ARB Frontier Long Range Tank - DIY Installation

Our trip plans changed due to weather and we decided to head to Dirk Hartog Island. Only one problem! I was worried I wouldn't have enough fuel to get to the island, 4wd around the island for a week and then get back to a fuel station in Denham or the Overland Roadhouse.
In this video I show how to install an ARB Frontier Long Range Tank into a Mazda Bt50, it would be much the same for a Ford Ranger. The instructions are quite good and the install can be done with very simple tools.
Stay tuned for the Dirk Hartog Island episode
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[@Wade970]

Remember to calibrate you wrist annually. They tend to click at different torque specs with wear and tear, and age.

[@badferritbadferrit5526]

Lmfao

[@ChristopherGaul]

Has 30 litres of diesel sitting next to him in old tank... sends buddy to gas station with Jerry can. ;')

[@jasonhowe1697]

not always wise using old fuel as you would likely have to it through a filter 4-5 times just to make sure there is contaminates in the fuel..

[@ChristopherGaul]

@@jasonhowe1697 that's the diesel they drove there on, it's fine!

[@jeremygziji9186]

not into fuel tanks but your attitude is GREAT CHAMP

[@mikec3454]

"This could be a terrible idea, we'll see" - famous last words... lol love the candidness here.

[@florian6948]

Why don't you sent a request to arb? Ask them for a free tank, you're going to show your community how to install it. Your videos are really valuable, so it should be a win win for you and arb.

[@lpeter5781]

Flo rian he might then need to only say good things about the product. This is likely a more honest review.

[@modog6488]

He cropped out the start of the phone call to his local, which I though he told them who he is..

[@rhubarbpie2027]

BT50s, L200s, and Hiluxes would sell like hotcakes here in the USA. It's almost criminal that they're not available.

[@LouisSubearth]

We get the Ranger at least, it's rumored the next gen L200 will be sold (it'll be codeveloped and built by Nissan in America) and the Hilux is a little too small inside for American tastes, that's why the Tacoma is slightly taller and wider inside.

[@MrAcuta73]

I'll keep my 03' Ranger FX4 (heavily modified)....I don't want/need an offroad car, even if they are a bit more capable. I want/need a truck. Full size are...too big, these things are cute and great if yer taking out the family into the back country, but I don't. Me and a fried or me and my GF. And I hunt...so payload trumps seating all day long. If you want an amazing rig akin to these, try a Colorado Z71 or the new Ranger...I would take the Colorado Z71. The Bison version is retardedly expensive, but would put most of the "trucks" you listed to shame.

[@rhubarbpie2027]

@@MrAcuta73 do you have firsthand experience with these trucks? I have used them and they'd mop the floor with Rangers, Colorados, Dakotas, and Frontiers.

[@MrAcuta73]

@@rhubarbpie2027 Have you seen the specs on the Z71 Bison Diesel? Or even the basic Z71? The American "NEW" Ranger is just a re-hash of the overseas offering. "Mop the floor" if all you want is a crossover with a tiny bed or an off road car...they ARE good, but use-case matters.

[@Lechu1982]

Love your vids! I wish we had such positive people like you State side. Going back to school but I’ll def follow your channel and your awesome adventures. Good luck and keep up the down to Earth attitude!

[@scubbarookie]

This is valuable information for us DIY'ers! This makes that long trip safer overall, and easier, after the install. Thank you friend! 👍🐺

[@dgarlo]

Wow looks simple, it's great when these sort of jobs match right up and are straight forward

[@brianh6981]

Michael....Love all the videos....you've covered a lot of the ground that we've covered over the past (many) years. We know all too well the time it takes to do all the video work. You've done an amazing job. They're terrific and really enjoyable. Can you give us a review of the ARB Frontier tank please.

[@jonathononeill7954]

Exactly the vid i was after! Cheers mate

[@Thegoatt84]

What a guy... you're amazing, your attitude is everything!

[@longy6612]

Really liking your channel mate. Great content.

[@neilocoop]

Well done awesome job and great video.

[@allenszykula8071]

Beautiful idea with the crates. Just remember do it when the tanke is almost empty

[@Wasabui]

Good on ya mate - like your attitude as well - top notch

[@mikoschannel6413]

Good thing you had Misha helping you out. I installed the arb steel long ranger tank by myself, and man, that was a hell of a job for 1 person.

