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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17336   
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I like the way the words "SCREW UP" are embossed on the filler cap! Ironic!
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13th Jun 2020 8:10am |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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That's all I'm going to see every time I open that flap now... 🙈
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14th Jun 2020 4:47am |
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| X4SKP Member Since: 29 Nov 2013 Location: Berkshire Posts: 2295 
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Love it... 
Providing a sealed floor is possible between 'service use' this is excellent, I too looked at all those rivets around the perimeter and half contemplated the same, it appears, near enough, it's always the case that some land rover owner has gone the extra mile to find a work around when things just aren't right. This character trait is not exclusive to land rover but i'd care to bet 'we' are right up there in our willingness to give it a go, even if the failures are chalked up as 'work in progress' more often than not a highly impressive improvement on a 'that i'll do' standard arrangement results... I solute the DIY Engineers  SKIP
https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic83242.html Last edited by X4SKP on 17th Jun 2020 4:41pm. Edited 2 times in total |
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14th Jun 2020 1:20pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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What have you done with the vent pipe?
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17th Jun 2020 5:45am |
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| Pacha Member Since: 23 Feb 2020 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 772 
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Replaced 'like for like'. Rgds.
Chris |
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17th Jun 2020 8:41am |
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| Minch90 Member Since: 15 Sep 2017 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 236
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Pacha
You have shamed me into doing this - likewise been putting it off for ages, but last fill up I had to use the sand of shame as diesel was running freely out the overflow pipe! Like the idea of replacing the tank guard with some bling, so have ordered the YRM one and feel happier about putting this back in rather than squeezing the old one in (have been known to bounce sockets out of the garage in frustration!!)  2.4TDCI 90 - everyday brilliance
S3 V8 Lightweight - in the garage being ignored #newchassistime S3 lightweight - 2nd car 24V fire risk with a full tilt and the windscreen down S1 80" - first car fun - 75mph in neutral downhill once #wobblesallround |
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17th Jun 2020 4:34pm |
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| donmacn Member Since: 06 Nov 2017 Location: Nth Scotland Posts: 1841 
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hi folks,
Apologies for the very slight thread hijack - I don't have a Puma, but it's absolutely the same topic. I now have this tank in my car:  Click image to enlarge The car is often kept in a "tin" garage which gets pretty hot in direct sunlight. Now I'm getting what looks like diesel escaping from the filler tube, perhaps through the cap. It's hard to photo but you can see evidence of it on the galved rear capping, and on the wheel arch: Click image to enlarge The tank has this breather arrangement in the n/s or passenger wheel arch: Click image to enlarge So three specific questions; 1) Is it likely that the breather is blocked and causing the tank to pressurise in the heat? 2) Looks like it's about £65 - which seems a lot for what it is - any options? 3) I replaced the original cap with a locking one, but I don't seem to hear it doing anything (as I used to with the old one) are all the caps vented, or is it possible I have an unvented one by mistake? Ta Donald 1994 Defender 300Tdi 110 SW - owned since 2002 - 230k miles and going strong (The 'rolling restoration' or tinkering thread: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic58538.html ) 2000 Range Rover P38 4.0L V8 in the past.. RR classic - fitted with 200Tdi 1984 RR classic - V8 with ZF auto box 1993 Discovery 300Tdi not to mention the minis and the Type 2 VW camper... |
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17th Jun 2020 5:44pm |
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| bear100 Member Since: 22 Mar 2010 Location: South Wales Posts: 1913  
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Well i took the plunge and done it this morning
TBH it was quite enjoyable......i think i was just lucky 
The clip holding at the tank end i managed to get a long flat head screwdriver in and just gave it a little tap and it popped off!! It came out quite easy from there, it was quite badly split at the tank end. Click image to enlarge i then made up the new section with marine hose off eBay with an ID of 28mm and used stainless jubilee clips, using the old hose as a template but added a bit extra because i wanted to reroute where the filler pipe resides. use the bend in the new tube to your advantage. The new jubilee at the tank end i tightened about an 1" in front of its new home, i could then use it and lever against the chassis to aid fitting onto the spigot off the tank, this worked really well. Then simply undo the jubilee and move into its new home over the spigot, the hardest part was tightening it 
i used a 7mm socket onto a bit adapter which went onto a flexible extension which went onto a 1/4" extension and ratchet, it was a tight fit with my big hands and holding the torch which i nearly launched on more than one occasion because it kept falling!! lol But it was all done in less than an hour! cant believe i have put it off for so long covered in Waxoyl and muck, a couple of cuts and a big smile.
