JayBoRovers 101

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Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

So does this mean plenty of firewood for next winter, and is the idea of a working bee to help fund Dakar still on? (I'm still getting through the last lot of wood)

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Hiya Gavin. I wondered if you'd pop in here seeing a tree lying down:D. There certainly won't be a shortage of firewood next year! When i get back from the Dakar I'll sort out the working bee and get Andy's log splitter here. By then I'll have a few more trees lying down to attack. The KTM Rally Dept spares support bill arrives about 3 months after the Dakar, so I'll have a large bill coming to find money for and the fundraising will have to continue.
Cheers

Landed back from the UAE on Sunday so today I started the 101 and nosed it up to the workshop so I could get at the heater hoses to replace them. (My last drive resulted in the discovery that I had a pinhole leak in one of the hoses). Before I left I had ordered a full set of hoses from Able Engineering in the UK and they arrived while I was away. I have also bought a full set of new SS hose clamps, as a couple of the existing ones are very ordinary.

I've removed the fan unit, heater core and all the hoses and the solid pipe section. The fan was seized but now rotates a small amount. I'll pull it apart and see what I find. I've bead blasted and paint primed the heater tap and bracket and the air intake grille of the fan unit.

Hopefully next weekend I'll get it all back together again. My aim is to be able to drive the 101 to the Gingin British car day on the 3rd Sunday in May. I'll simply fit a temporary heater bypass hose if it looks like it might hold up the licensing plan. A bit of work to do to get it over the pits and licensed though, but you've got to have a target.

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Originally Posted by JayBoRover

I've removed the fan unit, heater core and all the hoses and the solid pipe section. The fan was seized but now rotates a small amount. I'll pull it apart and see what I find. I've bead blasted and paint primed the heater tap and bracket and the air intake grille of the fan unit.

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Be careful if you pull the motor apart. I ruined the one of the self-aligning bearings when pulling the shaft and windings out as the bearing had rusted onto the shaft instead of staying in place. I had to get a mate to machine up a bushing and put a standard ball bearing back ($10 vs $60 for a self aligning bearing) in its place. I never took any pictures of the finished assembly it seems which I'm spewing about.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/101-forwar...eater-fan.html

Let me know if you need a hand with anything.

I,m in sunny Yorkshire until the weekend John, but happy to give you a hand too when I get back. It will be quite a spectacle for Perth having a gaggle of onesies at Gingin:D

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Originally Posted by Brute

It will be quite a spectacle for Perth having a gaggle of onesies at Gingin:D

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Got to have photo's of that.

P38 heater fans have been successfully modified to fit a 101 in the past, apparently a decent upgrade.

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Originally Posted by DasLandRoverMan

P38 heater fans have been successfully modified to fit a 101 in the past, apparently a decent upgrade.

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Thanks for that tip.
My 101 was 24 volt and has been converted to 12 volt by a previous owner..............I think I am running the 24 volt fan motor still as my fan is not brilliant.........P38 fan could fix my problem.
Ron.

Lifted off facebook P38 along side standard motor

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Originally Posted by buffaroo

Lifted off facebook P38 along side standard motor

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Gosh! The 101 one looks much nicer though doesn't it! Full of "character".:wasntme:

Whoo Hoo ... my heater fan works:cool:
I pulled it all apart, bead blasted most of it, lightly sanded the armature and housing magnets to remove the rust, cleaned all the electrical connectors and then mocked it all back together finger-tight for testing. Put it back in place with just a couple of bolts, connected the wires and switched it on ... and it fired into life and blasted air into the cabin:cool:. I have noticed though that mine is missing the flap and control that should be part of the fan unit to block the air from getting to the heater box.

So now I removed it again, took it apart again and have sprayed a primer coat on the parts. Tomorrow I'll put a couple of finish coats of black on it and throw it back in the hole so I can refit the heater box with all the new hoses I got. Looking good for having it running again at least.

If I get all that done tomorrow I might have a quick look at the air compressor so I'll know whether or not to remount the air tank back in the nose tunnel behind the front bumper. There was something wrong about the installation but I suspect something simple like the regulator plumbed backwards or something. The compressor itself I'm not so sure. Maybe electrical issue or clutch issue (engine driven ex-ambulance system apparently with the compressor driven via belt from crankshaft pulley) but it doesn't seem to do anything when I pull the knob to engage it.

I just have to get a piece of rust cut out of the chassis rail and I'll be happy to take it to the pits for a license check and find out what else it needs. To me everything seems okay.