Thread: Stuee's 101 Rebuild

Stu, On page 152 of my "Military Land Rover 101 1 Tonne Forward Control User Manual" is a section titled "Rear Seats (when fitted)". The book states it is "Issued January 1975". You're welcome to borrow it if it will help persuade an engineer that it is a factory option. It even has a sketch of it and a description of how it is bolted and how it can be folded up when not in use. I tentatively plan to do the same with mine using the side facing seats in my donor S2a.

Originally Posted by JayBoRover

Stu, On page 152 of my "Military Land Rover 101 1 Tonne Forward Control User Manual" is a section titled "Rear Seats (when fitted)". The book states it is "Issued January 1975". You're welcome to borrow it if it will help persuade an engineer that it is a factory option. It even has a sketch of it and a description of how it is bolted and how it can be folded up when not in use. I tentatively plan to do the same with mine using the side facing seats in my donor S2a.

If they are oe seats, don't accept the mod plate option from the engineer.

As for the brakes, can you shave the caliper mount slightly in a mill?

Just as a matter of interest why was it necessary to go to an engineer, here you only need a roadworthy certificate from a garage.

Cheers

Garry

there was also a motar kit for rear. two seats on one side one on other bolted to arches.Added to mine.

Thanks for all the suggestions so far.

I have the mortar seats in mine, unfortunately not the bench seats shown in the user manual. I've been flat out at work the last two days so haven't had a chance to talk to any other engineers but have an RDO tomorrow to ring around.

Might also try and pull the front wheels off for a look.

Garry I think the engineer may be a requirement for all imports to prove ADR compliance for registration over here - its not 100% clear on the new DOT website but i'm pretty sure it was listed in the old website now I think about it.

I did find this after the inspection:
[ame]http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/mediaFiles/licensing/LBU_VS_IB_114.pdf[/ame]

After two weeks ignoring the 101 I finally took the front wheels off to have a look. There's a bit of metal ground of the callipers as a result of the wheels rubbing and the marks on the rims indicate something is out of round or not mounted square, either the machined assembly from Zeus or the rims.








I tried the original rims and tyres on and there is ample clearance for those. With the way the callipers are mounted I would have to space them out rather than shave off the mountings a little but hesitant too as at the moment the discs sit bang in the middle of the callipers and everything is fitting nice (with the exception of the rims). My most favoured option at the moment is to take the wheels to Summerfield Engineering and get them to re-weld the centres another 5-10mm in. There's room on the flares and this will give plenty of room in the event of a wheel getting bent.

Basically I would not recommend the JC rims if you have or are planning to fit the Zeus brake conversion.

Then I have to hope that when they inspect the 101 again they don't think I've taken to the callipers with a grinder, nor do they think they're too damaged to continue using.

I've not yet picked up the phone to try any other engineers yet either.

Originally Posted by stuee

Then I have to hope that when they inspect the 101 again they don't think I've taken to the callipers with a grinder, nor do they think they're too damaged to continue using.

Paint the calipers so the marks are not obvious.

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

Paint the calipers so the marks are not obvious.

Garry

It's either that or by the time I get the wheels sorted it would have rusted over again...