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Hans



Member Since: 12 Jan 2010
Location: Lot, France
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France 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Keswick Green
Battery compartment cover
Last weekend I needed access to my Puma's battery to help start an excavator in a friend's backyard.

The friend didn't believe I could get there with my Def, but driving to the excavator took less time than removing the sliding cover plate over the battery compartment. It was stuck hard and I needed pliers to get it out. I didn't put it back into place afterwards.

Did anyone else have similar problems? How can I prevent this? Hans
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Post #45537 17th Nov 2010 10:42am
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BigMike



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They can get a bit sticky. How old is the vehicle?
Post #45540 17th Nov 2010 10:50am
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Grockle



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smear grease on the cover where it slides 2.4 90 XS
1968 1/32 scale Britains 109 Pick up.
Post #45542 17th Nov 2010 10:52am
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Hans



Member Since: 12 Jan 2010
Location: Lot, France
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France 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Keswick Green
Grockle wrote:
smear grease on the cover where it slides


That's what I was going to do.
The Def is 2.5 years old. Hans
http://www.orlaya.fr
Post #45557 17th Nov 2010 12:21pm
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The Boy



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Like you I often have to jump start plant about the yard so I fitted an Anderson socket on the front bumper and made a 5m jump cables. Has saved me no end of time and was a really useful mod to do.


Boy
Post #45570 17th Nov 2010 2:10pm
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WarPig



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The Boy wrote:
Like you I often have to jump start plant about the yard so I fitted an Anderson socket on the front bumper and made a 5m jump cables. Has saved me no end of time and was a really useful mod to do.


Boy


Any chance of some photos of where exactly you have placed your anderson connectors please?

Ive just fitted a set to the outside of my seat box, but the front bumper would be a more conveinient place for them. Did you need to fit any kind of weather/dirt proof coverings?

Cheers
Post #45574 17th Nov 2010 2:48pm
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leeds



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If fitting an Anderson connector outside the vehicle I would suggest an isolation switch, a dust cover and a pvc boot over where the cables go into the connector.


Currently I am rewriting what I put HERE into a more informative form.

However I do not have any photos of bumper/rear cross member mounted Anderson connectors. If anyone has such photos I could use I would be grateful.

I have a photo of an Anderson connector placed in the wing top. Well away from the wet and gloop. Will dig that photo out later if anyone is interested.


Brendan
Post #45579 17th Nov 2010 3:11pm
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The Boy



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Not much to show really but on the near side of the bumper. What is spooky is that one of the men has just came in and asked if I could jump one of the forklifts. Took about two minutes. Cost very little to fit and took a Saturday morning to do it.




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Post #45580 17th Nov 2010 3:17pm
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Ads90



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Sorry - off topic - but are those Nakatanenga driving/fog lamps you have in your bumper The Boy?
They are very neat, but tiny - do they pack any decent punch, or are they a bit like bright cruise lights?
Post #45581 17th Nov 2010 3:50pm
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The Boy



Member Since: 28 Aug 2008
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First four bumper 5 or 6mm with recovery points. Lights are not very good but I find they give a good sweep for the first 6-7m, good on tracks for low speed driving. The other lights do all the rest I need. I didn't buy it for the lights but for the strength and recovery points

http://www.firstfour.co.uk/
Post #45582 17th Nov 2010 3:59pm
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leeds



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An interesting place to keep an A nderson connector at the front of your vehicle


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Not quite a neat job at the rear


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Hope those shots prove to be of interest to some people



Brendan

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Post #45614 17th Nov 2010 11:04pm
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Hans



Member Since: 12 Jan 2010
Location: Lot, France
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France 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Keswick Green
The Boy wrote:
Like you I often have to jump start plant about the yard so I fitted an Anderson socket on the front bumper and made a 5m jump cables. Has saved me no end of time and was a really useful mod to do.


Boy


That looks like a great solution. Hans
http://www.orlaya.fr
Post #45772 19th Nov 2010 11:43am
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The Boy



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Hans wrote:
The Boy wrote:
Like you I often have to jump start plant about the yard so I fitted an Anderson socket on the front bumper and made a 5m jump cables. Has saved me no end of time and was a really useful mod to do.


Boy


That looks like a great solution.


It is Hans yes! Really is worth doing. I aways seem to be the one behind the guy on the ferry who has a flat battery and so can jump the vehicle in front and away we go. Don't forget (someone has already pointed this out) to put a cut off swtich on the live lead just for safety.

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Post #45775 19th Nov 2010 12:49pm
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