Parts for the 109s like mine

[chrismccarthy]

hey, i've been looking to purchase two items for my truck and can't find them. these two items are specific to the NADA 6cyl. 109. the gas tank is one, i know our sponsor here used to have it listed, but not anymore. and i am also was looking for the front brake cylinders for the 11 inch brakes. any ideas about locating hard-to-find parts? are you going to the Rovers motherland? are you looking for used parts only? or are you fashioning what you can out of whatever is available? the front brakes could be changed to disc, i guess..? like to hear what the thoughts are...

[Les Parker]

NADA 6 cyl

Chris,

RN has the wheel cylinders in stock:-

RNC600 RHF cylinder (2 required) @ $225.70 each
RNC599 LHF cylinder (2 required) @ $225.70 each

OR
RNC601 Wheel cylinder rebuild kit (does 4 wheel cylinders) $53.79

All the above is currently available from our stock.

[jp-]

RN has those in stock, 543301, priced at $4.86 each.
Hmm, who said RN was expensive !!!

Les,

You can raise the price of your jack handles, if you lower the price of your wheel cylinders. Just a thought.


I can probably have a machine shop make some out of billet for less...

[Mercedesrover]

Holy crap, Les. What happened to those wheel cylinders?
They were $66.85 a couple months ago.

Our host sells a 109 tank that will work with your truck. It's aftermarket but it'll do.

jim

[yorker]

Wow! did the dollar tank that badly?!

[greenmeanie]

Look at the blower motor a couple of threads down. Classic British car ownership is going to be expensive with the doollar tanking and the cost of fuel affecting shipping.

The Chevy/Ford/Toyota drivetrain I'm installing in my NADA 109 is starting to look more attractive every day.

Chris, the parts are common with a 101 if that helps. In deference to our hosts I'll leave it up to you to look but the UK may provide more options.

If this was about a year from now I'd offer you the set from the front end of my truck but they're staying put until I get round to the disk conversion in the build.

Cheers
Gregor

[Mercedesrover]

For that money you can take the old cylinders to a machine shop and have them bore and install a stainless Speedi-Sleeve in them. You'll never have to touch them again. I've got all the old ones out of my 109...Think I'll do just that.....

[jp-]

For that money you can take the old cylinders to a machine shop and have them bore and install a stainless Speedi-Sleeve in them. You'll never have to touch them again. I've got all the old ones out of my 109...Think I'll do just that.....

Damn, that's a great idea! I think I still have my old ones too.

[Tom Santoli]

The fuel tank in my 109 has a twist locking ring (as opposed to a bolted flange) holding the sending unit/ pick-up in place. This seems different than the images in the catalog; is this part of the reason the tank is difficult to get as original?

Mine's leaking and I would swap it rather than try to seal it if a suitable replacement were available.

Tom

[leafsprung]

I like the tempered brass sleaves better than the stainless ones

[jp-]

The fuel tank in my 109 has a twist locking ring (as opposed to a bolted flange) holding the sending unit/ pick-up in place. This seems different than the images in the catalog; is this part of the reason the tank is difficult to get as original?

Mine's leaking and I would swap it rather than try to seal it if a suitable replacement were available.

Tom

Tom, is it leaking from the top? My brand new tank leaked from the top after installation. Trouble is that I only caught it a month later. The original tanks had a brass ring that was soldered to the inside of the tank. The screw holes were not tapped all the way through the brass, so there were no leaks as long as you put some type of gasket sealer on the gasket.

On the new one, I used the original screws with their lock washers and I put hylomar on the gasket. However, it still leaked. When I took off the top panel and rocked the truck to slosh the gas around I figured out that the gas was wicking up the screw threads! So I took off the sender and pickup tube and removed the lock washers from the screws. This time I not only put gasket sealer on the gasket, but also on the screws themselves. No more leaks.

This is just a caveat to all those installing new tanks without the original style brass screw insert.

[TeriAnn]

RNC600 RHF cylinder (2 required) @ $225.70 each
RNC599 LHF cylinder (2 required) @ $225.70 each

If you don't mind Allmakes brand instead of genuine

600201 RHF cylinder (2 required) @ $55.00 ea
600200 LHF cylinder (2 required) @ $55.00 ea

600210 rebuild kit for a 4 cylinders @ $12.50

[Donnie]

For that money you can take the old cylinders to a machine shop and have them bore and install a stainless Speedi-Sleeve in them. You'll never have to touch them again. I've got all the old ones out of my 109...Think I'll do just that.....

There is someone who does this brass sleeving work on both master & wheel cyls..you can find his name in Hemmings, for what that's worth. not costly either.

[chrismccarthy]

my post

wow! ya'll got after this didn'tja?
i have an offer for a complete set of used front brake bits, and the relining idea i will investigate when next in a book store (i wonder if i could find it online?) but the tank is still an issue. well, everything is an issue, bt i didn't want a Ford so there you go...people are writing about 'new' tanks, and i'm curious if those are new old stock that they bought last year, or is there a source for the 109 tank?
right now i'm trying to drink some courage and go tackle the trans brake...i hate putting on shoes and this one seems to be the worse of the lot.
if anyone has had this 'resleeving' done, lets hear from you. sounds like a great idea, but not a real option

[TeriAnn]

but the tank is still an issue.

OK.

The company that makes the aftermarket tanks that use the twist lock style sender units is either out of production or out of business.

Most of the aftermarket fuel tanks currently available are made by a big company in Canada that sells wholesale only. This Canadian company makes most of the aftermarket tanks now available in the UK. If you buy a new fuel tank that takes a stock type sender unit, it was likely made in Canada.