Thread: Long Range tanks on 130 what you got?

I have an LRA right sill tank from a "Bigcab" modified to fit my dual cab.
Was 70 litres now 63, give or take a few hundred ml.
It pumps into the main through a water separator and filter.
Mine is a td5 so switching between tanks was not really feasible without considerable modification.
Total capacity with the Long Ranger main is approx190l. Just can't see any point to having more.

I'm presuming that any long range tank needs a transfer pump...

has anyone removed the factory tank and just fitted a larger one?

best thing I loved about the aux tank on the 110 was it was just gravity fed so no fuss

I've got the 120L longranger on my old bus, not sure if they fit they newer models, but it's a replacement jobbie.
Cheers

I have a pair of Mulgo sill tanks which, including the original tank, gives me a total of 210L of fuel.
I can't remember how much each tank holds but together I get an extra 135L with the drivers side tank holding slightly more then the passenger.

I looked into the Long Ranger tanks, which replace the original tank with a bigger 127L one in the Td5, but in reality this is only an increase of 42L over standard. paying over $1000 for two jerry cans worth of fuel storage seemed a bit silly to me.

I guess the sill tanks are some what exposed but the don't sit any lower then the chassis and are made pretty solidly. In normal touring situations they haven't been an issue at all.

I do wish I had given them an extra thick coat of paint before I fitted them as have lost quite a lot of paint just from mud, sand and rocks being thrown up by the front wheels bit it's only cosmetic and there are no dents.

I went for mulgo's Y filler to save drilling holes in the panel work. The tanks can be a little slow filling but if you make sure the front of the car is pointing down and preferably leaning a little away from the filling side (drivers) it fills fine.

Routing the breather lines took two goes for me. Rushed it a bit the first time and I had some air locks but I soon sorted that out.

All in the sill tanks have been really handy and give us a comfortable range of 1600k's. Once we managed 1778ks from a full tank. In reality we don't often need that much range but it gives us piece mind out in the sticks. For example, we didn't have to think twice before heading off across the Tanami desert and I imagine it will be handy when we cross the Simpson desert in a few weeks time. we can pass by the expensive places too.

I'm pretty happy with them.

Do you have the ability to isolate them in the event one gets punctured and loses all its diesel?

yeah there is a tap on the outlet of each tank. Both of these link up with a single transfer pump which goes to the main tank. The same hose works to keep the tanks balanced.

If one leaks you can turn the tap off isolating it from the system. If traveling through rough country it's a good idea to turn them both off. Saves a leak going unnoticed and I think the most likely place to get a leak is in the hoses going to the transfer pump.

I have been thinking of fabricating and fitting a sill tank on the left side for some time now. I have a LPG tank under the right side.
As my 130 is a TD5, to transfer the fuel to the main tank I thought a jet (venturi) pump might work. It would use the fuel flow cycling between the pump and filter to cause the suction in the Venturi to draw the fuel from the sill tank. A tap (manual or solenoid) between the sill tank and Venturi would be needed to start and stop the transfer.
As I'm now semi retired I have plent of time to play with the idea.
Got plenty of 3 mm plate left over from making the back on the truck to fabricate the tank as well

Mine has an LRA sill tank Lou.
Nominally I think it's supposed to be 70l but I think I can only get between 65-67l in, depending on the lean of the car !

There should be some pics on one of Strangys threads I think ?

[edit] forgot to mention it uses a transfer pump that has never given an ounce of trouble in over ten years, and the level sender has never been able to work with the OE gauge !