[@macandbern]

Love your videos bro! Keep it up! 👍

[@johndiaz7240]

Good job , I like you're attitude .

[@pjackson65]

Great video as always. Though I would have liked to have seen the tanks next to each other, just to see how awesome the new one was 🙂

[@expeditionalliance]

Nice work on the vid mate!

[@capiberra4118]

Nice work! Cheers.

[@stephen271]

Top videos mate keep up the good work 👍👍👍

[@lrfdfirefighter]

not every man can pull off the nut cutter shorts but you nailed it.

[@cathysinclair5557]

Hey excellent vid. Educational and Entertaining . 5 stars all the way .

[@GRUZ_JA]

dude, I love your attitude :)))

[@stephenrogers9664]

Love the milk crates guys well done.

[@MrThuggery]

We purchased the original poly tanks off the bloke who actually sold it to ARB about 6 years ago. The tanks are fantastic, we've don 200,000k with it some of our trips have been to Cape York, OTT, Kakadu Vic high country etc never had an issue they are a tough as nails!

[@RuffKutz]

Thought i would get a Brown Davis tank but after watching this, might get this one. Thanks.

[@hooky613]

great vid guys

[@TheMr0450]

Hahahha.." we have a touchdown".. glad i found ur channel man.. needed the good laughs..

[@muzzaball]

Great job Michael - not very painful at all. 😊

[@gerretoutdoors3710]

Great video.

[@BenMitro]

Good job gentlemen. Congrats on the job interview Misha.

[@maxcole1961]

Good clip guys, nothing like having a go and doing yourself .......................

[@adenwellsmith6908]

One idea. Put it in just using your recovery tool set. If you need a tool not in your recovery tool kit, then consider if you need to add it.

[@blackdog850]

I added a 54 gal. tank to my Duramax mainly when towing my toyhauler, but also because I can't believe my stock tank was like 21 gal aprx. on a 3/4T diesel!?! Bad idea GMC! BUT...life is so good now! I pretty much stop when I want to, not because I have to! Thanks for sharing! :)

[@geoff6532]

Glad to see mish has good tastes in marques

[@butch7292]

Had one of these fitted in BT50 just after i brought it in 2017 new, best thing i ever did, can fuel station hop in remote areas where they are strategically placed to charge like a wounded bull. Only thing is the DTE gauge doesn't match up. But wouldn't be without it.

[@ianmoone2359]

When we went we just had Kieran barge 44 gallon drums of fuel over for us. Supply hose thru the big bung & compressor air thru the small bung! Only mistake we made was old / broken / missing bung “O” rings, so salt water spray sat on top of the drums from the trip over from Denham, and got sucked in thru the leaky bungs at night as it cooled down, & ended up pumped into boats fuel tanks. Luckily we both had water separators filters on boat fuel lines, and it just required draining a few times! But it was enough to stop the boat engine while we drained in some hairy currents and standing waves off Turtle bay at the top of Dirk Hartog Island. Kieran & Tory are wonderful hosts. 👍👍👍

[@robertmackintosh5163]

You would have had a static electricity build up using compressed air to empty each drum, that is not good practice. Diesel does have a higher numerical flash point relative to gasoline but that is not a guarantee to prevent an explosion. An air powered positive displacement pump would be a safer method to do this type of transfer.

[@diylife6634]

Awsome you look so positive

[@jensbaufeldt7543]

You are a legend

[@noodlefoo]

Good job installing it. Too hard for me though haha.

[@superman01011]

Good video Michael, Credit to Misha also as clearly it’s a two man job. Very interesting I have never seen the component which measures the fuel in your tank. Question mate will you still be keeping the Jerry cans for your trips or just rely on the long range?

[@marccatamio]

Why did you bend the pin again?

[@drphibesrises]

You might think about using thread locker on the bolts due to the vibrations your truck is subjected to. The last thing you need is lost or loose bolts. Thanks 😊

[@codywohlers2059]

5:30 what is that big ring on your differential where the drive shaft comes in?

[@benstewart4349]

Great Video! very informative. How did installing this affect the computer part in terms of kms to empty and that sort of stuff?

[@hunkemberema2152]

@ Ben stewart. That is also my concern. The computer does not know that the fuel tank is now 130L. It will still show the range for the 80L tank. Annoying.

[@8ad8oy15]

Just curious did you remember to transpher the o-ring for the sender unit when moving it from the old tank to the new tank?, might leak if not unless there was some seal fitted to the ARB tank.

