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bpman

Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
Posts: 8069

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black

ericvv wrote:
Same with me. Red engine bracket is there. Nothing comes closer than 3 or 4 cm, so presume no need to remove it. Who knows, one day in the future it might serve its purpose. Hope not of course...

Ericvv I think ours being LHD are slightly different, I also checked mine and can't see any problem.

17th Jan 2012 7:29am

Zagato
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Member Since: 08 Jan 2011
Location: Billingshurst West Sussex
Posts: 5009

Had a look under the bonnet of the 2.2 yesterday

It's a lot busier in there

The silly rear door handle with holes in it made me laugh - somebody must have been really bored one afternoon

17th Jan 2012 7:43am

cinstone

Member Since: 29 Nov 2010
Location: Stourbridge
Posts: 375

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Keswick Green

Two bolts??? Mine has just the one, now anyway

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17th Jan 2012 8:50am

Zagato
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Location: Billingshurst West Sussex
Posts: 5009

One has already fallen out!

17th Jan 2012 2:15pm

ZeDefender

Member Since: 15 Sep 2011
Location: Munich
Posts: 4731

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Baltic Blue

bpman wrote:
ericvv wrote:
Same with me. Red engine bracket is there. Nothing comes closer than 3 or 4 cm, so presume no need to remove it. Who knows, one day in the future it might serve its purpose. Hope not of course...

Ericvv I think ours being LHD are slightly different, I also checked mine and can't see any problem.

Mine doesn't seem to have one - is it somewhere hidden for us LHDs? Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing...

17th Jan 2012 2:29pm

ericvv

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
Location: Near the Jet d'Eau
Posts: 5816

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black

Not hidden at all. When you watch the engine from the driver side of the LH drive vehicle. it is a big bright red bracket located close to the bulkhead. If it is there, can't miss it. You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
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17th Jan 2012 7:25pm

Zagato
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ZeDefender wrote:
bpman wrote:
ericvv wrote:
Same with me. Red engine bracket is there. Nothing comes closer than 3 or 4 cm, so presume no need to remove it. Who knows, one day in the future it might serve its purpose. Hope not of course...

Ericvv I think ours being LHD are slightly different, I also checked mine and can't see any problem.

Mine doesn't seem to have one - is it somewhere hidden for us LHDs?

Mine didn't have one either they stopped putting them in on later models

17th Jan 2012 9:11pm

Bearcat

Member Since: 09 Dec 2011
Location: Dublin
Posts: 57

I just put pipe insulator around the pipe that rubs off the red hoist mount. My puma has 63k miles and pipe wasn't chaffed. Current...07 90 Puma commercial
Porsche 930 1988 (laid up)
Previous Td5 90 & V8 90

18th Jan 2012 6:24am

Shax

Member Since: 05 Oct 2010
Location: London
Posts: 391

2010 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

Re: Engine lift bracket.. GRRRRRR

Shax wrote:
Just a quick reminder to all owners get the red engine lifting bracket removed... Mine still has it, and now has a bloody great hole in the heater feed pipe where it has been rubbed away..
Now I know why it recently lost 4 litres of water!
I feel a(nother!) warranty claim coming on...

Took my 90 to Stratstones in Burnham last week.. The techie had a look see, and said, "Yup, it's f*$ked.." Took the keys, couriered a new hose in, swapped out the dud, took off the bracket and refilled the coolant.. All in about 4 hours..

And he also found leaking swivel seals, agreed to replace the headlight surrounds, front mudflaps and rear window... It went in today for the bits under warranty.. Pick it up in the morning... I'll shout loud if any work aint been done!!! ... ,-------,
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23rd Jan 2012 8:08pm

Projectblue

Member Since: 22 Nov 2011
Location: Devon
Posts: 1096

Just to say thanks for the tip. Checking the fluids in preperation for prospective weekends snow, I decided to remove the bracket. Despite tightening the bolts 2 months ago before I read this thread, one had worked loose enough that 2 secs finger tip work removed it. Needless to say I took the

off this time!

This should be a bloomin recall notice surely?

2nd Feb 2012 4:20pm

PK1

Member Since: 19 Oct 2012
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 96

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

Red Bracket falls off!

Heard a noise - looked under the bonnet and found a red bracket. New to all this so investigated this forum only to find out the recommendation is to remove bracket...........so being keen went straight out to investigate further. Touched red bracket and it fell off!!! OMG how lucky I investigated - Thanks peeps!!

19th Oct 2012 5:20pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
Posts: 20281

Good job you did then or it could have been in someone's windscreen behind if it fell onto the road.

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19th Oct 2012 5:45pm

bpman

Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
Posts: 8069

custom90steve wrote:
Good job you did then or it could have been in someone's windscreen behind if it fell onto the road.

who legally would be responsible for that ? the owner or land rover ?

19th Oct 2012 5:47pm

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green

Zagato wrote:
The silly rear door handle with holes in it made me laugh - somebody must have been really bored one afternoon

Is this on a 2.2 - where should I be I looking?

25th Feb 2015 9:52am

ericvv

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
Location: Near the Jet d'Eau
Posts: 5816

^^ Puma 2.2 rear door handle. It is the environmental guys in Solihull's solution to Defender weight saving. The Puma 2.4 has a solid door handle without holes.
But then those same Solihull environmentalists witth the Puma 2.2 added a rubber lead to the fuel cap. So by this they erased 50% of those weight savings again.

eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o
https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I
https://vimeo.com/201482507
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw

25th Feb 2015 10:13am

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