AL110 restoration, the early stages

With an hour to spare before it got dark we got into the brakes,
First up the front ones, now its only when you start these jobs that you never quite expect the unexpected




not sure what insect has done this but it is a work of art, any ideas?
There was not one square millimetre left, access was only through the brake adjuster slot.

The drums are well scoured from sand, while getting bogged in muddy soupy pipe clay or sandy creek crossings, and not cleaning the brakes out




With all if not most parts needing to be replaced it makes a dics brake set up more favourable,
Can anyone suggest an option for the front brakes?




Jim

I have had an ant nest completely fill my water meter box....
I would get the drums measured before giving up on them.
Jarrod.

Just checking in to see if anyone has any ideas on the engine and box mounts,
Jim

I pulled the harmonic balancer pulley off the old 220 diamond ute motor and it is noticeably smaller in size and weight than the one off the 262 which came out of a larger truck



Can i swap these over or are they balanced to the crank?
Jim

If you have a look at Bparo's post re engine changeover in his AR160, www.hcvc.com.au/forum/restore/13621-my-p...eart-attack?start=40 you'll see he talks about shaping the harmonic balancers over there, so it must be doable.

all we did was swap the balancer of the old motor onto the new one so the fan belt came forward enough to miss the original mounts we used.

The 281 motor we put in was originally mounted underneath at the side and the old silver diamond had a mount that went across the front of the block. When we had the two motors out side by side we noticed threaded holes in the 281 where the old 240 silver diamond engine mounts went. We tried the old engine mount on the 281 and it bolted straight in. Putting the motor into the chassis and all the original mounts lined up. The only issue was the 281 harmonic balancer lined the fan belt up with the mounts. The 2 balancers were sitting on the workbench side by side and it was thought we would need to make a spacer to pull the balancer forward. I picked up the old one and it sat further forward so we used it.

The motors only one just over 1000 miles since but isn't showing any signs of it being an issue. It completed Crawlin after being driven 200 km to the start line and 240km home without missing a beat

I've got an early balancer/pulley on the 281 in the ASW. 10,000+ miles and no problems. I just used all the early pulleys.

Jarrod.

Thank you for all the helpful advise, i will swap over the pulleys.
any ideas on the rubber engine mounts?
also in need of the original heat gasket that goes between the intake and exhaust manifolds
Jim

Had to clear the bench this arvo so it was time to have a crack at getting the starter going,
a few cuts around the outer rim with the dremel so i could get it opened up


This is what i found inside, and i was somewhat releaved as i could carry out a repair without any parts needed,



The contacts had been hot and melted some copper into a small ball reducing the contact size alot.



I was able to file the contacts down again to remove the damage



The copper washer on the pin was changable from side to side so that was easier than dissassembly and swapping it over



once i had the contacts down flat again i carefully put it back together again,

I have crimped the metal over again and tested it on the floor and it works as it should turning and throwing out
I have not put it under load yet but am confident it will work well
Thanks again for all your suggestions and input
I have checked the brushes and they still have some meat left on them that is good
Jim

The last pic,
The contact after filing down



Jim