Thread: Aussie 101 club.

Having been a member of the UK based club, and also a forum based 'informal club' I can offer the following:

The 101 club wasn't too bad over here, I got a free show pass out of it for a weekend, and met a few other decent and similarly minded guys, however there were more than a few you'd actively avoid being drawn into conversation with as you couldn't get away unless you could find someone else to attach them too.

I was also an early member of the forum 'club' at OLLR.net, again mostly a decent bunch of guys, and things were generally good natured with a few gatherings, book a field, turn up, pay something towards the hire of any facilities sort of thing.

That was great until the membership expanded to a wider area and others with differing opinions came in.
I was eventually banned because someone had issue with me buying an Overdrive for a customers Series II, sticking £20 on the top plus a fitting charge, the guy I bought it from didn't give a **** as he got the price he wanted, the guy I did it for was happy as he had an overdrive fitted for half the cost he expected, but those in charge gave the impression that they expected me to buy it for the guy and fit it FOC, so after a major row I was banned.

In a case of double standards another boy whose face fitted who made a living doing similar work to myself fixed a 101 for a desperate owner who was at his wits end as to why it wouldn't run right and offered £1k to anyone who could sort it.
This lad realised the problem (fuel pump) took it away, changed the pump and returned it a week later, collecting the £1000 whilst he was at it.

Personally I wouldn't have charged him any more than £100 all in, but I'm the bad guy?

Anyways, 12 or so guys who all seem pretty level headed, informal group with access to useful information and group gatherings at the bigger shows? Seems sensible.

Originally Posted by DasLandRoverMan

they expected me to buy it for the guy and fit it FOC,

This is my point to them. Why do we have to do everything FOC?

I was a member of a small (less than 100) Ham radio club. It was a fun little club and taught me heaps about radio. Then someone invented (built) a high gain HF multi band mobile antenna - it was a bloody ripper. The club had so much demand they turned it into a commercial venture. Great idea. I am no longer a member but I am sure they made a few bucks out of it. Including the blokes who built it.


HF Whip | FAMPARC

And that is a little club with bugger all money (I was treasurer in 1998 , we had less than $5000 total assets and about 65 members!)

This concept that clubs only have to work FOC or volunteer basis sees them wither, splinter and factionalise.

Another example is LROCV, their Field Day has grown into the Victorian 4wd show that (as I understand) turns over many many thousands every 12 months.

OK, better get of my soapbox lest it appear to be an election platform!!!!

Do we start a new sticky thread ???
What will it be called....the good oil 101 ?????( a quick reference how to thread to which good info is transferred into ????)

Here's my 2 cents...

As a fairly new owner of a 101, I spent ages looking at every website, forum,thread and post I could find on them. After reading every thread - yes, EVERY thread - on the 101 Club workshop forum, and every thread here on the AULRO 101 FC forum, I found that there is far more useful information here to be honest, and more people who actively respond to questions and the work I have done to mine so far.

I started a thread on the 101 Club forum on my vehicle, and it has got just one reply, here I'm over 200 in the same time frame...

The local knowledge here on what will work, where to get stuff from, and how to do things has been invaluable. There also doesn't seem to be anyone here that is up themselves like elsewhere, just friendly helpful like minded folk who love their 101's as much as I do.

One thing that would be great, which has already been mentioned, is a somewhere to easily access all the info like where to get parts from, where to get parts made, how too's etc. maybe we could get a Mod to create a sticky here and we could use that to put links into about various items? Even though you may read something one day, it can be difficult to find again when you need it, which is just the nature of forums in general. If we could keep a list in a handy spot, it may prove useful - kind of like 'The Good Oil' specifically for 101's? Or, rather than reinvent the wheel, we could start sticking more links in here - http://www.aulro.com - forward control & lightweight info

I would be happy to spend some time myself sifting through all the threads here and create some links in one common location?

As to a specific club, I would think that would be hard to do due to distances and the relatively few of us that own these here in Australia. While Inc is happy to host us here, I would just leave it.

I also will not be renewing with the 101 Club for reasons I have posted there. There are some very friendly and helpful people on that forum, but there are some others who aren't and don't want to listen to constructive criticism on how things could be improved. A post made there this arvo seems to suggest that they are in trouble as far as volunteers go, which is always a problem when you only have a very limited potential base for helpers.

Cheers - Gav.

Gav you can kick off the new thread with your snooker balls for gear shift knobs......I though that is a pearler of a idea.
Got get the Mod...... Diana to throw into the ring a good way to do it.
Whats a good name for the new sticky............to save time it can have just quick links to some preivous posts and then we can add new ones as time goes by ???????
humble 101 nut
Ron

It would be good idea to consolidated the Oz 101 knowledge.

