RocKeR Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Last week I finally pulled my finger out and started to dismantel the back-end of the Rangie (1991 RRC, 4 Door 3.9 Vogue SE) ready for an 18"ish shortening exercise under the watchful eyes of Nick (Rogue Vogue). He's doing the cutting and welding bit.. I'm stripping! To that end, I'm interested to know what people have done with the fuel tank. Any chance of posting any pictures or interesting ideas? I've seen Bobtail.org already. I gather BishBosh used his original tank. Mine's a big plastic thing, and would take up quite some space... Piccies of the build (wreck) so far coming later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Looking forward to the pictures Graham. Adrian wants me to do his at some point... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8bertha Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Ahhhh... the old fuel tank conundrum... On my Semi-bob (only 12 inches ) I used the original metal tank and welded up some supports where the back seats would have been. Sorry the picture aint that good, but you get the jist... I've then boxed it in with some lovely lovely chequer plate Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollythelw Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 If you bin the self leveller and cut the triangular cross member down a wee bit you can sink a standard tank pretty low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveG Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 You should take a look at the P38 RR fuel tank. It's nice and shallow although long, but would fit sideways ok instead of legthways and has 100l capacity, which should be just enough for a play day! Cheers Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exmoor Beast Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 and has 100l capacity Don't remind me Steve, Lucys is empty and she keeps on at me to go and fill it up Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocKeR Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 You should take a look at the P38 RR fuel tank. It's nice and shallow although long, but would fit sideways ok instead of legthways and has 100l capacity, which should be just enough for a play day! Cheers Steve Good idea that! I don't really want to reduce the range if I can help it. I'll have to see what's knocking about at Sodbury at the weekend. Don't you just love these cut first, plan later builds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishbosh Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 I did indeed use the original plastic tank - primarily (well only) because of budget constraints. With a 15" bob it takes up a lot of the available space - the metal frame it is in with built in recovery gear locker spans from wheelarch to wheel arch and has about 4" behind it (rearwards) wqhere my waffle sit and 6-8" (can't remember exactly) in front before the floor slopes down to the rear seat footwell. Just enough room behind the seats to stand the spare upright on a frame (mounted to the tank box) but only 235 x 85 - any wider and the seat would have to scoot forward a fair bit. My setup works well for me and as the whole bobtailing cost me less than £500 (£200 for the bloke to do the welding ) I am well pleased with the result. If I had the cash and was in your position now, I would bite the bullet and get a custom tank made - 90 - 100L. With a bit of forethought and planning you should be able to create a nice lot of easily accessible space around the tank through rear doors and tailgate so you can get at recovery gear no matter what predicament you are in . Remember it is bluddy difficult reaching into the middle of the loadspace so that is where I would put the tank as well as any other gear you rarely need to access. I'll take some piccies later and post them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ101 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 On the Bob pick up, had a custom job , aprox 90lts only picture i can find at present !! went for low and flat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MogLite Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Ebay is your Friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ101 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Andy just beat me to it !! was just reading it !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishbosh Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 OK, here are some grainy shakey snaps for you! General view from the rear with X-shaft on display if you look closely a view showing clearance to the tailgate looking forwards to the spare wheel mount same view but showing the recovery gear locker and lastly, a crappy shot to try and show the distance to the sloping bit of floor. You can just see the shiny triangle at the bottom of the shot to gauge the distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diesel_jim Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Whats wrong with a jerrycan, a bungee and some hosepipe stuffed into the top of it? hat/coat/door slam etc...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocKeR Posted March 29, 2006 Author Share Posted March 29, 2006 Thanks all, especially for the pictures. We're going to have a good measure up at the weekend. It'll be an interesting puzzle, especially seeing as I would like to retain the range, and the four seats! I'll keep you posted as the build progresses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocKeR Posted March 29, 2006 Author Share Posted March 29, 2006 Whats wrong with a jerrycan, a bungee and some hosepipe stuffed into the top of it?hat/coat/door slam etc...... Funnily enough Jim, we have experienced exactly that a few years back returning from the Sand Safari at Slab Common (I think it was). Our mate Lee filled the tank and fuel filter of his Suzuki with sand following a series of rather excitable splashes through some water runs. In the end he did exactly what you suggested. A 5 litre petrol can bungied to the back with the fuel line coming out of the lid! A nightmare journey but amazingly he did make it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 A mate had a tank made with baffles that was roughly 300mm x 100mm x 1.5m with two pump pickups that fitted behind the front seats sat on the floor in his pick up bobtaile that worked very well and you don't notice it and it takes up very little room. (it was a little bigger because it took 60lt) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishbosh Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Graham, I think you will struggle to keep the rear seats and take 18" off the back and end up with a usable vehicle. I think you'll end up with zero load space for gear and where will the fuel tank go, not to mention the spare tyre....? Go for a two seater then you can have a nice leather bench seat in the workshop! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holyzeus Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 My four door bob has 14.5" cut out of it, it has a steel tank under the floor therefore has room for the spare and other bits. cant put pics on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishbosh Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Interested to see details of the tank location - what capacity does it have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR90 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Holyzeus, if you go to 'My Controls' you can create an album and upload pics to it. These appear in the gallery and can be linked to from posts. HTH cos your rangie looks interresting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holyzeus Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Its having some welding done at the mo, will try and et some photos of the tank as soon as. i have loads of photos of the bob itself but no close up ones. some in the gallery now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holyzeus Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Its having some welding done at the mo, will try and et some photos of the tank as soon as. i have loads of photos of the bob itself but no close up ones. some in the gallery now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holyzeus Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 There are now pics in the gallery, tank appears 6mm steel has a drain plug sit between the chassis rails and measures 600x275x275mm. My dodgy maths makes that out at about 11.9 gallons, can anyone confirm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocKeR Posted April 10, 2006 Author Share Posted April 10, 2006 There are now pics in the gallery, tank appears 6mm steel has a drain plug sit between the chassis rails and measures 600x275x275mm. My dodgy maths makes that out at about 11.9 gallons, can anyone confirm? Those measurements give you a capacity of about 45 Litres, or just under 10 gallons! That's a bit small for my liking. The range on the V8 is dodgy enough as it is...., especially at 15 mpg - tops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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