Will write more about it next time. After a rebuild the 109 Gear Box only used 200ml of oil in 3000km.

Thanks John s Sadly I am not staying in Kenya coming back to the Europe with family in the next 3 years So I will have find the 109 a good home. There are more 109’s in kenya than 110’s by far. Not sure if they have stronger chasis or just what was being bought at the time. I amazed how my...

Good Evening I have found a good machanic in Kenya. He is great and only works on 109’s, which has nearly been doing for 50 years. The loss of power I was suffering was coming from a wrongly adjusted master cylinder.( so the brakes sticking) Not good in a 109 as they are not quick anyway. I am...

Good Evening I have a 1975 109 and it has had an engine rebuild 2000 km ago. Disappointingly it looses power on a 20km run into town. Once the car has to start climbing on the last part of the journey it can drop back to 20kmp and that is second gear. I have a new distributor ,points,leads and...

Good Afternoon There is 2.3 petrol engine in it. When the rebuild was done some larger positions were put in,size 40. So it is about 2.5 now. I will take the cover off Tomorrow and get a photo of the head. It is only just visible and there is a small amount water appearing. But not mixing with...

I have just joined and wish you all a good weekend. I bought 1975 109 last year as good vehicle to deal with the rainy season out in Kenya my wife's home country. I have just had an engine rebuild and despite this a small crack has appeared in the cyclinder head.(just visible) Finding a good...