Does anyone with a 101 ambulance know what should fit here?

yfo866 · Nov 25, 2023

It's the box behind the passenger seat. There is an odd bracket/lever thingy, plus a removable mesh inside of an external louvre vent and a couple of large holes. One goes into the cabin and another towards the back.
I'm guessing the two holes i found in the cab floor behind the seats under a loose cover have something to to with the contents of the box too?

Hicap phill · Nov 25, 2023

Webasto night heater?

yfo866 · Nov 25, 2023

Hicap phill said:
Webasto night heater?

It makes sense, and given the existing holes i think it's prime candidate for where the Chinese plastic jobby i just bought off ebay might end up going.

yfo866 · Nov 25, 2023

I took a pic of Shed when i got back home from work this morning. I think the sky brings out the blue of me Beemer and the grot on Shed's windows something grand!

julianf · Nov 25, 2023

It would have had a B4 eberspacher.

If yours is a tdi now, then a d2 or Chinese clone will work.

There's ducting through the bulkhead. The louvered panel on the other side is the input and then the air runs through rectangular section in the bulkhead (so far as I remember - it's been a long time)

Iirc there's a method to heat air from outside or recirculate from the rear.

julianf · Nov 25, 2023

....when I get my act together, that section on mine will be part of the wet room.

(Mine is a lhd, so I need the window on the rhs clear, but am ok to push the bulkhead right up to behind the driver on the lhs)

yfo866 · Nov 26, 2023

julianf said:
It would have had a B4 eberspacher.

If yours is a tdi now, then a d2 or Chinese clone will work.

There's ducting through the bulkhead. The louvered panel on the other side is the input and then the air runs through rectangular section in the bulkhead (so far as I remember - it's been a long time)

Iirc there's a method to heat air from outside or recirculate from the rear.

Sadly mine is still a 'manly V8'. The fuel tank(plastic) that came with the Chinese heater is useless as is. It's about 400mm square and about 100mm thick with the filler in the top corner. It comes with a hose connector that you poke through from the inside with rubber washers and a nut. I messaged the seller asking how the hell are you supposed to fix the hose adaptor to the tank? Given that the inlet hole is about 40mm inside diameter and assuming you want to use ALL the fuel in the tank and attach it to the bottom of the tank, how do you poke the connector through the drilled hole and then hold the inside while you do up the nut to make it leak proof? I can't even see how you'd poke it through the hole let alone grip it so you can tighten a nut! Their reply was this:

"Dear, thank you for your reply. Or can you send a video about this to [email protected]？This will better let the technicians understand the problem. And in order to avoid not receiving or seeing your email, please let us know after sending the email. pls dont worry , we will solve this for u . looking forward to your reply, have a nice day"

Needless to say, i didn't bother making a video. If i choose to use their tank i'll just cut out a large hole and using a piece of aluminium bigger than the hole, attach the connector to that and then bond it to the tank. Or just fabricate my own. In the supplied kit there is a fuel pickup to attach to your existing diesel tank. I bought two. One for me and one for a mate who is converting his VW T5 into a camper.
That shadow in the bottom corner of the tank is a little bag containing the hose connector kit.

Are you keeping the bodywork on your 101 standard or extending it?

Hicap phill · Nov 26, 2023

In the cap of the plastic fuel tank put the pick up pipe into that.

julianf · Nov 26, 2023

yfo866 said:
Are you keeping the bodywork on your 101 standard or extending it?

I've been planning on extending it for years. I had a really slick layout in cad for a 2 person setup and then we had a (very much desired, but didn't think it was going to happen) child and 3 people and 2 whippets don't really fit too well.

I'm still trying to work out what to do. The medics seat frame is still in mine so I may rearrange my plans and take out the middle of the bulkhead such as there's a child's seat there, but I'm still not convinced it will work.

The other option that I've been considering recently is just taking the 110 also. It's not like we would be going far anyway, and my fuel is cheap enough, and it's nice to have a car to drive when you're "there" anyway.

Our 101 is LHD. Which is drivable here but it's not the most pleasant. I never thought it was so bad until I drove it on the mainland and all the roundabouts are suddenly the right way (etc).

