These pictures show an installed LRA 24 gallon aux tank on a 1992 80 series.
When shopping, I had a difficult time locating pictures of the position of installed 80 series LRA tanks (this is the smaller of two available) as may impact ground clearance and departure angle. I hope these pictures help others doing similar research.
The tank is located in the spare wheel bay. The spare must be removed and relocated. The tank rides nice and high, out of the way:
A pump delivers fuel from aux to the main tank. A dash switch turns the pump on and off and shows the aux tank fuel level.
The tanks are fueled from a common point. When fueling, a pull switch controls which tank fuel is sent to. The out position, shown below, sends fuel to the aux tank; depressing it sends to the main tank.
The tank was purchased from Cruiser Brothers. Local mechanics who know my 80 installed it. They said installation was straight forward and that everything that was needed was included.
The tank:
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When shopping, I had a difficult time locating pictures of the position of installed 80 series LRA tanks (this is the smaller of two available) as may impact ground clearance and departure angle. I hope these pictures help others doing similar research.
The tank is located in the spare wheel bay. The spare must be removed and relocated. The tank rides nice and high, out of the way:
A pump delivers fuel from aux to the main tank. A dash switch turns the pump on and off and shows the aux tank fuel level.
The tanks are fueled from a common point. When fueling, a pull switch controls which tank fuel is sent to. The out position, shown below, sends fuel to the aux tank; depressing it sends to the main tank.
The tank was purchased from Cruiser Brothers. Local mechanics who know my 80 installed it. They said installation was straight forward and that everything that was needed was included.
The tank:
- approximately doubles the vehicle range;
- gets auxiliary fuel off the roof rack (sketchy for a number of reasons);
- lowers the truck's center of gravity;
- allows me to isolate one tank from the other, keeping one tank of good fuel as a measure of security for bad fuel that can be encountered while touring Mexico, as I often do;
- allows one to stockpile cheap fuel and pass by expensive rural fuel when traveling, saving money.
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