Building a home in a 80 series Landcruiser

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Truck has done 90K miles since the diesel conversion 5 years ago. Just love the way it drives. This weekend I drove to Flagstaff for Expo. You put it in 5th gear at 65-70 mph in cruise control and it does not care uphill, down hill and it maintains the same speed. EGT never exceeds 870F.

 

[Ob1]

Ordered a 37 gal main fuel tank LRA to replace the stock 25 gal. This would give us 800 miles range. I will fill gas always outside CA so instead of paying $6/gal, I can get it for $3.50. Figured in a couple of years it would pay for the price of the tank. ‍♂

 

[Ob1]

Finally got the 37 gallon tank. Took awhile to pull the stock tank off. Since the Long Range America (LRA) tank is deeper, installation instructions are to ‘butcher’ the sender unit wiring and arm and solder parts that they provide. I figured LRA should just provide a single bracket that locates the sender lower. I did machine such bracket and it makes the installation so much simpler.

Old OEM


LRA tank


This is the photo of the installation manual with the parts cut and soldered.


Machined bracket

New installation