Disco 1 HELP PLEASE.

I have a previous thread relating to this 300tdi. which was headed my disco has died due to Mr rust in chassis. I am hoping that someone would want the running gear especially the engine and the new cylinder head and radiator , starter motor and clutch, starter and clutch not done 500 miles.
I need help because the day before I was told that the car could be a problem to drive, I did my normal thing and topped up the tank, so I have 16 gallons locked away in the tank.
Could someone advise me of a convenient way to remove the fuel. I have tried to take the pump out of the tank but there is a problem in so much that the fuel pipe are corroded badly, afraid to use too much force.
Would it be possible to drill a hole in the pump plate and siphon out that way or is there mechanism lurking below the plate?
As I mentioned HELP PLEASE!
Afraid the end of Land rover ownership spanning 58 years from series1 to disco 300tdi. Don't think I could manage the newish disco 3 / 4 far too expensive, to old to do own maintenace.

Yes there are gubbins under the sender unit, but if you take off the feed to the lift pump and attach a piece of pipe
Hung lower than the tank it should siphon through slowly, but you should be able to drain the tank,
You may have to give it a suck to start it off,

can you not remove the discharge pipe from your fuel filter or cut it at a point to attached a hose the turn on the power to let the tank pump pump the tank out into a suitable container, when I carried out my chasse repair I when to a local garage and they gave me a new 200 ltr steel drum, as they had just got rid of all the 25 ltr drums, as them have to pay to dispose of all the containers they collect

I'd be very reluctant to drill a hole in a full fuel tank unless you use a hand drill rather than an electric one.

Col

If the mot hasn't yet run out, I'd continue driving it to use up the fuel.

Col

remove the sender unit and pump syphon the fuel out

I use a cheap transfer pump to drain diesel and kerosene.
It works on 12 Volts, so I use a booster pack, but they come with crocodile clips for using a standard car battery. The outlet simply uses standard garden hose.
I've use this pump many times to transfer diesel (not petrol) from a dead vehicle to a living one.
I'd remove the level sensor/pump as suggested above, then drop the my transfer pump into the tank, with the other end of the hose in a suitable receptacle. Then it's just a case of connecting the clips to a power supply/battery and switch on.

Two recommendations to remove the fuel pump on the OPs vehicle, but at a loss why so whats the reason.

Read his post to find out

frostythor said:

can you not remove the discharge pipe from your fuel filter or cut it at a point to attached a hose the turn on the power to let the tank pump pump the tank out into a suitable container, when I carried out my chasse repair I when to a local garage and they gave me a new 200 ltr steel drum, as they had just got rid of all the 25 ltr drums, as them have to pay to dispose of all the containers they collect

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frostythor said:

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Perhaps In your wisdom you can tell us all in which year of the D1 with a Tdi engine had it fuel pump within its fuel tank.

the manual i looked at had both a mechanical pump , the went on to show an electric pump in the tank, its merely a suggestion as to which fuel system he has, pump or syphon

Id pull the pipe off the lift pump & let gravity do its thing into jerry cans then batter a philips
screw driver through the bottom of the tank to get the rest, been there done that I worked in
a scappy for years.
or get an outboard primer pump & use some hand action to pump it oot.

Thanks for the help, In the end I drilled a hole in the top of the tank and pumped out some fuel, in the end gave it up as a lost cause. Sadly the end of an era covering ownership of land rovers since 1963 to present day. Having looked at the possibilities of buying a disco 3/4 I took the decision that they seemed to be far too tech for my age (80) group and certainly could not afford the figures charged by non franchised dealers, could not even consider using main dealer. So decided after a lot of thought and consideration to others with advice on a reliable vehicle I have sadly dropped land rover off my list. Did this once before and bought a mitsubishi, should have bought a box of matches at the same time, what a money pit that was.. Must admit that the now defunct disco cost me over 15 years including purchase price less than £5k apart from service costs, cheap motopring. A significant cost was last year on holiday and the lultch failed - fork.
Disco went to a new, very much younger owner who said he would repair and chase Mr Rust - good luck.