Thread: Mr 8 Build

Juddy
Tell a little more about the filler neck?
I'm assuming it's OEM?
With that extension for filling is the slide sealed and leak proof?
Would be a tidy setup for a filler change I'm needing to do on my tdci 130

Steve

That setup (apart from the locking cap and with variations like two or three hooks) was fitted to all Landrovers from 1948 until rules were introduced in various markets requiring narrow fillers for unleaded about the end of the eighties.

The extension lifts up for filling out of jerricans, and has a strainer at the base to catch the worst of the garbage.

The extension does not seal into the filler neck, but fully retracts and is inside the cap seal.

John

Rear lamp guards to suit the HCPU rear lights is part number STC8056

I think the fuel next extension was standard on the 130 in some markets, and a option in others, same for 90/110. Don't think it was standard fitment from 1948, as I have had others that did not come with it. Mine was just missing the inner tube with the strainer, makes filling from a jerry a lot easier.

You would have to change the filler neck, cap, breather pipe, neck to tank pipe to fit 2007 models onwards.

Light guards came from Landybitz. They are genuine LR ones.

My 98 Defender has the extendable filler neck with mesh filter, yes it's excellent for filling from jerry cans.

I was disappointed to find that my 2014 Defender didn't come with this feature.

Once filling up at a roadhouse in the Pilbara, the proprietor came over for a chat and said "so you don't trust my filters?". I said, "it comes standard, can't filter too much out here." He agreed. Obviously, you'd hope his filters would be a little finer, but the mesh at the end of the tube is excellent for catching anything bigger that might accidentally drop in off a dirty jerry can or bowser nozzle.

I'm looking into an extra in-line filter for the tdci... but it would be great to modify with this old style filler neck if they are readily available as well.