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| Pacha Member Since: 23 Feb 2020 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 772   
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 Click image to enlarge Rgds. Chris |
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27th Sep 2020 8:13pm |
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| Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3671 
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I made the crate years back. It’s just 2” softwood and ply. It was actually made to fit a Navara with the back seats folded up bit work well in the 90. The lad is a cracker, real hardworking dog when the gun is out and soft as you like at home!
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27th Sep 2020 8:56pm |
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| Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3671
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27th Sep 2020 8:59pm |
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| C&M Member Since: 28 Aug 2020 Location: Hampshire Posts: 185
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thanks for info on the crate
very similar looking to my little bitch Click image to enlarge Defender D250 HSE Dender 110 XS - sadly gone VW Polo VW Caravelle - Gen 6 |
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28th Sep 2020 6:57am |
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| Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3671
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Did the OEM sub install this afternoon. As with all things defender, it wasn’t straight forward, I even had to break out the angle grinder!!
Martin did a superb job of sorting out the little link loom for me behind the head unit, saving a fair few quid over the LR version. He even threw in a futurenet pencil which made all the difference! Sound quality has improved immeasurably! I started off with that awesome slide base intro to One of Those Nights by the Eagles before moving on to the awesome base filled Deep Purple track; You Can’t do it Right. If you don’t know either of these songs go and google it and imagine how good they sound when you can actually hear the base. Overall, an awesome upgrade! Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge |
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3rd Oct 2020 3:19pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10733 
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Every little extra helps
It would not of gone that good without the pencil  1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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7th Oct 2020 7:32pm |
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| Christian1402 Member Since: 17 Feb 2016 Location: Cumbria Posts: 214 
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Looks really good with the wheels on, makes me wish I kept hold of them! |
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9th Oct 2020 6:47pm |
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| Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3671
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Decided to tackle the fuel tank leak this weekend. The thought was that the breather had perished. Dropping the tank was a right pain, until I spotted this in the manual:
Click image to enlarge Standard land rover! Having got some advice from Pacha on here, I phoned YRM who very kindly let me pick up a tank cradle yesterday afternoon, so after a drive up to Bishop Auckland, I set about the old one with the angle grinder. Click image to enlarge The new one fits up from underneath which is a very neat improvement, and means you can take the tank in and out vertically. Anyhow, got the tank out and found the breather to be OK, but the vent pipe was leaking. It’s supposed to be a 2 way valve, so will leak every time the tank was brimmed, which is whenever I fill it up. The is such a ridiculous design I can’t quite get my head around how it wasn’t a recall. Click image to enlarge That was yesterday, the plan for today is the re route the vent pipe into the engine bay to make it higher than the tank and also prevent water ingress when wading. More later... |
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18th Oct 2020 6:19am |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769 
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Excellent work on a horrible job
 you can pop around and drop my tank if you want  I need to paint the chassis up around it Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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18th Oct 2020 9:35am |
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| Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3671
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As much as I’d love to Ray, I never want to do this job again!!
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18th Oct 2020 10:04am |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769
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Fair enough Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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18th Oct 2020 10:17am |
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| Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3671
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Tank in. Was a bit of a chew but not as bad as getting it out. I’ve relocated the vent to the outboard if the wheel arch. This is to make it easier the replace when it fails, but I’ll also relocate it higher up tomorrow when I can buy some glue hose. Started up as well, which was good!!
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18th Oct 2020 4:26pm |
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| Pacha Member Since: 23 Feb 2020 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 772
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Rgds.
Chris |
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18th Oct 2020 4:36pm |
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| Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3671
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Finished off today. Ended up routing the Vent behind the light panel in the wheel arch as I could only get hold of 1m of hose. Got hold of some 20mm rubber/foam and stuffed it between the tank and the floor to keep things tight. Also had to make some shims to space the ARB mounts off the tank guard. Went with 4mm flat bar so will have a check to make sure they aren’t fouling.
All in all, not the worst job in the world! If I was doing it again I’d drain the tank completely, but as it was I left about 10l in there as I ran out of containers. The extra bit of weight made an awkward job harder than it needed to be. |
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19th Oct 2020 5:20pm |
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