Puma fridge mounting in passenger seat position

Here's a pic of the little extension bracket to allow the door to open to 90 degrees

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Originally Posted by malleefowl

Here's a pic of the little extension bracket to allow the door to open to 90 degrees

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I did the extension bracket at my Mk1 m mod but then found that the same effect can be achieved, with a much neater job, by simply moving the original bracket closer to the door opening. All that is required is to either elongate or drill two extra holes in the bracket.
Photo would be of no use as the bracket looks same as original.

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Originally Posted by Xtreme

I did the extension bracket at my Mk1 m mod but then found that the same effect can be achieved, with a much neater job, by simply moving the original bracket closer to the door opening. All that is required is to either elongate or drill two extra holes in the bracket.
Photo would be of no use as the bracket looks same as original.

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I will try that tomorrow.



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Perhaps there are differences between the variants?
This is for the 2010 Puma 110 station wagon.
I had to move my bracket a lot more than just elongate the holes.
Will take a round file to the right hand edge of the bracket to fit the second screw.
The door does not open to 90 degrees but it's pretty close.

http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/2...g0752small.jpg

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Originally Posted by Xtreme

I did the extension bracket at my Mk1 m mod but then found that the same effect can be achieved, with a much neater job, by simply moving the original bracket closer to the door opening. All that is required is to either elongate or drill two extra holes in the bracket.
Photo would be of no use as the bracket looks same as original.

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Just did this on my 03 fender. Opens to 90 degrees easy. 8mm drill bit. 10min job.

Thanks:)

From above posts (#14 & #15) it does seem that there is a difference between the Puma and the Xtreme brackets. As with Kelly928, my mod was done on a 2003 Xtreme.

Apologies if I have misled any Puma owners.

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Originally Posted by Xtreme

From above posts (#14 & #15) it does seem that there is a difference between the Puma and the Xtreme brackets. As with Kelly928, my mod was done on a 2003 Xtreme.

Apologies if I have misled any Puma owners.

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No, not at all Xtreme.
Your post really convinced me to try your mod of moving the bracket.
So simple.
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Like others, I made up 2 extension pieces (one for each rear door) and it is neat too ;). Now they both open to 90 deg. Have had my fridge in that position for 4 years with home made shelf etc. This is on a 2006 model.

Earlier Defenders (200Tdi) have a different door stay which allows the door to open wider.

Ok, back to the original post of this thread.

Got hold of that fridge rack I did for 'rustydog' and took all the measurements.

Below are the drawings, and if you are familiar with Google SketchUp I have attached that file too.

As always, any questions, fire away.

Cheers,
Daniel

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Another mod to add to my list thanks Guys will make it much eaiser for wife to get our little ones out of the defender and I will get browny points :D