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From: Ken Green
To: austin1800@engineer.com
Subject: Aeons
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002
Eriks
Aeon was the trade name for a
big rubber bump stop/spring assister that were/are still made in England
they were available for most cars at one time and were fitted between
the frame and axle to give extra help with the springing when the car
was laden like towing a caravan .
They were also used by the BMC
Works teams on the Mini and Austin 1800 as Heavy Duty bump stops and
were listed in the Special Tuning catalogue both in the UK and Oz.
They are useful in keeping the
back of a car off the ground when you have a full load in the boot or
are towing.
They were a standard fitment
to all the rally cars and were vital on a hydrolastic mini to stop the
front to rear pitching on acceleration.
Ken
Also extremely useful when carrying
a couple of Sumo wrestlers in the back.
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Fuel Tank Sender Units
Sat Nov 9 2002
By accident, I found the following
seems to work. When I replaced my 1800 Mk 11 saloon sender unit, the
fuel gauge still did not work. A check with a third sender unit proved
that the first two units were "dead". I tried a sender unit from an
1100 and apart from the length of the wire lever everything else seemed
the same as the 1800. This includes the nylon float and the actual mechanism
which fits into the tank upper surface. The only visible difference
is in the wire lever which is a couple of inches longer than the 1800
unit. To cut a long story short, the gauge works and appears to be reasonably
accurate.
It goes to show Dave, that you can't expect ALL sender units to work eh?
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From: Ian Comport
To: austin1800@engineer.com
Subject: Rally
Cars History
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002
Ken,
My car was car 158 in the 1979
Repco Reliability Trial. It was prepared by Brent Benzie who
has comments on this bulletin board. The
car did not finish the event because the driver who got it stuck in
sand, tried to restart the beast whilst it was still running and jammed
it all up. He pulled out thinking it
had seized up when all it required
was another starter motor and it was ready to go. Brent and some of
his Australian friends could be able to help you with more information.
I know between 1980 and and when
I got the car in 1987 it had done a few rallies including a win in the
Dulux rally. The car was white, then blue. The car in the 1969 rally
I seem to think was one of the ex L-S cars?
Pat should be able to put most
of it together, Brent and his Australian contacts could tell you a lot.
Brent worked on the rally cross Austin 1800 which Terry reminded me
of, and I am willing to chase up any other leads I have because I too
am keen to see a definitive book on the Austin 1800 and its competition
history.
How's about a couple of pics
of your car and some of those leads, Ian?
From: "ken green"
To: "John Roach (OZ Landcrab)"
<austin1800@engineer.com>
Subject: Centenary rally
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002
G'day
Here's my car on the way to a
Gold medal on the Centenary Rally last month (June 2002).
As you can see Historic Rallying
in the UK is mostly over the Moors on narrow twisting roads, You
can see the road following the stream up the valley to the passage control
(cars waiting to clock in) it then goes over a I in 4 pass with Hairpin
Bends and 12 miles of 1 car wide track to the next control.
Note the absence of Bull Dust
however if you look very carefully you will see a 'roo on the back parcel
shelf as the car has Australian ute rear suspension carriers and sumpguard.
The weather was 10c and wet ie
English Summer note spectators clothing.
Cheers
Ken
G'day Ken,
Great pic of ol' YED and the
countryside. If I didn't know any better, I'd guess you've got that
bloody heater on full bore because your shirt sleeves aren't long enough
for a British Summer and your wiper blades are in the wrong position
(ha ha ha).
Congratulations on winning the
Gold Medal.
A great pic Ken. I can see the 'roo too. Hoo Roo.
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From: Patrick
To: austin1800@engineer.com
Subject: Steering
Wheels
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002
AUTOSPORT in Melbourne have 15"
Griplite steering wheels in stock. They will fit if you use the SAAS boss.
As a matter of interest the SAAS
boss for the Mini will also fit the Austin 1800.
They're a nice looking steering
wheel Patrick.
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From: Robert Alyari
To: austin1800@engineer.com
Subject: steering wheel
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002
Hi Brad,
SAAS products make a boss kit
for the Austin 1800, Tasman - Kimberley range in Australia. It costs,
depending on where you buy it any where between $70 to $75 (aus. dollars).
The only problem is that SAAS only make up to a 14 inch steering wheel,
which is really too small and makes the steering even harder. Trust me,
I've been there.
The SAAS boss kit also fits AutoTechnica
Wheels, but same problem, 14 inches is as big as they go.
Hope this helps Brad.
Take care,
Rob.
It's worth noting here that the
steering on the Mk I Austin 1800 is much lighter than the Mk II
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From: "Brad Parker"
To: "John Roach" <austin1800@engineer.com>
Subject: Alternator
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002
Hey there. if you'd like to see
more angles or some better photos I'll take some more. Just let me know.
Instructions:
The alternator I used for to
replace the 25 amp LUCAS on my Landcrab was a BOSCH alternator off a Ford
Fairlane 81 model. Its 55amp and 14.4 volts.
You will also need a larger adjusting
bar. I used the one off a 302 Windsor motor that was previously in a Falcon.
and one piece of right angle bar around 1 foot long (you'll have to trim
it to the length you need.)
