Long Range Fuel Tanks

sorry to tell you ray but apperently none are any good.
do a search and will will find they all have a bad name.
oh yes they all have a good name to.
confused yet lol.
me i went brown davis.
cheers

After having 4 out of 5 new Brown Davis tanks split on the CSR, I could not reccomend them and also the after sales sevice was bloody terrible. A mob in Bayswater where much better at service and the one tank I did install , didn't split or leak, sorry can't remember the name.

giday ray
longranger was my choice,plenty of hard k's no promblems.
regards toohey

Have a 135l long ranger tank in the pajero, instead of the stock 92l.
Had to replace the stock tank in the first pajero after the first trip to the cape in 1990 after 7 small cracks. Swapped this tank over to the new (1996) pajero, so it is 15 years old. Has done a few trips and seen it's share of corrugations without any problems. Just took it out this year since I was getting some surface rust on the inside, and recoated it.
Pajero seems to have reasonable mounts that are in a 3 bolt support pattern to minimise twisting of the tank when the chassis flexes. Two supports at front, one at rear. Whats the patrol like? (Starting to gather info on patrols, looks like it may be the next car :-))
Also,
Always noticed that most tanks have thier problems when full and carrying maximum load. Once they get to 3/4 full, problems don't occur as often.
I purposely went to a 'smaller' long range tank of 135l, rather than the 150l tanks that were available, thinking I didn't want to put too much strain on the tank and stock mounts.
With the old standard tank, found minties worked best for repairs. Better than soap. Get one after it is soft, either off the dash or chewed a little, and bung it in. Really hard to get out when hard, and seems to last better than soap. Had a mintie last over 10,000k on a repair until I could get the tank brazed. Never had any problems with sugar in the fuel either :-).

Ray not sure what state your in , but i have 147 lt replacement in my 2oo3 patrol
from K&N fabrications in canning vale perth
excellent tank and service , CSR and plenty of rough treatment without any issues

Ray,

I have sill tanks in my disco from 4wd systems in SA. They have been in the car for 10 years and have taken a pounding. The bottom of them are a little bent from bellying the car on them, but they may have only lost a litre of two in capacity, and have never leaked. There prices are very competitive.

I also just helped fit a LRA (long range automotive) sill tank (secondhand) to a friend's disco which also looks good quality. It also seems to have taken a bit of a pounding and doesn't leak.

HTH

John D

I have a 4wd systems tank in my GQ. It got a slight fracture in a seam on the way to the gulf last year. Patched it with epoxy ribbon available at any hardware store. When we returned home it was a quick phonecall to 4wd systems & a new tank was freighted to me within three weeks. Can't complain about that! No problems so far with the new one although I haven't been on anything quite as rough since.

Sit down and think - you dont really gain that much for $1000 outlay.

You gain about 40-50ltrs which is 2 jerry cans@ $25ea ......

Trucky has a point.

I've often thought that if I was really going to enlarge the tanks, I'd put in a larger sub tank first - gets an extra 40L approx, and shares the load between the axles.

In the mean time, I'll use the jerries once every coupld of years that I need them.

Cheers
Andrew

I too went through the justification of spending close to $1K on aftermarket tanks, but finally convinced myself that the convenience of carrying the extra fuel outside the vehicle, at any time, was worth the extra money. I have had auxiliary/replacement tanks in the last 3 vehicles all from Long Range Automotive in Lilydale, Vic, and have no hesitation in recommending them for the quality of their product and for their friendly after-sales service.

G'day ray.
many years ago I drove Pajeros ( 86 model and then 93 model, both petrol ). had Brown Davies long range tanks fitted to both.
Did the CSR, OTT, Kimberley, Simpson, Vic High country etc. and never had a problem.

However, once on a Simpson Crossing, before we even got to Dalhousie a Patrol that drove with us sprang a leak on it's long range tank as we drove along the Old Ghan line after we been to Chambers Pillar.
It also was a Brown Davies, so figure ........
If memory serves me :-) I think I had both tanks fitted at Brown Davies's.

Take care,
Mike

Thanks everyone for taking the time and trouble to reply to my query - much appreciated, even if the decision is no less complicated than before. I'm amazed at the wealth of experience and advice that this forum allows us to tap into - tremendous. Happy 4WDing. Ray