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  1. #91
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    Quote Originally Posted by gromit View Post
    OK but I originate from the UK plus all the Land Rover manuals call it a wing.

    The other one I've fallen foul of is dynamo, I'm told 'here' it's a 'generator'.


    Colin
    I call it a wing as well.

    When I was young, it was pointed out to me that both alternators and dynamos are generators of electricity; so I call it a dynamo as well.

    How many people call a damper the incorrect name of shock absorber?

    Top work Colin! I only realised this morning, that I had read only half of this thread yesterday when I posted about the swivel - apologies for wasting your time,

    Cheers Charlie

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    just a quickie to say thanks for the very clear and detailed photo's in this thread. A picture paints a thousand words.
    cheers,
    D
    1957 88 Petrol (Chumlee)
    1960 88 Petrol (Darwin)
    1975 88 Diesel (Mutley)

  3. #93
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    The front swivel hub came off without any problems but then it came to removing the leaf spring.......
    I'm really beginning to dislike poly bushes, not that I was ever a fan of them.

    When they were fitted no grease was used so the bolts seize in the anti-crush tube and the tube rusts and doesn't want to come out of the poly bush.
    The ones fitted are a single piece with a very small flange, looks like the flange gets squished down to force it into place then the anti-crush tube is fitted.

    DSCN3960 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    Managed to get the spring off and then had to drift the bolt out of one of the anti-crush tubes.

    DSCN3959 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    The hole in the chassis was rusted internally so I used a piece of dowel with a cut in one end and some coarse emery in the cut. With this in a drill I managed to clean the rust away.

    Installing the conventional bush.

    DSCN3965 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    I did apply some Copaslip but it was hard work winding it into place.

    I ended up with a puller to remove the poly bush from one of the spring eyes. Hitting it with a drift didn't work because of the resilience of the polyurethane.

    DSCN3967 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    New bushes installed after rust removal.

    DSCN3968 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    I tend not to use grease on the outside of the spring bushes since I had problems with another vehicle where the bush ended up loose in the spring eye.

    Managed to de-rust everything and get some painting done so should be able to re-assemble once I've shimmed up the replacement swivel hub and re-sealed the slave cylinders.



    Colin
    Last edited by gromit; 2nd August 2017 at 08:25 PM.
    '56 Series 1 with homemade welder
    '65 Series IIa Dormobile
    '70 SIIa GS
    '76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
    '81 SIII FFR
    '95 Defender Tanami
    '58 Series II (sold)
    Motorcycles :-
    Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C

  4. #94
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    Found a front swivel hub assembly the other day in my collection of bits, the chrome looked perfect !
    Stripped it down and found that the Railco bush had been loose in the swivel and the hole was worn oval !!

    DSCN3795 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    Re-assembled the front passenger side hub/brake etc. today.

    Slave cylinders ready for re-assembly.

    DSCN3975 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    Shimming the swivel.

    DSCN3977 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    I've found that nipping the Railco pin in place to get roughly the correct pre-load you can slip shims into the gap to determine roughly what's needed. Add another 0.003" shim and re-assemble & tighten and it's usually about right (add or subtract to get it correct) but it was spot on this time.

    Assembly nearly finished, brake shoes installed.

    DSCN3980 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    Ready for the wheel to go back on.

    DSCN3985 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    Onto the passenger side rear next then a few brake pipes to make up.


    Colin
    Last edited by gromit; 2nd August 2017 at 08:32 PM.
    '56 Series 1 with homemade welder
    '65 Series IIa Dormobile
    '70 SIIa GS
    '76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
    '81 SIII FFR
    '95 Defender Tanami
    '58 Series II (sold)
    Motorcycles :-
    Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C

  5. #95
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    More fun last night removing rusted leaf spring bolts from poly bushes.

    The inner steel tube isn't very well rust proofed (maybe zinc passivated), that and a lack of grease on assembly means that the bolts rust to the tube, the tube swells & you have to cut them out.

    Used an air saw again because the Dormy is inside the garage. Now just have to extract the polybush & rusted bolt & tube !

    DSCN4097 by Colin Radley, on Flickr


    Colin
    Last edited by gromit; 2nd August 2017 at 08:38 PM.
    '56 Series 1 with homemade welder
    '65 Series IIa Dormobile
    '70 SIIa GS
    '76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
    '81 SIII FFR
    '95 Defender Tanami
    '58 Series II (sold)
    Motorcycles :-
    Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C

  6. #96
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    I haven't been doing much on the Dormobile for a while.
    I did get some Troopy tyres a while ago, then got the rims blasted and have just painted them in 007 Limestone.

    DSCN4280 by Colin Radley, on Flickr



    The wire frames in front of the wheels I made for lifting them. I have to paint outside then move them inside to fully dry.

