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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971   
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The lovely and wonderful previous owner (
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 Click image to enlarge They did have a bit of steel badly riveted on top of them which looked silly, cut things that lay on top of them and were generally annoying. Is there a better way of doing it that will give me a reasonably flush surface to put stuff on top? Preferable cheap and easy 
Also are three runners along the load bed of a 110 HT standard? I've taken them out because they were really tatty and am replacing them with some cargo rail from Mud. |
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2nd Oct 2015 5:48pm |
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| Jimb1978 Member Since: 05 Sep 2012 Location: Huddersfield Posts: 808  
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grommets? 2002 110 td5
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2nd Oct 2015 5:51pm |
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| Jimb1978 Member Since: 05 Sep 2012 Location: Huddersfield Posts: 808
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2nd Oct 2015 5:53pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772 
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Put a piece of ally underneath and rivet from the top? But make sur you seal it. Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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2nd Oct 2015 6:15pm |
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| SailingTom Member Since: 19 Nov 2013 Location: ESSEX Posts: 1722
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It must have been me as the previous owner im going to cut a plug hole into the rear tub of my double cab, I get a paddling pool when it rains. The tailgate seals cant be genuine parts as they work to well
As said id put a grommet in it 
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2nd Oct 2015 6:27pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17598 
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I have used this technique many times to effect "invisible" repairs in wings, etc., simple and effective. You can use Araldite (pref not the rapid one) and a heat source (hot air paint stripper, fan heater, SWMBO's hairdryer if she's out, etc) to cure the epoxy in minutes to full strength. I've just realised that some of the repairs on my S1s done this way have been on for more than 2/3rds the life of the vehicle! Gulp! |
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2nd Oct 2015 6:43pm |
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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971
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Thanks
So I need to get myself some slow cure epoxy, a bit of aluminium sheet and borrow my girlfriends hair drier she seems to have installed in my house. Then just clean off all the crud from underneath  |
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2nd Oct 2015 8:11pm |
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| ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127 
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Just make sure you put the hair dryer back where you found it.........
 80" 80" 86" 88" 90"
Wanted, Forward Control Anything considered. |
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2nd Oct 2015 8:31pm |
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| Jimb1978 Member Since: 05 Sep 2012 Location: Huddersfield Posts: 808
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or just bung a grommet in it 2002 110 td5 |
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2nd Oct 2015 8:55pm |
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| ibexman Member Since: 13 Dec 2008 Location: Essex Posts: 2956
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You could use a round metal or plastic conduit box cover
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2nd Oct 2015 9:15pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816  
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For the last you mention there, two of these maybe? The good thing is they will float when water fills the space through the smaller holes.
You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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3rd Oct 2015 4:27am |
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| ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127
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^^^^have you got the part number for the above item? ^^^^
 80" 80" 86" 88" 90"
Wanted, Forward Control Anything considered. |
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3rd Oct 2015 7:33am |
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| Stue5 Member Since: 06 Jul 2014 Location: Marche Posts: 111  
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possible a heater exhaust? mine had two holes like that for the heater. sealing my hole....... alli and white marine grad sikaflex bond and seal in one
Range Rover p38 4.6 99 lpg(gone  ) |
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3rd Oct 2015 11:40am |
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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971
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I think it was either a heater or a generator, there was an exhaust that I removed underneath one of them.
The rear door seal was in a terrible way which would make sense with a generator. |
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4th Oct 2015 7:17pm |
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