[@aaron5222]

I need some Aussie shorts in my life.

[@Tube1011111You]

Do you have a tray for your canopy or is your canopy just bolted to the chassis

[@dlc2724]

What brand of Jerry can do you use?

[@testicularoxide5055]

Dont understand why didnt just ADD the arb tank to the bed of your truck for really extended fuel range...

[@xflow8873]

W E I G H T

[@Joe_Brown99]

Same! I ADDED an excursion 45g fuel tank to my F250. I’ve now got well over 600m on a single fill-up 👍

[@allensmall3937]

what happen to the 30 l in the old tank?

[@Adiscretefirm]

Do you need to disconnect the battery to eliminate spark risk when pulling the sending unit wires? Or were you just counting on diesel fuel's lower volatility?

[@vikotto]

Not gay, and not that there’s anything wrong with that🤣, but your smile alone makes your videos worth watching. Keep up the good work.

[@Dairs67]

Thanks Great Vid. Does the replacement tank sit much lower then the original? I really need more fuel capacity in my rig but am worried about loss in clearance

[@DiHandley]

Dairs67 Same distance to the ground.

[@crawl4x410]

Very nice and informative tutorial video! although one thing that i noticed is that you naturally have jokes ideas throughout the video for example like “my torque wrench only got 19nm, so you just keep going until your wrist clicked” or “that sticky stuff there is amazing” or “instructions is clear as mud”

[@irwinjimenez]

Great video. Have you thought about upgrading the fuel pump itself to a a high-flow OEM replacement & making a performance comparison?

[@MrElitearcher]

on top of the fuel pump where the fuel lines are in the well on the tank, what thats yellow plastic thing behind the two lines? as mine has started leaking there because of a hole

[@ronnetteharvey2002]

Since the tank is plastic can't you install a evacuation valve?

[@Apostoli88]

Hey mate, being a pre dpf model, do you know how good/bad your mileage is per 100km? Obviously thats with your car fully weighted too i assume, do you know the current weight of it also? Cheers

[@casper8671]

How did you bleed the system? Just turn the ignition on and off a few times and crank it on the last couple?

[@TheTsunamijuan]

I don't know how the fuel lines are at the engine on your vehicle. However on alot of vehicles there often a push fitting on the fuel rails or before the High pressure pumps in the engine compartment, That you can easily pop off. I often pop that line off to drain a fuel tank, its just a matter of cycling the key in the ignition and the fuel pump does all the work for you. Its alot easier than trying to use an axuillary pump, or siphon. In the case of bad fuel it will get almost everything out of the tank in most situations. Hopefully its this way for you too. In case you ever have to do that.

[@guy_incognito7538]

If he has an excessive amount of water I wouldn't recommend this as it is a diesel fuel pump and they get their lubrication from the fuel. If too much water runs through it I would think it could make the pump go bad or at least shorten it's life.

[@francismcknight724]

Great work. Question, how does installing it yourself affect your insurance if something goes wrong?

[@MrJunkyfish]

insurance probably wont cover it, modifications like this need blue plates

[@nathanraasch]

Did you have to re prime your engine due to having an empty tank before starting the car for the first time?

[@kisbushcraftdownunder]

Did you see any internal baffles inside the tank? Been rotor moulded I think they might not have any I think that if running around half empty fuel slosh could damage the tank sender regards mike

[@carltunstall1989]

KIS Bush Craft Downunder I seem to remember a clip by Ronny Dahl saying he swapped out his plastic ARB tank for a Brown Bros steel tank because although it’s a bit heavier it has internal baffles whereas his ARB tank didn’t and he didn’t like the ‘rocking motion’ when stopping due to no baffles.

[@kisbushcraftdownunder]

@@carltunstall1989 Hi Carl you're right no baffles the frontier tank that fits my 2017 Hilux hangs to low for my comfort I will probably go with the long ranger 127lt high clearance steel tank weight 37kg regards mike

[@boboften9952]

3:30 Re your comment on not having power tools . Do you have an electric drill , cordless drill put the socket on that .

[@taoyeahright]

Please tell me you disconnected the battery before doing this...

[@mdkol9346]

Great video thanks. One question though, how does the tank affect the meter reading? Will it automatically detect tis a bigger tank? Thanks

[@SeekAdventure]

Thanks Azhan! It depends on your car, in this car the fuel gauge works like normal, In my last car the gauge didnt used to move off full until I did about 300km, then it would start dropping.

