The tank on my 110 has had a hard bashing in an earlier life, so much so that it only holds 65 l instead of 80. ONe downside of this is that the float doesn't move, so I can't tell the level of the fuel (a new sender unit didn't help, and the old one works fine outside the tank).
Having looked at the procedure to remove the damn thing, I am wondering if it would be easier to lift the rear floor, take the return pipe out and use a length of 2x2 through the hole to beat out the dent. Any opinions?
Maybe I did something wrong but when I had to replace the rear crossmember on my 1990 CSW I had to remove the tank and I didn't find it too much of a problem taking it out or putting it back in again!
The worst problem I had was that the new crossmember had a different size hole near teh sender unit and I had to alter (OK, bodge) the fuel connection to fit. At least you shouldn't have this problem!
You may well be right, I was looking at Haynes and it talked about removing bits of the suspension, but it probably doesn't apply to mine (1984 with self-levelling unit)
That's certianly one approach! Getting the floor out ain't easy though, as unless it's been out before, as it is spot welded to the side boxes and riveted to the floor crossmembers (knocking the heads off with a chiesel isn't hard though, if a little painful on occasaions..).
There (should) be baffles inside the tank to stop fuel slopping about - they may get in the way though.
The tank's £81.07 inc VAT - delivery £27.00. You may well need some/all of the fixings unless you're lucky and the all come undone.
Richard (seriously considering setting up a French branch!)
Sods law says that although the current dents havn't caused a leak, any attempt to remove the dents will result in a tank with more holes in it than a Government War Inquiry.
It may well do, but your range would be, er, "limited" I expect!
Someone does stainless ones, if you're keeping the motor it's probably worth it in the long run - though the lenders are curently dropping fixed-rate motrgauges ;-)
If you're anywhere near Bristol (West), I've got one you can have for free.
It's been stored outside, and I think the top breather pipe spigot is missing, but otherwise it's unused and in black paint.
I tried Freecycling it and had one reply, but it was never collected.
... just read the correspondence about a French branch for Beamends!
Personally, I'd do the whole thing including the stone guard. If you get it wrong and it leaks, it's horrid.
I did mine from underneath, per the HBOL. You can do this, but you really need a pit or a lift, as it's a horrible job with only axle stands. I'd also recommend replacing the sender at the same time. You can theoretically swap it over, but it was bad enough getting a new retaining ring to fit - I couldn't budge the old one without doing serious damage, and I don't reckon it's worth bothering.
If you've a Dixon-Bate drop plate, the braces need to come off too, and re-fitting the bolts for those is also fun, as there's not enough clearance for a socket, and not really enough sideways clearance for a spanner. IIRC, a ring spanner also gets stuck somewhere...
Yes, a bit far! I've still got a Land Rovering mate in Bristol, but he only travels East through Europe, and I'm West France. Pity, because new they are hideously expensive.
The sender changed fine (I thought the old one was knackered, turned out something is stopping the float from, er, floating.
Hmm, I've swapped my Dixon-Bate a couple oftimes and had no problems with the arms. Perhaps my fingers go the wrong way!
The Vendee, left hand side , about a third of the way between Nantes and Bordeaux. Find the junction of the A83 and the A87, and I'm about 10 km from there!
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