Thread: New Land Rover IIA 109 station wagon

Do you know the history of this vehicle?
Was it an ex SA Police vehicle?




Cheers, Mick.

Hi Mick,

Thanks for your interest.

Not sure of the history of the vehicle. I will follow this up in the coming weeks with a previous owner/s. It would be amazing to know the history so if anyone has seen it around before etc please let me know.

the details are as follows;

Vehicle Identification No. (VIN):
35200879G

Vehicle Model & Year:
2A 109 1971

Re old police car - do you have any information on this? Did they use these vehicles?

Cheers,

Nick

Sandblasted and ready for primer...

Nick,
What was the blast media ?
The reason I ask is that there are bushes in the pedal box that might not take kindly to abrasive particles.

Drift out the small pin at the end and press the shaft out to release the pedal. When it comes to reassembly buy some 1/8" x 1" roll pins to replace the original pins.

There should be a bolt at one end of the shaft. If you don't want to remove the pedals undo the bolt and either oil or grease (ideally find a grease nipple that fits) this will get some oil to the bushes & hopefully push out any abrasive particles.

Colin

Thanks Colin.

I went very lightly near/in the pedal box, but it was an ambitious/lazy way to go about it! It was sand grit so no doubt quite abrasive. Your thoughts on this?

Will definitely take your advice on this. Thanks very much - always appreciated.

Big order coming from john craddock - they keep emailing with delays etc.

I assume this is normal. Perhaps not all items are in and they are (thankfully) combining the shipping... I have a new servo and master cylinder/gaskets etc etc amongst other bits so a bit slow going with progress. Quite keen to get the car out for a test run.

Cheers,

Nick

Personally I would take it apart, good opportunity to clean the rust from the pivot shaft and also check the pivot where the master cylinder pushrods connect.
Once the small pin is removed it may be difficult to remove the shaft.

I had to make new pivot pins for some pedal boxes recently, you can see the wear in the picture below.




Colin

Thanks Colin, the rebuild process has begun on the pedals...

In the mean time. some more pics.

The front hubs have clearly been leaking crap everywhere over time. ball joints need a closer look. is there a common leak? The hubs previously had the shute upton freewheel hubs on. The previous owner used the 50/50 grease/oil mix!? I have since put them firmly in the bin and will put standard hubs on.

Another pic depicts the gap where the 6 cylinder engine exhaust previously exited through the wheel arch. Is there a part number for the right cover to fix this issue?

I have ensured that the front of the car is securely supported by axle stands if anyone is concerned. I also will be purchasing 2 additional stands and if they are of superior quality/support I will get 4.

Thanks again for everyones interest and comments. It is really helpful and very much appreciated.

Cheers,

Nick

replacement hubs...