[@mdkol9346]

@@SeekAdventure thanks for the reply appreciate it, as I have px ranger myself

[@juanbarturen2726]

Very nice. I am in Tennessee.USA. I had never heard of a Carbon winch.looks good. I wonder if it's sold here...Have Fun

[@TobyMuirson]

Sweet videos boys... The only downside I can see is that the skid plate from the old tank wasn't used and that plastic can be sliced open easily.. Hopefully Arb have a skid plate that fits it.

[@SeekAdventure]

Hey Toby, with how thick the polymer plastic is you don't really need a skid plate, it should be much more durable then the original tank, that was made out of very thin plastic. I have never had trouble with a steel tank, but apparently quite a few people have had welds crack, at least the polymer will bend instead of crack when it gets hit 🙂

[@Wayne-Pr]

Great video Im a bit of an ARB fan my self generally speaking with a couple of exceptions like fridge, & s3condary battery. I'd love to put a long range tank in the PXII Ranger but I already skirt on the close side of my GVM of 3200 ( regularly about 3160 ) as much & as hard as I try to put the vehicle on a weight diet I just cannot afford to leave for a work trip to the middle of no where & risk leaveing a critical piece of infrastructure behind, you could be talking days & 1000's in costs of down time to get a $10 left behind item to site. So far I have survived on very good fuel management planning & a spare jerry, in the Ranger, towing I'm averaging 700K's + or - 20k's & non towing close to 900K's + or - 50K's I never miss an opportunity to fill up or top up if where I'm heading, fuel availability or type is an unknown all be our team do a pretty good job at ore planning fuel for our work trips I only ever use Caltex Vortex or BP Ultimate which is generally speaking fairly widely available through out Aust. If ever I was unlucky enough & got a bulk fuel contamination ( & yes I do run the ARB 2 MICRON secondary fuel filter to safe guard my engine ) & had to dump bulk fuel I'd be up that special creek especially if a jerry was not going to cut the mustard to get to new clean bulk fuel but that won't be helped no matter how big the fuel tank is, in fact short of a bung the bigger the tank is & the more bulk fuel you have in it the harder it would be to remove bulk fuel if you ended up that special creek with a bulk fuel contamination. Anyway keep up the great videos & look forward to the next one 🤗 Rgs Wayne.

[@1989cranston]

no idea how you are getting that fuel economy. i have a PX2 and get around 550-650ks depending on how i am driving... without towing. If you havent corrected the insane under speed the speedo shows from factory i would assume your k's arnt actually correct. my ranger came stock showing 100km/h and i was actually doing 93km/h. it was showing around the 900k per tank mark on the highway. but once i corrected the speedo to show 100km/h on speedo when i was actually doing 100km/h i started getting the previously stated 550-650ks per tank. i am no where near GVM at 2700kg.

[@semersion]

Cool Vid, I'm up here in Canada. Is it common to get bad fuel where you are?

[@rileylucht2050]

Depends where you are, remote areas there's a good chance

[@drummerdem50]

cheers

[@angrybutters]

I wonder if they do 1 for the frontera hrmmm btw good video

[@martinlanza1236]

If you ever have to empty the tank you use use the standard low pressure pump to drain the tank, disconnect it's output pipe obviously, you'll need to understand the car electrics so you can turn the pump on (pull a relay and use a wire to short the connection and turn the pump on). Otherwise a long hose down the filler and into the tank, connected to a vanilla low pressure pump run off 12v.

[@SeekAdventure]

That is a really good point Martin, I am definitely keeping that in mind! I probably wouldn't even need to muck around with the electrics, when you turn on the ignition the pumps starts pumping, after changing the tank I just had to leave the ignition on for a couple of mins so that it all primed 👍🙂

[@henryq9390]

Custom made auxiliary tank have it set up to refill your original tank so no change out

[@wayneferguson1520]

You had about 30 litres in the old tank, why didn't you use 10 litres of that to get started and drive to fill up. Otherwise a reasonably good effort... 1 question to ask,did the instructions say to bend sender unit float or was that from "ARB", and how accurate was the gauge after the install?

