Thread: Walter the Dormobile

Originally Posted by gromit

Then if I mention 'nearside' or 'offside' people are really confused....... Colin

Hmmm that got me thinking - nearside equals Kerbside. Offside equals ...? Apart from Driver's side as opposed to passenger's side. What would be the equivalent of the non-Kerbside term? Not including the term "offside" that is!

Kind Regards
Lionel

Lionel,

Have a read of this :-

Near Side


Colin

After chopping up some branches that fell in the storm last night then running one of the boys to Venturers I managed some time on Walter.

Finished off the offside rear (drivers side).

DSCN3870 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

DSCN3872 by Colin Radley, on Flickr


Made a new brake pipe from the T-connector to the backplate. Later I'll replace the flexi and also re-make the line from front to rear.

Next weekend I'll get it started and turn it around so that I can work on the other side.
Once that's done I can re-cover the seats and look into installing seatbelts. Most of the mountings look straightforward (advert in the Wanted section of Markets) but at the moment I'm not sure how to fit the upper mount for the front belts, where to mount the front inertia reels and I may have to fabricate the lower mount for the rear belts.


Colin

Hi Colin, I fitted Defender seat belts in mine, the dormobile was exactly the same as the defender so they bolted straight in. Just a bit tricky when folding seats into the bed position.

Ah love this country! We use a bit from the UK and a bit from the USA.

Hoods and bonnets, trunks and boots, wings fenders and mudguards :-)

Originally Posted by jerryd

Hi Colin, I fitted Defender seat belts in mine, the dormobile was exactly the same as the defender so they bolted straight in. Just a bit tricky when folding seats into the bed position.

Jerry,
Did your Series III have seat belt mounting points already fitted ?

The problem with my IIa is that there are no mounting points to start with. I already have the seatbelts from Paddocks, just have to figure out how I'm going to install them.

The only concerns at the moment are the top mount for the front seats (in the B pillar) and the bottom mounts by the doors for the second row.
The second row mounts for the Defender go into the angled section of the floor which will be easy to replicate.
Someone has drilled a hole straight through the B pillars in the IIa at roughly the correct height, there is one belt still mounted so I'll have to see if there is an anti-crush spacer in-between.


Colin

Started stripping down the passenger side hub.
Brake shoes OK, wheel cylinders will need kits through them, brake flexi and the rigid brake pipe need replacing.

Drained semi liquid grease from the swivel hub but when taken apart found that the lack of regular use had meant that the casing for the Railco bush and also the pin had rusted badly. With new seals it will be filled with EP90 so hopefully it will get splashed around to stop any future rusting.

DSCN3949 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

DSCN3952 by Colin Radley, on Flickr


The swivel hub has pitted chrome but I have a good replacement and the Railco bush & pin are OK.

Time to start paint removal & de-rusting then everything will need a repaint.



Colin

Originally Posted by gromit

Unfortunately I found that one of the swivels has badly pitted chrome (I'll take a guess that all the oil has escaped from the swivel hub).

I'll be on the lookout for either a replacement axle or at least a more serviceable swivel.....

Colin

Nice car Colin!

Why don't you soak the swivel in molasses until the rust has gone and then fill the pits with an epoxy filler.

I did this on my S3 2 or 3 years ago and no oil has leaked since

Cheers Charlie