Originally Posted by stuee

After seeing how clubs operate with committees and vote's etc, I find generally those with the loudest voices get their way and those with the most common sense sit back and worry about more important things.

I agree whole heartedly, just about every club I have been involved with is eventually hijacked by the power hungry, the empire builders and finally the control freaks.

Originally Posted by 101 Ron

May be a thread with specs, where, why and how to fit, just sort of like what we have been doing, but more organised so the information is easier to find for reference ????? and shared ??????
Yes that big distance thing would kill a 101 club.....we are too spread out.

YodaOz101Mk2 is basically on the money, information is what would be of real benefit to us all.

With a club we require a constitution, AGM's, fees, committee, commitments, blah blah blah. Not to mention the insurances to protect everyone including the committee from possible liabilities issues. (ranges from $300 to a realistic $700 a year.)
A collective of people that owns a domain name and runs a web site/forum is enough the give us 'cyber' credibility.

What would it involve you ask?
Domain name registration ~$15 a year
Hosting - this is one I have used before, helped with the original setup and have been very professional, sufficient storage and bandwidth ~$15 a month: 12 subscribers @ $20 a year would cover it all, some low-level advertising or sponsorship would also cover it (perhaps someone could put the bite on YodaOz101Mk1-alias AJ for startup costs) - Shared Windows Web Hosting for Businesses @UberGlobal

Bulletin Board software is open source (free). I have some experience with phpBB - https://www.phpbb.com/ as used by MVCA.com.au and the 101ClubUK. It seems easy to use and administer with all the options we would need.

We would need to discuss structure and the mechanics of it all but once setup we could do initial posts that link to articles posted by current readers on other bulletin boards and the go from there. (i.e 101ClubUK, Aulro, etc.)

Bottom line is the best info I have received over the years on the beloved 101's is from 101 Oz owners. Food for thought I hope!

Cheers, Peter

Originally Posted by 101 Ron

Gav you can kick off the new thread with your snooker balls for gear shift knobs......I though that is a pearler of a idea.
Got get the Mod...... Diana to throw into the ring a good way to do it.
Whats a good name for the new sticky............to save time it can have just quick links to some preivous posts and then we can add new ones as time goes by ???????
humble 101 nut
Ron

Rather than just links a short spiel on what the thread has would be great.

You could then break up the thread into sections likes brakes, axles, electrics, members threads etc.

As an example:
Brakes
101 Disc Brake Conversion
Details the Zeus Disc Brake conversion kit for a 101 and the fitment of the kit to the front axles
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/101-forwar...sc-brakes.html
Dual Diaphragm Brake Booster
Explores the options of fitting a dual diaphragm brake booster to improve pedal feel or replace a faulty original booster.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/101-forwar...ter-101fc.html



But then I guess some don't need a spiel like:
Members Threads
Sleepy - http://www.aulro.com/afvb/101-forwar...pys-101-a.html
Sitec - http://www.aulro.com/afvb/101-forwar...new-101-a.html
Stuee - http://www.aulro.com/afvb/101-forwar...1-rebuild.html

Wouldn't take long to get them together and if somehow the same post could be edited by multiple contributors it would be easy to keep up to date.

edit* the above only too 5-10mins. I'm happy to put my hand up to prepare some extra stuff with the links I have saved over the last 18 months while sinking a few beers over the weekend.

How could you lot run a 101 club when you cannot even focus on the topic .

Here we have a discussion about maybe setting up a club but already the discussion has spread about who has the best bumpers and Ron is worried about his balls . Sheesh

Personally I think this is a discussion that had to be had -the club, not bumpers or Ron's coloured balls and clearly there are differing views.

For my part I was recently a committee member of a club that is scattered all over the countryside. It is surviving but not a lot of club spirit as meetings rarely happen due to geographic dispersion, though trips are often organised.

For the moment my view is that we all seem to communicate well through the 101 section here and do not have to hassles and politics of a club. If we want a trip - no issues to organise. With a club, people would want to be committee members and want to deal with the good bits as well as the crap.

As far as AJ is concerned I think we all have had dealings with him and know the strengths and weaknesses. I have always found his pricing reasonable, his help great but I guess because of the limited market parts sometimes limited. Maybe if we can get more 101 owners to use AJ then he will be able to stock more stuff.

In my view, to achieve what we want to do as a 101 community we are probably best staying as we are. I know there are a lot of 101 owners out there who are either not using AULRO or rarely come here - if we can encourage their participation then we will move even further forward.

Garry