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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967  
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thats the only problem with defenders, things are so easy to pinch off them. a power screw driver and 2 mins and all your LED lighting is gone!!! utter scum  My 109 thread
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30th Dec 2014 8:08pm |
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| Anderzander Member Since: 08 Feb 2011 Location: Lancashire Posts: 999
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Weird
At first I thought maybe it was nicked by someone just for nicking it's sake - but then you'd have to know Defenders to know that it did just come off. Ar5e hole5 |
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30th Dec 2014 8:09pm |
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| Windowlicker Member Since: 24 Aug 2014 Location: East yorks Posts: 290 
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Exactly what I thought, only someone who knew how one fitted, and that it did indeed cover a hole in the rear quarter where the filler cap is, and would actually also have a use for one.
Now when we parked , there was a Disco 2 parked in front, with no one on board, when we returned there was someone sat in the drivers seat and , they stayed put until we had loaded up, turned around, and driven off. When I noticed it was missing, the first the wife said was, " I bet the guy in the disco whipped it off" either for himself or a mate. Not a nice line of thought, but I guess there is more chance of it being correct, than a random pedestrian removing it . Who knows, but as mentioned, I could have returned to find my indicators, my new Noldens, my doors etc, all missing with no requirement for anything more than basic tools, and X minutes of someone's time 
Such is life I guess, it just boils my that it's occured. |
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30th Dec 2014 8:25pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20298
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I've had one that disappeared, hard to say if it came off or got nicked though
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30th Dec 2014 8:32pm |
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| Windowlicker Member Since: 24 Aug 2014 Location: East yorks Posts: 290
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It was definately on when I left the house as I looked at the cctv footage when I returned and it was fitted then.
Before I had it painted I had tweaked it to make it a tighter , snugger fit, so I know it didn't just fall off. Granted , it wasn't expensive , but I would be less annoyed, if I had left on top of a fuel pump somewhere, or run it over at the garage. As I say, no big deal in the overall scheme of things, it's just the see it, want it , take it part of society that irritates me. A customer of mine had been cutting his grass, he went to empty the grass collector, came back to find someone had taken his petrol mower in the space of a couple of minutes, from his front garden, through his gate, then either pushed it down the road, or shoved it into a vehicle. Most likely to end up at a car boot sale somewhere, or the other excellent means of moving on stolen goods....E bay. |
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30th Dec 2014 8:45pm |
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| gilarion Member Since: 05 Dec 2013 Location: Wales Posts: 5109  
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Me to, mine went same as yours in a car park, trouble is everytime I see one on a Defender I wonder if it was mine!
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30th Dec 2014 11:21pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20298
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Why on earth don't they produce some sort of secure lanyard for them anyway?
A good design somewhat flawed sadly by security. |
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30th Dec 2014 11:25pm |
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| Windowlicker Member Since: 24 Aug 2014 Location: East yorks Posts: 290
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Replacement has been ordered ( along with one of their snow cowls, just to help protect the Defendoor in transit you see
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As Steve mentions , a tether of some sort would make sense, something I already had on my mind as I have been chewing it over. I am going to attach a stainless steel plate to the inside with a drilled 90 deg tag in the middle to attach a thin ( cycle brake cable ) stainless cable to, which will then be looped around the filler neck underneath the cap, below the threads. I was thinking of hot gluing the plate to the back, but I don't think , due to the nature of the plastic, that this will not come adrift if ripped off with force, so I think 2 x rivets will do the job, then when painted they won't be too obvious when amongst the mass of factory rivets on the panels. |
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30th Dec 2014 11:39pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20298
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Hot glue doesn't work, been there done that.
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30th Dec 2014 11:45pm |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
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I riveted a piece of rubber sheet to the back of my defendoor then secured it around the rubber grommet that locates the fuel filler pipe, Thor has it on his truck now, so,I don't have a photo
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31st Dec 2014 8:14am |
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| dorsetsmith Member Since: 30 Oct 2011 Location: South West Posts: 4554 |
serch
4x4 Overlander > Defendoor fuel filler cover/guard |
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31st Dec 2014 8:26am |
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| Cuthbert Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: Up North Posts: 1535 |
Sadly, it's often other Defender 'enthusiasts' that actively thieve parts - either for themselves or to sell on the huge 'second-hand' market place. Yet another example of Yorkshire continuing to maintain its reputation for Defender thieving.
I'd wager that the thief would know exactly what they were thieving - after all how many folk would recognise the 'blanking plate' for what it is - or target a vehicle for that one component.. I know the very area you parked up in - I'm never that relaxed leaving my own Defender in York. Not very far along the road - a well known company was having problems with staff taking microwave ovens off its property. The solution was - two small squares of stainless steel, one attached to the oven, the other to the shelf by 'aircraft' quality double-sided tape - a short length of stainless steel cable (not unlike a bicycle brake cable) was fastened to the two steel plates. It proved rather effective as a deterrent. |
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31st Dec 2014 11:25am |
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