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crumble:
I'm trying to undertake the very simple task of removing my fuel tank off my 1990 Defender 90.

My small problem is that the heads nuts and bolts at the rear mount are all rounded off leaving me no way to remove them.

The front mount bolt sheared when I tried tried to undo it, but at least it's off.

Have tried hacksaw blade with tape around it, but unfortunately the blade is too thick to fit in the gap.

Anyone got any ideas?

fezzy192:
i,ve just done this on mine and i just ground the bolts off with a cut off saw then used a big hammer
took me about 5 minutes just put stainless bolts in now

Mash:
Hi....
Have you had some heat on there ? Other than that try some Bolt Grips. (The sockets with a left handed thread).
Or even chisel the nut off !

Oh welcome to MC by the way   :lol:

crumble:
Thanks for the quick responses guys.

I have some bolt grips, but as you can see in the photos, there's no way of getting the things on in the first place!

What do you mean by a cut off saw?

Have not tried any heat - a bit wary to try as it's attached to the chassis, and I'm very inexperienced in this sort of thing!!

Dr.Ed:
could try some nut splitters - may be enough room there for those.

cut off saw = (usually) 12" petrol powered angle grinder, you could try a normal angle grinder!

Ed.

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