Remove the old alternator. slacken
the bolt on the adjusting bar and push it back out of the way.
On lucas alternator, get someone
to hold a rag in the cooling fan on the alternator while you undo the
bolt on the shaft. remove the pulley (may require a puller, if you dont
have one try some CRC and smack the shaft on the butt a few times, that
should get it loose.).
On the Bosh alternator, get someone
to hold the fan using a rag and remove the bolt from its shaft. Remove
the pulley and replace it with the pulley from the Lucas alternator.
Using the bolts that came off
the Lucas, mount the Bosh alternator where the Lucas previously was. (this
is all a lot easier with the coil and mounting removed).
Drill two holes at each end of
the right angle bar (big enough to fit 2 bolts though). One hole on one
side and one on the other angle. (round the corners off with the grinder
or else you'll tear yourself open).
Bolt the right angle bar to the
head bolt thats the closest to the water outlet. Bolt the adjusting bar
to the other end, then bolt the alternator to it and you're done!
The wiring is very straight forward.
Pull the Green wire out of the plug and plug it into the alternator, and
finally bolt the charge wire on. You don't need to do anything with the
external regulator as far as I know. (maybe someone can field that one).
I havent had any problems at all with this setup.
Sorry for the poor instructions.
Perhaps the picture will illustrate better than my rambling.
kind regards Brad Parker.
Thanks for that Brad, I think
they will get the picture (sorry about the pun).
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From: PATRICK FARRELL
Date: Tuesday, 11 February 2003
To: John Roach <austin1800@engineer.com>
Subject: 85
amp alternator
G'day John
Bosch 85 amp alternator fitted
to my 1800, taken from a Mitsubishi Magna. It was 55 amp originally.
At one stage you wanted this
photo for the website, finally got around to doing it.
regards Patrick
Thanks Patrick.
How'd you get it from 55amp to
85 amp? (dumb question?)
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From: "Ian Comport"
To: <austin1800@engineer.com>
Subject: London to Sydney 1968
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001
To John Roach,
My name is Ian Comport and I
have been in contact with Brent Benzie in recent times. When he
was last over here I took him to see some cars and some people.
One of these cars was an ex L-S 1968 Austin 1800 which was being prepared
for the 1995 Mobil round Australia rally.
This car was used by Rauno.Aaltonen,
a famous rally driver. This car stayed in Australia and went to Taylors
of Medinci, who helped repair it during the event and who was known as
a BMC rally driver, plus built a car called the Taylors Tasman.
Mr Taylor sold it to a doctor
here in melbourne who had it prepared for the 1995 event. It finished
the event and is
still here.
The Evan Green Austin 1800 was
also still in australia and did a few events before being converted for
rally cross with a cross flow head.
Brent thought this information
might interest you. I am keen BMC man with an Austin 1800 Rally car, a
few Austin 1800 utes and a sedan. I am keen on the rally and race
exploits of BMC especially the Minis and Austin 1800's.
best regards
Ian Comport
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My Reply sent on 27th June 2001
Greetings Ian,
Thanks for the interesting info.
I can see you sure are a keen BMC man.
I am interested in any info you
have of the ex L-S rally cars or for that matter, any info on the 1968
rally itself.
If you have any pics or stories
of the 1968 London to Sydney Marathon I sure would be interested in
them to put on my website.
I have a MK1 1800 manual, and
it needs lots of tlc but the mechanics are virtually all done - brand
new gearbox, recon. motor, clutch etc plus the engine bay has been completely
restored. All the work has been done by Ken Lyle.
I built the Austin 1800 Website
because there was precious little about the Landcrab on the Internet so
I decided to 'do my bit'.
Well Ian, that's about it for
now, over to you......
Regards
John
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From: "PATRICK FARRELL"
To: "John Roach" <austin1800@engineer.com>
Subject: Bonnet Badges
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002
G'day John
The only charge for the bonnet
badge would be the cost of the horn button about $5. However you have
to supply the chrome bezel, as we don't have any.
You will have to send the bezel
to us as we machine the horn button to suit. There is no charge for the
machining, just the price of the horn button.
Postage and packing will be about
$A4.70 (to Western Australia)
regards
Patrick
What more can I say? I have purchased one and it looks as good as new!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------
From: "ken green"
To: "John Roach" <austin1800@engineer.com>
Subject: SMO
227G
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002
Hi
The latest pics of SMO 227G can
be found on this web site
http://www.soft.net.uk/hackney/smopage.htm
They were taken at the MG car
Clubs classic gathering last week.
Cheers
Ken Green
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Evan Green / Roy Denny,
Southern Cross Rally 1969 - result not known but Andrew Cowan won in a
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Evan Green / Roy Denny on the
Snowy Rally. First overall.Photo courtesy: Ken Green and Castrol Achievements book 1969. ------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Ian Davy (Oz)
This Bulletin Board is an amazing resource
Mon Mar 31 2003
Hi all,
Just thought I would pass on
what a great resource this board, the Website, and the LOCA are.
I am currently looking after
my brothers Hillman Minx. I've tried to find a resource like this one
but I can't.
Don't take the board for granted!!
Participate in discussion, provide
technical info, and above all help out fellow Crab owners.
Ian
My sentiments exactly Ian.
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