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| Mdm Member Since: 11 Sep 2013 Location: Sunny Lancashire Posts: 1599  
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fair play. i wish them luck trying to fit one.
wonder if the magic of video will show its 100% and every nut and bolt comes undone with no problem |
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11th Mar 2023 1:58pm |
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| Hufflepuff Member Since: 25 Oct 2014 Location: Hampshire Posts: 727  
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I will be attempting to do that this week, having just got the hinges at last. Fingers crossed... 2005 Td5 90 XS 1989 V8 110 CSW |
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12th Mar 2023 6:52pm |
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| PAT303 Member Since: 25 Feb 2013 Location: Australia Posts: 125  
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Just curious, how long did it take to replace the bulkhead?, a few weeks?.
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2nd Apr 2023 4:59am |
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| donmacn Member Since: 06 Nov 2017 Location: Nth Scotland Posts: 1841 
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“It depends”….
Do you just do the bulkhead; or does ‘mission creep’ kick in and you decide to do more stuff while things are accessible? Do you have easy and quick access to some parts you find you need as you go? Is the car close by in your own garage, or somewhere else? Are you working full time or just weekends and evenings? Do you find you need new tools? When I did mine - the first one I was involved in - I think it was about 5 or 6 weeks. But that allows time for changes of plan such as the bulkhead being galved and painted instead of just painted. I also decided to fit new galvanised tub cappings while the roof was off. These days online parts diagrams allow you to plan much better and buy in almost everything in advance. Back then, which must be pushing 15 or 16 years ago, I had to rely on the two old guys in the local parts dept and their microfiche machine - but at least I had that - no local parts department and two experienced guys behind the counter these days. Local LR franchise guys have no ‘retail’ parts dept and would have to send away for stuff anyway. I think I could certainly do the job a lot quicker now - maybe a couple of weeks if I had everything to hand, and things went well. Maybe quicker, but they’d need to be long days. On the other hand - and to give a completely different perspective, the latest one has taken two years and counting! That includes changing from Sheilder to Ultra bulkheads; time delays for galving and painting (twice!); the tail end of COVID restrictions; my being ill for a good 5 months last spring; my mate (who’s car it is) indulging in a lot of ‘mission creep’; and the car being in his shed 20 miles away. Not exactly sure how useful that reply is…. but it depends! One thing I would say is that you really benefit from having lots of space to lay stuff out, ideally in a logical order, so that you can find things easily and lay out new parts alongside old, etc etc. My mate’s shed has space for 5 or 6 large tables and when you start on the reassembly it really helps to be able to see and find stuff quickly. Donald 1994 Defender 300Tdi 110 SW - owned since 2002 - 230k miles and going strong (The 'rolling restoration' or tinkering thread: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic58538.html ) 2000 Range Rover P38 4.0L V8 in the past.. RR classic - fitted with 200Tdi 1984 RR classic - V8 with ZF auto box 1993 Discovery 300Tdi not to mention the minis and the Type 2 VW camper... |
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2nd Apr 2023 8:00am |
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| Linds Hanson Member Since: 16 Jan 2021 Location: Cornwall Posts: 486
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Did you see the part were he asks the young lad how the bulkhead fitting is going? The lad rolls his eyes looks at the floor and mutters about how he,s had to drill lots of holes! |
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2nd Apr 2023 10:51am |
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| Mdm Member Since: 11 Sep 2013 Location: Sunny Lancashire Posts: 1599
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an interesting video that shows folk how much work it is to swap one in a decent workshop.
12 mins and 15 mins part 3...is the main feedback on it so holes missing bulkhead is single skin and twisted and didnt fit......he says. when we did ours we fitted it to the chassis not the body. |
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2nd Apr 2023 11:10am |
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| Linds Hanson Member Since: 16 Jan 2021 Location: Cornwall Posts: 486
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Why would you use a E coat rather than galv? |
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2nd Apr 2023 11:10am |
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| Mdm Member Since: 11 Sep 2013 Location: Sunny Lancashire Posts: 1599
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e coat offers a better finish for paint.
no need to t wash it. cold dip process so less chance of warping. if you think a std lr bulkhead has lasted xxx years with a whisper of paint nad no anti corrosion covering then these should last even longer |
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2nd Apr 2023 11:46am |
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| paul 123 Member Since: 10 Jul 2022 Location: norwich Posts: 82 
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a progress update on mine the bulkhead is now bolted to the chassis. slight problem i had to run a drill through the bolt holes on the bulkhead where it bolts to the outrigger on the chassis but it was a perfect fit apart from this. bulkhead and chassis are both from richards chassis.
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10th Apr 2023 10:01am |
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| ashcurrie Member Since: 26 Jan 2017 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 60 
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Worth checking out their latest video about the Disco refurb, at approx 13:30mins you will get further info on their experience of fitting the bulkhead. 1992 Defender 90 SW 200Tdi 2008 Defender 110 USW |
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10th Apr 2023 4:58pm |
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