Thread: Developing HD plastic sill tanks for Defender

Originally Posted by Shingleback

After a few minor tweaks I got a black one molded yesterday which turned out really good. I've fitted it up with the straps and it all fits beautifully, nice and tucked up. Now to fully weld the brackets and plumb it up for a test run😉


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The tank looks amazing.. Setting a count down for a 110 model

Great R&D mate.

Bit late notice but I'm going to bright this weekend for the Adventure Travel Film Festival which is a great weekend. come check out the sill tanks if you can, I'll hopefully have one fitted and one for display.

I got another tank moulded today and we nailed it this time! The first two were good but we have got it sorted now👍 keen to get it it fitted for a road test, stay tuned.
Cheers, Andrew.

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Have you any feed back on making the straps with a protection plate underneath them?

Originally Posted by Tombie

Have you any feed back on making the straps with a protection plate underneath them?

Not sure what you mean tombie? The straps are 50mm steel with rubber protection

Cut up the first one yesterday and it was all moulded nicely inside, thickness good too. This is seriously tough stuff, you can belt it with a hammer as hard as you can without damaging it.

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Hi Andrew.......buy how much does the tank extend into the cavity I.e. The line between sill and body work??

Originally Posted by weeds

Hi Andrew.......buy how much does the tank extend into the cavity I.e. The line between sill and body work??

The tank basically follows the underside of the floor with about 30mm clearance