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JOW240725



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United Kingdom 2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Orkney Grey
Great photos!! Thumbs Up James
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Supacat



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United Kingdom 2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green
+1 stunning.
Post #929015 8th Nov 2021 7:30am
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L110CDL



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+2 stunning Cool 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.

Keeper.

Clayton.
Post #929159 8th Nov 2021 9:32pm
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lolo



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Location: Vaud
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Switzerland 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Keswick Green
Nakatanenga rear door damper top mounting

As I was changing my rear door bolts for stainless ones, I took the opportunity to fit this Nakatenanga kit


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4 screws of the door handles to remove, simple job, what could go wrong?

Well, the gas strut is mounted with lock nut and one is attached to the stainless plate which is fixed behind the door handles.


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And impossible to mount this plate correctly in proper position as the strut bolt has no room to fit between the plate and the rear door liner

So a small trim in the liner is needed to make room for the bolt


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Than it fits correctly


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The four door handles screws are a real PITA to get back in, as the plate about 2mm thick prevents the screws to bite easily.

In the end I am very happy with the result as this strut is very effective in helping to open the rear door easily and keep it open even if the Defender is pretty tilted on the left side.


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Post #929634 13th Nov 2021 6:00pm
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lolo



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Switzerland 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Keswick Green
Nakatenanga stainless bolts kit

Finished fitting the Nakatenanga stainless bolts kit. All original bolts were easy to remove but the lower rear door hinge on the B pillar, those needed a bit more torque to get out as they were more rusted than all other ones. I was surprised that all bolts were lightly torqued. So i reapply a light torque when bolting back.

I applied a liberal quantity of anti-seize Weicon 26000045 paste on all bolts. A pack of 450gr is more than enough for all the bolts as I used maybe not more than one third.

The kit is good quality, but washers diameter for the rear body x-member are more large than the original, and also note that the 4 upper B pillar door hinges bolts are 10mm longer than the original. As original are already a bit long I had to cut the new ones by 15mm.


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Fitting all those bolts can be a one man job, even if easier with four hands. For doors there is no need to remove the panels to deal with the non captive nuts. No need if... you don't let fall any nut inside the panel when unbolting Smile

To unbolt I used a needle nose plyer to hold and remove the non captive nuts


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I took the opportunity to clean the hinges holes with polish and use of a Dremel


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Then to bolt in I used a little trick to hold the nut in place, some tape on the 13mm wrench and so the nut can be easily aligned with the hole as the wrench is maintained in place squeezed between the door and the panel.



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It's an easy job if things goes well. Hopefully no issue with seized or broken bolts or rounded heads. But it takes some time to do it carefully.

The end result is good looking brand new bolts. One thing I am wondering: why there is plenty of stainless bolts kits, but no OEM mild steel bolts kit ready to use Question
Post #929729 14th Nov 2021 6:49pm
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lolo



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Switzerland 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Keswick Green
TD4 110 SW 2008 - Rear tub detailed dimensions

This weekend I got rid of my third row seats. Pretty straight forward job, providing that you keep the seats folded UP. Gosh those seats are heavy Shocked Removing them is a very cheap way to get at least +10 cv Laughing

To start the design sprint of my removable camper setup I was looking for the detailed dimensions of the rear tub. Not easy to find ready to use technical drawings/blueprints for the TD4.

All valuable resources found around do not converge on same measures, some are for the TD5, some other updated for the TD4

TD5 : https://www.defender2.net/forum/post608024.html
TD4 : https://www.aulro.com/afvb/90-110-130-defe...r-tub.html
TD4 : https://medium.com/giraffe-13/innenausbau-...5b73cb4aa4

Capitalizing on those schemas I have measured again and updated all dimensions (green boxes). No warranty, expressed or implied, measures are based on my TD4 110 and according my old eyes Wink



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Post #930643 21st Nov 2021 9:20pm
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lolo



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Switzerland 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Keswick Green
Windows deflectors and water ingress fighting

Very cold and rainy weekends here in Switzerland. Time to start fixing water ingress, at least trying to.

Only ingress spoted for the moment are on the footwells, both sides.

I had already those rubber fender seals (#LR038612) fitted


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It helped reducing water ingress, but not eliminated it.

Than I have done a quick and dirty temporary job with some "dum dum" like 3M scotch seal (#5313) between the front fenders and bulkhead, and on each bottom front windows corners. This also helped reducing water ingress


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I will have to redo it cleanly with Sikaflex 521UV once weather will permit.

But heck, still some residual water ingress in the footwells... The next suspects are windshield brackets


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OEM windscreen bracket gasket lowers (#LR055347) and uppers (#MXC9983) have been ordered, but still not yet received. I hope that replacing them will solve the ingress... but I am fully aware that the water ingress manual is pretty thick! Wait & see.

By the way just for fun, a brand new rear door foot step after 2 weeks of rainy days Shocked This is cr*p


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An helpful addition to keep water out and lower turbulence while driving with cracked window: deflectors. Those are from Climair, tinted smoke. I am very satisfied and visual field not too much impacted



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Post #932531 5th Dec 2021 6:10pm
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kenzle8a



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You need to seal the bolts that hold the door retainer in the top of the footwell, i covered mine in dumb dumb, i will get some photos when itโ€™s light tomorrow
Post #932535 5th Dec 2021 6:18pm
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lolo



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Switzerland 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Keswick Green
Thank you Lord-Haggis for your hint Thumbs Up Looking forward to seeing your pics as I have no clue where are those bolts
Post #932536 5th Dec 2021 6:25pm
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Dinnu



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Malta 2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Santorini Black
I think LH is referring to the bolt seen in picture 5 & 6.
But water seems to be dripping from further up. The windscreen blocks are possibly the source. Use sealant (not silicone, as silicone has acetic acid, highly corrosive) as the gaskets in my opinion only help to protect the paintwork rather than sealing anything. 1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black
Post #932544 5th Dec 2021 7:28pm
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LandRoverAnorak



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Or make some better gaskets from thin rubber sheet:


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 Darren

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Post #932584 6th Dec 2021 6:38am
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lolo



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Switzerland 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Keswick Green
Thank you Darren, looks like to be a good solution and cheap solution as those gaskets are very expensive for what they are.
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lolo



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Switzerland 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Keswick Green
Happy holiday season to all โ˜ƒ๏ธ๐ŸŽ„


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Post #933309 12th Dec 2021 7:29pm
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Supacat



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United Kingdom 2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green
LandRoverAnorak wrote:
Or make some better gaskets from thin rubber sheet:


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How thick is that? It almost looks like it's made from inner tube material?
Post #933341 13th Dec 2021 6:29am
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LandRoverAnorak



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1mm, from memory. Can't remember where the material came from as I have a habit of storing odd bits of stuff away 'just in case'. Darren

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