Bundalenes '51 Restoration

We made a bit of progress today, considering I was out all morning.

First job was to mount the front springs to the housing. I used a dye trolley and flipped all upside down to make things easy. I turned up new spring center bolts, each of the 4 on this car were turned to a different size - to suit the recessed hole in the housing.




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Next - sort out U bolts and bottom plates, these are all used and were cleaned in a molasses bath a while back


Eenie Meenie Miney Mo, which do I chose????
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I figured it out, the inner right U bolt is a bit tricky, being longer than the others and flat on the top





All bolted up, next mounted onto the chassis

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I also installed a housing onto the rear to give us a rolling chassis. I will have to sort the brakes front and rear and rear axles. I need to get a molasses bath going again.




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Firewall plonked onto the chassis for a feel good thing. All the paint on this project is that which the vehicle came out with.


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Notes when dismantling are invaluable!!

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Erich

Bump stops, (body dampers) I am confused.

These are the bump stops which came off this vehicle, a 1951 Land Rover 80 inch. They appear to be the same. When I checked the parts book for 1948 to 1951, it lists a different part number for front and back, 239718 for the front and 219583 for the back. The 1953 parts book shows these front and rear.




I think these are 239718's.




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I checked a 1950 model and a 1957 model and the bump stops appear to be as for the pic below.



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Either way I need one replacement.

Any thoughts ?

I would guess (and it is no more than that) that the pointy ones are correct for 1951, but there are a couple of points to bear in mind -

1. The bump stops may have been changed at some point in its life (fairly unlikely)

2. Landrovers, particularly early ones, quite frequently were delivered with parts that differ from those listed in the parts book, whether due to supply issues, customer request or just "serendipity".

John

JD is correct. The pointy ones are for a 1951, but are impossible to acquire new. You usually only find the metal backing plate still on and it's why so many have the later flat top type these days.

I got a molasses bath going again today, probably still a bit cold. I used about 6:1 water to molasses. The tub is a bit shy of 1.2m x .6m



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We cleaned up a pair of brake backing plates and fittings, steering rods and clamps and put them in the brew. See what happens in about a week.




Part of a few car trailers full of bits we brought back from Mudgee. These were literally half buried .
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3 steering rods from an 80inch. The only drag link i have which isn't bent
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While dis-assembling steering rods, I noted 2 different steering rods, some with a single split and some with 2 splits. Also the clamps are varied, I came across 3 types, some very simple type with a slot, some with a small bolt (1/4 BSF) and some with a 5/16 UNF bolt) These could be a later replacement as they appeared newer.




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The tubes are all the same size, some further from the camera
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I have no idea which came from the vehicle I am restoring







Erich

Wasn't there some discussion recently about two different types of steering arms, one with a clamp and one with 'something I can't remember at the moment'?

I'm definitely interested in anything to do with molasses baths as I've just bought some molasses ready to set up my own. Your mix seems a bit thicker than most I've read about (not judging coz I don't know nuf to).

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Originally Posted by Bundalene

Bump stops, (body dampers) I am confused.

These are the bump stops which came off this vehicle, a 1951 Land Rover 80 inch. They appear to be the same. When I checked the parts book for 1948 to 1951, it lists a different part number for front and back, 239718 for the front and 219583 for the back. The 1953 parts book shows these front and rear.




I think these are 239718's.




https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...2015/10/90.jpg



https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...2015/10/91.jpg




I checked a 1950 model and a 1957 model and the bump stops appear to be as for the pic below.



https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...2015/10/92.jpg



Either way I need one replacement.

Any thoughts ?

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i have one here jim

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Originally Posted by russellrovers

i have one here jim

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Thanks Jim, I have an incomplete 53 model 80 inch, with 2 broken mounts and 2 good ones. I will steal one from there. I was mainly curious which type of mounts belonged to the 51 model.



Thanks again Erich

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Originally Posted by crackers

I'm definitely interested in anything to do with molasses baths as I've just bought some molasses ready to set up my own. Your mix seems a bit thicker than most I've read about (not judging coz I don't know nuf to).

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I bought a 20 litre bucket and filled the tub to about 17cm. I have used a weaker solution in the past - about 10:1 and this works fine but I am advised the stronger the solution - up to 4:1 and the warmer the temperature, the quicker the results.


It is that I don't have any physically large parts at this stage. I may dilute it a bit later. Be mindful that if or should I say when the molasses goes off it gets a strong odour. I put this well away from the house this time.


There is a fair bit written on this Forum about the process. I think it is brilliant.
Erich