In the rear wings, you can get 45L diesel on one side and a 45L water on the other. You can also get another fuel tank under your passenger seat (standard Land Rover option).
M
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Originally Posted by Mike Walkabout
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In the rear wings, you can get 45L diesel on one side and a 45L water on the other. You can also get another fuel tank under your passenger seat (standard Land Rover option).
M
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Walkabout
Hi M,
Will ask a friend concerning the idea of the fuel tank under the passenger seat ... at the moment (it's a left hand drive!), it's the place for bulbs and fuses and some other electric stuff. I'll try to find out ... sounds a good idea to me! Thanks!
Not sure about the TD5 & TDCi but Land Rover used to offer the option of a second tank under your passenger seat. The change over tap even changes the fuel gauge to look at the 2nd tank. :D
I'd be surprised if you couldn't get something to fit.
M
Here are two Defender sill tanks that fit under the existing seat boxes.
Dimensions are in attachments - but should check actual vehicle dimensions before having them made up as I have found that Landys vary somewhat from vehicle to vehicle. :o
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/general-ch...ry-cans-3.html
Capacity is 55 and 35 litres + a bit more depending on how you plumb the filler hose/s. I use a Facit pump to transfer fuel to OE tank when required.
One advantage of sill tanks over the rear wing tanks is that the extra weight is better positioned.
Only mod I'd make if making more up would be to reduce size of filler to 38mm dia and put a second air breather at other end of tank/s.
Also, when plumbing air breather, care must be taken to ensure that there are no low spots which will cause partial blockages if/when fuel enters the air line.
Just be careful running 33's or 255/85, thay will rub on the rear 1/4 tanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by camel_landy
Here in Aus the 1/4 tank is $900 which is pretty hard to get your head around for 45lt. $ per lt Mulgo are reasonably good value for money.
Just saw this thread and from the title I thought you'd bolted a Freelander engine into a Defender !
Was talking to a fellow a couple of weeks ago who took his car from Aus to China and discovered when he got back that LR have a world wide warranty service.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Walkabout
When in China he had a problem which was fixed there, and when back here, they reimbursed him for the work.
Not bad, but I'd be checking just to make sure.
Though it's already been said, I must agree, keep the weight down. Overloading causes a large proportion of suspension and tyre failures. The places you mention are merely dirt "highways" and in an offroading sense won't give a standard Defender any trouble (if you have good dampers, eg. Bilstein or Koni). These roads often have severe corrugations - like a washboard surface - and really shake a vehicle, hour after hour for hundreds of kilometers. Bolts shake loose, suspension bushes fail, door latches play up wires break and tyres fail. A guy at Mt Dare once said to me "we use the under 30 under 80 rule, tyres below 30 speed under 80". If that ****** in the Landcruiser with big tyres wants to pass you and do 130 let him go, you'll pass him again when he stops for fuel or tyres.
x2^^
Thanks guys! The route, of course, is just a pre-planned one and doesn't include any detours etc. Certainly, in between, we want to do some "real" offroading! But travelling clearly is going to be the main part!
Just some new / old problems that still go around in my head unsolved:
- do I need a "wading kit"?
- do I really need an HD spare wheel carrier for the rear door? ... When I think of the corrugations I've experienced in Oz, I think, I have to!
- concerning the route ... Kimberley and Cape York before or after the wet?
- does anybody have any experiences with an "air jack"??
It would be great of you to help finding answers!
All the best from icy-cold Germany,
Michael