The weather is reall poor at the minute and I'm banished indoors so thought I'd give a write up on the 110 I bought back in November.
It's a 1984 110 county station wagon with retrofitted 200tdi. Sat behind a local bus company for 6 years left to rot. Used to pull 7 tonne buses that had broken down close to the yard. So was worked rather hard bought it for a steal at £550 and towed it back with my series 2 109.
The day I bought it:
And custom defender seats in bus trim
The first thing I wanted to do was see if it would run. Being left for 6 years with 6 year old diesel in it I was skeptical, I did a full oil and filter change then dribbled some oil down the bores, new fuel filter and air filter and new battery. Turned the key and she fired straight up as if I started it a few hours earlier. It had no working clutch so got a new master and slave cylinder with fresh fluid although the problem was the clutch pivot had completely seized rock solid.
The front calipers had burst there seals so completely rebuilt them with fresh pads.
Then I tried to see if it would move under its own power which it did although on a very juddery clutch which I put down to rust.
Next job was the manky rear cross member.
And a new one
Out came all the floor
And the tank now for what ever reason this tank didn't have a drain plug and the fuel gauge wasn't working so I thought I'd just remove it with a little bit of fuel in it. Removed the rubber filler pipe and fuel gushed out the tank was full to the brim. So the quickest I've ever moved I grabbed the largest bucket I could find.
On the way out the tank developed a leak on the seam. Luckily I picked a brand new tank up off eBay for £10.50
With the new crossmember on and new tank in the most important thing was getting it water tight. New door seals all round and vent seals saw it pretty water tight for a Land Rover.
Brand bew gas shocks were fitted all round and even the self levelling rear suspension appears to be working.
How it sat when it came out the barn.
New bumper, clear indicators, new bulbs in the halogen head lights.
A big and rather tedious job were the electrics. Nothing worked and this took a pain staking amount of time. Fortunately we are all there now.
So whilst the exterior was in a position of being water tight and needing some paint I moved to the interior.
First job was to give it a bloody good clean. The second was fitting seat belts to the rear as the previous owner had upgraded them to...... Bus seats
They are a huge improvement over the stock ones.
Then I moved to the doors now these were a big problem as the fronts are like series doors but aluminium door tops the second row doors also split in half with aluminium door tops. The studs holder them in had snapped and the previous owner had held the tops on with rivets and sheet metal.
There is also a door card missing which are like rocking horse mess to find. Ive put one piece doors on for the minute with lift up handles and the mechanism until I figure out what to do with the rear doors. But at least this will get it on the road.
Most recently I have been attacking every piece of rust with a wire brush or angle grinder and then lots of paint.
But not far away from an mot certificate hopefully. Just waiting for my new number plates.
It's a 1984 110 county station wagon with retrofitted 200tdi. Sat behind a local bus company for 6 years left to rot. Used to pull 7 tonne buses that had broken down close to the yard. So was worked rather hard bought it for a steal at £550 and towed it back with my series 2 109.
The day I bought it:
And custom defender seats in bus trim
The first thing I wanted to do was see if it would run. Being left for 6 years with 6 year old diesel in it I was skeptical, I did a full oil and filter change then dribbled some oil down the bores, new fuel filter and air filter and new battery. Turned the key and she fired straight up as if I started it a few hours earlier. It had no working clutch so got a new master and slave cylinder with fresh fluid although the problem was the clutch pivot had completely seized rock solid.
The front calipers had burst there seals so completely rebuilt them with fresh pads.
Then I tried to see if it would move under its own power which it did although on a very juddery clutch which I put down to rust.
Next job was the manky rear cross member.
And a new one
Out came all the floor
And the tank now for what ever reason this tank didn't have a drain plug and the fuel gauge wasn't working so I thought I'd just remove it with a little bit of fuel in it. Removed the rubber filler pipe and fuel gushed out the tank was full to the brim. So the quickest I've ever moved I grabbed the largest bucket I could find.
On the way out the tank developed a leak on the seam. Luckily I picked a brand new tank up off eBay for £10.50
With the new crossmember on and new tank in the most important thing was getting it water tight. New door seals all round and vent seals saw it pretty water tight for a Land Rover.
Brand bew gas shocks were fitted all round and even the self levelling rear suspension appears to be working.
How it sat when it came out the barn.
New bumper, clear indicators, new bulbs in the halogen head lights.
A big and rather tedious job were the electrics. Nothing worked and this took a pain staking amount of time. Fortunately we are all there now.
So whilst the exterior was in a position of being water tight and needing some paint I moved to the interior.
First job was to give it a bloody good clean. The second was fitting seat belts to the rear as the previous owner had upgraded them to...... Bus seats
They are a huge improvement over the stock ones.
Then I moved to the doors now these were a big problem as the fronts are like series doors but aluminium door tops the second row doors also split in half with aluminium door tops. The studs holder them in had snapped and the previous owner had held the tops on with rivets and sheet metal.
There is also a door card missing which are like rocking horse mess to find. Ive put one piece doors on for the minute with lift up handles and the mechanism until I figure out what to do with the rear doors. But at least this will get it on the road.
Most recently I have been attacking every piece of rust with a wire brush or angle grinder and then lots of paint.
But not far away from an mot certificate hopefully. Just waiting for my new number plates.
