Hello Guys I am afetr a favour...Can any of u that have underfloor gas tanks on a 86 onwards take a picture of the rear and the front mounting point of the cradle for me and post it somwhere or send me direct?
What I am trying to do is take the gas tanks from my 82 and fit them under my 89.....but guess what its all different. They have altered the rear mounting , my 82 has 3 holes on the rear for mounting and they are lower down as well. On the 89 there is only 2 mounting points at the rear and it is much higher up and is also more forward. What this all means is the existing tank setup will not fit unless I heavilly modify the rear of the 89 by cutting the rear crossmember...this is something I am trying to avoid if possible.
My tanks are 25 inch end to end but I only have 24 inch between the front and back of the mountings not including the cradle. I have already removed my main fuel tank and fitted my long range tanks from my 82 on the 89, this is all plumbed and running with an external inline fuel pump and I was able to use the existing filler neck and have a pipe from both tanks on the front crossmember joining the 2 together fill one fill both. I have also a small tick tick pump to pump from the right hand tank back into the left hand tank so when I am on the beach right hand slope all the fuel will run into the right hand tank.....but the pickup is on the left hand tank so this stops me running out of fuel. I had this exact same setup on the 82 since 93 and it works well.
I will try and take some pics and post em on my webshots albums soon for u all to goork at. I am need ing my car for a trip to broom on the 26th aug so I am running out of time...bugger..
Take care
Brad