Thread: Stuee's 101 Rebuild

Brilliant battery terminals. Where did you get them from?
Amazing job you are doing.

Originally Posted by Milton477

Brilliant battery terminals. Where did you get them from?
Amazing job you are doing.

I got mine from jaycar. You can even get ones with a small voltmeter on them. I've since seen equivalents on ebay for a few dollars cheaper. I had the same terminals on my discovery after doing the dual battery upgrade and they seem less prone to corrosion than the generic brass ones. They will get a clean and a spray of high temp battery grease soon though to be safe.

really awsome job！！

Not much been happening on my 101 lately but slowly pottering along in the background. I made the mistake of lending my compact digital camera to my brother thinking I wouldn't use it now I had my DSLR. Bit of a mistake as I wont get out the DSLR to take pictures of the build as its too big and I don't fancy filling it with dust and grit like my lx5 So there may be less pictures going forward.

I've mainly been working on the doors although there's a few small issues with the brakes still to resolve, a leaky connection between the master cylinder and the reservoir, the apportioning valves doesn't work as it should (and leaks) and the shuttle valve is still causing the brake light to go on. I haven't even started diagnosing those yet so they may still be problems in a month. The brakes still feel quite weak too, I suspect the rears are having next to no affect and the discs haven't been bedded in so hopefully there's plenty of improvement to be had.

I'll keep all the door stuff in my door thread for now as its got everything else door related there.

I did buy myself a decent single phase compressor (16cfm) and a portable sand blaster yesterday. The sand blaster is only there to get into the spots I cant reach with the wire brush wheel. I wasn't expecting much after not reading much positive about home use kits (the sand blaster was mainly an excuse to get a good compressor) but it does what I want just fine and is easy to use - just a bit messy.

I do have a number of other goodies that should be appearing soon - tyres, shocks, a sand coloured tilt and some money put aside for paint. That's pretty much all the last big ticket items paid for (just exhaust left) so I just need time now to finish it off. Its on the home stretch but with work commitments at the moment progress is a little slow but at least it looks like it will be finished in the foreseeable future now

I forgot to mention in my last post that I sourced the drivers side door drain channel (398252). The series 3 item is exactly the same except it is longer so a quick cut with the grinder and I will have a 101 equivalent. Thanks to those that PM'd me with options.

While doing the door bottoms today I also applied some White Knight Hammered Finish silver to some parts after seeing how nice it turned out in grey_ghost's thread. I have to say I'm impressed with the finish and will keep using it on all the bits I want to keep silver.

Galvanised parts cleaned up and ready for paint:


Prior to the hammered paint I applied a couple of coats of etch primer.

First coat of hammered finish paint applied:

Getting close now.... Going to be a stunning looking 101!

I've been making progress on the shocks which can be seen in the other thread and I've been pottering away on other small jobs but this weekend I plan to bleed the brakes again and start on some more body prep.

The brakes have a load of air in but no continuous leaking. The pedal feel has disappeared. There was a bit of leaking after the initial fill from the apportioning valve and either there's enough air in the system now that its not leaking or the seals have swelled up and are sealing. I also had a slight leak from a connection from the reservoir to the MC but that has since gone.

Since I have to do a lot of work from home this weekend I though I'd start on stripping the remaining cab panels - my least favourite job on the 101, that way if I'm grumpy on Tuesday I can blame it on work and not the 101!


I am tempted to leave the gearbox cover out until I do the tray otherwise it will probably sit and collect dust for a while but I'll get stuck in and see how I go. If progress is slow it will be put back into the pile of parts which is slowly diminishing.