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Alex <
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> On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:18:51 +0000 (UTC), "Eddy Bayton"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Just changed the filler hose on my swb 2a. Apart from the usual hot water
> >and light greasing etc, it took the removal of the filler spout from the
> >rear tub and a significant cut out of the rear bulkhead to prevent the new
> >hose from chafing as the old one had done over the years. The fault was
> >originally highlighted when I went to fill up and put just over a quids
> >worth of juice into my front seat before I stopped pumping. Very scary as
> >the petrol came out of the door.
> >
> >Anyone checked their filler hose recently. It appears unprotected behind the
> >drivers seat back.
> >
>
> Current replacement part that you get is not designed for the IIa at
> all, I believe it is a later 90/110 part that is "equivalent" - hence
> the requirement to cut the hole about 1/2" higher behind the seat to
> stop it slicing through the hose. The original hoses tend to rub on
> the seat back at the bottom where it comes through the bulkhead, the
> replacement hoses are worse, exacerpated if you have a late IIa with
> independant seat frames.
Not true - the part is the correct one. However, for some reason,
the filler appears to have moved on the tank over the years......
>
> And they're always a bastard to fit, far easier to remove the filler
> neck from the body.
>
> LR do this quite often with superceeded parts - try ordering a
> handbrake relay lever/shaft for a IIa, the shaft will not fit the
> keyway hole in the chassis bracket on a IIa, as it is designed for a
> larger keyway as present on the chassis of later vehicles. The reason
> for changing the keyway will be quite apparent when you try to remove
> the old IIa relay shaft......
>
ahem - the shaft, this bit that goes into the chassis, is entirely
different on a SII to a SIII.
The SII version (which are different for 88" and 109") have been
unavailable for years - there is no supercession.
Apart form the recent stunningly stupid supercession on Defender front
doors* (whoever came up with that bright idea should be moved to
car-parking duties until they understand the concept of "Engineering"
and "Cost Of Ownership") I've yet to come accross a supersession that
that does not work, even though sometimes the pile of bits required
can be rather expensive.
It is true though that since the BMW take-over and the dumping of Unipart
(now back again for the "Classic" parts system - more ranting) an
awfult lot of Series parts are now NLA.
> Alex
Richard
*all Defender push button doors are superceeded to the current Td5
flavour. You spend the best part of 300 quid on a new door and winder
panel and you still have to drill & cut - ridiculous.
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