Haylands wrote:

The fuel tanks are very thick tough plastic, designed not to split and rupture even when partially crushed in an accident, If you put a hole in it off roading a leak of fuel will be a long way down your list of damaged items to repair....

Either change it or just forget about it....

You would have to be a very skilled metal worker to make one, there is little room around the sides, that's why the original is so complicated. It has to be precise to fit in the limited room available...

Not looked in the manual but I took mine off when I dropped the rear subframe to change the ACE pipes and I assure you the bolts pass through the shield, then through the tank and into the alloy monocoque, the shield could rust away and the tank will stay in place...  Pete
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Ok that's good to know. I won't be making anything around the the tank like the original I think but rather some flat bars to hold it and then have skid plates below it for protection.

I haven't taken my tank down so you know better than me. I just saw a YouTube video of a guy reinstalling the tray and he let the tank down. Earlier in this thread someone also used zip ties to hold the tank. Just seemed so unnecessary if the bolts could just be reinserted and the thank be left in place.

The blue tabs on the tank also doesn't go out on the 7 spots where the tray is fixed to the chassis in this picture from the manual. Could there be various versions?

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