But, yeah, your question - standard extension at the back and side door.

The barn doors are kind of nice if you're staying in the middle of nowhere but it's rare that happens. They're a bit exposing if theres other people about and flipping the step bit (even if you lighten it) up and down all the time does get tedious.

yfo866 · Nov 28, 2023

julianf said:
I've been planning on extending it for years. I had a really slick layout in cad for a 2 person setup and then we had a (very much desired, but didn't think it was going to happen) child and 3 people and 2 whippets don't really fit too well.

I'm still trying to work out what to do. The medics seat frame is still in mine so I may rearrange my plans and take out the middle of the bulkhead such as there's a child's seat there, but I'm still not convinced it will work.

The other option that I've been considering recently is just taking the 110 also. It's not like we would be going far anyway, and my fuel is cheap enough, and it's nice to have a car to drive when you're "there" anyway.

Our 101 is LHD. Which is drivable here but it's not the most pleasant. I never thought it was so bad until I drove it on the mainland and all the roundabouts are suddenly the right way (etc).

But, yeah, your question - standard extension at the back and side door.

The barn doors are kind of nice if you're staying in the middle of nowhere but it's rare that happens. They're a bit exposing if theres other people about and flipping the step bit (even if you lighten it) up and down all the time does get tedious.

You're not wrong about the step. It's bloody heavy!
I would have thought being a left hooker from a 101's driving position would have been alright.
I think i'll keep mine standard for the time being. Given it's still got the original engine i think i'll be restricting it's use to maybe once a week to work(that'll be two gallons) and local driving. Once i've decided it's not going to blow it's guts out or drop things in the road behind it, i'll add shows then a bit of muddy stuff to the list.
I've got a long list of jobs to do first. First the brakes so it moves freely, then the tyres. Mates keep suggesting i take them to get fitted one at a time. MUPPETS! It's bad enough having to keep taking them off to mess with the brakes, let alone throwing one into the back of an old 3 series five times.

julianf · Nov 30, 2023

My partner has a fl2. I tried to take a 101 wheel to the fitter in that once, gave up trying to fit it in, and used the 110 instead!

Have you concluded what tyre size you are going for?

Wildefalcon · Nov 30, 2023

Fit them yourself ? Beats going to the gym.

julianf · Nov 30, 2023

Wildefalcon said:
Fit them yourself ? Beats going to the gym.

I tried to break the bead once in a standard landrover alloy.

I ended up making some sort of t shaped lever out of 2x4 with me hanging off the end of it and the "hinge point" being a dumpy bag of hardcore.

Still didn't get any success. Gave up and sawed the tyre off with a sawzall, which stank. Took the rest to the fitters.

I think that was probably the last time I tried to demount rubber.

Wildefalcon · Nov 30, 2023

Yep, it's fun. I use a hi lift under the front bumper, at the dumb iron.

yfo866 · Nov 30, 2023

julianf said:
My partner has a fl2. I tried to take a 101 wheel to the fitter in that once, gave up trying to fit it in, and used the 110 instead!

Have you concluded what tyre size you are going for?

Well i can't help thinking you didn't try hard enough. I picked up my five new tyres from Demon Tweeks in a 3 series BMW. At least THREE were IN...
The dent just pushed out which was fortunate as i really couldn't work out how to keep the goldfish in my new mobile goldfish bowl

I boght a set of Toyo 255/85x16 mud terrains which are about the same diameter as bargrips.

Mud Terrain 4x4 tyres from Toyo Tires

Open Country M/T is designed for extreme terrain off road while still offering safety and comfort on road.

www.toyo.co.uk

yfo866 · Nov 30, 2023

Wildefalcon said:
Yep, it's fun. I use a hi lift under the front bumper, at the dumb iron.

That's how a mate does his on his Series 2.

yfo866 · Nov 30, 2023

Wildefalcon said:
Fit them yourself ? Beats going to the gym.

I think i'll pass, even though i do have a set of tyre levers...

Wildefalcon · Nov 30, 2023

Ah.
Yes.
No. Good plan.

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