Sunday, May 13, 2012

Last Month of Work..

Work on 101 has been slow at times but looking back I seem to have made a fair bit of progress:

Exhaust system Complete
handbrake Linkage
Hi / Low Linkage
4x4 Linkage (version1)
Intercooler mounting
Intercooler piping started.

Handbrake 

Man this took ages to do and the solution is simple...... ahhhh. eventually worked out that the defender cable would fit off of a bracket at the back of the gear box and pull straight onto the 101 linkage, no levers or pivots required.   Just cut down the pull rod and re-thread (M6).




Hi Low

Making a bracket that mount on top transfer box and bending the lever I was able to make up a fixing for the bowlen cable that goes to the cab,



Difflock

Now this hurt my head the motion on the box is a rod that is turned from a poor lever which is pushed or pulled sideways, well I eventually came up with the idea of a Air Cylinder to push pull the lever similar to the lever in a defender, but moving the lever point pas the fulcrum 


This then took a bit of design to get the cylinder mounted in the space allowed 




Intercooler

Mounting of the "oversized" intercooler will be done in the tunnel :
This isn't squint it just the photo.... 
and the  piping  from below
More to follow