What did you do to your Rover today?

[Duckman]

Got the Roamer drive installed in the Lightweight!

[alaskantinbender]

Hey Alaskantinbender, What tires are you running? (TSL)? I love the look of those!!!

Tall skinny (only 9 inches wide) TSL's.
They just fit in the wheel wells with 1 inch spacers on stock rims. Without the spacers the front tires rubb on the leaf springs.

[BobJones]

Hey Alaskantinbender, What tires are you running? (TSL)? I love the look of those!!!

[ArlowCT]

Cleaned the 90wt off the inside of my windshield, think the rear diff pinion seal is good now too!

[alaskantinbender]

Finally got my 34X9 TSL's mounted on stock rims.

[ArlowCT]

Stepped up to the ser III studs, they are even larger than the II-IIa ones. Had to buy new lug nuts too!

[siii8873]

Do you have to drill the drums?? Don't think you shoud have to, what the different is the mounting to the hub. Unless I'm missing something the threaded parts of the studs and location are the same. I have both type of hubs (thread in and press in) on one of my trucks and they are the same.

[ArlowCT]

Did you have to drill the brake drums to match?

Yes I will, or I may buy a new set. Can't make up my mind!

[luckyjoe]

Drilled them out, counter bored the back, and pressed them in. They came out great, same as the original ser III fronts.

Did you have to drill the brake drums to match?

[ArlowCT]

Changed out the rear wheel studs to match the fronts.




Drilled them out, counter bored the back, and pressed them in. They came out great, same as the original ser III fronts.

[ignotus]

Thanks, I bought it in early April of 2011 and been working on it since. I started by trying to get at least something done everyday. Then that felt like it was dragging on just too much so I started to take the weekends off and that helped. I know now why peoples sell off those unfinished projects!
Today I was able to secure some o-rings and fix the leak on the injector pump. Soon I'll have mirrors and take it for a real drive!

gene

[SafeAirOne]

Nice 109, Gene!

Yep--Nice Rover! Looks like you've been quite busy.

[dunerunner]

Nice 109, Gene! Love the colour choice....

[ignotus]

I've done lots of things over the past year +. Couldn't bear to put it on this thread one day at a time.. I did do a blog though. The basics are I bought a 1960 109 petrol 3 door. Then tore it apart put in a 2.5Dt, ROAM disc brakes, galvanized a s*&$load of bits, painted and put it back together. It is almost done, found a leaking diaphram on the injector pump when I test drove it Saturday.
The blog; http://poppageno.blogspot.com/ enjoy!

gene

[morgant]

The rear crossmember can be straightened with the judicious application of a wood block, a 2x4 and a BFH (like a sledge). Had to do that on the one I got from evil Ron. A 4 foot level helped me tell when the two sides were back in alignment.

I'll give that a try before I do anything drastic, that's for sure! After that weekend, it's good having it so far away from me at the other end of the state as it gives me a week to not have to look at it until my head clears.