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General => Technical Discussions => Topic started by: binch on June 26, 2015, 06:04 AM

Title: galvanize fuel tank guard for 110's
Post by: binch on June 26, 2015, 06:04 AM
I got an email this morning and apparently I have a brand new, Edmonton built fuel tank guard on my 110, already for the AMT trip at the end of July.    We've been waiting for the galvanizers to finish their dipping and it looks really good now!  Bert has out done himself with this puppy!  No maybe I'll keep my tank capacity at 75 litres from now on ;-)   

Big thanks to Trevor for his assistance with this project.      Now...I think Emad and Jeffrey are on the is aren't they  ;)

I'll try and get some pics loaded later today....
Title: Re: galvanize fuel tank guard for 110's
Post by: B-Red on June 26, 2015, 08:25 AM
Great news Bill. I have been waiting to get one on my 110. Do you know what is the weight of the assembly?
Title: Re: galvanize fuel tank guard for 110's
Post by: Trevor on June 26, 2015, 08:35 AM
That's good news Bill!

Looking forward to seeing how these turned out. I'm sure Bert did a bang-up job on them though.
Title: Re: galvanize fuel tank guard for 110's
Post by: binch on June 26, 2015, 10:58 AM
Quote from: B-Red on June 26, 2015, 08:25 AM
Great news Bill. I have been waiting to get one on my 110. Do you know what is the weight of the assembly?

Nope, they aren't light but they are good and sturdy!!!   Most of the weight is in the plate itself....go by the shop and have a look ;-)
Title: Re: galvanize fuel tank guard for 110's
Post by: Red90 on June 26, 2015, 11:18 AM
Does nobody in Edmonton own a camera?   :-*
Title: Re: galvanize fuel tank guard for 110's
Post by: binch on June 26, 2015, 11:35 AM
I have a couple of pics of it installed.  Just have to upload them from my email.   Will get at it right after dinner  ;)
Title: Re: galvanize fuel tank guard for 110's
Post by: binch on June 27, 2015, 10:43 AM
Okay, these are the only pics I have right now....especially since I'm still in the UK.    If anyone is interested I'll post all the details on in the "parts forsale" section  ;)

(http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/alberta_land_rover_enthusiast/tankguard2.jpg) (http://s203.photobucket.com/user/alberta_land_rover_enthusiast/media/tankguard2.jpg.html)


(http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/alberta_land_rover_enthusiast/tankguard3.jpg) (http://s203.photobucket.com/user/alberta_land_rover_enthusiast/media/tankguard3.jpg.html)

(http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/alberta_land_rover_enthusiast/tankguard1.jpg) (http://s203.photobucket.com/user/alberta_land_rover_enthusiast/media/tankguard1.jpg.html)

bomber!!!
Title: Re: galvanize fuel tank guard for 110's
Post by: binch on July 02, 2015, 09:17 AM
Hi Folks!

Just got back into the country yesterday and now dealing with all the emails and stuff that had to wait until I returned home.   

I got a couple more pics of the 110 fuel tank brackets for you now too. 

(http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/alberta_land_rover_enthusiast/P6252244.jpg) (http://s203.photobucket.com/user/alberta_land_rover_enthusiast/media/P6252244.jpg.html)

(http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/alberta_land_rover_enthusiast/P6252249.jpg) (http://s203.photobucket.com/user/alberta_land_rover_enthusiast/media/P6252249.jpg.html)

(http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/alberta_land_rover_enthusiast/P6252243.jpg) (http://s203.photobucket.com/user/alberta_land_rover_enthusiast/media/P6252243.jpg.html)
Title: Re: galvanize fuel tank guard for 110's
Post by: KIDD67 on September 01, 2015, 07:44 AM
Can we now get one designed and fabbed up for the 90's?
Title: Re: galvanize fuel tank guard for 110's
Post by: Red90 on September 01, 2015, 08:35 AM
Quote from: KIDD67 on September 01, 2015, 07:44 AMCan we now get one designed and fabbed up for the 90's?

Lots of choices out there for 90 tank guards.  It is not nearly as exposed as a tank on a 110.
http://www.paddockspares.com/pm748-def-90-fuel-tank-guard-galvanised-steel.html
Title: Re: galvanize fuel tank guard for 110's
Post by: B-Red on September 01, 2015, 01:25 PM
I have to acknowledge here that this local fabrication process is very exciting. We used this tank guard on the trip and we can endorse its quality and its performance.
We saw the catastrophic failure of the Diff guard on Jeffery's truck. I have the new Terrafirma one ready for install, but want to review its design with Bert to see if it can be improved.

I would encourage the group to identify items that they wish to develop locally to see if it can be done in patches locally. We have all kinds of fabrication shops here that can manufacture such products.