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.