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge 2016 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 TDV8 2010 110 XS Utility 2.4TDCI 2010 Range Rover Sport TDV8 (gone) 2007 Discovery HSE TDV6 (gone) 1993 110 csw 200 tdi (gone) 1994 90 HT 300 tdi (gone) 1994 discovery 300tdi (gone) 90 hybrid 3.5 v8 (gone) Range rover bobtail 3.5 v8 (gone) |
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23rd Jun 2020 12:20pm |
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| BruceT Member Since: 01 Nov 2010 Location: South Africa Posts: 517 
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Please can someone help me.
My 2011 Defender 130 has just started leaking near the filler. I have found several different options for replacement pipes. Some with "T" pieces and some without. Does anyone have a diagram or pictures of the correct pipes for the 2011 130 please. I would like to tackle this on the weekend but want to make sure I have the correct parts first. Thank you. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge "Overlanding With Bruce" - Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@OverlandingwithBruce 11MY Defender 130 23MY Defender 110 D300 HSE X-Dynamic https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzrHKcjA-LJ470_H4QwPgVA |
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14th Oct 2020 6:56am |
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| Minch90 Member Since: 15 Sep 2017 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 236
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OMG who designs this crap.
Anyway the fuel pipe has been replaced, took all day to get the tank out and much crowbar action. I went the cut the cradle off, replace with YRM tank guard route. Only problem is now the tank moves around - ie it is not held in place by the YRM guard. I notice one poster put some neoprene between their modified guard and the tank to stop this, do I need to do this too? Honestly this pipe replacement is the biggest PITA, next time someone else is doing it. 2.4TDCI 90 - everyday brilliance S3 V8 Lightweight - in the garage being ignored #newchassistime S3 lightweight - 2nd car 24V fire risk with a full tilt and the windscreen down S1 80" - first car fun - 75mph in neutral downhill once #wobblesallround |
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25th Jan 2021 6:31pm |
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| Timcat Member Since: 20 Jul 2016 Location: Rugby at the moment Posts: 1025 
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Does it pressurise? Can you hear a whoosh of air it you undo the filler cap? |
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28th Jun 2021 10:28pm |
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| clifflandy Member Since: 13 Mar 2014 Location: Lichfield Posts: 109 
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Has anyone managed to change the breather pipe on a 90 without dropping the tank? Or is it only possible on the 110/130 which have a little more gap between the chassis and tank?
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30th Oct 2021 12:05pm |
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| Bradders130 Member Since: 27 Nov 2021 Location: Southampton Posts: 82 
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I’ve got a 130, but have had the same problem as everyone else in this 6 year long thread - phew, it takes some reading, but what great advice. Thanks to all for that.
I was reading through the Haynes manual to get a bit of a leg up for dropping my tank out and it mentioned in there that on a 90 it was not possible to remove it from underneath despite LR saying to the contrary, and that in order to get it out, the body had to be removed. This seems a bit drastic relatively speaking. Anyway, I think someone managed it earlier in this thread a couple of years ago, so it might be worth having a bit of a recap through the previous replies to see how it panned out. |
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30th Nov 2021 12:36am |
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| Race.it Member Since: 27 Aug 2019 Location: Algeciras Posts: 815  
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Juice motors is doing a conversion on a 90 in his latest vid he took the 90 tank out from below with body in place Searching for my first Defender...and started just as Covid hit, so talk about timing.
5 months after starting the search I found it, and here is the details |
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30th Nov 2021 7:28am |
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