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Posted By : Per R Olsen, 20-May-2003,
07:28pm
I have tried an inquiery on the Vitesse message board but without result so far: I'm thinking about ordering a new petrol tank from Fidchett, they are
advertising new ones in the Courier. Now, do anyone here have experience with these items; are they recommendable?
Regards
Per (Norway)
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Posted By : Steve Cureton, 22-May-2003,
09:53pm
I haven't bought a fuel tank off them but have bought many other items and they have always given excellent service at good prices.
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Posted By : Tim Willis, 22-May-2003,
10:54pm
I bought a new tank recently for a Vitesse. Decent quality though not a faithful repro of original. No bracket on the bottom for attaching to spare
wheel well, no quadrant for fuel reserve selection, and most importantly (but not immediately obvious) it was thinner as for the Herald. Still it
did the job and has no drain plug to cause trouble. I did not buy this from TD Fitchett but I suspect that many suppliers use the same
manufacturer. Just points to ask about if you are worried about originality.
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Posted By : Colin Lindsay,
25-May-2003, 02:57pm
Never mind the original v repro debate... how do you get the bloody things out?? My 1200 has led me a merry dance these past two days; either
the filler neck won't move back far enough to go through the wing, or else the drain plug won't come up through the floor far enough to clear
the aperture. I can neither go forward nor back!! Any tips?
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Posted By : Adrian Lee,
25-May-2003, 05:12pm
Remove the boot stay and bend the fixing bracket upwards ,then thrutch and rive at the damned thing until it comes out.
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Posted By : Colin
Lindsay, 01-Jun-2003, 12:21pm
That's exactly what I've been doing.. not sure about the thrutching and riving but I've been pushing, pulling,bending, forcing and
swearing. I've even jacked the car up on the drain plug but it's too strong... it looks like the boot floor is going to have to come
downwards instead..
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Posted By : Adrian Lee,
01-Jun-2003, 05:56pm
I think this is how i managed the tank removal:
Drain tank.no point making it any heavier.
Remove boot stay and bend bracket upwards.
Remove all the retaining screws.3 i think,One next to boot opening ,one in spare wheel well and one near the rear seat.
Remove all wires and pipes.
Remove filler neck grommet.
Lift tank as high as possible and push the top towards the inner wing whilst pulling the bottom out into the boot.
The trick is to get the drain plug up and out of its hole.
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Posted By : William
Davies, 01-Jun-2003, 09:52pm
Nobody's mentioned removing the additional bracket between the top of the fuel tank and the boot-stay mounting bracket.
Whenever I get technical enquiries about removing petrol tanks it's this bracket that's been left in place - you'll get an
extra inch of clearance to raise the tank once this is removed.
I covered petrol tank removal in one of my register articles a couple of years ago as I was getting so many phonecalls on the
subject......
Cheers,
Bill.
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Posted By : Adrian
Lee, 01-Jun-2003, 11:03pm
Thanks Bill...................but i lost weight removing mine........great diet.!
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Posted By : Colin Lindsay, 08-Jun-2003, 12:02pm
Thanks Bill - for those interested the article is in the November 2000 Courier. One thing which wasn't clear to me
before now is that the boot stay bracket must be REMOVED - not bent upwards - and this makes the job a doddle. The tank
is now out, painted and ready for refit - but - who sells the boot floor drain plug seals these days? Neither Canley
nor Rimmers list them. Anyone know of a supplier?
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Posted By : Per R Olsen,
26-May-2003, 09:49pm
Tim
You say "thinner as for the Herald", do you mean that it is the smaller 25 litre version? The Vitesse tank takes 40 litres, it is a bit funny
if they are marketing it as a Vitesse tank. I'll give them a ring and ask for the details. Thanks for all your info!
Per
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Posted By : Tim Willis,
27-May-2003, 06:40pm
Yes that's exactly what I meant. To be honest I didn't notice until after I had fitted it, doh! The customer hasn't noticed either, phew!