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uncas

Member Since: 22 Nov 2012
Location: Wentworth near Rotherham
Posts: 340

I fitted Defenderdenisters took all of two minutes no holes to cut and they work.

Uncas

4th Dec 2014 5:29pm

mk1collector

Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 6769

They look really ugly though

4th Dec 2014 5:45pm

uncas

Member Since: 22 Nov 2012
Location: Wentworth near Rotherham
Posts: 340

You can't call a anything on or about a Defender pretty can you except noisy, draughty and leaky. I didn't have to drill any holes in the dash and I can take them off and no one is the wiser

Uncas

4th Dec 2014 8:02pm

Retroanaconda

Member Since: 04 Jan 2012
Location: Scotland
Posts: 2641

PaulMc wrote:
mk1collector wrote:
I didn't t in, I drilled holes next to the ducting into the airbox and pushed the convoluted tubing into it so you get a better flow of air to the side windows and don't interupt the flow to the windscreen.

That's how the Military demisters are fitted.

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Mine too

http://www.retroanaconda.com/landrover/201...demisters/

4th Dec 2014 9:04pm

kipperthedog

Member Since: 27 Jun 2013
Location: Down South
Posts: 403

I knew I had cpopied someone Ray. But couldn't remember who! Thanks

5th Dec 2014 8:33am

Litch

Member Since: 10 Mar 2013
Location: Oxfordshire
Posts: 762

PaulMc wrote:
Side Screen Demisting was fitted to the 'winterised' Military Defenders procured during 1991

I fitted these Military parts to my 110 around 1995, and it's well worth having

Here are some pics of my installation -

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Here's an extract from the Military Parts List -

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The dealer looked-up the prices and wrote them against the part numbers - this was around 1995 IIRC.

The diagram doesn't make it very clear but, item #1 - Part No. RRC7316, is the adaptor that goes onto the new dash end pieces to enable the convoluted hoses to connect to them, you require 2 of this part (one for each side).

I think that you are also supposed to use 2 x RRC7316 to connect the side-screen convoluted hoses to the new dash closing panel, item #4 - RRC7320

I didn't buy the new dash closing panel or the adaptors for it, I used my existing dash closing panel and used a holesaw to cut two holes of the right diameter into it either side of the hole where the hose for the L/H windscreen demister outlet is connected (roughly where shown in the diagram) so that the new side-screen convoluted hoses are routed behind the bulge in the dash trim. I de-burred the edges of the new holes and with a pair of pliers I 'kinked' the hole so that the convoluted hoses screwed in to the panel. I then put sealer around the joint.

I'm not sure if any of these parts are still available from Land Rover - but, if they are, I expect that they're now silly-money.

That's almost exactly how I did mine, I hadn't seen that set-up before but it looked to me to be the most obvious and successful option to try. As already stated, the advantage is that by drilling into the lower dash you aren't diverting air that was on its way to the windscreen demisters (wouldn't be a problem for me as I have a heated screen anyway but I just didn't like the idea).

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5th Dec 2014 8:07pm

gilarion

Member Since: 05 Dec 2013
Location: Wales
Posts: 5110

2007 Defender 90 Other CSW Trident Green

For those doing the mod you could always use these to neatly finish the job off on offer from Exmmoor trim

http://www.exmoortrim.co.uk/store/clearanc...etail.html

5th Dec 2014 8:20pm

mrd1990

Member Since: 16 Aug 2012
Location: Wales
Posts: 600

I've got the defender demisters, ugly and plasticky but they avoid pulling apart the dash which I've done so many times I refuse to do it again, and they work just as well as the other option.

5th Dec 2014 8:25pm

Dave T

Member Since: 07 Jun 2013
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 490

I did the demister mod today, same as retroanaconda's link. I used a 16mm internal diameter convoluted tubing (from an old wall paper stripper) and metal inserts for 15mm plastic plumbing pipe. You can definitely feel a blow and it doesn't seem to have affected the flow to the windscreen, just need to fog it up now to test it.

I was out at if from around 9 till 3, but some of that time was awaiting a dremmel and sorting out my mud console wiring, so it is probably a half day job 2015 RRS Autobiography SDV6
1994 Def 90 300tdi

16th Dec 2014 5:16pm

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