Thread: What did you do on your Landy today?

Completed fitting a custom fuel tank in rear seat box of towe0609's 130 Dual Cab Jaffa.

Tank via Abber tanks (thanks to Ranga etal for doing all the homework on that one), a Whale inline pump, filler point using a marine stainless filler (deck hardware), plumbing a combination of brass and pvc fittings. Basically the tank outlet passes through the rear of the cab at the base of the seat box in the middle of the vehicle, connected to a gravity fed pump, then fuel line plumbed to existing filler breather line using a t-piece.

Main lesson - if you are getting tank made, make the fill point a good 1" to 1-1/2" wide (mine is too small at 3/4") - although fill speed yet to be tested - I suspect I'm going to be spending quite a while at the bowser dribbling fuel in. 48mm hole saw for the filler and don't forget to use cutting lubricant.

Haven't filled it yet - thought it might be best if I do the first fill on an empty tank to there is somewhere for the fuel to go if I need to drain the tank quickly if there are plumbing leaks!

Total project cost about $450 and probably a full days fluffing around to install if not more.

Hi All

Today I decided, now was the time to fit a brand spanking new battery and to upgrade the Defender's and replace the defunct one in the Masey Ferguson.

I had two N70ZZ's under the Defenders passenger seat, a near new starting and a three year old auxilary. With my mouth set at an angle that defies belief, I managed to pull out both batteries, without loosing any skin off my knuckles, I don't ever recall that being the case before !

Doubters please that note:
I do have two N70ZZ size batteries under the passenger seat.
They are arranged across and sitting flat on the floor of the compartment.

For the curious that want to know how:
The battery compartment was cut alongside the fold where the bottom of the box angles up towards the underneath of the door sill. A carton of beer later, had a freshly folded floor section mig welded in place, leaving a useful flat floor right over to the side of the compartment. Finished the job by being painted with a rust preventive, also then taking the belts and braces approach, a thick layer of bituminous paint was applied as well, all to seal against corrosion, this mod has worked well for a couple of years.

The modification being exposed in naked then painted glory, we will get on with the story.

The previous starting battery has now become the auxilary battery, and the shiny new spotlessly clean N70ZZ has gone in, to start the mighty 300TDi. More power to the Defender !

The old battery removed, the means to revive the Massey Ferguson 165. Long live the Fergy!.

Cheers Arthur

Yesterday went to a clearing sale with the 110 towing the big trailer in case I bought something that needed it. I didn't, but a nephew who was there bought an Agriplow combine (machinery for planting seed), that we decided would fit on the trailer, so I came home with a couple of tonnes of combine on the back. He is supposed to come over this morning to pick it up.

John

Today I thought, “Bugger it, I’ll get my act together and fit the OX 9500lb winch that’s been sitting on the bench for God knows how long”
Well I figured out why it’s taken me so long to get around to it.
The gearbox needed to be rotated so as the clutch level faces up where you can reach it. Not too difficult. Instructions suppled were for a Warn winch, not an OX? Anyway job done.
Install winch in bulbar. Pretty easy, a bit heavy. I got underneath and lifted it into place while my 13-year-old daughter started the two top bolts. Done.
#3 – Mount the control box. Arr No! None the bolts line up with the mount bracket! Had to cut 2 ½” off the mounting plate to allow the control box to mount as far forward as possible and allow clearance for the terminals at the rear, then had to trim the terminals down a bit. I’m assuming this is because of the different grill on the SVX protrudes out a bit more? Disassemble the control box, and redrill mounting holes.
OK that’s all done the rest shouldn’t be too hard I thought. Time to run the wiring, simple?
Wrong again! I thought that I’d remove the Left Hand inner guard to get better access to run the cables over the chassis rail. After all I have a manual and I’m a pretty capable bloke on the spanners.
‘Bugger me sideways’! What a pain in the backside that turned out to be!
The ventilation duct and washer bottle has to be removed to access four bolts that hole the inner guard to the Front Quarter panel. (This is not mentioned anyway in the manual!)
So after much head scratching and swearing at the person or persons that thought up this ridicules way of putting a vehicle together, we’re at the point in the photos.
Good thing I did remove the ventilation duct because the guys in the factory must of thought it was hard to get the duct in. The seal between the vent and the fan/heater box was all screwed up in the fan box!!!
Tomorrow is another day and its beer o’clock right now, so I’ll have a couple of suds and plan tomorrows wiring route and replacing the fan box seal.
At least I have good access to the areas I need to get for now.
I reckon tomorrow run the wiring for the winch and anything else I can think off while she’s apart and the day after I put it all back together……or not???

I washed my D1 after spraying the roof and the rest of the truck with mud. Monday I'll attempt to fit my new rock sliders and fine tune the engine and fit a new bonnet cable. Can I have the day extended by 10 hours or so. :-)

I got the 101 out and went for a nice Sunday drive for coffee and lunch with a few like minded Military and Landie enthusiasts.

We had 3 Blitzs, one jeep, one Inter, one 101, one lightweight, one perentie, two series 3 and two civy series 2/as.

Great company - great drive - great day out.







Garry

well got the spigot bush out, dummy fitted the engine, cut the old engine mounts out and bolted them on ready for tack welding into place

Originally Posted by garrycol

I got the 101 out and went for a nice Sunday drive for coffee and lunch with a few like minded Military and Landie enthusiasts.

We had 3 Blitzs, one jeep, one Inter, one 101, one lightweight, one perentie, two series 3 and two civy series 2/as.

Garry

so you went out with the guys from Yass and surrounding areas?? can't remember the name of the club but have met the guys a couple of times

Mrs hh