Thread: Brake Fluid Reservoir Placement

Originally Posted by Peter O

If that's the only bit of rust its a very easy fix but I would look harder for more just in case you have a bigger problem and need to replace the whole dumb iron.

G'day Peter,

The front where the bumper bar bolts go through has already been done.

Kind Regards
Lionel

Just drop the front springs off and put the car up on stands with the front wheel off and you will have heaps of room to snip that out with a 5", then weld the patch back in. Its only a support bracket so not as important as the main chassis rail but you will have no trouble making it as strong as new.

Originally Posted by Peter O

Just drop the front springs off and put the car up on stands with the front wheel off and you will have heaps of room to snip that out with a 5", then weld the patch back in. Its only a support bracket so not as important as the main chassis rail but you will have no trouble making it as strong as new.

G'day Peter,

I am not too worried about it as there is some rust to come out of the foot wells as well. It was more of a "Doh" head-slap moment. As in not more stuff to do!

Hmmm just like the one that happened yesterday when I found out why the passenger side dual fuel tank bottom plug has always leaked since I have had it. A previous owner had an extra long brass hexagonal bolt that was slightly oversized. It was literally hanging on by a thread.

They must have previously over-tightened the drain plug bolt and twisted off the whole threaded nut that is soldered on to the bottom of the diesel tank. Luckily for me my empty diesel jerry can was close by. In a greater stoke of luck there was enough clearance between the chassis and the jack stands to ground so I could slide the jerry can straight underneath. I would have lost about a litre of diesel all up. Doh - Doh.

I will take the tank to a place that fixes vehicle fuel tanks and get it fixed up in the future.

It sort of did me a couple of favours: firstly if I was driving over rough terrain the whole plug could have dropped out and lost all its fuel without any warning. Secondly, the only way to fill this tank was to flip up the passenger seat. I have another spare-parts Land Rover which has a properly installed external filling point. The tank is in good condition so I will just do a complete swap and upgrade the filling point.

Hey it is a Land Rover after all and these unexpected things just happen

Kind Regards
Lionel