Two and a half years after purchasing a new rear petrol tank I finally got it installed Fri. There is some minor tweeking I need to do in the line plumbing, but it will have to wait until I get back from Stockholm.
In case anyone else is into abusing those scorned 109 two door Land Rovers the process is below:
Staight forward. The holes for the rear mount are already in place and the brackets for the front tank mounts are already welded to the frame. It helps tolook at a 109 four door rear tank to see how the mounting parts go together.
The hardest part is getting the holes in the correct place, cutting the access holes in the floor without cutting the underfloor stiffiners and radiusing the corners which sit directly on the stiffiners. I drilled a couple of holes from the underside to mark the edge of the intersection between the side to side and front to back underfloor stiffiners. I used a 3-1/2" cutoff wheel and went slowly. i also wedged a couple of screwdrivers between the floor and stiffiners so I could tell when I got through the floor.
After telling people I was going to put a rear tank in for almost 3 years, I figure I needed to actually do it. the doing is not as bad as it sounds as long as you carefully measure where you need to put the holes, go slowly on the cutting, checking frequently, and look at a 109 four door first, including taking off the access plates to see how they fit.