Fuel tank outie

Officerdibble · Jan 17, 2025

Ok so I’m replacing fuel tank on a 90 300tdi on a 95 plate disconnected the fuel lines , sender wiring, unbolted rear mounting fixing & removed front tank support bracket , then slightly twisting tank anti-clockwise as removal instructions explain but struggling to get the f@#%er out any tips ideas . Cheers in advance

tottot · Jan 17, 2025

When I did mine a couple of years ago I followed the advice of a fellow Landyzone member and removed the floor plate and the bulkhead to tub rail.

miktdish · Saturday at 09:49

Yeah, take the rail off.

Phill · Saturday at 11:57

Is indeed a ballache unless you take the rail off. Can be done though if you're persistant enough.

Officerdibble · Saturday at 17:36

Finally got the tank out had to take bulkhead to tub rail off well partly off , couldn’t get the two nuts off at the bulk head end ,are they supposed to be on captive nuts ? As they are just turning

tottot · Saturday at 18:15

On mine I had to feed a spanner up the bulkhead foot to hold the nut, fun putting them back, new ones. They may have been captive at one time.

dag019 · Sunday at 15:26

Officerdibble said:
Finally got the tank out had to take bulkhead to tub rail off well partly off , couldn’t get the two nuts off at the bulk head end ,are they supposed to be on captive nuts ? As they are just turning

They should be a captive Bolt plate with nuts rearward. I replaced mine with 20mm stainless bolt which was a fiddle to install but less of a fiddle than getting the rusty captive plate that just spins out in the first place!

Officerdibble · Sunday at 16:36

dag019 said:
They should be a captive Bolt plate with nuts rearward. I replaced mine with 20mm stainless bolt which was a fiddle to install but less of a fiddle than getting the rusty captive plate that just spins out in the first place!

Rail off now, managed to get mole grips on one & drill through nut of other one

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