military Landrover petrol tank rusty

I got a new tank for the lightweight a couple of months ago, it was £80 from the local land rover garage Four+4 in leeds.

Tank is more rounded but seems OK, has an extra layer along the bottom like the old one.

Nigel

There is a discussion involving military fuel tanks on the EMLRA forum:

Can't say if the tanks being discussed are indeed genuine or even take offs etc but there are prices and part numbers there. and get a mention. Blanchards seem to have 2 prices for tanks though, one is reasonable, the other almost double. The Blanchard site has a pdf file of their stock to download.

Do you have both tanks still, is one not servicable? I did this with my SIIa and will get around to replacing it when one comes along but it didn't cause me any probs as long as you don t drive past too many petrol stations.

All the best

In message , snipped-for-privacy@lardrover.co.uk writes

I had read that particular item. I was waiting for someone to actually buy one :) It seems the Blanchard ex Dutch army items are the right ones. These tanks are quite a feature and stand out a bit so I don't want to fit something that doesn't have that pronounced ledge showing along the bottom edge. (Says he with the defender mirrors). I was trying to work out whether it was worth the hassle trying to clean and repair the old one in terms of cost. If I have to buy a Dutch army item its probably worth trying to rescue the existing one.

The drivers side tank is fine if a tad little :) Although I did manage to kick the tap over just the once and wonder where all the juice had gone :)