Sorry for the late reply Bernie, started the reply this morning but had to travel to Adelaide for that exciting "needles in the eyes" trip, an all day event because I can't drive afterwards, Brian (Homeless) enjoys the day out and Margaret enjoys having Brian along as a shopping buddy, so I get to sit in the car and babysit the dogs while they check out the shops at ... well, just about anywhere/every where in AdelaideBernieQ2 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 5:46 am "roll the edges of the piece you remove, or add a rolled edge, to keep that reasonable rigid, then you would have access to the fuel tank area'"
Can you elaborate more about that quote Terry How would one roll the edge or add a rolled edge ?...plus that would if done make it smaller a lot more than the hole it came from.
Bernie.
If look on You Tube, there are a heap of tutorials ranging from hand tool only up to hand held tools to do the job.
But personally, I'd go for the likes of these https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_fro ... s&_sacat=0
where you use the piece you cut out of the body as the filler in the frame of the door. The easiest method would be to bolt the new tank to the piece you cut out and mount that in the door, then you can open the door complete with the tank so you can drain tank each summer, change the filter, Part fill the tank with kero and run the heater on straight kero for about 15 mins to clean out any diesel that could wax or gather a fungal growth in the lines or the heater, plus it cleans the burner ....
T1 Terry