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    Under Tray Fuel Tank

    Has anyone mounted a flat fuel tank under tray of their Defender like the ones below?
    I’m thinking of setting one up as the main filling point and then plumbing it into the main tank via a bulk fuel filter/separator and letting gravity do the rest.
    I’ve got plenty of space between the chassis and tray.

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    I was looking at something similar, unfortunately I like the usefulness of the toolbox under the tray too much. Would be a very effective solution. The 2nd tank in the Disco used a facet transfer pump to fill the main tank like this one 190 LPH 7-10 PSI 12v Universal Electric Fuel Pump Genuine Facet Solid State | eBay
    that's how I would do it. The filter gives some extra reassurance, if you get an unknown fuel source you can put it through the under tray tank first and then filter it without worrying about the complications of a modern fuel system. I'd consider wiring up a sensor in the filter bowl as well.

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    Yeah so you pretty much nailed the reason I was thinking along these lines to begin with. I was trying to figure out a way to filter the fuel while filling up. Trying to fill straight through the filter would be too slow, so I thought of adding the tank as a buffer, so I'd be able to get atleast 50L in before it started slowing down.

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    Hi,
    A friend was building a tray for his waggon now modified to a dual cab ute.
    Amongst many of his ingenious adaptions was an aluminium fuel tank forming part of the tray head board.
    It filled quickly from the bowser and gravity fed to the main tank.
    I'm not sure if it was filtered or not.
    Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by austastar View Post
    Hi,
    A friend was building a tray for his waggon now modified to a dual cab ute.
    Amongst many of his ingenious adaptions was an aluminium fuel tank forming part of the tray head board.
    It filled quickly from the bowser and gravity fed to the main tank.
    I'm not sure if it was filtered or not.
    Cheers
    Thats a great idea.
    I'd prefer to keep it a bit lower down if possible.

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    Hi,
    His thinking was that he would fill the top tank at the last opportunity and bleed it down as and when he could.
    Thus lowering the centre of mass early in the trip.
    Cheers

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    I had a water tank in this location when I was running a 2a in the Simpson in the sixties. My County has a belly tank occupying the space between the LH chassis rail and the rear prop shaft, taking advantage of the fact that the Isuzu has the exhaust system entirely outside the chassis, and using the waste space.
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