Thread: Ex-Military 109 GS (202)

Hey, met Gromit at Corowa swap last month.
I have a 67 GS 'under restoration'.

Check your twin tanks for leaks. Actually, check everything for leaks

How old are the kids? I'm asking because if they are still in the safety seats age group you can safely belt them (the special seats, not the kids) behind the firewall. The kids willbe looking at traffic behind you, but they don't care. Also they are easily in reach from the front seats for when its time to insert the dummy for the nth time etc.

Hi Carzee,

Yes that was me with Gromit at Corowa. The Landie has a truck cab which is good. I could belt them in on the outside of the cab. I'm sure they would love it.

I can't wait to get it home and have a blast around the paddock.

I've posted pictures in another thread but here it is.






I'm in Country VIC on business at the moment, I'll post some more when I'm back home later in the week.

It's a 109 2a GS with a Holden 202 but has been modified a bit over the years. Most of the military bits are missing, no hood bows, it's had a dual battery system installed in the past.
Two highback seats have been fitted, the bullbar is welded to the chassis and the front crossmember is rotten, the top was cut off for the radiator to fit and wasn't boxed in or a drainage hole drilled !!

It has a manual start button on the bulkhead but key ignition which could have been added when the Holden donk was fitted. Wiper motor is the later type (cable operation) but it mounts right in front of one of the Army legend plates so might be a later fitment.
Chassis number is 25320483 0
Census No 6028
Contract No C104345
Date 6-67

Purchased initially for the overdrive, Smith's heater, brake booster and a few other bits I didn't really need the rest of the vehicle.
Steve is a Holden fan so the 202 was of interest and as he needed a vehicle for his property it made sense to go halvies on the purchase ($300)

I thought I'd try and get the transmission brake working and wished I'd left it for Steve. The output shaft has a lot of play there is oil everywhere so I'm hoping it's just the nut holding the output flange has come undone........

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/series-ii-...-problems.html


Once the transmission brake is fixed there will be a fair bit of work to be done.

The shopping list at the moment is :-
A pair of tailgate chains.
Bonnet stay
Front crossmember (if anyone is cutting a chassis up).
Set of original seats.
Steering wheel (a Ford one is fitted).

I'm sure there'll be more once Steve starts to work on it.

Colin

Originally Posted by gromit

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Chassis number is 25320483 0
Census No 6028
Contract No C104345
Date 6-67
Colin

Hi Colin,
on the registry list Full ARN 114 List - REMLR
ch 25320483C -- lines up as being ARN 114-468, auctioned off in Nov 79.

Here are a few more pictures.





Rotten front Crossmember



Nice instrument panel, revcounter & oil pressure gauge work.



Removed the thermostat housing and no thermostat fitted.



5 minute gasket made for thermostat housing.
4 minutes to find gasket paper & scissors, 1 minute to make gasket.




I like the bit of flexible pipe connecting the reservoir to the master cylinder !




The water pump is seized solid. I stopped at Steve's house while on a trip in Country VIC yesterday and he gave me a new water pump for a Holden Red motor to fit.
That reminds me, I must put together a list of what I've spent so far, just not sure what labour rate to charge him........


Colin

I had a think about the last photo and the master cylinder has been changed from a CB to a CV. It looks like 1/4" pipe from the reservoir and 3/16" into the master cylinder hence the piece of flexible pipe.
There is no pressure (gravity feed) so should be OK or it needs an adaptor one end or the other. Maybe an adaptor that's used for fitting later wheel cylinders to an 80" could be used in the master cylinder and then it would be 1/4" both ends.


Colin

Hi Colin

In your third photo (the one showing the crossmember) I see what looks like a steering damper mounted to the underside of the crossmember. When you get time could you please put up a photo of how/where the other end of the damper mounts.

I also have a 109' GS and was wondering what the bracket under the crossmember was for.

Thanks, Martin

Originally Posted by marting

Hi Colin

In your third photo (the one showing the crossmember) I see what looks like a steering damper mounted to the underside of the crossmember. When you get time could you please put up a photo of how/where the other end of the damper mounts.

I also have a 109' GS and was wondering what the bracket under the crossmember was for.

Thanks, Martin

Martin,
Someone on REMLR suggested there were various mountings for the steering damper. This one was used when a winch was originally fitted.
I'll try and post a photo later today.


Colin