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| Paddie42 Member Since: 24 Apr 2014 Location: Hamphire Posts: 230   
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Not today but on Saturday whilst driving up to Peterborough....
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20th Jul 2015 7:57am |
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| AndyTunn Member Since: 10 Jan 2015 Location: Auckland Posts: 313  
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A straight! Well done!!
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20th Jul 2015 8:08am |
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| AndyS Member Since: 18 Aug 2012 Location: London Posts: 595  
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"They're here" ... finally, FFS. Just need tyres now. Come on BFG, sort yourself out. |
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21st Jul 2015 8:17pm |
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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443 
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Swopped my Defender handbrake for a Discovery one up on top of the seatbox. I can now relax my left leg without the handbrake lever digging in
Quite an easy operation, the only hiccup was that even after adjusting the cable, the end was still a good ½" short of the clevis pin hole. Soon sorted by cutting ½" out of the base of the lever and rewelding it back together. I think the Disco handbrake assembly came from a Disco 1, whether the Disco II is different I don't know but this one works OK |
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21st Jul 2015 9:58pm |
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| Dora Member Since: 12 May 2015 Location: South East Posts: 170
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JWL Sounds good, any pictures?
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21st Jul 2015 10:03pm |
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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443
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Just taken a couple now.
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Sorry to the shiny brigade but I don't do shiny shiny motors |
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21st Jul 2015 10:11pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772 
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I too used a disco 1 handbrake and no mods were needed. But I did sit the handbrake a bit further back
Click image to enlarge Ray My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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21st Jul 2015 10:32pm |
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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443
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It may have been that the cable is biased towards the drum more on mine but it wasn't a big problem. I left mine further forward mainly as I haven't got a lot of room left on my seatbox due to me shifting the drivers seat towards the middle an inch and a half to allow for more elbow room with the RX8 seats I put in.
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21st Jul 2015 10:53pm |
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| Dora Member Since: 12 May 2015 Location: South East Posts: 170
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That's the problem I think I will have, not enough room with my aftermarket seats filling the gap!
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22nd Jul 2015 6:21am |
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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443
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That's what I thought before I bit the bullet and tried it. By leaving the lever part forward, well the original was out there, it takes up hardly any space and it's not in the way of any gears levers.
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22nd Jul 2015 8:31am |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5883 
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Do you get any interferance on the radio when using the USB adapter (the one in the dash) 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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22nd Jul 2015 8:03pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772
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Got rather annoyed at the very poor powder coating on my nas rear step
 now I need to spend an hour taking it back tomorrow so they can have another go  Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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22nd Jul 2015 8:32pm |
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| Hairysteve Member Since: 15 Jun 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 692 
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Hi John,
I didn't receive any interference but will monitor it tomorrow and let you know. Steve |
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22nd Jul 2015 8:36pm |
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| familymad Member Since: 13 Dec 2011 Location: Bucks Posts: 3481  
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They are lovely 1951 80" S1 2.0 1995 110 300TDI 1995 90 300TDI |
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22nd Jul 2015 9:00pm |
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