Quality of aftermarket stuff

Yes.

I fitted one, but only after carefully checking the welding and doing a pressure test. I can weld reasonably OK (ie functional), but I also know enough about how it should look to see the Davefab welding is a lot better than mine.

My only two quibbles are

  1. The seat for the pressure cap seal has sharp edges and will damage the rubber seal, so I dressed it smooth.
  2. The overflow spigot points differently to the OEM , so just reverse the overflow tube. As with the OEM remember to swivel the free end to point up when topping up the tank.

This shows the welding and sight glass. I also made some poly washers to prevent damaging the paint and to allow a bit of float with heat cycling.

I took off the label later.

Here is a phone-pic taken just now, still with evidence of sahara dust!

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