Which long range fuel tank???

as per below my fule gauge doesn't move until I've got 50 litres left but that's still a good 350 km's PLUS I still have the main tank of 95 litres still to go, so I reckon I'd be able to find a roadhouse in that time even here in the North West.

sorry 'bout the typo - that's fuel.
I've given up proof reading before I post

This is interesting, Wombat. My Prado tank reads properly, and I wondered what would be different, so rang BD to ask. They say that the Prado (and most Toyotas) sender comes in from the top, and can thus be extended and rigged to read full on full and decrease normally to empty. In contrast, tanks like the Triton and Jackaroo have their senders coming in from the side, so if the tank is taller than original, it must read full for a while if it is to read empty when the tank is actually empty - which you need to happen. Extending them is difficult (apparently) because the tank is not very wide, and there is very little different in the basic shape of the LR and BD tanks. So, I'm curious as to how LR solve the problem - do they use a different sender perhaps?Russell S
Prado RV6

Hi Russell - Here is a cut and paste from the fitting instructions supplied by Long Ranger;

"Remove fuel pump, sender unit and rollover valves from original tank. Lengthen the sender unit float arm by 80mm inverting the float so that it points down. Increase the angle of the top bend on both the float arm and the low fuel light sensor (the rod in the kit is 100mm long to allow for 10mm overlap join). Then fit them to the new replacement tank. (Fit the sender unit first so you can check the float arm travel through the fuel pump hole to see that it does not foul on anything.)"

From what I can gather the BD tank is not as wide as LR's and this precludes them from having a similar setup."Live today as if there may be no tomorrow"

Wombat

Ah... fair enough. thanks.Russell S
Prado RV6