Thread: Bundalene's Puma project

This is what hides behind the Puma dash. Pics taken with the dash removed. I have removed this to rust seal and then sound deaden the inside of the cab.





Right side







Center section






Left side




On a good note, Land Rover have replaced all the standard press coolant hose clamps with alloy clamps on all areas there hoses are connected to alloy components. I am in the process of changing all hose clamps with stainless clamps

On the TD5, the likes of the hose to the temperature sensor housing failed on a regular bases due to these clamps.

Also, I like the decent heads on the screws securing the floor panels.



I started on the firewall repair around the lower section of the drivers door. This entailed removing a section of firewall from one I had out the back of the shed. Several AULRO members may recognise this item.




This is the section removed.








I prefer the solid spot weld drills to the mini holesaw type - always use cutting compound.






I dropped the body back onto the chassis temporarily and installed the long firewall bolts, to help with correct alignment.





Erich

As a side thought - just check with your insurance company before you put the exhaust wrap on - some have a problem with it.

Coming along nicely though mate



Cheers
Chris

Spent half the day removing the damaged piece of the firewall. Defenders are great, I doubt this section of firewall has changed since 1983. This red one is out of a 2003 Defender.

We did try to slide hammer the damage out but this just got too hard.












All fitted like a glove. The section is bolted back onto the B - C pillar section and onto the chassis. I took lots of measurements and all seems to be good.



I unplugged all controllers I know of - the ECU, the Imobiliser and the Wabco ABS controller before starting to weld the section back in.








Erich

As always, your work is ****ing excellent

Good to see some of the old red machine being used.

Originally Posted by Xtreme

Good to see some of the old red machine being used.

Hi Roger,

YES the red car lives on in at least 4 vehicles that I know of, This one, a 2000 model 130, a 100 inch wheel base and a D2 update.


I gave a hint a few of posts back.



The top of the firewall was too difficult to ever starighten and re-use, so I did the next best thing.


Lucky for me I was able to rescue and keep it in my graveyard of spares.

Erich

Originally Posted by Bundalene

Hi Roger,

YES the red car lives on in at least 4 vehicles that I know of, This one, a 2000 model 130, a 100 inch wheel base and a D2 update.


I gave a hint a few of posts back.



The top of the firewall was too difficult to ever starighten and re-use, so I did the next best thing.


Lucky for me I was able to rescue and keep it in my graveyard of spares.

Erich

Yes, I picked up your hint Erich.

Mechanically it was a fine vehicle, I'm glad that there are are few people benefitting from it.

Must catch up with you some time and get some more info.

That puma is going to be a ripper when you finish your excellent work on it.

I found a bit of rust near the lower section of the passenger door support behind the matting. I stripped almost everything off the inside of the firewall, HUGE job. I spent better than an hour trying to remove the air conditioning unit but gave up. I didn't want to damage it. I’d say it is glued in like the Series2 Disco heater assemblies are.










I painted the inside of the firewall painted as far as possible, with a rust sealer, should never have a rust problem again in this area.










Replacing the floor on the drivers side after the panel repair proved a challenge, not the sort of thing to be done too often.







I have started insulating the firewall on the engine bay side.





Erich