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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10379  
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There's definitely something special about a standard truck. Rare nowadays.
Tidy. |
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5th Aug 2016 7:01pm |
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| Andrew*Debbie Member Since: 25 May 2016 Location: Anglesey Posts: 95
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Thank you. Our plan is too keep it clean and simple.
35,000 miles is low for an 11 plate. It had been painted and the price was too low, so I did some digging. Everything from MOT to service history matched up. I'm sure the millage is correct. The seat bases were shot. Both sides were ripped and the foam was bad on the driver's side. I ordered a new pair of bases in denim twill vinyl from Exmoor trim before a few days before we took delivery. Debbie drove it home with the ripped seat bases. I swapped in the new ones the same day. The Exmoor trim seat bases are better than stock but match the rest of seat perfectly.  Click image to enlarge |
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5th Aug 2016 8:47pm |
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| gabe3105 Member Since: 25 May 2015 Location: Grimsby Posts: 237
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Looks a nice truck. What are your plans for it?
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5th Aug 2016 8:52pm |
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| Andrew*Debbie Member Since: 25 May 2016 Location: Anglesey Posts: 95
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We want to keep it looking near stock from the outside.
We've had the truck 2 months. I'll catch up this thread on work to date and then talk about what we are thinking about next. I have the build sheet from TOPIx. Patsy was and is very low spec. The only options were a tow hitch with a ball, lower model CD Stereo and Baltic Blue metallic paint. She left the factory with a white roof. Someone, probably SHB, painted the roof in matching Baltic Blue. We think the previous owner, the one that had her five months, bolted on some bling and then took it back off. There is a pull switch on the dash that does nothing besides make relay click, the bumper bolts are brand new and the grill has been cut slightly to make room for something that isn't there anymore. Last edited by Andrew*Debbie on 6th Aug 2016 8:08pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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6th Aug 2016 8:00pm |
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| Andrew*Debbie Member Since: 25 May 2016 Location: Anglesey Posts: 95
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Ok, lets jump back two months to day 2 of ownership.
Here is what the Driver's seat looks like with the new Exmoor trim seat bottom. The new seat bases were a big improvement, especially on the driver's side where the foam was worn. Click image to enlarge |
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6th Aug 2016 8:07pm |
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| Andrew*Debbie Member Since: 25 May 2016 Location: Anglesey Posts: 95
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Day 3 it rained. A lot.
We knew the 110 leaked before we bought it. We had no idea how bad. Water was pouring in on the passenger side as well as dripping in on the driver's side. I spent the next few weeks pouring over the water ingress manual, learning how a Defender is put together and figuring out how the water was getting it. Staring with the worst, I found and corrected multiple leaks. A drain on the gutter below the windscreen was clogged. This allowed water to sit on the windscreen gasket which is not well sealed. Water got inside the car on the drivers side and would run across the bulkhead to windscreen frame gasket to the passenger side, down the A-pillar and then onto the passenger's legs. Clearing the drain cured that leak. One of the captive nuts on the passenger side door hinge was broken. This allowed water into the A-pillar. water would run down the pillar and then into the passenger footwell. The passenger door did not close properly and water got in around the door seals. The water shedders were missing from both doors. Water was getting on the back side of the door cards. From there it would run down and into the footwells. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge |
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6th Aug 2016 8:45pm |
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| Andrew*Debbie Member Since: 25 May 2016 Location: Anglesey Posts: 95
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Since I had to take off the door hinges, I used that as an excuse to get a full stainless steel bolt kit.
Starting with the front doors, I've been changing out the bolts when I have time. Click image to enlarge |
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6th Aug 2016 8:49pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3782  
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Well done Andrew, I reckon you could be the "Leakfinder King", after finding & fixing so many leaks in such a short time.
Pickles. |
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6th Aug 2016 8:56pm |
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| Andrew*Debbie Member Since: 25 May 2016 Location: Anglesey Posts: 95
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The SS bolts look great without adding too much bling.
Another early mod was Mud blind spot mirrors. A 110 hard top has a blind spot large enough to swallow another 110. The big mirrors make the truck safer and easier to drive. Click image to enlarge |
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6th Aug 2016 8:57pm |
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| dorsetsmith Member Since: 30 Oct 2011 Location: South West Posts: 4554 |
look great have you worked out whey shb fit m8 hex head bolt to the door hinges
 replaced them with stock bolts
Click image to enlarge my 2006 pick up is ex SHB stock and had same bolt fitted to door hinges |
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7th Aug 2016 6:47am |
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| Andrew*Debbie Member Since: 25 May 2016 Location: Anglesey Posts: 95
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I've just looked at some of the SHB Defenders on Autotrader. Many of them have the nuts.
I have no idea why they do it. Theft prevention seems unlikely since the correct size socket isn't exactly rare. They are a fleet operator, so there has to be some reason. They didn't even bother to paint them on this one: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201606295375631 This one only has two nuts: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201606295375827 Surprised they didn't spot paint the white one. Maybe the market has gotten to the point where they can sell anything. |
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7th Aug 2016 9:11am |
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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971 
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When I bought my 2011 110 hardtop 18 months ago it had only done 13k miles which was mad, but as you say everything added up.
Those miles must have been hard the amount of damage that had been done to various bits, I have had to re-trim the seat, fix a load of holes, new rear door car, new rear door seals, fix some huge bends in the rear door, new clutch... yet the chassis was as clean as you like. |
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7th Aug 2016 12:42pm |
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| Andrew*Debbie Member Since: 25 May 2016 Location: Anglesey Posts: 95
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The first couple of weekends in July, I worked on the front doors.
First I fixed the broken door hinge bolt. I used the new style nut plate instead of the captive nuts. I posted a how to in another thread --> http://www.defender2.net/forum/post545906.html#545906 The door handle on the passenger side was loose, so I tightened up the screws. The plastic clip that stops the door release rod from rattling had come loose on both sides, so I fixed that. I sprayed ACF-50 over all of the internal door mechanisms and anywhere inside the door that might rust. Once was happy with the door internals I put in brand new water shedders. They are cheap and stupid easy to install. The only trick is to remove the plastic nuts for the door pull and then push them back through the new water shedder. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Most of the plastic bits that hold the door card to the door were damaged. I bought an assortment and replaced all the broken hardware. I also bought new door pulls and the plastic trim that goes around the lock button. Overall this was a big improvement. We stay dryer. The doors don't rattle and they close better. Click image to enlarge |
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7th Aug 2016 3:01pm |
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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971
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That's a job I need to do on mine. Door cards off, clean out, sort the external door handle out, sound deadening, put back together with the right fasteners.
I'm wondering if yours was "looked after" by the same people that had mine! It beggars belief how much can be broken in so few miles. |
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7th Aug 2016 3:27pm |
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