the heat shields on my fuel tank and pipe filler were like paper and crumpled when touched, when removing them all the nuts snapped now there dos'nt appear enuff room to drill the the top 1s out, and i can't see how you can even get to the fuel tank strap bolts near the back axel so i could take the strap of and drill them that way, any advice would be much apreciated :hammer:

Bump I'm having the same bloody trouble with straps how did you get them off:thumbup1:

To remove the straps, you first undo the rear bolts near to the back bumper, then bend the strap down to get the front fixings.

Be aware when doing them back up, getting the bolts in at the rear by the back bumper can be a bit of a challenge as the straps will be a bit out of shape.

 

Jeff

If its any conciliation,

Mine were tatty so I removed them, a bit of a ball ache but I made my own new straps from galvanised steel :)