Stuee's 101 Rebuild

[stuee]

I have sold my disco, so now have a bit of money to spend, unfortunately most of its going towards a shiny round thing with a sparkly bit on top, but I also have a bonus coming shortly from work

In the mean time I have found this:
Guide to Defender Door Repair | Repair My Landrover

via this post on the forum:
Rust in doors

Also now found a source for the seal channel I was chasing:
051 Range Rover Classic Door Gasket Holder

Feeling much more confident in attacking the problem properly now. Doesn't look hard at all to do.

[drifter]

Congratulations on the engagement.

[stuee]

Congratulations on the engagement.

Not yet!!!! Still yet to pop the question. Only made the purchase so far.

Edit* PS thanks for advanced congratulations

[stuee]

About to start putting some bodywork back together and have the first of many questions regarding how the body work is supposed to be put back together.

The below pictures show how the engine tunnel bolts to the front nose cone. There is a hole left in the tunnel cover that I am unsure what its for at this stage (highlighted in red in the second photo). Rather than rivet this all together and pull it apart again I want to make sure I am not missing anything out that cant be attached later so I need to know what this particular hole is for, if anything, so I can attach whatever needs to go there prior to assembly.



The third picture shows how there is a small gap between the nose cone and tunnel cover, indicating to me that something should actually end up going here, most likely the floor plates, but I cant see how the hole is used, as it isn't riveted all the way through to the nose cone, so a normal rivet wouldn't be used.


Any ideas?? The closest pictures I've seen covering the areas are from Peters website, unfortunately I cant make out the detail needed. Would appreciate any 101 owners chiming in, with pics even if possible.

Cheers,
Stuart

[jakeslouw]

Stuee's sticky notes: "Remember to take those pics of the 101 cab BEFORE you pull it apart!"

[101RRS]

I do not have that hole as such - all I have is a very small gap where the sheet metal has been bent to fit together - suspect it is a small drain to help drain water out of the cab and someone has made yours larger.

Garry

[stuee]

Stuee's sticky notes: "Remember to take those pics of the 101 cab BEFORE you pull it apart!"

Unfortunately I purchased the 101 already disassembled

[Mick_Marsh]

I'm no help.
I think it's under the floor plating.

[The ho har's]

As others have said.......all sorts of answers


will look tomorrow and see what I find

Mrs hh

[101RRS]

Here are some pics of mine - I have a foot rest that gets in the road a bit.

The inside - the dark bit is the very small hole in the corner.





This is from the other side looking into the tunnel - again the little dark bit is the hole in the corner


Garry