110 fuel tank - have I bought a pig in a poke?

Help, my Land Rover's incontinent!

Felt very proud of myself having bought a NOS (supposedly) pattern 110 tank on eBay for 50 UKP. I now discover that it's not what it seemed...

It's the right size & shape for certain, but, although the depression in the top for the (petrol) fuel pump is there , there's no actual hole, only a flat, round space where it ought to be. There's also no breather pipe connection above the filler, but there *is* a 1/2" hole (approx) in the 'pimple' on top of the tank (above where the filler pipe enters, and about 3-4" in from the edge.

So, do all pattern tanks arrive this way? Is this a tank for a different age of 110 (i.e. not my 1989 110)? Do I weld up the 1/2" hole in the 'pimple' on top, or fit something official into it? Should I be cutting a disk out of the top for the fuel outlet, or putting the whole thing back on eBay with a different description attached? Do I care about the lack of breather pipe?

Answers on a newsgroup posting please... Why am I not comparing the old tank with the new when it seems obvious so to do? Coz that would mean taking the old one off, and whilst it's dripping, I can still go and buy a new tank if I have to, which I can't do once I remove the old one :(

Mutter, mutter...

Regards,

Simonm.

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SpamTrapSeeSig
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yep - it's the wrong tank - all pattern tanks have all the necessary holes etc in the right places!

Richard

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richard.watson

A word of caution! When my tank was corroded through because of the disinfctant we were using daily furing the foot and mouth epidmic, I got one brand new from Equicars, only to find that the five or six holes around the mounting hole in the top were out of syn and that the mounting screws didn't marry up. Equicar changed it without question, so no worries there, but it's worth checking before you fit the new one.

By the way, it is possible to change the tank without help by using your knees to align it once it's roughly in position on jack beneath the car. Cheers, John

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John Stokes

Thanks to everyone who responded about the tank.

Turns out it's correct for a very early 110 (external fuel lift pump). It *is* also genuine Land Rover (label: "?XNR?9515 L3365 NH6 04" ), although the top hole (albeit purposefully made by someone) shouldn't be there. Thanks to Christian Autos in Kingswood (Landy specialist parts) I'm now the proud owner of the correct tank plus fittings. So I'm hoping for 9" of snow overnight, to avoid having to do it tomorrow.

If anyone wants the white elephant one, do make me an offer, else it's eBay (with the hole welded-up tidily). I'd prefer collect or deliver, as I don't really want to inflict it on the Post Office again - I got the clear message that once was quite enough when I originally collected it from the sorting office!

Regards,

Simonm.

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SpamTrapSeeSig

So I've now painted the tank and the guard plate nicely with anti-stone-chip Waxoyl/Hammerite from a spray can.

Stupidly (as I've just painted it), It's now dawned on me that the depression in the bottom where the fuel pipe goes is a rust trap. It's a hollow and the lowest point in the stone guard - any water, grit etc. that gets onto the tank will run down and collect there, nicely abrading any coating away, before it seriously starts to rust.

So I'm wondering about drilling a 1/2" hole in the stone guard at that point, to be sure it can drain and dry out. Thinking about it, I've a very strong suspicion that's where the current tank is leaking from.

What do the team think. Cue dreadful ASCII art of stone guard:

____ ___ | | | | \_____ _______/ poss. dodgy bit -----> \____/

Of course it's really displacement activity. Our fence has blown down and I don't really want to lie in a puddle of diesel under the beast changing the tank on a night like this...

Regards,

Simonm.

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