Long Range tank in 100 series

Submitted: Wednesday, Jun 22, 2005 at 11:37

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I'm looking at fitting a LT tank to my 100 series and the 2 that I'm looking at are a 170l from OL, and a 150l from TJM. I was wondering how they compare to each other in ground clearance. From my enquiries, it appears the tank from OL is pretty well tucked up, and if it was not much lower than the 150 LRA tank from TJM, then I'm probably better off with the extra 20 l from a 170l. I've been told that the 180l from ARB only has 170l useable, but anyone with experience in this area might be able to enlighten me,

thanks for any help, regards

Andrew

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Reply By: Member - DOZER- Wednesday, Jun 22, 2005 at 15:41

Reply By: Longreach - Wednesday, Jun 22, 2005 at 16:23

Wednesday, Jun 22, 2005 at 16:23

I have the 180L Longranger tank which I think is the same as the ARB one and I get 180 usable litres out of it. In fact if I run it dry, it takes 183 litres. Don't know if it makes any difference but mine is petrol, GXL. Very happy with it and would probably fit one again.

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Follow Up By: Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. - Wednesday, Jun 22, 2005 at 17:33

Wednesday, Jun 22, 2005 at 17:33

Longreach,
One annoying thing about my ARB 170 is that the fuel guage no longer reads anywhere near what it should be . I suppose they are all the same with the different shape , but it really bugs me .
They don't mention that when you are buying it .
Willie .

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Follow Up By: Longreach - Thursday, Jun 23, 2005 at 10:23

Thursday, Jun 23, 2005 at 10:23

Hi Willie,
I know what you mean. When I changed my sub tank to the Longranger I found the gauge didn't correctly reflect half, quarter etc. which might be expected because the gauge wasn't designed for that tank shape. For obvious reasons I wanted a good way to be able to work out how many litres I have on board at any time. I 'calibrated' (if that’s the word) the tank so that I could use the gauge to get a better indication. I filled the sub tank completely and then when the needle was exactly on 3/4 I switched to the main tank so that I could get to the petrol station with the sub tank still exactly on 3/4. I would then refill the sub and note how much it took to fill it. I repeated this for half, quarter, 'E', and completely empty. I then repeated it for the main tank and created a table of how many litres is in each tank for each level. (Yes, this was over some months) I did the whole thing twice to check, and found very little difference. For the sub tank I got 185 litres on full, 160 at 3/4, 123 at 1/2, 76 at 1/4, and 35 for E. It doesn't really matter if it says half or quarter or what, so long as you know how many litres it means. If interested, the figures for the main tank were 93 litres in the tank for full, 71 litres at 3/4, 50 litres at 1/2, 25 litres at 1/4 and 8 at 'E'.