[@SeekAdventure]

Hi Wayne, I didn't have a filter to pass the diesel through at the time, so I prefered to get fresh Diesel. Didn't want any dirt in the old tank ending up in the new 🙂👍. The instructions with the tank said to bend it, and it has been very accurate 👌. On the trip after this tank was installed the needle was on empty and there was about 5L left in the tank 👍

[@wertspringer2203]

You should’ve sprayed something on the bottom of that Like a protective coat since it’s plastic

[@saeedenkan4566]

Thank you so much for the video keep seeking for adventures , I might wanna use the video for some marketing purposes if that's okay with you? , I'm holding the marketing for ARB ARB in Oman ., making some videos for the fuel tanks, all the different types and I came cross your video , we are so happy that you're happy with your fuel tank. How is it still going three years later?

[@blacksheep6888]

The plastic tank can be repaired on the go using a soldering iron and a couple of cable ties, so plastic would be my choice

[@exoticnsmke2634]

What truck is that?

[@DarkBykeTwitch]

I finally did it, I clicked the thumbs up button and it turned from 1.2k to 1.3k !!! :)

[@michealmcintosh2265]

Good job mate, what did the whole install set you back?

[@SeekAdventure]

Thanks Michael. The tank costs $1100, so it really depends if you get enough use out of it to justify the price 👍

[@crwhy]

Yeah those rubber pads are shocking....... Every tank ive installed i glue em down with sika. Other tip i recommend is running a thread tap through the tank mounting strap bolts on the vehicle. Not UN-common for them to burr up when removing the bolt. Had brand new vehicles with bolts that where stripped

[@josephblaha3586]

For convienance I would have put a new pump and sending unit.

[@Joe_Brown99]

Yep

[@DirtyHarry000]

How much $$$?

[@brianfolley6840]

does the bash plate fit back on or is it unprotected now. i ask because i want one

[@SeekAdventure]

Hi Brian, nope it doesn't. But I don't see why you would need it, the tank is thicker then the original tank and bash plate combined, it's over 7mm thick 🙂

[@ramudithadesilva8547]

Hey mate, nice video !! What’s the price of the tank

[@outdoors5352]

8:53 Whats that metal ring around the drive shaft/diff area?

[@SeekAdventure]

It's a right pain, that's what it is 😂. Its a vibration dampener, but they cause more trouble then good, it fills up with dirt and causes vibrations. Ford/Mazda didn't think it through 🤐. Next time I'm doing my uni joints I think i'll remove it!

[@centurion_mk6459]

So I guess MIsha is the one that takes time to read the manuals!

[@battlement]

Isn't the cheap way to buy some *more* jerrycans for extra fuel? Still I like the extended tank. It's a more permanent solution.

[@ericx4124]

What’s the difference in range and capacity between the two?

[@ericx4124]

dethrophes aye thanks!

[@gerardhaubert8210]

Is bad fuel a real problem in Australia?

[@Robert-cu9bm]

gerard haubert kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5yTh4F4fcihg9k 4wd action did a episode on that.

[@Directionalengineer]

With foreign owners from the Punjabi nation buying Australian fuel stations all over the country, yes, contaminated fuel is a real issue over here, especially in the rural areas.

[@akorenkov]

It is no more a problem than any other place in the world.

[@TJackSurvival]

Someone needs to import some of those Australian designs here to the US

[@justbadluck1681]

While the tank is out, drill an access hole to the fuel pump ! So you don't have to on the road.

[@knutblaise9437]

Not for sure if you have Ford F150s in Australia but thought I would ask anyway. Have you seen auxiliary, not replacement, gas tanks which can be mounted under the bed of F150s?

[@l2andom]

Only imported F150s. There are a some around but not very many.

[@skeets6060]

Maybe I missed it but how big is this tank?

[@SeekAdventure]

I didn't really mention it, its a 140L compared to the standard 80L 👍🙂

[@intimatespearfisher]

Glad you asked, I thought I wasn’t paying attention lol

[@brainwashingdetergent4322]

Were you not able to siphon the fuel from the stock tank before removal?

[@mscislawin]

i guess he did not know how to do it :)

[@SeekAdventure]

Or maybe I just didn't want any sediment from the old tank to end up in my brand new tank? Later on I put all the left over fuel in the tank through a filter and used it 👍🙂

[@brainwashingdetergent4322]

Seek Adventure fair enough, I’ve changed a few truck and SUV tanks in my day and having them empty makes a big difference in removal. None the less, keep up the great content, as it is very informative and I’ve learned a few tips from you which I’ve applied. I work in remote areas which are always off road, from -40° to 105°, snow sleet and rain. Thanks!