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| ClaireWright Member Since: 12 Oct 2012 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 609   
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Dave has fitted the rear seatbelts and trim in my puma....just waiting for bulkhead removal thingy to come now
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14th Apr 2013 7:45pm |
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| Buzz Member Since: 11 Oct 2011 Location: Inverness Posts: 235 
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Left Inverness at 19:00 Saturday night and arrived in Guildford, Surrey 12 hours and 600 miles later. Shattered!
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14th Apr 2013 8:01pm |
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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443  
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Not many stops there then
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14th Apr 2013 9:42pm |
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| Baggie Austin Member Since: 16 Mar 2013 Location: Birmingham Posts: 102 
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Just ordered some clear indicator lenses.
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15th Apr 2013 6:31am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Yesterday, re-attached my rear NS mud flap, which had parted company with the lower edge of the bodywork. The vehicle has just turned eight years old, so it's lasted a while. S'funny as I'd had an annoying rattle for weeks, which I was convinced was something to do with the second row seats until I noticed the mud flap bracket hanging by the chassis end bolt
Anyway, the problem is clearly stress cracking of the aluminium, so my solution comprised the following: strengthen the lower edge of the wing from the diagonal stay bolt back to the rear corner with some 20 x 20 ali angle. This was bedded in Sikaflex and secured with the stay bolt and a number of pop rivets. I then re-mounted the mud flap bracket but used some pieces of 4 and 6mm thick rubber on either side to create a flexible mounting. I also used a piece of thicker ali on the inside edge of the wing to spread the load along more of the existing lip. Cost in materials about £3 plus an hour or so of faffing around. Must do the other side now before it succombs  Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia Last edited by LandRoverAnorak on 15th Apr 2013 12:19pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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15th Apr 2013 7:11am |
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| WarPig Member Since: 04 Dec 2009 Location: Sheffield Posts: 1748 
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LRA any photos? I'm about to fit new flaps all round.
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15th Apr 2013 8:18am |
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| ZeDefender Member Since: 15 Sep 2011 Location: Munich Posts: 4731  
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Security - only took an hour
[URL=]  Click image to enlarge[/URL] Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing... |
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15th Apr 2013 8:40am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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No, it's a bit awkward to photograph, to be honest. Here's a little diagram of what I've done though: Click image to enlarge There are lots of ways of doing it and this was just using what I had to hand. The principle though is to ensure that the mud flap bracket isn't fixed rigidly to the wing. I hope this helps. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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15th Apr 2013 12:28pm |
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| JayPeeEss Member Since: 30 Mar 2013 Location: Cheshire Posts: 30 
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Put working door locks into my 90 - I now no longer have to climb through the back door to open the car - how very modern!
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15th Apr 2013 12:28pm |
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| WarPig Member Since: 04 Dec 2009 Location: Sheffield Posts: 1748
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Thanks Darren
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15th Apr 2013 1:02pm |
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| bm52 Member Since: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 2189 
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Scene - rush hour round about at traffic lights, pulled up next to a Merc with roof down on my o/s, my window was down.
Boy in passenger seat says to me, "what's that, it's cool" and then to his dad "why can't we have one......." Say no more.  BM52 |
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16th Apr 2013 6:31pm |
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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4731 
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Over 200 mile round trip for a 40 minute hospital appointment with the Mrs. in the Puma.
I keep telling the Mrs. "Next time it'll be in the series 111, 2.25 diesel."  1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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16th Apr 2013 10:23pm |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
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my defender was 3 yesterday
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17th Apr 2013 6:22am |
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| Baggie Austin Member Since: 16 Mar 2013 Location: Birmingham Posts: 102
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17th Apr 2013 6:58am |
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