    Need to get the brakes finished (a few more pipes to make up) then re-upholster the seats.


    Colin
    Last edited by gromit; 2nd August 2017 at 08:35 PM.
    '56 Series 1 with homemade welder
    '65 Series IIa Dormobile
    '70 SIIa GS
    '76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
    '81 SIII FFR
    '95 Defender Tanami
    '58 Series II (sold)
    Motorcycles :-
    Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C

  7. #97
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    Wheels now have tyres fitted. Expensive hobby even with Toyota take-off tyres

    DSCN4293 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    Need to remove the temporary wheels and fit these at the weekend.


    Colin
    Last edited by gromit; 2nd August 2017 at 08:35 PM.
    '56 Series 1 with homemade welder
    '65 Series IIa Dormobile
    '70 SIIa GS
    '76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
    '81 SIII FFR
    '95 Defender Tanami
    '58 Series II (sold)
    Motorcycles :-
    Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C

  8. #98
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    Had a look at seatbelt mountings today. Because I'll be taking the kids out in Walter I've been told inertia reel belts are preferred......

    The Dormobile has 3 seats in the front and 2 individual seats in the rear, it's old enough to not need belts but came with two dodgy front belts fitted. Bits of angle iron bolted through the rear floor, holes through the B pillars but no crush tubes etc. etc.

    I've already got the inertia reels & a lap belt for the centre front (although I want to get onto the supplier because the inertia reels come with stalks which isn't going to work too well with the dormobile seats).

    I parted out a LWB Station Wagon a while ago and scored some mounts and 67hardtop supplied some brackets a long while ago so I'm nearly there.

    Front top mount, bolts to rear of B pillar.

    DSCN4311 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    DSCN4316 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    Lower front centre mounts.

    DSCN4313 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    DSCN4314 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    Lower front mount is standard Land Rover, down beside the seatbox.

    DSCN3259 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    Just need to work out where to mount the inertia reels where they don't interfere with the seats. May end up low down on the B pillar.


    Rear upper mounts.

    DSCN4318 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    Inertia reel can mount like this.

    DSCN3865 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    Just need to work out the rear lower centre & side mounts.



    Colin
    Last edited by gromit; 2nd August 2017 at 08:47 PM.
    '56 Series 1 with homemade welder
    '65 Series IIa Dormobile
    '70 SIIa GS
    '76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
    '81 SIII FFR
    '95 Defender Tanami
    '58 Series II (sold)
    Motorcycles :-
    Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C

  9. #99
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    I'm on the lookout for a Smiths heater to replace the one that's been removed from Walter.
    De-mister pipes are there but the heater is AWOL.

    DSCF3449 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    My Series I has a home made jobbie.

    DSCN3522 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    In my travels I've scored a couple of these.

    DSCN3521 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

    They are made by Toa Denso.
    I googled and couldn't come up with much but they seem to have been an aftermarket heater you could buy to fit to any vehicle (I found some posts on a Holden forum). I did also find reference to them being sold in K-Mart ?!
    A bit smaller diameter than the Smiths and not quite what I'm looking for.


    The search continues.....
    Last edited by gromit; 2nd August 2017 at 08:54 PM.
    '56 Series 1 with homemade welder
    '65 Series IIa Dormobile
    '70 SIIa GS
    '76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
    '81 SIII FFR
    '95 Defender Tanami
    '58 Series II (sold)
    Motorcycles :-
    Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C

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    Thanks to a couple of fellow forum members I now have enough bits to make up a suitable Smith's heater.
    The door knobs & clips are available from the UK, although I did wonder about tracking someone down who can plastic print the door knobs (high tech for a 50 year old vehicle). Just need some door clips, which are also available from the UK, but I might try to make some first.

    Next I'm trying to track down the original sound deadening (sort of) carpet for the firewall etc. The material is Hardura Hardura (Tuffelt Classic) | Trimming Materials but I haven't yet found anyone in Australia that sells it at a reasonable price (Classic British & German have it at $69 per mtr but I'll have to check what width). I have an industrial sewing machine so if I can source the material could possibly make up a set.
    Exmoor supply what I need Search results for: 'hardura' | Exmoor Trim but getting expensive by the time you add freight.
    The only other option is someone parting out a vehicle with DeLuxe trim.

    Mine is 'passable' but has a few holes and a couple of pieces are missing. I parted out a wagon recently with DeLuxe trim and the Hardura parts were worse than those in Walter !


    Colin
    '56 Series 1 with homemade welder
    '65 Series IIa Dormobile
    '70 SIIa GS
    '76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
    '81 SIII FFR
    '95 Defender Tanami
    '58 Series II (sold)
    Motorcycles :-
    Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C

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