Gav's 101.

I have fitted the same OEX starter to my 101 a few times now.
They have a reduction drive which the earlier rover ones did not and work very well.
I tend to go though starter motors not because the starters I am fitting are not good, but because of the hard life I give them.
The fan picks up water if crossing a creek at speed and drowns the civie non water proof distributor I have fitted.
If crossing a creek slowly, anything above the front tyres is the same height as the sparkplugs.
Many a time I have purposely cooked my starter and used my batteries to drive a dead wet motor 101 to dry land.
The crank handle works well after that .

One thing I have learnt with the 101 ,not having a bonnet and front end so to speak means a very different method of fording deep creeks and rivers must be used as forming a bow wave is not your friend like a normal Landrover.................In fact a bow wave is your worse enemy.
Slow as possible will get you thought to water to the sparkplugs on the motor and some times more.
If not it's the starter or another vehicle to the rescue .

Went for a run in Chucky today - had a blast, and what was going to be a 15 minute lap around the block turned into an hour. :)

Ended up shooting the breeze with a nice old guy at Dan Murphys then getting pulled over by a Policeman who asked for my log book - he had a quick glance at it, handed it back without checking the rego or my licence and said 'so what is it?' :D

10 minutes later he now knows a lot more about 101's. :). I think he did a bit of a Digger on me and only pulled me over to have a chat - which I was quite happy to do.

Another good little outing - there's no such thing as a quick trip in a 101. :)

Well, time to dust off this thread and give an update.

Due to to changes in my life’s circumstances I have been considering moving Chucky on for a while now, but some here will be very happy to know this isn’t going happen at the moment.

So instead I went and spent some money on it. 😇

As I’ve posted elsewhere I’ve got some new Speedhut gauges to go in and today another pricey item showed up today - a new canvas from Exmoor Trim. Of course it’s raining today so I can’t fit it yet, but will try tomorrow night. It is made from the original Land Rover patterns so should fit well - there are a few places my current one has never fitted correctly and the locally available item also seems not to fit perfectly from what I’ve seen. Very heavy duty low shrink canvas which they make allowances for during manufacture.

Had it all layer out in the front room and it looks very good, so looking forward to getting it on. will use the old one as a cover in some way shape or form afterwards to help protect this one a bit longer.

Will post pics when it’s on. 👍😊

Ok, a few pics below of before during and after. Well I've got to say the Exmoor tilt is bloody brilliant overall although I still have to figure out a couple of small items that is operator error I'm sure. Fits beautifully and has HEAPS more attachments that the old one that was on there - the roof section alone has 3 more tensioners and 4 more securing tabs as well so the ballooning of the roof section that my old one did won't happen with this one. It is also a LOT heavier - around twice the weight I think - the old one feels not much heavier than a thin tarp but this one was actually hard to even lift up into the back to fit. Easy job to roll it out - it was all packed up inside out front to back ,so basically sit it on the roll bar hoops behind the seats, the front bit folded out and reached the front clips, then it just rolled out all the way to the back, then the sides folded down - simple. Took about half and hour to fully tweak it to where I wanted it and get everything tight.

The back is also a bit different and I may make changes to how this is secured as the rope that is currently there isn't doing it for me - I had bungy cord on the old one which made it far quicker to get the back open, but minor changes at some point.

The old one - you can see how saggy and worn it is - it has lasted over 5 years outdoors since I've had it and longer than that overall. I will be covering this new one up - I may modify the old tilt as a cover - will see how I go.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1915/...3d4fdb0d_z.jpg by Gavin Gregory, on Flickr

Half way.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1978/...672a124a_k.jpgUntitled by Gavin Gregory, on Flickr

And new one on - sorry about these pics, the sun had moved off it by the time I went out to put the new one on. Will take some more in the morning.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1955/...d9685230_k.jpgUntitled by Gavin Gregory, on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1945/...50bd34d4_k.jpgUntitled by Gavin Gregory, on Flickr

Now I'm wondering if I should paint the vehicle slightly darker to match this at all - it is supposed to be dyed to the original colour, and I'm sure it will fade a bit, but the black bits on the 101 need painting anyway, so maybe a shade darker on the green? The colour that is on there now isn't original, it's just a sample pot of exterior paint I got from Masters years ago called 'Peppercorn' which looked close...

You managed to install that before you went to work today? Great work [emoji1303][emoji6][emoji3]

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Originally Posted by grey_ghost

You managed to install that before you went to work today? Great work [emoji1303][emoji6][emoji3]

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I got the old one off before going to work, went and did some calls then came home and fitted the new one during lunch...

Sound feasible?...[bigwhistle]

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Originally Posted by Homestar

I got the old one off before going to work, went and did some calls then came home and fitted the new one during lunch...

Sound feasible?...[bigwhistle]

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So you put in five minutes, then.

The tarp looks better than the vehicle you've rigged it on ! :)


Well done !

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

So you put in five minutes, then.

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Please Sir, you give me too much credit! 😁