The front tanks were fitted with the three regular bolts along the front and the later spec single stepped rear bolt with rubber bush. This give a little more flexibility to the mounting, preventing the frcture of the tanks’ brackets and also helping to reduce fuel foaming. I used neoprene strips between the tank bracket and outrigger to prevent abrasion and dirt/water ingress into the joint. I need to remove the storage box from the underside of the seat base and fit it loosely in position, and then I’ll be able to finalise the mounting position of each of the fuel taps and make up fuel lines accordingly.
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Hi Nick,
I am currently restoring my duthc military landrover lightweight and have big issues finding replacements for my left and right fuel tanks. Your front tanks look ver similar to mine and as i searched and found tanks, they appeared to bee incorrect size or too high for reinstalling the seat on top again.
Can you provide me your adress for buying replacements because mine have been rotten through and would take too much work to refurbish…!
Thanks, Remy, Westmaas, Netherlands.
Hi Remy.
The Dutch tanks are very similar, though they may have smaller fillers and caps – it could be Dutch, it could be Belgian; I can’t remember which for certain. Mounting should be the same, though. The front end should be mounted directly to the outrigger with three small bolts. The rear should be mounted with one shoulder bolt and a rubber sleeve, leaving a gap between the underside of the outrigger and the top of the tank flange. If you are trying to mount the tank directly to the flange, then that would account for the height problem.
To my knowledge, there are only three general patterns of front tanks for SII and SIII – the standard exterior fill with the neck at the back, the underseat fill and the reduced size underseat fill for Marshall Ambulances and other special bodied vehicles (they were shortened tanks that fit Infront of the rear body structure). There are various detail changes, like the special Dutch or Belgian filler neck, reversed stiffening “X” stampings on different generations and aftermarket pressed steel tanks with a flange joint around the middle, but they should all follow the same general pattern and dimensions.
Nick