Long range fuel tank HJ61

I used to own a HJ61 Sahara.

You can fit a replacement 170 litre tank behind the rear axle or an auxilary 70ish litre tank forward of the rear axle or you can fit both.

The HJ61 VX Sahara has a different auxillary tank to the normal GX HJ61 because it needs to accommodate the pipes going to the rear air cond.

Don't know who still makes them.

Cheers
phil

Have a reinforced 185 litre Brown/Davis at the rear and a 90 litre in the middle no idea of make. Have a custom filler set up that fills both from the one point and an electric fuel pump that empties the middle tank to the rear with a guage for the middle tank set in the overhead console. Very similar in function to the set up in my GU Patrol. Works very well.

G'day Brian,
I have a 145 Litre tank between the gbox and rear axle. It was already fitted on my HJ61 when I bought it 12 years ago. The handbrake cable only just makes it around the tank, very tight fit, but, thankfully no problems.
There is a cut out in the tank to allow for the heater hoses to the rear heater in the console.
I have just recently fitted all new heater hoses throughout and it was a real PIA to get the hoses in there.
Toggle switch on the dash to switch from one tank to the other and it is also connected to the fuel guage too.
Filler is via the normal point, but a Y piece just down the neck a bit so that you put the nozzle into either the main or auxilliary tank.
No idea of the brand, but I have a very minor weep on one of the welds at the rear.
Just really enough to make the tank all oily and collect all the red road dust around here. I guess it keeps a bit off the back window though. There must be a plus factor somewhere.
I have had the tank out to get it repaired but I suspect it wasn't drilled at the end of the crack and it has appeared again. It would not be a spoonful a month though.
Dave

Brian,

I've a HJ61 Sahara with an Opposite Lock 70l tank I bought second hand out of the Quokka - free ads paper. It's got the Y filler as others have described, and a swith on the dash for the separate fuel guages. Even tho my truck is 24v, and the tank came from a 12v vehicle, the sender still works fine.

Despite getting the instructions faxed from Opposite Lock, I couldn't figure out how to hook up the hoses to syphon from the rear tank to the front, then draw from the front tank, so I've installed a tap under the drivers seat and switch between the two. This works okay, but the return line stills goes back into the main rear tank and there is always annoying juggling between tanks when both are running low. I'm keen to reorganise this system so I can completely drain one tank without running out of fuel at the pump. Installing a pump as QIK60 would be a good option. Pro instals have a six way solenoid, or hook the tanks up so one syphons to the other - simple and nothing to go wrong.

I've got a rear heater as does Dave198, but managed to cut the heater pipes short so it all fits in. I'm surprised Dave says his tank is 145l, double the capacity of mine. The only way I can see this could be would be for the tank to take up the space where the muffler is - currently beside the chassis next to the tank. Can you clarify please Dave?

I get 1000k between fills with both tanks. 90l original. If you replace the main tank, you've gotta find a new home for the spare wheel.

Tim

Brian,

We had a HJ60, 84 model, that we fitted a 60 or 70L tank from TJM. This was about 18 years ago. Fitted it myself, tank was no drama, but the filler spout was PIA. It used a solenoid to access fuel, better than a pump, they are another PIA. Wouldn't take much to fit a second solenoid, much how the current tojo's are.

Only one thing with our tank was the mounting setup. Used a u-bolt system, on one end, but on other had a piece of 2" x 1" RHS sitting on top of chassis rails. I welded it on there, but it regularly broke one weld, so twisting of chassis didn't suit it.

Tank never leaked, in the few years we had it.

Hooroo...

Thanks and a happy and prosperous New Year to all