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    Got a 1-Tonner?

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    Its fearsomely low geared, even in hi range. Max comfortable "cruise" is about 70kmh with high revs. Plenty of pull, though, with the low gearing, and terrible fuel consumption. Wonderful truck!

    Yep my six cylinder is the same. Max speed is about 60mph but by god its screaming at that speed. Usual cruise is 40-45.

    Fitted the Mayflower winch

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    Newbie here....

    Sorry Jon, you CAN have your winch and your overdrive and your hydraulic chainsaw and cake and eat it too biggrin.gif ...there were a plethora of pto options right from series 2 days.

    The 'belly pto' is referred to by name as ‘Bottom PTO’, ‘Bottom Power Take Off With Mechanical Drive’, Bottom Power Take Off’, or variations of these. It is listed in Landrover/British Leyland part numbers as being a part of assembly ‘RTC 8003’, also used as a sub assembly in kit ‘RTC 8002'

    Ground clearance isn't a problem as the case replaces the metal cover to the bottom of the transfer box, making it flat and approx 1 inch from the gearbox crossmember.

    I've got an electricity board hydrobollock drum winch on my 2 but find the overdrive much more usefull! With a bottom pto you leave the overdrive in the top pto hole and run the pump from the bottom one........or if you've got a real love for levers and can find all the hen's teeth parts you can do:

    Top pto=overdrive,

    Bottom pto=chaindrive adapter case to front and rear mech pto shafts,

    Front shaft to drive hyd winch pump,

    Rear shaft to drive rear pto/crop sprayer/lawnmover/drinks mixer/cake baker etc.

    I've only ever seen 5 of these winches (3 in person, 2 broken on ebay, only seen 2 bottom pto's in person) but as they and the bottom pto drive were made originally for the electricity board in early 60's (for very fine control of raising and lowering huge electrical substation units and putting poles up) there's got to be a few knocking around out there! Blanchards had a complete bottom pto kit (and shafts) a couple of years ago for about 500quid or so.

    I've been trying to work out if it's commercially viable to do an exact copy of the bottom pto - I've sounded out a pet pattern maker and aluminium caster who both semm interested but the expensive bit is the gear cutting.

    Although the pto just replicates the transfer gears above, it because of the helical cut you can't use standard transfer gears! Bearings and seals should all be the same as standard case i think.

    If someone out there had a case I could copy it would make the whole project a lot easier, rather than having to take an educated guess at dimension/running centres etc. Also, how many people would actually want one other than me? huh.gif

    Hope this helps.

    Bo

    Is the whole Landrover ex electric board or just the winch? HR is a Swidon reg which could suggest Southern Electric if it is.

    Where can I trace my vehicles history??

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    Although its a replacement chassis, its a civilian one - the rear x-member tapers at the ends, a military one is rectangular. If it was like-for-like replacement, then its a civvy landy. Also, the bonnet isn't right for an ex-mil S3 - should have a rounded profile at the front lip. Could be a replacement as well, of course.

    Military 88s did usually have the razor edge bonnet. I do have a photo of a Royal Navy 88" ragtop with a deluxe bonnet though. All 109"s had the deluxe bonnet, and it was standard on ALL station wagons (ie 88 & 109) but only optional on 88" utilities.

    Got a 1-Tonner?

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    Like the site. Need to check the chassis number, but looks like we have a 1 tonner here in Norway. Our S3 is ex Norwegian army, its possible all their S3s were 1 tonne vehicles. The guy who sold the Landies to the Norwegians back in the 70s lives just down the road, I'll ask him.

    Ah yes, those. They kind of were - they combined the 2286 petrol engine with the 1-Ton gearbox on what I understand to be conventional LHD export chassis numbers. Used normal axles as well. It would be interesting to know what chassis sequences they are on, but I don't think they are on 1-Ton prefixes as officially no four-cylinders were built. Gearboxes probably did have 1-Ton prefixes though.

    Got a 1-Tonner?

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    www.onetonlandrover.co.uk

    I have spent all day working on the register, tidying up and updating things, I'm now shattered. I found 53 suspect 1-Ton numberplates using a combination of the free online HPI checks and the DVLA website, mainly for vehicles showing up as off the road.

    I wonder how many are lurking in sheds, I know handful are on SORN with recent dates against them.

    1971 109 New Acquisition

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    Hi, new to the series forum.

    I have just 'acquiered' a 1971 109 2.6 petrol , that is in suprisingly solid condition, apart from the rear cross member,the chassis is solid with a bit of surface rust.

    Looking at the springs underneath, it has the shackles of a 1 ton( with the extra bolt in the middle) , is there a list of chassis numbers somewhere i can corespond mine against to see if it is a 1 ton , a military,or just a normal 109?

    Hi, it does look like it could be a 1-Ton. The registration looks to be factory issued, and the only factory used series III was built after yours was registered. The factory reg could be a clue to an interesting history though.

    Assuming you know the chassis number, have a look at www.onetonlandrover.co.uk which should inform you. What axles are under it?

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