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| bodstruck Member Since: 09 May 2020 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 842  
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Agreed. Reasonably straightforward to refresh a Defender and have it looking presentable and all hang together well for a bit. But a different matter doing it in a way that lasts.
The previous owner of this had obviously spent lots of time and money on it with the replacement chassis, bulkhead, electrics and door post repairs. But as you dig in you find frustratingly shocking work and end up spending more time putting right previous stuff than doing the new stuff you set out to do. The C posts had been riveted together and were barely attached to the sill. The B post repairs were poor - bare metal left exposed and the reinforcements for the lower hinges were not attached to the skin to they pretty much collapsed. Frustratingly extensive use of these monstrosities: 
And covering everything in sound deadening is great until you want to work on it after as removing it is a pig. Still, it will be good in the end  |
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16th Aug 2024 10:48am |
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| bodstruck Member Since: 09 May 2020 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 842
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Heated windscreen has arrived as well now. Well packaged
Not quite sure if I will make up my own loom or buy ready made yet. But at least I can fill the hole when the time comes now. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge |
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16th Aug 2024 4:02pm |
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| Procta Member Since: 04 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5066
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id buy the loom for it, saves you faffing on, you can get one with the switch that goes under the binnacle
I really should get photos of the workmanship that was done on my dads for 27k, you will be shocked. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it! |
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20th Aug 2024 5:53am |
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| bodstruck Member Since: 09 May 2020 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 842
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Access to fit the rear seat support brackets is almost impossible so I lifted the floor.
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge And obviously this led to more stuff to do. The floor supports have all been replaced in the past but have started to rust - so they need cleaning and repainting. And the coating on the fuel tank is coming off so that needs to be dropped, cleaned and painted as well. Did some dry-fitting of the seats to make sure the brackets were going to be in the right place. The brackets have since been fettled to fit better. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge As you can probably see, they do not look right. Turns out that double cab seats and station wagon seats are different ( https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic93086.html ). They are more upright (can be fixed) and also have different front hinges. So those seats were sold and I have procured a set from a SW. Ironically bought from a chap who wanted to fit them in a pickup and didn't know they were different. Fit up for the side frames / B and C posts: Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge And then ready to fit: Click image to enlarge and finally it seems like stuff is actually going back on the car 
Click image to enlarge No pics but I also fitted a new OE ignition lock so I will have a single key for the whole car |
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6th Sep 2024 10:44am |
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| LJMARSDEN Member Since: 08 Jun 2021 Location: Nottingham Posts: 318 
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All this looks like a good project, nice job 4.0 V8 Defender 90
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6th Sep 2024 11:53am |
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