Spearos Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Really hoping you knowledgable fellas can help me - basically I need to do some repairs to the chassis on my '87 factory V8 90 CSW, which means the fuel tank is coming off (for access and safety reasons). Now, all hoses, bracket etc have been removed but can I get the tank out? Can I feck! I've read the 'how to' on here for removing a diesel tank and in that it says it's difficult, but I really cannot see how my tanks coming out with the sills in place. Do I really need to go down the road of removing the sill? So... I guess I need to find out if the V8 tank is the same part and/or size as the diesel tank, if it is I assume it must come out with sill in place? Has anyone removed a tank from a V8 90? If so, how the hell did you do it?! MOT needs to be done soon so I was hoping to get the chassis repair done this weekend... if I can get the b*stard tank off!!! Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearos Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Quick google and it appears ESR2242 superceded NTC2088, and the former is listed on eBay as fitting both petrol and diesel vehicles. Also in the parts book all side mounted tanks appear to be 12 gallon. Hmmm so it appears it should come off with sill in place.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertspark Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Any help? http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=19112 + another one.. (mention of a jack in there...) http://forum.difflock.com/viewtopic.php?t=9221&sid=42c6f0d0290ad2d0ab570b169ef99f52 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearos Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Any help? http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=19112 + another one.. (mention of a jack in there...) http://forum.difflock.com/viewtopic.php?t=9221&sid=42c6f0d0290ad2d0ab570b169ef99f52 The first link is the 'how to' I referred to in my first post, however the second link is a good find - thank you. For the benefit of anyone else reading this with the same problem I've copied the bit I found useful from the link: I helped a friend with this very job over the weekend. We drained the tank, disconnected the filler and breather hoses (we took these off completely so they were out the way), then removed the floor under the drivers seat and removed the supply and return lines and the wires to the fuel sender. With everything else done we removed the mounting bolts and the tank wouldnt budge. We then took the front mount off the chassis and the tank would slide forward, allowing the front to drop, and the whole thing to wriggle out towards the front wheel. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearos Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 FWIW it took less than 5 minutes using the above 'procedure'. The trick is to get the front end of the tank down - it catches on the chassis web where the front radius arm is mounted. Once the front is down it's easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertspark Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Technical section relocation for future reference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Technical section relocation for future reference? Done, added to the bodywork/chassis section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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