Fuel tank question ?

[oldmetalhead82]

The question is if i can't get a 1200 saloon tank for my car will a convertible tank fit from a 13/60 or a Vitesse fit ? I know they are available new (1200 ones) but my budget wont run to a new one so im talking good used, anyone know please ?

[herald948]

Yes, they'll all pretty much bolt right in. Only thing to watch for is what gauge sending unit is fitted and how said sending unit is retained (screws or locking ring).

[oldmetalhead82]

Thanks Andy and yes i know about the senders, although my car is a "67 it has the early type with screws so if i get a later tank ill have to make sure the sender comes with it, cheers Dave.

[Nick Moore]

Dave, when my tank sprang a leak, it turned out that most of the bottom was rusty. A local radiator repair shop cut out the entire base, sandblasted the tank inside and out, welded in a new base and sloshed a sealant around to stop it rusting again. He also fitted a proper drain tap instead of the silly bung. That bung screws into a tube that sticks up an inch from the bottom of the tank, by the way, so it can't ever drain out all the accumulated crud. My new tap does  ;)

The repair wasn't memorably expensive, and meant I didn't have to fit another old tank and cross my fingers it wasn't almost rusted out too. Plus the little tap underneath the car is jolly useful when the lawnmower's out of petrol.

[oldmetalhead82]

Thanks Nick i will keep that in mind, my local Triumph  breakers have a couple in  and im just going now to have a look at them but if they are not any good i will ring around some radiator repairers and ask  if they can do it like yours, cheers for the suggestion, Dave.

[djj]

Hi Dave,
There's more to it than making sure you get a sender if you change tank/sender type.
Can't remember which way around it is, but one type of sender has something, I think a ballast resistor, behind the speedo/fuel gauge, that is required for the fuel gauge to read properly.

[djj]

It's a voltage stabiliser I was trying to think of, not a ballast resistor

[heraldcoupe]

If the car is the 1967 model noted in the OP's signature file, I would expect it to have the 10V stabilised gauge. This makes any swap easier as the car's original sender will fit into the tank from an earlier car intended for the 12V sender.
Going the other way isn't possible as the later tanks have a smaller opening for the sender, though the fixing holes are identical,

Cheers,
Bill.

[oldmetalhead82]

Just to let you know i now have one of the larger tanks fitted in the 1200 just needed to drill the spare wheel well  for the  extra bracket bolt.  It came complete with sender unit which works fine, and yes Bill it has  a stabiliser on the back of the speedo, cheers Dave.