Navara 2.5 turbo diesel fuel tank re-location

[Danny148]

Hello,

I own a 2005 D22 dual cab navara 2.5 turbo diesel. Was underneath the car yesterday and saw that the fuel tank is held up with max 8 screws to the body and i was thinking of moving the fuel tank to the left side of the car ( weight issues) because i can just pull the fuel lines there and it would fit the same way it those on the right side. My question is that on the left side thats where the exhaust pipe is running, can i cut that and veld it together on teh right side??? so basically it would just be a switch aroo. can it bee done and would it be much work??

cheers

Danny

[NutterGQ]

get springs that will support the weight rather than hackin your car

[waxhead.]

How did you get a 2005 2.5?

[tweak'e]

good point. its either a D40 or has an import. (NZ had 2.5 in 2WD).

[A.J.]

What about your fuel filler?
Don't worry about it mate, sounds like a waste of time.

[Danny148]

yea getting new springs is alright but still im left with the torsion bars in the front i can only adjust them thats all, basically my problem is that when i drive the car alone its leaning towards the right and when someones is sitting on the passenger side the car doesnt lean towards the left it stays put on the right. Thats why i thought of putting the fuel tank on the left side, so that the fuel tanks weight plus fuels weight will go towards the left side.

Thank for the ideas and advises so far guys,

Cheers

Danny

[mkpatrol]

Replace the springs & torsion bars. You will be amazed how good an aftermarket set will be.

If it still leans down to the right (which I doubt) wind the RH font bar up 5mm more then the left, this should compensate for having one driver in it all the time + you shouldn't notice it without any on it it.

BTW I am surprised it is leaning to one side, I have never seen one do this. What are the measurements?

[Screwy]

Could you run a coil spacer in the rear drivers side? 10mm or 20mm might be enough to do the trick......?

screwy

[V8Patrol]

Replace the springs & torsion bars. You will be amazed how good an aftermarket set will be.

X 2

BTW I am surprised it is leaning to one side, I have never seen one do this. What are the measurements?

I have..... on 4 differant vehicles too

1/ owner weighed in at a 'healthy' 23.5 stone
solution to stop it scrubbing tyres ????? do a wheel alignment with him in the vehicle !!

( believe it or not this actually worked !!!! )

2/
construction site worker...... carried ALL his tools on the drivers side
solution ????? he bought a trailer


3/
accident damaged vehicle with a slight twist in the chassis ( bought at auction)
solution ???? re-sold it ( at auction)......wonder if this is the same one


My work supplied Navara sags to the right aswell, yet it carries less than 400kgs in tools and that weight is spread out evenly, I weigh in at a healthy 75kgs, and its not been in an accident that I we know of...
solution....who cares its a work vehicle



must be a navara thing

[Danny148]

V8PATROL " must be a navara thing" I dont know about that mate but yea its leaning towards the right. Today im just gonnna adjust the tensioners of teh torsion bar on the right side crank it up a bit a see if that brings the car to level. If not, would you guys suggest that on the left side of the car lossen up the tensioners so the navara will lean towards the left, when i adjust the left torsion bar?? And if i starts to lossen it the car will be lowers right?? because if i crank it up it will raise a bit but if the other way around than it will lower itself????


Cheers

Danny

[IN24BZ]

i was going to ask the same thing about being an 05 and a Yd25... However it has to be a D22 as there is too many bolts holding the tank up to be a D40 (d40 has 3x 17mm iirc) holding the tank in

[mkpatrol]

Replace the springs & torsion bars. You will be amazed how good an aftermarket set will be.

X 2

BTW I am surprised it is leaning to one side, I have never seen one do this. What are the measurements?

I have..... on 4 differant vehicles too

1/ owner weighed in at a 'healthy' 23.5 stone
solution to stop it scrubbing tyres ????? do a wheel alignment with him in the vehicle !!

( believe it or not this actually worked !!!! )

2/
construction site worker...... carried ALL his tools on the drivers side
solution ????? he bought a trailer


3/
accident damaged vehicle with a slight twist in the chassis ( bought at auction)
solution ???? re-sold it ( at auction)......wonder if this is the same one


My work supplied Navara sags to the right aswell, yet it carries less than 400kgs in tools and that weight is spread out evenly, I weigh in at a healthy 75kgs, and its not been in an accident that I we know of...
solution....who cares its a work vehicle



must be a navara thing

Fair enough (not working on them any more just noting what I have seen on the road).


With the wheel alginment thing Kingy, sometimes you have to think outside the square.

When I was doing my apprenticeship I used to have a customer with an XA 2 door with 8" mags on the front (10's on the rear), forever chopping out the inside edges & tracking funny down the road on the standard XA specs (set up for factory 5.5 in steelies).

It would also pull the camber pins on big bumps, fitted heavy duty camber pins, that stopped that problem but it still drove funny.

Anyway I was flicking though the Shell service book one day & I noticed that the XY GT specs were different & they ran 7" rims, I thought mmmm.

So I set it up to the GT specs, the thing drove beautifully, no tracking, turned better & didnt wear tyres oddly. It was a win all round.

[NutterGQ]

Replace the springs & torsion bars. You will be amazed how good an aftermarket set will be.

X 2

BTW I am surprised it is leaning to one side, I have never seen one do this. What are the measurements?

I have..... on 4 differant vehicles too

1/ owner weighed in at a 'healthy' 23.5 stone
solution to stop it scrubbing tyres ????? do a wheel alignment with him in the vehicle !!

( believe it or not this actually worked !!!! )

2/
construction site worker...... carried ALL his tools on the drivers side
solution ????? he bought a trailer


3/
accident damaged vehicle with a slight twist in the chassis ( bought at auction)
solution ???? re-sold it ( at auction)......wonder if this is the same one


My work supplied Navara sags to the right aswell, yet it carries less than 400kgs in tools and that weight is spread out evenly, I weigh in at a healthy 75kgs, and its not been in an accident that I we know of...
solution....who cares its a work vehicle



must be a navara thing

Fair enough (not working on them any more just noting what I have seen on the road).


With the wheel alginment thing Kingy, sometimes you have to think outside the square.

When I was doing my apprenticeship I used to have a customer with an XA 2 door with 8" mags on the front (10's on the rear), forever chopping out the inside edges & tracking funny down the road on the standard XA specs (set up for factory 5.5 in steelies).

It would also pull the camber pins on big bumps, fitted heavy duty camber pins, that stopped that problem but it still drove funny.

Anyway I was flicking though the Shell service book one day & I noticed that the XY GT specs were different & they ran 7" rims, I thought mmmm.

So I set it up to the GT specs, the thing drove beautifully, no tracking, turned better & didnt wear tyres oddly. It was a win all round.

problem is not in the rim size on these but in the fact that not many of us leave them standard height so factory specs dont work anyway, this is why you should take your car to a suspension specialist and not a tyre shop when you want it done right.