A member kindly sent us the LRA install manual for the auxiliary tank suited for a GQ LWB
Please find attached the manual.
Perfect timing for me as mine is collecting dust in the carport...lol
Enjoy!
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A member kindly sent us the LRA install manual for the auxiliary tank suited for a GQ LWB
Please find attached the manual.
Perfect timing for me as mine is collecting dust in the carport...lol
Enjoy!
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Bullshit.... I was just Googling this right now! haha
Hey AB, 5 x M5 X 8mm pan head screws for the sender mate! Happy days.
I have the screws you need???
i had to move the brackets on mine as with the sliders on the tank would not fit so had to move the brackets to get it in, something that was not thought about when i bought it.
You also need to remove the lower control arm bolt now rather than later when you break the thing and put the bolt in from the other side..
Found it.. Awesome
Ok small question..
I have 2 ports at the rear of the tank.
1/2" and 3/8 I think.
I have all the correct filler and breather ports at the top of the tank..
So???
So you can see supply and return on the sender unit,
And filler, quick fill breather and expansion breather.
Then 2 more left of pic, which are at the rear of the tank..
And yes, I'm missing a mount..
............
Yep um guessing that mount is that pita one to get off. If only I knew a decent welder... ;-)
Seems weird to have a pickup on the sender and tank??
Also Westy being yours is probably the same as mine and out of a carby to be used as an aux tank on a dual neck filler you will need a reducer for the aux filler hose.
The aux tank will be 48mm, I can't remember what the neck will be but it will be smaller in diameter so you'll need a reducer.
Na not running a dual filler neck, I'll be running an overflow setup.
Found it!!!! 4th page of a 'LRA sub tank maunal'....
Sorry for resurrecting old post, but what do you mean by overflow setup, I'm at that point now. Thanks
Not sure what Westy ended up doing but I highly recommend to pay the extra $$$ and get a dual neck.
It takes long enough at the bowser filling up both tanks on dual necks let alone filling up the main and waiting for the aux tank to fill with an overflow from the main neck.
I personally can't see it taking any longer. It's not like your using smaller hose.
Simply the second filler line is T'd off the main fill line above the top of the main tank level.
Once main is full the fuel over flows into the sub..
This is the system Toyotas use..
But.
I'm now putting a Y peice in behind the main cap so you simply insert the nozel into the tank line you wish to fill..
if you did a perfect 45 V then that would work I guess but then you fill up both at the bowser every time costing $$$ or you fill both to half and transfer.
I leave 10litres or so around town in the aux to stop rust and only use the main and fill up and run the aux every few months to keep it fresh otherwise you're carrying useless weight.
A T piece would be a monumental nightmare though and you would honestly be at the bowser for 10 minutes trying to slowly squeeze the trigger as the backup will cut off the fill.
It will be directly behind the cap.. so nozel will be in one or the other.
And Toyotas have no issue using the over flow setup. It's all they use.
But there secondary tank is the rear so it fills the belly tank first and then rear..
I just picked up a LRA aux tank for free and had already purchased Patrolaparts new filler pipe set up for the LRA tank (I already have the twin filler neck) as I have been having problems with getting the clamps and hoses tight.. I often had full leaking out of the filler hose while at the servo and am sick of the stuffing around making different set ups work together.
Now I have a very good Brown Davies tank but the filler on them is much smaller and it can take time to fill the bugger plus other issues I was having.
Now they mount differently and I am trying to remember the fun time we spent under AB's car drilling on some weird angle and holes not lining up... can anyone jog my memory as to how that all went.
Now my Brown Davies tank will be available if someone who is not flush with cash and is an active member who needs or wants it... A few members come to mind so will let them have first dibs.
Is the brown Davis tank a petty tank bloke?
May pay before you fit it mod it to the bigger deisel hose size..
The brown davies was on my car from when it was petrol gas set up and the filler hose was a mother to get on if it was ever removed..
the issues I have are with the down sizing to the smaller hose size and having mixed match hoses and reducers so looks messy and there is room for errors..
This is why I am going with complete matching set up as the tank was free I am not out of pocket much and it is all supposed to fit straight up.
Going back to my original question about drilling holes for the mounting brackets... does anyone remember??
Looking at a few install threads ab's correct.
Hold mark and drill..
Those lra fitting instructions have all the bolts listed so will get what i need and start after this frickin heat f$#ks off.
Tell me about it lol. Need to polish a couple of cars but that ain't going to happen
Mainly aimed at Winnie but the hose we ran for the aux tank filler was a bit dodgy mate.
Patrolapart cringed at what we did and they showed me a kit they get off LRA which comes with the properly bent pipe from your neck and sneaks between the chassis rail and body over the main tank directly to the aux tank.
Even though we did the Simpson and countless other trips it is a bit dodge mate and rubbing. I actually completely forgot about that hose we ran and it's still rubbing and will fail in years to come.
I decided to buy it mate so let us know if your keen. It was a hundred and something, can't remember exact price but it comes with all the fixings and hoses, bends etc to perfectly suit.
Hey mate, yeah I did notice it a while ago when I was under the car. I will get that kit soon
I fitted that kit some months back and is a million times better..... can be bloody tricky getting that metal pipe to squeeze its way into position and it helps to at least take out the bolts towards the front of the main tank so it drops.a bit to give you a bit of room to get it in.
I rang lra and they gave me a clue as to how it went in but said it was a very long time ago since they fitted one last.. they also said it comes on from the bottom front.
Once in it is so much better than a dodge hose.