Fitting a new hood...

[Batfink82]

Hi guys looking for some more help.......

ive decided to replace the hard top on my series 3 109 with a full canvas.

ive got a set of sticks and a hood but no instructions on where all the bits go! does anyone have any links to pages about how to fit all the bits?

cheers

[Robbiellewellyn]

I would help ya matey, however im away at uni and not with my series, otherwise i'd go out and take some pics for ya. Sorry i cant help any more,
Rob

[Batfink82]

:(  thanks anyway. hopefully someone else can help........

[cjcarlos1977]

hello there.

My new landy has a full tilt on it. Tomorrow after work i will take a load of photos and email them to you if it helps.

[hobbit]

Have you got the front plate that fits onto the windscreen to take the loops on the front of the canvas?

[Batfink82]

photos would be excellent help!!

yes i do have the rail along the front with the hooks.

[cjcarlos1977]

Bloody snow! When its cleared off the roof of the Landy will try and get ya some photos.

If only i had her on the road early could go play in the stuff! hehe

[Batfink82]

thanks  :D

[hobbit]

I have the pics of my lightweight, the front end will be the same only you will have more sections for the length, An extra set I think.

Is this the kit you have?

1 is the front top rail across the window
2 are the left and right verticals at the back of the door, they fasten to No 11
3 & 4 are the top rails above the doors, they attach to 2 at one end and 5 at the other end
5 are the mounting brackets from the window to the top rails 3 & 4
7 are the hoop securing claws onto the tub capping, bolted through the capping
8 are the rings normally mounted on the back corners of the tub for the rope tie downs of the canvas
9 top rails
10 Centre hoop
11 Front hoop
12 rear hoop

This any good for a start?

[hobbit]

Shame you are so far away, it would take me longer to get to you than it would to fit the whole thing

[hobbit]

Best place to start is the front,
Fit window bar
then drop the hoop in behind the seat in
locate and fit the brackets loosely to the front top corners
fit the vertical plates at the back of the doors, a bit fiddly to get though though with the bolts
fit the top door supports to the front raila t the back and the plate at the front
Adjust and tighten, you may have to adjust the window clamps to get the door to sit even allround

You then drop in the other 2 hoops and connect the horizontals across them along the length of the tub

I dont bother with the clamps, makes it easier to open the back right up in the summer

Using wing nuts instead of ordinary nuts handy for stripping too

[hobbit]

Hood is relatively easier with a 109 then an 88/lightweight

Place the body of the canopy over the main tub frame

lift the front up over the front window rail, hook the hoops in across the front of the window

when hooped in gently pull at the back of the hood to hold them in

go inside the cab and pass the straps round the front hoop and through the 2 hoops in the front window frame, pull them up to tension the front of the canopy

above the doors there are a set of hooks you will find the string down the side of the canopy hook them in and wrap the cord round the front hoop to tie off

tuck the top of the tilt in the rail in front of the vertical lip

Look inside the door at the front hoop. there are two straps, one either side of the tilt, loosely strap them round the hoop

Go to the back of the tub, you will see two straps on the tilt, they go down over the last hoop and buckle through the two flat hoops on the rear of the tub, pull these taut

go back round to the side of the doors, you should have some cord through the rings of the side of the tilt, Hoop the cord and loop over the front mounting on the tub, then continue the loops down the side of the tilt to the back, tie off the cord at the rear corners of the tub, through the larger hoops there

Around the top at the back of the tilt runs a cord that holds down the rear of the canopy as the cord comes down the rear hoop wrap round once then through the cord hole in the side of the tilt, round once more and tie off at the same point as the line along the side of the tilt

You then go round and tighten and adjust all the buckles around the lot to set it up taut

Also I think there may be some strappings int he tilt to tie it down to the hoops in a 109

I know its easy to say when you have done it, but Pics of mine are a bit difficult at the mo, as the tilt on thelight weight is a dutch army one, and the mountings are a bit different, and in my opinion better then the brit one

[Batfink82]

that is perfect! thanks for putting so much effort in. i will post a picture when i have fitted the hood.

thanks again.

[hobbit]

No probs

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LAND-ROVER-88-S-W-B-HOOD-STICKS_W0QQitemZ320079237196QQihZ011QQcategoryZ31348QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

this links shows one assembled on the ground (another 88 but you can see the front end)  might be of help too, also check you pm's

Have fun