Aren't they long .. ;-)

Hi All,

Funny how things happen ..

I met a mate on Saturday and was telling him about our 4x4 due on the
Sunday and our daughters interest in Land Rovers. He then mentioned he
had bought a 109 diesel that he wastidying up and a diesel
lightweight, waiting in the wings ..

I popped round there today and my mate has taken advantage of his
parents being on holiday for a couple of weeks to take the 109 to bits
and drag the chassis into the garage (on his own)! Isn't it long!

He has already removed and rewelded various 'repairs', fitted a new
rear crossmember and one of the front outriggers. He has bought some
new door tops and window runners, lower sections (foot wells?) for the
lower bulkhead etc etc.

Seeing most of the chassis in red oxide reminds me of when we built
the kit car .. <sigh> ..

One question from him for the gurus on this list .. are there any
accurate ways of re-locating various brackets / outriggers onto a
bare chassis (without offering the tub up etc)?

Anyone have any measurements please?

All the best ..

T i m

On or around Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:41:40 GMT, T i m <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>
>One question from him for the gurus on this list .. are there any
>accurate ways of re-locating various brackets / outriggers onto a
>bare chassis (without offering the tub up etc)?
>
>Anyone have any measurements please?

HBoL for series motors has chassis drawings, with quite a lot of the
dimensions.

bear in mind that the 109" is not only long but about as manoeuvrable as an
oil tanker. 110s are slightly better thanks to the wider axles, you can get
more steering angle on the front wheels.

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 07:26:42 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On or around Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:41:40 GMT, T i m <[email protected]>
>enlightened us thusly:
>
>>
>>One question from him for the gurus on this list .. are there any
>>accurate ways of re-locating various brackets / outriggers onto a
>>bare chassis (without offering the tub up etc)?
>>
>>Anyone have any measurements please?
>
>HBoL for series motors has chassis drawings, with quite a lot of the
>dimensions.

Sri Austin .. wasn't sure what HBoL what and I think Google answered
it for me. Like with my BMW R100RT, I have three workshop manuals
and you can gernerally get the truth from one of them!
>
>bear in mind that the 109" is not only long but about as manoeuvrable as an
>oil tanker.

It did look long .. ..

110s are slightly better thanks to the wider axles,

It did look narrow (I felt that from the chassis and seeing the two
axles on the ground ..).

you can get
>more steering angle on the front wheels.

That makes sense ... the things you learn here ... good innit! ;-)

Ok, so anyone know about Merrerschmitt KR200's or Enfield 5000
electric cars ... ?

All the best ..

T i m

>One question from him for the gurus on this list .. are there any
>accurate ways of re-locating various brackets / outriggers onto a
>bare chassis (without offering the tub up etc)?
>

Yes, you measure where they were before you cut the old ones off.

Alex

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:19:03 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>>One question from him for the gurus on this list .. are there any
>>accurate ways of re-locating various brackets / outriggers onto a
>>bare chassis (without offering the tub up etc)?
>>
>
>Yes, you measure where they were before you cut the old ones off.

Ah, so that would have been the responsibility of the PO then .. ;-)

One of the front (replacement) outriggers came off with a good clump
with a 2lb hammer (good welding huh). Needlesstosay, they are going on
properly now .. he's just not sure where!

All the best ..

T i m