Thread: Series III 1 ton 109 Need

OK learner-ed friends...

Blkknight said just buy a ex DCA 109 ...I have one..I think

how do you tell if you have a 1ton series 3 vehicle if the chassis number is unreadable?


Mrs hh

Originally Posted by The ho har's

OK learner-ed friends...

Blkknight said just buy a ex DCA 109 ...I have one..I think

how do you tell if you have a 1ton series 3 vehicle if the chassis number is unreadable?

Mrs hh

It has extended spring hangers with only 1 hole (BTW that's front of front and front of rear spring hangers), they are 6 cylinder or 4 cyl diesel powered and they should have a low ratio/helical transfer box. If you look at the flange in the PTO hole, it should be slightly domed without the usual indentation of the regular flanges. It would have (originally) 9.00 16 tyres on 6.5" wide rims (which appear to be almost identical to the rims on my FFR)

Originally Posted by marko66

Hi All

I have a vehicle here that has a one ton chassis with the small rear crossmember and stage one bonnet motor and gearbox. Until I find out how to run the chassis and body numbers i'm reluctant to say its a stage one.

It is a 109 ute cab and has a fixed gearbox crossmember for the v8 and rangie box. When i got in the floor looked nothing like a normal series and then it hit me that's why it has the stage one bonnet as the rangie box makes it so much longer thans the 2a with a v8

Anyway when i get it running will see if it has the right diff ratio's or not

Regards Mark

Mark

I'd be really surprised that your vehicle there was anything other than a SIII V8 (called Stage 1) in this country.

They have a curved top of the transmission hump which could easily be described as "floor looked nothing like a normal series".

They are a 109' wheelbase the same as SII, SIIa, and SIII long wheelbase.

Originally Posted by nick b

<snip>... am happy to put up with the gearing that the Series Transfer restrics me to if need be. may still have 2 old over drives to build one goody out of maybe........ <snip>

I'm confused again. You want to use the 1 Ton transfer box and have a couple of overdrives to build into one!

Can you also build me a couple, I have a number of 1 Ton/helical boxes and would dearly like at least I to have an overdrive. But unfortunately, until you came along no-one, not Fairey-Mayflower Engineering, not Toro and not Roverdrive had made an overdrive for the helical box.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

It has extended spring hangers with only 1 hole (BTW that's front of front and front of rear spring hangers), they are 6 cylinder or 4 cyl diesel powered and they should have a low ratio/helical transfer box. If you look at the flange in the PTO hole, it should be slightly domed without the usual indentation of the regular flanges. It would have (originally) 9.00 16 tyres on 6.5" wide rims (which appear to be almost identical to the rims on my FFR)

hmmm will look but it's not diesel and not the oringal motor and well tyes are big fat non LR.....will find out though


Mrs hh

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Mark

I'd be really surprised that your vehicle there was anything other than a SIII V8 (called Stage 1) in this country.

They have a curved top of the transmission hump which could easily be described as "floor looked nothing like a normal series".

They are a 109' wheelbase the same as SII, SIIa, and SIII long wheelbase.

Hi Lotz A Landies

i wont say that your wrong but may i ask if it has the two bolt holes for the front of the front and rear springs and the narrow rear crossmember then i thought it would be an australian one ton chassis?

Regards Mark

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

I'm confused again. You want to use the 1 Ton transfer box and have a couple of overdrives to build into one!

Can you also build me a couple, I have a number of 1 Ton/helical boxes and would dearly like at least I to have an overdrive. But unfortunately, until you came along no-one, not Fairey-Mayflower Engineering, not Toro and not Roverdrive had made an overdrive for the helical box.

Compared to the people in this thread, I know nothing. I may be barking up the wrong tree, but does this help. It does have a helical gear, doesn't it?
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Originally Posted by marko66

Hi Lotz A Landies

i wont say that your wrong but may i ask if it has the two bolt holes for the front of the front and rear springs and the narrow rear crossmember then i thought it would be an australian one ton chassis?

Regards Mark

O.K. You learn new things every day. Have just spoken to the 1 Ton enthusiasts in the U.K and the 1 Ton do have two positions for the suspension mounts. So in fact a 1 ton chassis is exactly the same as an Australian SIII military.

The fact that a SIII 109 has a 1 Ton/military chassis doesn't make it a 1 Ton. Only the rest of the bits particularly the 9.00 tyres and helical transfer box but most importantly a 1 Ton VIN make the vehicle a 1 Ton. Everything else is a replica.

Diana