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JWL



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England 2002 Defender 110 Td5 SW Coniston Green
Funny that, I put scratches done by me as "battle scars", anything done by anyone else is vandalism and downright wanton destruction Embarassed
Mine has not got the tidiest bodywork. Years as a hack for police people, I think they used it as a climbing frame half the tine, it has dents all over, round the door handles where the uninitiated push in the skin of the door when they try to shut the doors from the outside Evil or Very Mad I was proud of myself in not adding any more untill a height restriction barrier decided to jump on the bonnet during a holiday near Settle, was just edging up to it to see if I could get under and just touched it with the roofrack to find it wasn't bolted to the top of the post Shocked Now that scar is still there along with the transferred council paint. Whistle I'll offroad quite happily, that scratchy Question lane on the plain was a bit tight with a roofrack, but when I see the kids walking round it trying to scrape the mud off with sticks or belt the panels to knock out the mud then I get a tadge protective. Woe betide them if they even look as though they are thinking of doing anything like that to any motor let alone mine Evil or Very Mad
Post #133659 23rd Mar 2012 8:01am
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ZeDefender



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Germany 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Baltic Blue
Zagato wrote:
my wife's terrified to go near it Whistle

Laughing Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing...
Post #133661 23rd Mar 2012 8:09am
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custom90



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ZeDefender wrote:
Zagato wrote:
my wife's terrified to go near it Whistle

Laughing
Rolling with laughter
Post #133730 23rd Mar 2012 1:36pm
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ericvv



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Switzerland 2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black
Re: Sealing a rivet?
ZeDefender wrote:
For reasons too painful to describe (and embarrassing) I need to repair a small hole in the rear door. The simplest solution is to put a rivet through (hardly noticeable on a Defender). As the door is steel, I'll use Duralac anti corrosion on the rivet but is there any way to absolutely stop water from getting under the rivet head? I have creeping crack sealant but is there another "trick" to this kind of thing?

Feeling sheepish Sheep
Matt


Here is your perfect solution. They will need you to drill plenty more holes in the backdoor for this use Rolling with laughter

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chiefstoker



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England 2005 Defender 90 Td5 HT Zambezi Silver
I have THESE in mind for when I collect some annoyingly bad dings Mr. Green 2005 TD5 90 Hard Top

Beer 'n Sex 'n Chips 'n Gravy

Post #133814 23rd Mar 2012 7:14pm
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ZeDefender



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Germany 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Baltic Blue
Laughing

Used to have an old VW camper we painted like the Mystery Machine - eventually all the spot rust came through so we stuck "plaster" transfers over each patch - looked badly wounded but we loved it Thumbs Up

p.s. made myself feel better by removing the "recovery impossible" LR steering guard (top bolt was a real b*gger) and fitting the Nakatanenga one (no top bolt Smile)
Now got 2 recovery eyelets and looks a shedload better. Even managed not to puncture the radiator or knock a hole in the sump whilst doing it Laughing Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing...
Post #133844 23rd Mar 2012 8:47pm
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ickle



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France 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Alpine White
Sealed avdels just use a normal rivet gun, they look similar to a normal rivet, except you cannot see the break away end of the centre piece, its held inside the rivet.

Keith
Post #133860 23rd Mar 2012 10:04pm
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ZeDefender



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Germany 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Baltic Blue
Aaah - seen some of those - off to Fleabay Thumbs Up
Cheers
Matt Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing...
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