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| Pam W Member Since: 25 Oct 2011 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1169   
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Now I'm not working (lady of leisure for a short while having taken voluntary redundancy) work can now start in ernest to finish the last of the jobs and bits buying for our Australia trip (only a year to go now). Not working means its easier to have the 90 'off-the-road' as I'm not needing to commute to York 5 days a week.
Dave's old ARB lockers went away to Crown Diffs for refurb last week and should be back in good fettle within the next couple of weeks. So hoping to get them fitted into the 90 by end of the month. We need to upgrade the axles but not too spendy as we have some of the Ashcrofts bits already and just the last couple to buy. Got 3 Sealey 10l water containers with taps from a tool shop on the net earlier in the week but after trying them in the 90 found they were too big for where we want them to go on top of the wheel arch box. We had really wanted them to sit under the lip of the body capping but they were just too tall. Well, after a bit of thunking my other half decided it might be possible to melt them into submission - ie.reshaping the top corner at one side. A call to our friendly chemist / plastics specialist (Brendan!) confirmed that hot water about boiling point should do the job. So out with a pan of boiling water, and bendable plastic the result. So now 3 containers that all sit neatly on the wheel box, under the capping.... Yey! They do look as if they've been squashed them in transit and although we'll lost a little bit of capacity they now work! Got a list of other items still to get, including spare wheel carrier, a pair of Maxtrax, ground anchor, window guards and tools/spares boxes so the battle commences to have it all done for June for our trip to the South West! Our blog - http://landytravels.com/ Yorkshire Off Road Club - http://www.yorkshireoffroadclub.net |
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8th Feb 2013 4:52pm |
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it was a pain in the arse to do but the wipers are so quiet now and they clear the screen quickly without sounding like they're going to conk out 
| SiWhite Member Since: 19 Jan 2010 Location: North Hampshire Posts: 455  
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Stripped the dash out to change my main wiring loom. Complete PITA, but I now have a heated screen and heated seats. My blog - www.anacreinhampshire.blogspot.co.uk
110 TD5 BuildHERE - sold! 110 Tdci Build HERE - sold! Passat Alltrack - 4x4, auto, 45mpg, gloriously comfortable - but not a Defender! |
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8th Feb 2013 5:59pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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Pam, pics of the water bottles?....or it didn't happen!
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8th Feb 2013 6:03pm |
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| bm52 Member Since: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 2189 
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Just went the long way to/from the dump as it was s nice day for s trundle. BM52
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8th Feb 2013 6:05pm |
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| ClaireWright Member Since: 12 Oct 2012 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 609 
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Up to Yorkshire for some parts for hubbys land rover...then back thru Derbyshire....pub lunch then hubby drove from there back as I couldn't HIC
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8th Feb 2013 6:09pm |
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| bob neville Member Since: 30 Apr 2009 Location: Marbella Posts: 3248  
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Not a lot in the TD5 but the V750 has arrived for the special plate for the new 2.2 90.
Also changed the insurance - so I am ready. All LR need to do is pull their finger out and build it - build date set for Tuesday the 19th of Feb 
Bob 2015 Jaguar XE240 R Sport - goes like ....... !! 2013 Defender 90 CSW - sold 2009 Defender 110 Double Cab - sold 2001 TD5 90 CSW - offroad project - sold to a forum member 2011 Porsche Boxster - for the sunny days ! |
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8th Feb 2013 6:30pm |
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| SiWhite Member Since: 19 Jan 2010 Location: North Hampshire Posts: 455
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Which plate did you get Bob? Just on the verge of buying a new one myself... My blog - www.anacreinhampshire.blogspot.co.uk 110 TD5 BuildHERE - sold! 110 Tdci Build HERE - sold! Passat Alltrack - 4x4, auto, 45mpg, gloriously comfortable - but not a Defender! |
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8th Feb 2013 6:33pm |
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| bob neville Member Since: 30 Apr 2009 Location: Marbella Posts: 3248
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If you fancy a cuppa on your way down let me know. We are 8 miles from J25 of the M5 or 3 miles off the A303. Bob 2015 Jaguar XE240 R Sport - goes like ....... !! 2013 Defender 90 CSW - sold 2009 Defender 110 Double Cab - sold 2001 TD5 90 CSW - offroad project - sold to a forum member 2011 Porsche Boxster - for the sunny days ! |
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8th Feb 2013 6:35pm |
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| bob neville Member Since: 30 Apr 2009 Location: Marbella Posts: 3248
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[quote="SiWhite"]
Had a good look round and some of them are crazy money 
As I am getting a red 90 and it will adopt the name from the old 110 whose last three letters were LCY, Lucy, I went for ....... R90LCY
£250 from DVLA including tax and transfer fee. Very easy purchase and documents arrived within four days plus I have a full year to put it on a vehicle. Some of the ..13... plates are crazy money, WC13LCY was £1,000
Bob 2015 Jaguar XE240 R Sport - goes like ....... !! 2013 Defender 90 CSW - sold 2009 Defender 110 Double Cab - sold 2001 TD5 90 CSW - offroad project - sold to a forum member 2011 Porsche Boxster - for the sunny days ! |
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8th Feb 2013 6:42pm |
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| Defender-Stu Member Since: 14 Jun 2012 Location: South West England Posts: 1320
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Just down the road from me  |
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8th Feb 2013 6:48pm |
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| bob neville Member Since: 30 Apr 2009 Location: Marbella Posts: 3248
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You are more than welcome to drop in for a cuppa as well
Bob 2015 Jaguar XE240 R Sport - goes like ....... !! 2013 Defender 90 CSW - sold 2009 Defender 110 Double Cab - sold 2001 TD5 90 CSW - offroad project - sold to a forum member 2011 Porsche Boxster - for the sunny days ! |
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8th Feb 2013 6:58pm |
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| Pam W Member Since: 25 Oct 2011 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1169
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Ok then! Before modification the back of the bottles were the same basic shape as the fronts - like this -  Click image to enlarge After modification the back of the bottle has a crease in it Click image to enlarge So now they sit under the body capping/join of tub and sides like this... (sorry about poor pics - taken on the iPad in the dark, no flash, just the roof light and head torch for lighting! Click image to enlarge and fit more neatly on the seat box, tucked underneath at the back with just the tap over-hanging at the front - before it was about 2 inches overhang which was no good as my fridge sits on that side of the tub floor and there wasn't enough of a gap. We wanted the tap to just fit nicely into the gap between the fridge and the wheel box... the fridge not fixed in at the mo so we put in to try it this afternoon. With the fridge in place and the modified bottle you can just about turn the tap if you put your hand down the side of the fridge. Anyway we were thinking of putting a pipe into the tap fitting, with the tap on the end of the pipe - to make it easier to use for washing / washing up water. Drinking water will probably go on the other wheel box, to be more accessible. Click image to enlarge Our blog - http://landytravels.com/ Yorkshire Off Road Club - http://www.yorkshireoffroadclub.net Last edited by Pam W on 8th Feb 2013 7:15pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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8th Feb 2013 7:10pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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Clever, that's a great idea too for water (or wine). |
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8th Feb 2013 7:14pm |
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| SGH Member Since: 27 Sep 2010 Location: Hellingly-Sussex Posts: 1527
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Fitted my Mud roof consul
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8th Feb 2013 9:00pm |
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