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jddisco200tdi



Member Since: 22 Jul 2008
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Australia 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Zermatt Silver
One Piece Bonnet Chequer Plate
When installing the one piece bonnet plate, do you need to use a foam gasket underneath?

Also, has anyone had corrosion of the alloy wing top / galvanised bonnet by using stainless steel fasteners ?
Im thinking I will use aluminium or nylon pop rivets instead. Regards

John D - Defender 110 2.4
Post #48324 13th Dec 2010 5:52am
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leeds



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Would suggest you do not use plastic pop rivets. I would be concerned about the lonevitity of plastic pop rivets. Especially when driven on corrugated roads.

Not sure if gas gets are available for larger chequer plate pieces, as the waste factor would be large. I know a local manufacturer has gaskets made for wing tops and this is a manual operation.

Bi metallic corrosion? Have used stainless bolts and nuts on Puma wing tops with gaskets. The drilled holes were waxoyled. So far no obvious problems.

On 300Tdi have had pop rivets pop on the bonnet after doing long distances on corrugated roads.

HTH


Brendan
Post #48328 13th Dec 2010 7:53am
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jerseyman



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After drilling the holes touch in with an etch primer. Use Duralac on the Stainless Steel nuts and bolts. Plastic washers would also reduce the contact areas.

On my TD5, having ground out over 100 rusty rivets I refitted some of the chequer plste using Aluminium Rivnuts, partially as an isolation layer, partially for ease of refitting

Brian
Post #48331 13th Dec 2010 9:56am
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Glynparry25



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If it is the Mammouth 4x4 one piece bonnet chequer plate it comes with a pre-cut gasket.

Glyn Sheep
Post #48371 13th Dec 2010 4:52pm
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landydubai



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Bad fit
Mammoth checker ............ fitted it in June this year even with a few tweaks it still has a gap at the bonnet bulge front edge. Been off and on several times but still unable to close gap used the supplied gasket rivet nuts etc poor fit LandyDubai
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landydubai



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If it is the Mammouth 4x4 one piece bonnet chequer plate it
Mammouth 4x4 one piece bonnet chequer plate it comes with a pre-cut gasket - poor fit Crying or Very sad LandyDubai
Keep the shiny side up!

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Post #48416 13th Dec 2010 7:47pm
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Glynparry25



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Re: If it is the Mammouth 4x4 one piece bonnet chequer plate
landydubai wrote:
Mammouth 4x4 one piece bonnet chequer plate it comes with a pre-cut gasket - poor fit Crying or Very sad


Just a quick note on this..... they had mentioned it to me that certain age vehicles have slightly different bonnet shapes and I know they have modified manufacturing to accommodate this.... might be an idea to ask your supplier Wink... might get a replacement item that fits better :thumbsup

Glyn Sheep
Post #48427 13th Dec 2010 8:50pm
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landydubai



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Worth a shot
Cheers Thumbs Up Spent hours on the phone from dubai with Mammouth but they stated that they had no issues at the time and basically washed their hands also had the local LR specaist body shop look at it and refit it with no improvement. they spoke to Mammouth and got the same response

Anyone had the same issues mine is 2009 Question LandyDubai
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G55 2003
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Post #48562 14th Dec 2010 6:06pm
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jddisco200tdi



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Thanks for all the responses, and it is the Mammouth 4x4 one piece bonnet chequer plate .

I think i will use aluminium pop rivets and prime all the holes first before fastening. Regards

John D - Defender 110 2.4
Post #48596 14th Dec 2010 10:02pm
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