Introducing DaOot

Replacement line from reservoir to master cylinder MKII installed.

The first one leaked.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...014/03/229.jpg

We're so close to RWC I can taste it & I just found out my local LR shop does RWCs :)

Plan ZE1: Fill new reservoir with fluid & confirm no leaks.

Bleed what should be minimal air in the system from booster bleed nipple.

Confirm brakes work like bought ones.

Drive to said LR Specialists & have engine & gearbox mounts installed.

Get RWC.

Register DaOot & bathe in glory.



:)

Break a Leg!

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Originally Posted by Cannon

Plan ZE1: Fill new reservoir with fluid & confirm no leaks.

Bleed what should be minimal air in the system from booster bleed nipple.

Confirm brakes work like bought ones.

Drive to said LR Specialists & have engine & gearbox mounts installed.

Get RWC.

Register DaOot & bathe in glory.



:)

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How could a plan like that possibly fail???

Started 3 weeks leave today so I decided to hook up the second tank.

I started by cutting the old filler pipe & using a piece of donor exhaust pipe and I shaped it to fit the left hand filler.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...14/04/1268.jpg

As you can see it's pretty stuffed so I'll get a new one ASAP.

Next I bought a 3 way fuel tap from the local boat shop & used a 3 way switch I had lying around for the fuel guage.

This way when you switch tanks you can switch the guage as well. :)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...14/04/1269.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...14/04/1270.jpg

You may have noticed a spare hole in the seat box.

I'll keep that for later but in the meantime I'll probably whack a grommet in it ;)

BTW does anyone know the capacity of these tanks?

This is the only photo I've got that sort of shows the tank.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...14/04/1263.jpg

From the photo, that looks like the 16 gallon job.

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Originally Posted by Johnno1969

From the photo, that looks like the 16 gallon job.

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Yes, the extension under the floor indicates this.

John

Hi,

Looks good.
Are you using a single 12v fuel pump or one for each tank?

Phil

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Originally Posted by Phil B

Hi,

Looks good.
Are you using a single 12v fuel pump or one for each tank?

Phil

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I'm just using the standard mechanical pump.

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Originally Posted by Cannon

I'm just using the standard mechanical pump.

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Should work perfectly well - after all, the army used exactly this system for over twenty years in their Series 2/2a.

Only thing I would have done differently is the positioning of the gauge changeover switch - this is very likely to be broken by the driver's boots, and perhaps the tap. The army ones had the changeover tap on the other side of the handbrake - I have never had any problems with this. But my 110 has the changeover tap in your position, and I had to build a shield round it, as the handle kept getting hooked in the loop on the back of my boot or the cuff of my trousers.

The army Landrovers had the fuel gauge switch on the dash, where a glance can tell which tank it is on and the switch is unlikely to be accidentally moved. Since I removed the LH auxiliary panel on mine to make more glovebox room, the switch is on a small bracket screwed to the top of the bulkhead immediately above the fuel gauge.

John