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| NickMc Member Since: 01 Oct 2014 Location: Norn Iron Posts: 1624   
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If it’s a 110 with the plastic tank you can do it by dropping the front of the tank cradle down and loosening (not removing) the two crossmember nuts. Just invest in a hole jodler to line the holes back up.
90 is harder to do. And top tip before you go swearing and cursing the hose clips for the heads being rotten and rounded off they solder them, you crack off the solder with snips or pliers and the heads underneath. |
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24th Apr 2018 10:44pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5843  
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it is a 110. So new clips needed...I think I will use jubilee clips. 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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25th Apr 2018 7:50am |
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| epictrail Member Since: 20 Sep 2013 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 395 
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I did this on my TD5 110 a couple of weeks ago. Rather than drop/ angle the tank i made a hole in the floor.
 Click image to enlarge Worth looking at this thread although TD5 doesn't have the smaller T breather pipe as it's in the rear left wheel arch. http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic25866.html |
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25th Apr 2018 10:42am |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5843
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Cheers for the link.
I wont be cutting a hole in my floor. 1999 Defender TD5 110 Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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25th Apr 2018 12:55pm |
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| epictrail Member Since: 20 Sep 2013 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 395
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Cutting that hole and also a fuel pump access hole makes these jobs so much easier.
if you haven't replaced your fuel pump yet, it's only a matter of time before you need to sadly. |
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25th Apr 2018 1:40pm |
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| jonny2tanx Member Since: 06 Jul 2014 Location: Harpenden, Herts Posts: 156 
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It can be done without dropping the tank unless you have arms like Garth. Use a hacksaw blade in a close quarter hacksaw frame to cut the clip at the tank end and use a jubilee clip to refit it. If I remember rightly I used a few extensions on a 1/4" drive to fasten the clip up. It's fiddly as hell but I did it on mine in less than an hour and I'm not the most flexible of people.
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25th Apr 2018 9:00pm |
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| TJH1985 Member Since: 22 Aug 2016 Location: Midlands Posts: 238
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I dropped the tank to do mine, as it was leaking fuel - both breathers had perished. It wasn’t that bad at all, certainly wasn’t worth cutting the floor over. The fuel pump failed around 6 month later and haveing done it already it was only a hours work to do it. It’s coming out again soon to fit the webasto fuel line
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26th Apr 2018 5:34am |
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