Series petrol filler hose

Just changed the filler hose on my swb 2a. Apart from the usual hot water and light greasing etc, it took the removal of the filler spout from the rear tub and a significant cut out of the rear bulkhead to prevent the new hose from chafing as the old one had done over the years. The fault was originally highlighted when I went to fill up and put just over a quids worth of juice into my front seat before I stopped pumping. Very scary as the petrol came out of the door.

Anyone checked their filler hose recently. It appears unprotected behind the drivers seat back.

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Wrong.

Percy has a rubber strip over the metal edge , sort of a U shaped channel to prevent this.

I have however performed the same exercise on Percy and it was a git to do. The hoses seem to Perish over time anyway.

Lee D

Current replacement part that you get is not designed for the IIa at all, I believe it is a later 90/110 part that is "equivalent" - hence the requirement to cut the hole about 1/2" higher behind the seat to stop it slicing through the hose. The original hoses tend to rub on the seat back at the bottom where it comes through the bulkhead, the replacement hoses are worse, exacerpated if you have a late IIa with independant seat frames.

And they're always a bastard to fit, far easier to remove the filler neck from the body.

LR do this quite often with superceeded parts - try ordering a handbrake relay lever/shaft for a IIa, the shaft will not fit the keyway hole in the chassis bracket on a IIa, as it is designed for a larger keyway as present on the chassis of later vehicles. The reason for changing the keyway will be quite apparent when you try to remove the old IIa relay shaft......

Alex

Yes it did.

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Be patient! ;-)

I am patient, but something is wrong when the test and second posting appear immediately with me (well 3 minutes) and the original posting is still absent eight hours later.

Still thanks everyone for your comments, the tubes seemed to be very similar in design and angle but who knows? Glad to know everyone has to make that cut to get a replacement hose in. I have sleeved the hose in light aluminium to act as a grommett where any chafing may occur.

Eddy

Use a decent news server. The one you are on now is obviously crap!

Well it might have been moulded and bent by Britpart I admit

Not true - the part is the correct one. However, for some reason, the filler appears to have moved on the tank over the years......

ahem - the shaft, this bit that goes into the chassis, is entirely different on a SII to a SIII.

The SII version (which are different for 88" and 109") have been unavailable for years - there is no supercession.

Apart form the recent stunningly stupid supercession on Defender front doors* (whoever came up with that bright idea should be moved to car-parking duties until they understand the concept of "Engineering" and "Cost Of Ownership") I've yet to come accross a supersession that that does not work, even though sometimes the pile of bits required can be rather expensive.

It is true though that since the BMW take-over and the dumping of Unipart (now back again for the "Classic" parts system - more ranting) an awfult lot of Series parts are now NLA.

Richard

LOL!

Lee D

Oh yes? and the hole in the floor of the tub which the filler neck fits through has moved as well to accomodate the filler being in a different position on the tank, all without me noticing?

I was referring to late SIIa version, which is identical to the SIII version. The early version does not have a keyway on it as it bolts onto to both sides of the chassis.

Only SII's before 1967 used the shaft which bolted onto both sides of the chassis rail, different parts for 88 (#240829) and 109 (#267193, also fits Series I 107/109"), both of which ARE still available.

Part number 577137 which fits IIa and III from 1967 to 1984, is the same for SWB and LWB. If you order this part from landrover, it will NOT fit a 1968 IIa without modifying the keyway hole in the chassis bracket.

Alex

"Not true - the part is the correct one. However, for some reason, the filler appears to have moved on the tank over the years......"

Just think about what I've said above -

So your not ordering the right part! 577137 is for Suff. D vehicles onwards.

Richard

Oh look! My Vehicle chassis number ends in D! What a surprise! Suffix D from April 1967 - as i said, 577137 from 1967 to 1984. Vehicles prior ro Suffix D use the different parts for 88 and 109.

So now explain why it doesn't fit.

Alex

Because it's the wrong bloody part - IT DOES NOT FIT - you say so yourself!!!!!

End of thread.

Richard

You're so bloody clever, you tell me which part does fit then.

Alex