Recent content by Cal110

Yep, wrong tank ‍♂️ I called and they will take the tank back but charge 10% handling fee. It was circa £90 - expensive mistake! Thanks everyone for the help and advice!

Thanks for all your advice! I’ll call paddock now. I got it about 6 months ago and only getting around to fitting it now

Got it from paddock spares. On the existing tank, looking inside the opening for the fuel gauge you can see 5 fixing points that correspond to the screws. I’m assuming if I drill a hole I’ll need to fix this with rivets? Or do you think the hole should have been drilled?

Should be both now

So will a new hole be required? Hopefully pic of both attached

New tank

My internet signal is terrible here and having issues uploading images

So there is two metal pipes - one from the centre top and the other that sits beside the fuel gauge. Is one a return pipe?

Hi, I’m replacing a fuel tank to a 110 200tdi defender - 1994. The existing tank has a hose coming from the centre of the tank. On the new tank the hole is not drilled. There is another hose from the left had side of the fuel gauge. Does this hose feed the engine and are both hoses required...

Yep - I’ve got two earth points one to the body and one to the engine block. Another earth from the starter to the chassis. Charged up the battery and was able to start the motor this morning bridging the starting solenoid. Thanks everyone for the comments and advice!

Thanks for everyone’s help and comments. Think I may have resolved the issue Changed the earth terminals. Got a crank start handle and managed to fire the motor up for a few seconds, just before I had time to pull the choke it cut out. Wired a positive connection directly to starter motor...

@Disco1BFG noting yet! I’ll have another go once I get new leads. I’m assuming you will want a volt reading input of 12.5 into the ignition coils to creat a spark? And thanks for the eBay link

@steve2286w thanks for this accurate answer, glad to hear it was wired correctly. I’ll have a look at your link - thanks.

I looked at the ignition coil. Green wire from distributor / condenser to ignition coil on the negative input of the ignition coil. Black wire going to positive (removed for photo purpose). Is this the correct direction?

Thanks for all your advice. Sorry if this is very basic stuff! I changed the battery with a friends new one and didn’t start. I’ll attach images of earth and battery cable...