Procta wrote:

nice to see her go through a test with out anybother! My dads was picked on for that same reason with the seat belt, and mine failed on it last year, i thought it was the nearside one, but it was the drivers that was the failure.
Lovely colour blue that is mined L110CDL

I had to have a new seat belt on the o/s as it was getting bad after 21 years of use at least the n/s one will last a bit longer

Many thanks about the colour, its called Gulf Blue and is a VW colour  1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.

Keeper.

Clayton.

wyvern wrote:

Cabin Air Heater fitted and running - took about one full day and started with no problems even with my limited mechanical skills and small tool kit.
The only small issue was the landrover fitted sub woofer mounted on the back of the cubby box cable that had to be re-routed from under the box to the side, , and then an hour or so searching for an english version of the heater control manual on the internet.
Fuel and battery tie ins were simple, I was able to use available mountings on the chassis with out any drilling required.
The only drilling needed was to make new holes in the bottom of of the cubby box to mount on the top of the heater frame.
It took 3 starting cycles to prime the pump and start the unit.

Next job is the glove box unit !



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Bluest wrote:

I modified the bolts in my Mantec wheel carrier so I can grease the hinges easily. I saw that the Masai carrier comes like this, which gave me the idea. Hole drilled down the centre of the bolt, tapped for a grease nipple and cross drilled about half way down.


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They seem to work well, with grease oozing out of the hinges after a few squeezes with the grease gun.


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And the nipple is hidden under the standard cap, which keeps it out of the elements.


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Cracking idea Mine squeeks every now and then, never though of doing this

AJC wrote:

wyvern wrote:

Cabin Air Heater fitted and running - took about one full day and started with no problems even with my limited mechanical skills and small tool kit.
The only small issue was the landrover fitted sub woofer mounted on the back of the cubby box cable that had to be re-routed from under the box to the side, , and then an hour or so searching for an english version of the heater control manual on the internet.
Fuel and battery tie ins were simple, I was able to use available mountings on the chassis with out any drilling required.
The only drilling needed was to make new holes in the bottom of of the cubby box to mount on the top of the heater frame.
It took 3 starting cycles to prime the pump and start the unit.

Next job is the glove box unit !

Awesome work, does the kit come with everything to fit to the defender? it's something I've been thinking of doing for a while.

Hi AJC
Yes - had the kit shipped from Nakatanenga in Germany directly and it had everything included - the site was in german so took a little bit of time to translate each part but delivered in good order and fitted with no additional parts needed .
Make sure you specify you have a defender puma and then chose which controller you would like - I have the one with a timer on it so as I can start the heater in the mornings when its cold.

Next job is 2nd battery and split charger ... Poppy - TDCI (Puma) 110XS 2.2 - Camper conversion - see the build here - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic56530.html
Elgar -TDCI(Puma) 110XS Dormobile - now sold
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