Thread: Its Long Ranger day

Originally Posted by rwlse

I couldn't agree with more.A large van and 400kls is hopeless.I don't like spare wheels on the back.So I've been thinking that if I removed the third row of seats,and mack up a tank to go there. I think it would store 60lts or more.I have yet to work out how to fill externally.

My new van also has 2 Gerry can holders so I will also carry some diesel there as well. The new van also has a diesel heater so I will need to carry fuel for it as well.

I wouldn't carry fuel on the inside of the car.

Originally Posted by trobbo

I like the idea of the aux tank but having to hang the spare wheel off the back has stopped me doing it. Not because of cost, but because it is a real PITA having to open the spare wheel before you can open the tail gate every single time you want something from the cargo area.

You'll appreciate the spare hanging off the back when one cold, wet, windy day you are climbing out of the high country on a deeply rutted track and you manage to gash the sidewall on one of the rear tyres. You survey the situation and notice the auxilliary tank is sitting firmly on terrafirma and realise that's where the spare wheel once was!

Been there .....
In a Landcruiser. B!tch of a job to jack up the car far enough to get the spare out from underneath. Slipping on mud and rocks. Wind blowing through me, raining, night coming on faster than a train ......

Whenever I think it's a PITA to open the spare wheel carrier I remember this night and all of a sudden it's no longer a problem

Ian

Originally Posted by mowog

The max roof load on a Discovery 4 is 75kg! So take the weight of the rack system first... It then doesn't leave much capacity.

I looked at roof racks and decided the 75kg limit made it a waste of time.

75Kg? I think there's more here!

never forget the sound of one of them, me old bloke flu them in the raaf, wile back now, got to fly one for a hole 1.24secs

Originally Posted by Tote

So what is the mechanism to prevent you from overfilling the main tank if you leave the transfer pump switched on?

Regards,
Tote

Tote,

Unless the setup for the D4 has changed from the way it is setup on the D3, once the main tank is full, fuel just runs back into the aux tank via the filler neck. The Long Ranger kit includes a replacement filler - a 'Y' piece with two filler hoes/hoses below the single filler cap. Once the main tank fuel gauge shows 'full' I normally just switch the transfer pump off; unless I forget or am concentrating on something else.

Phil

Originally Posted by Owl

You'll appreciate the spare hanging off the back when one cold, wet, windy day you are climbing out of the high country on a deeply rutted track and you manage to gash the sidewall on one of the rear tyres.

I had enough trouble getting the spare out to rotate tyres and the thought of having to do that in good clothes even on a hard, dry surface to change a flat has me wanting an external spare, let alone on a muddy road in the rain. I haven't rotated the tyres since.

Maybe someone should design a carrier with a tilting arm.

Originally Posted by Owl

75Kg? I think there's more here!

Err that's just the roofrack

Dumb question Monday....

When D4 gets low on fuel you get a warning. I am wondering if there is a way to take this warning system to trigger fuel flow from the Aux tank.

Do any of the tech heads out there have any ideas on how to get that trigger from the cars system.

The plan would be then to have a timed switch to run fuel transfer.