Thread: Gav's 101.

Originally Posted by Homestar

The throttle cable is something I hadn't thought of..

Me neither...twice!! First in the UK with the Nissan donk.. The cable was on its limit of length and sure enough, twang... 200 km from home! Baler twine thru the engine cover on a pull handle got me home!

With the Cummins, the pin dropped out of the hole (pedal end).. Have u seen where that is!!?? Baler twine again as I got the arse trying to refit the pin!!

Re fuel pump, yup, as Ron said external electric fuel pump is the best.. I had a V8 Series 1 in the Uk, and the square one wouldn't keep up with the V8 at full chat so I had to go with the larger cylindrical type... Lead foot tho.. Got clocked at over 100mph in a Series 1 by the local cop.... Lucky he saw the funny side of it and did me at 98mph!

So, finally got around to doing something on Chucky today. Replaced the leaking oil cooler lines - well one actually, haven't been able to get the other one off due to the lack of the correct sized spanner, but that will be sorted tomorrow thanks to Grey Ghost.

I have a 22mm, 24mm, 7/8", 15/16" but it's in between - either 23mm or 1/2" Whitworth I think...

Had the new lines made up with stainless braided Teflon lined pipe, so once the other one is changed, that's another job I won't have to do again.

Noticed that the brake fluid level had gone down again, but at least this time I can see where it's going - the LH front side is leaking heaps of fluid. Didn't stop me taking it for a run around town though - the front RH brake was working fine...

This year was going to see me put Unimog rims on and upgrade to some big disks, but that may be on hold due to me having to go to my Brothers Wedding in Darwin this year, which will take quite a few thousand out of my slush fund, so maybe this will have to wait, so I'll order all new wheel cylinders, linings and snails tomorrow and rebuild the drums to keep me out of trouble until then.

I'll probably try and get all this done this week as I have to take it to Ballarat on the 28th, so under a time pinch for that. No way I'm driving on the freeway with only one working front brake.

That will be a good shakedown run to get ready for Corowa.

All brake parts ordered, should have them tomorrow arvo, so hopefully will get stuck into them later this week after work.

Will be interesting to get them back into shape properly - it always braked quite well when I first bought it and didn't go out of adjustment very often.

Hopefully I can wrangle them back to something like that.

Got a bit done tonight, although I haven't had a chance to drop by and grab the shoes and wheel cylinders.

I do however have the new snail kits so pulled everything apart tonight - 1 wheel cylinder was leaking, the other 3 were on borrowed time. Everything cleaned and new snail kits installed so will get a bit more done tomorrow night I hope.

The drums are still in very good condition but I may drop them off at the local brake place (he drives a Defender and loves the 101) and get him to skim them and radius the new shoes to suit if he isn't busy and can do it in a timely manner as I need them back and on ASAP as Chucky is due to be in a display of Military Vehicles at the Ballarat RSL on the 28th.

Nothing like leaving things to toast minute...

Remember the factory specs only allow for a vey small amount to removed from the drums?????????? 1mm
Why I don't know.

I could easily get away without doing the drums, the surface on both is flat but the contact area on the old shoes isn't 100% across the surface, the outer part doesn't contact so I'm not sure if they aren't totally square accross the face.

Hi Mate,

How did you go with the 23mm spanner or the other spanner? Did it fit?

Cheers,
Tom.

Hi mate, yes, the 23mm spanner was spot on thanks.

The other one was a bit looser but better than the 15/16". It undid easily once I had a good grip on it with the 23.

Thanks again.