totally different type of wheeling, lived out there in the 80's and had a 79 Toyota 4x4 p/u. Took that thing everywhere.

Yesss been wanting this from you for years 😂

Really looking forward to your next video Martin 👍😁

Excellent work buddy. Thx.

Had this on my list to do with the other rear end projects, bumper spare tire carrier, and raise the tank, the well was useless space for me as the 33"x 10" wont fit in it and trying to custom fit stuff to the space is less useful than raising the tank, now i know what to expect. just have to figure out how to relocate that evap system so i can tuck up the bumper better. Nice work on all your stuff Martin, keep up the good work. BTW i did the hydraulic fan delete as well, just a bit different, running 3 electric fans on mine, one full size hemi v8 electric pulling inside and two 10" behind the grill pushing, don't need to run either of the 10's unless i'm crawling at 110 deg + outside.

I would like to see a walk around video of that Jeep

Awesome Martin!!! love the new project, rock on!

That is pretty slick... Love the channel... Stay safe... Have a great day...

Only the Limited WJ Grand Cherokee came with the heavier duty gas tank skid plate. The non-Limited WJ had a much thinner gas tank skid plate.

Loved the tummy tank tuck job martin,i like urs better,than ones ive seen on other sites as well.yours was thought out more.plus that access plate idea was epic!!!!i almost spit up my cold snack when u injected humor of no going back now.while looking up thru floor.was thinking same thought,cool!!was curious those led lights on bumper how did u connect.i bought one of those bar type that fits on most trucks!!!think its just a bit to thick to fit in but like the third brake light setup you have.oh and im still wanting to know is there anyway we can make transmission dip stick more secure in tube.you didnt get back to me about that????snookie pa.2002wj owner 4.7ho

This is awesome! Thanks for sharing this video!

DAM wish I had you're garage set up, oh wait and you're skills, awesome bro

Awesome work and thought process I love your work nice job .

I have an 89L LPG tank in the spare tyre space. + the original fuel tank... = many, many miles of autonomy :)

Very cool man… good job!

I need to do this because my gas tank is literaly held up by ratchet straps. Thank you, rust!

Good job Martin allways profesional work ..

Martin your putting these Chrysler Engineers to Shame. So to give you a place for a Spare Tire they Drop the Fuel Tank to a location that looks about as unsafe as you can get. Chrysler should have Tucked the Tank and gave a small donut mounted like they did in the 2000 XJ. Or do what they do now Delete the Spare Tire. All they did was leave themselves open to some serious Law Suits. Then the access Door to get at the Fuel Pump is something all Auto Makers should be doing. What a Nightmare Job just to replace the Fuel Pump.

Yes, an engineer. I asked a lot of mechanics on RU-vid to help me solve the faults in my 2004 Grand Cherokee. Which my brother gave me from the United States of America. In fact, I told him at the beginning not to buy me a jeep The reason is that it is a car that is not widespread with us, and its agent demands very high prices in the price of spare parts and does not provide them completely, and the company is a Jeep company, a company that does not care about the future of its cars in our country, the Republic of Yemen, located south of Saudi Arabia. What is important, my brother bought it, and when I saw it, it was a beautiful car, we customs it and took it out of the enamel at the end of 2012, and when my brother drove by it, he was amazed that it was very slow and heavy to walk and said its money was fast. I took the car from it and used it to this day. I discovered that it had faults as a result of faults and that it was considered a higher conversation, as I had Japanese cars that had no computers or sensors, and I could not understand them and I thought that I would overcome their faults by finding alternatives to their parts, but I knew the work of computers and sensors and their connection to each other makes it very difficult to compose alternative parts I will continue .. One of the most important faults is its fuel dispensing in a very large way, in 100 kilometers it spends 20 liters The second malfunction was the gasoline vapor, which was causing the gasoline odor to spread inside the cabin Other holidays are very slow torque The third malfunction turns off its engine for a few seconds while it is walking Just seconds. The fourth malfunction is the smuggling of hot gases from the engine to the radiator, as a result of the fans stopping, so the engine overheated badly before The important thing is now, I want to know how to make the parts of the evaporation system generously, how I can discover the faults in it and how to install them correctly. The truth is that the company is trivial in many matters For example, when the fans have stopped, there is no substitute for their work. If you are not careful, do not realize that the fans have stopped until the head of the engine has been struck. Gasoline vapor has many confusing parts and is tight for maintenance Likewise, the gasoline pump needs to be removed from the tank Fuel filtering is complicated and not the same as other cars, so it is not available or available and is very expensive. There are no benzene pellets The plexus and its strings do not dissolve easily The raw materials for the pipes inside the engine are very poor Harden and crack. The car has plastic bumpers and there are no towing hooks to drag anything The headlights are difficult to weigh, and the color of the glass becomes opaque There are a lot of ridiculous things these companies do not want their cars to spread so they leave matters to their greedy agent. Imagine the price of headlamps or headlights and taillights sells them for 1150 dollars, while in America they are all for 250 dollars Many talk, thank you for your patience With you was Muhammad Ahmad Al-Danoun from YemenImportant faults followed.

On minute 13:04 how much did u cut on the fueler hose side it look more then a inch and u dont say how much beside just that the video is awesome

Good job, much better than it was👍

After your done tucking that fuel tank i think you need to do a tuck on that license plate and try to hide it aswell 😉 Lets go Pens! 🐧 On a serious note beautiful WJ man I hope that one day I can get mine looking as good as yours does! Got yourself a subscriber.

I like your work very much I would love to do this like you I probably will not be going off road very much nowhere much to go where I live but I still lifted my WJ 2" with springs and put some Wrangler 18" wheels with BFGs and its nice to now that I could go off road if I wanted to. I am going off subject I thought about doing this much like you did a 4" tuck another Idea I had was to make a lockable gun case not many people would think to look in there for hunting guns as I got new BFGs they are strong so probably get away with no spare wheel got a can of that air stuff as a backup.

Respect ! Very nice job !!!

My tank skid plate has a fat dent from dropping onto a rock😂

Hello Martin thanks for the beautiful Video God blessed u so much for helping people's around the world question Martin where I can find a cowl hood like someone u had in ur jeep

Top tip... after you have the tank lowered cut a hole in spare tire well to access top of tank. Work smarter not harder.

Nice job Martin.That plasma cutter sure came in handy.Are you going out to Rick's place for the bead rolling?

wondering if u tried just a) flipping the spare cut out 180deg matching the factory bead rolls, b) just cutting 4 (or whatever) in from the spare cut out depth and putting back in?

Lets Go Knights!!

Talk about custom fabrication. Awesome video! What state are you in? Can I send you a skid plate to fab?

Hope you are using the bead roller and putting “Martin Built” into it.

I have a 2002 and when I read about this after I got my Jeep I was really disappointed how Jeep handled this whole situation. Their only fix was to add a tow hitch after market. And I don't see how that adds much protection. If you can do this, my question is why didn't Jeep recall these years and fix it? I know, "money" - but, what about Jeeps' integrity? Outside of this issue, I absolutely love my Laredo. Not the gas mileage though. LOL!

Awesome video great work !

Good job buddy 👍👍👍

Martin, what is that EVAP unit you removed on the driver bumper side called?