military Landrover petrol tank rusty

My 'other' tank hasn't been used for a long time.
It has rust scales and a strange pale reddish/an deposit from
evaporating petrol.
By my reckoning I need to buy a good 30 quids worth of acid, metal ready
and por-15 to repair it not to mention the time. It may well have larger
holes that cant be repaired this way anyway.
I seem to remember seeing military tanks selling for £75.
Are these worth buying or are they inferior to the 'proper' military
tanks?
Are proper military tanks available? If so, does anyone know how much
and from where?

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Mark Roberts

"mark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My 'other' tank hasn't been used for a long time.
> It has rust scales and a strange pale reddish/an deposit from evaporating
> petrol.
> By my reckoning I need to buy a good 30 quids worth of acid, metal ready
> and por-15 to repair it not to mention the time. It may well have larger
> holes that cant be repaired this way anyway.
> I seem to remember seeing military tanks selling for £75.
> Are these worth buying or are they inferior to the 'proper' military
> tanks?
> Are proper military tanks available? If so, does anyone know how much and
> from where?
>
> --
> Mark Roberts

I got a new tank for the lightweight a couple of months ago, it was £80 from
the local land rover garage Four+4 in leeds.

Tank is more rounded but seems OK, has an extra layer along the bottom like
the old one.

Nigel
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nigel@leginDOTorg
1979 Lightwieght

On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 13:49:27 +0000, mark <[email protected]> made
me spill my meths when he wrote:

>Are proper military tanks available? If so, does anyone know how much
>and from where?

There is a discussion involving military fuel tanks on the EMLRA
forum:

http://forum.emlra.org/viewtopic.php?t=24

Can't say if the tanks being discussed are indeed genuine or even take
offs etc but there are prices and part numbers there.
www.pablanchard.co.uk and www.paddockspares.com get a mention.
Blanchards seem to have 2 prices for tanks though, one is reasonable,
the other almost double. The Blanchard site has a pdf file of their
stock to download.

Do you have both tanks still, is one not servicable? I did this with
my SIIa and will get around to replacing it when one comes along but
it didn't cause me any probs as long as you don
t drive past too many petrol stations.

All the best
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Wayne Davies, Harrogate 07989 556213

Just another point of view...
www.4x4prejudice.org

In message <[email protected]>,
[email protected] writes
>On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 13:49:27 +0000, mark <[email protected]> made
>me spill my meths when he wrote:
>
>>Are proper military tanks available? If so, does anyone know how much
>>and from where?
>
>There is a discussion involving military fuel tanks on the EMLRA
>forum:
>
>http://forum.emlra.org/viewtopic.php?t=24
>
>Can't say if the tanks being discussed are indeed genuine or even take
>offs etc but there are prices and part numbers there.
>www.pablanchard.co.uk and www.paddockspares.com get a mention.
>Blanchards seem to have 2 prices for tanks though, one is reasonable,
>the other almost double. The Blanchard site has a pdf file of their
>stock to download.
>
>Do you have both tanks still, is one not servicable? I did this with
>my SIIa and will get around to replacing it when one comes along but
>it didn't cause me any probs as long as you don
>t drive past too many petrol stations.
>
I had read that particular item.
I was waiting for someone to actually buy one
It seems the Blanchard ex Dutch army items are the right ones.
These tanks are quite a feature and stand out a bit so I don't want to
fit something that doesn't have that pronounced ledge showing along the
bottom edge. (Says he with the defender mirrors).
I was trying to work out whether it was worth the hassle trying to clean
and repair the old one in terms of cost. If I have to buy a Dutch army
item its probably worth trying to rescue the existing one.

The drivers side tank is fine if a tad little
Although I did manage to kick the tap over just the once and wonder
where all the juice had gone

--
Mark Roberts