Thread: storing water

Hey bk

I have just manufactured and installed a water tank for the rear footwell in my defender. I looked at the water bladder and decided to make my own out of ally. Mine worls out to be 72 litres, i was greedy and made max use of the space and when i went to fit i discovered the bolts going throught the floor, I'm yet to remove the tank to fit some rubber so the bolt heads do not rub through.

Click on the link below for my post.

http://www.aulro.com/modules.php?name=Foru...6175&highlight=

The owner of a bike shop in sandgate has a water bladder with a piece of ply on top, works well but he loses 5-10 litres capacity.

it looks great what you did, better than anything you can buy.

Noddy fitted a 60 litre tank to his 110:

and courtesy of the search engine:

http://www.aulro.com/modules.php?name=Foru...ight=water+tank

Opposite Lock sell some units as well:

http://www.oppositelock.com.au/product.asp...id=6&cxcatid=49

I have read about some issues with the taste of water out of the bladder variety particularly when they have been sitting idle and empty for some time between trips.

Graeme Cooper in Sydney has a 70L water tank that stands upright to the side of the load bay or in the footwell behind the front seats. They come standard with a hand pump but I've seen them fitted with an electric pump. They sell for $180



I've had mine for 2 years now .. works a treat.

thaks greylandy that one from Graeme Cooper looks just like what I need. Thanks everybody for the suggestions [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

My 110 had (still has) a water tank fitted when I bought it S/H in 93. Made in Alice Springs, had a name on it when I got it, but long since painted over. Runs under the driver outside the chassis from the back of the front radius rod to the outrigger in front of the fuel sedimenter. Roughly triangular in shape with a tap at the back, holds about 50l. Should have been alloy or stainless, though, fills from under the bonnet.

Thats a great price from Graeme Cooper, my research was not to good, although one of my main objectives was not to take up room in the cargo area.

I also had a concern taking up space in the cargo area but it stands right up against the window and you can still get stuff behind or on top of it .. especially if you have a cargo barrier. The other option is behind the front seats where it fits nicely.