I finally got the opportunity to fit the anti-roll bar to the back end. I had previously bought a near-complete SIIA military ambulance unit from Dunsfold Land Rover, missing only the brackets on the chassis. Since those brackets are welded in place, they obviously weren’t going to be available, so I had some similar brackets […]
Anti-roll Bar Schematic
I thought I post these images from the workshop manuals of how the 109 ambulance anti-roll bars are fitted. I’m only fitting the rear bar, and as mentioned have had to be a little creative because the main span of the bar normally passes through the area occupied by a 109’s rear fuel tank, where […]
A Bump in the Road – Antiroll Bar Glitch
I have bought the new rod ends for the antiroll bar vertical links, fitting them to the rods with some coper grease on the threads to make sure future replacement is easy. The chassis mounting brackets came back from the fabricator and he did a great job on them, including spraying them with Galvafroid. The […]
Less Seats, More Storage
The two fold up seats that formed the third row of seating were practical but rarely used – we only used them twice and in both instances could have avoided doing so anyway. They were easily demountable, but their hinges and seat belt anchors remained in the way of fitting the custom made storage boxes […]
Anti-roll Bar Test Fit
The 109 had to go on the ramps for the rear spring bushes to be replaced. They’re now done, and the clanking has stopped. The bad news is that the springs are pretty tired – they’ve lost some of their camber, and the bushes were not as tight in the spring eyes as they should […]
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