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  1. 17th February 2013, 12:37 AM #41
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    Another congrats from me! And good work on the rebuild. All these 10lt/100km.... That went out the window for me when the roof rack and 285's went on! So, wtf does SWMBO mean?? And Gumnut, how'd ya know that there's 95 of us driving 130's?.
    Here's my 10 cents worth, full air on the back then you can find a site, fit the legs to your camp body, pull,the pins, hit the 'down' button and go touring without the box on the back.. The wife was right when I bought a roof tent and bolted it to the truck.. "Huh, don't like that, we'll have to fold up every time we move". I ran with it for 2 yrs but admitted defeat eventually. Home made tray done, and camp body nearly finished. I hate it when they are right!
    Carry a Turfor winch when away.. Slow but will work off any corner of your vehicle, lighter and cheaper than any electric winch, easily stored in the shed when home, thinking fuel economy here!
    Give the front a 2 or 3 inch lift... They sit level then and your camper is level too! Gets rid of that soft front end look!
    Build your own rear tray to suit your needs.. Built slide out draw under mine... Carries recovery gear, Tirfor and giant camp table. Just tall enough for cartons of cans too (could say that was planned, but no it wasn't).
    And last of all enjoy it! You are one of the elite 95 on here!

    Ya gotta love this forum, there's mountains of info on here!! Ttfn!
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  2. 17th February 2013, 06:33 AM #42
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sitec View Post
    Another congrats from me! And good work on the rebuild. All these 10lt/100km.... That went out the window for me when the roof rack and 285's went on! So, wtf does SWMBO mean??

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    Ya gotta love this forum, there's mountains of info on here!! Ttfn!
    With muddies and a corrected odo/speedo, 10l/100km is Disco territory.

    My Tdi averages 11.5-11.8/100km consistently, but it has 255/85's, a bar, winch, roof racks with ladders on top and a wellback loaded up with gear all the time.
    I did dead on 10l/100km for one tank on a trip recently without anything in or on it but must have had a tailwind or something, as the other tanks took it back to 11/100km for the entire trip.

    Oh, and SWMBO = she who must be obeyed, IIRC it came from 'Rumpole of The Bailey', many, many years ago.
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    Pic of sill tank and marked out area to cut.

    Current length (long side/ outer edge) 1105 mm will reduce to 960mm after cutting. Approx 9 litres lost. Leaves me approx 55 litres Will calculate it accurately later.
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  4. 19th February 2013, 07:18 PM #44
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    I'll measure mine again in the morning.
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    Strange, mines 1340mm down the long side ???
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    Quote Originally Posted by rick130 View Post
    Strange, mines 1340mm down the long side ???
    Hmm, from the pics yours has a cutout area to clear the first out rigger.
    Out of curiosity do you have a length from the front of the cutout to the front of the tank inside length?

    How many litres is yours?
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    Quote Originally Posted by strangy View Post
    Hmm, from the pics yours has a cutout area to clear the first out rigger.
    Out of curiosity do you have a length from the front of the cutout to the front of the tank inside length?

    How many litres is yours?

    The capacity is a little rubbery.

    I need a slope from starboard to port on the forecourt, and rake from front to rear.
    It's a bugger to fill, you need patience and the right angle on the nozzle, and hold your tongue at the right angle, and...

    The filler is too horizontal for the first leg, I have to hold the nozzle upside down ata 45* angle to get it to fill, and then the filler is too horizontal where it goes into the top of the tank.
    Foaming really slows things down.

    After removing the rear inner springs I'm not getting as much in, it maxxes out at around 67l if I'm lucky.

    I'll measure the rest of it up for you soon.
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  8. 20th February 2013, 09:11 AM #48
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    Thanks, don't go out of your way to measure. The cut has to be done regardless. It was mainly curiosity.

    Cheers
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    Front of cutout to front of tank is 700mm
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    Quote Originally Posted by strangy View Post
    Thanks, don't go out of your way to measure. The cut has to be done regardless. It was mainly curiosity.

    Cheers
    Have you looked at Roger's drawings for left and right sill tanks.

    For your information I have attached them below. They are MS Word format, if you can't open them, I can convert to pdf.
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