Rangie Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Hello, Anyone able to help out with the main dimensions of a Mk3 Shorland fuel tank? Also if the filler neck is central in the top plate? I have a couple of partially obscured pictures of them in situ and a couple of top-fill series tanks for the fittings, but if anyone has a picture of a tank out on the floor I would most appreciate seeing it for reference! :cool2: Alec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Here you are Alec. Measurements to follow tomorrow. Same size for Mk 1 & Mk 3, although mine is about an inch shorter. The base was rotted out & I could not drop the tank down through the chassis, the only way out was through the boot door. That required a reduction of an inch! I have been told that it is possible to drop the tank down through the chassis as someone has done it but theirs was a Mk 3 based on a Series 3 mine is based on a 2A. Bit academic for me as the bottom & margins needed removal anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhughes Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 that photo has just simplified a job i may need to do, now for 20 Bonus points, clive, can you confirm a Mk3 uses a standard SIII fuel level sender??? ta :undecided: j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Yes it does John! That rather surprised me because the sender in the Mk 1 is a SBH special, the same diagram is used in the civilian Mk 3 ISPL. But it doesn't identify the part no. Looking in the military Mk 3 ISPL it uses the same picture & although there are till many SBH numbers the sender is identified as 6680-99-804-9852 given for TB1114-001 which seems to be a Smiths no & equates to Rover GLR1011. That all matches for the S3 3/4 Ton ISPL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Note my tank has been modified to be 2" shorter. It was just to remove a rotted out base & to allow extraction from the boot hatch. It is supported on a wooden frame with rubber strips above. You might consider making it to a similar size as apart from ease of fitting/removal. It means there is a healthy gap so that mud/rain from the road thrown up into the drain hole doesn't then get held tightly against the tank to encourage rotting out again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhughes Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Thank you clive hopefully saved me some work!! j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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