nickt Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 can anyone settle an arguement when fitting a fuel tank guard on a plastic tank disco 1 do you remove the bracket first then fit the guard or fit the guard over the top of the bracket cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhydgte Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 I removed the standard bracket/stone chip guard (or whatever it is called) then fitted the tank guard. helps if the fuel tank is empty/near empty and use some small lengths of wood batton to 'wedge' the fuel tank as otherwise it will fall down and cause problems when you try fitting the new guard. Mine took about two hours to do with plenty of swearing! Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Leave the standard part in place and fit the tank guard over it. wizard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaDi90Hybrid Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Leave the standard part in place and fit the tank guard over it. wizard That's what I did, mine is the Southdown towing hitch type and my reasoning behind it was the guard is ****** heavy so if I was going to remove it I did not want to have to support the tank too! HTH Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie69 Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 It depends on the type of tank guard if you hve a Southdown tow hitch guard I believe these mount to your towbar mountings if you just have the pressed steel type [as I do] that goes on the 4 bolts that hold the oe guard in place,I removed mine.But dont do as I did and not support the tank as mine dropped and caused problems by breaking a fuel pipe fitting on sender unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickt Posted May 16, 2010 Author Share Posted May 16, 2010 it is the pressed steel type it has been fitted now without the oe guard my personal opinion was the oe one should stay if it is possible to fit the guard over the top but I was overuled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8grunter Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Can anyone tell me if a scorpion racing aly tank gaurd fron a disco 1 PETROL will fit steaight onto a 300 tdi . HEEEELP asap as i have to send the guy a cheque before monday night .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanDisco Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Do's anyone know the head size of the bolts on the fuel tank, think its an imperial size and i dont have a metric socket close enough? just keeps spinning on the bolt. Cheers, Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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