Thread: Puma pedal fix

Originally Posted by Chops

Ok, I've tried to do a search, but can't find what I'm after.
On one of the threads I was reading a while ago, there was mention of a "fix" for water ingress on the accelerater pedal for the Puma.
Can someone point me in the right direction for this please?

Jeez mate your starting to sound way too soft to be a Deefer owner , Water leaks are just part of Defender ownership , Suck it up princess

Originally Posted by rangieman

Jeez mate your starting to sound way too soft to be a Deefer owner , Water leaks are just part of Defender ownership , Suck it up princess

Or use it to your benefit, wear dirty shoes when driving and get them cleaned.

Or on a more helpful note..

I saw that reference as well..... I thought it had more to do with protecting the fly by wire at the accelerator pedal from water than the gum boot requirement of door sealing.

Could not see any reference in the Water Ingress Manual ( which will be really helpfull anyway) but would be really interested in finding the thread if anyone can help.

Originally Posted by rangieman

Jeez mate your starting to sound way too soft to be a Deefer owner , Water leaks are just part of Defender ownership , Suck it up princess

There's one in every crowd
(and I ain't lettin a good story get in the way of the truth )

Sooo, the only "soft one" here will be you my boy. Have to drive a Disco cause the Defers too harsh Would you like some concrete to "Harden Up"

So, back to the problem at hand, yes it's to do with water Getting into the electrics of the pedal - - at the pedal.
Working in a silicone factory, I can get just about anything to seal/stick whatever, but my primary issue is the pedal at this point.

I have no work on today so have time to look around,
Found this on defender2.net it is for a TD5 but may be the same, will keep looking as I get the occasional drip but never thought much about it, but now it is in my head I may try and fix it.

Defender2 - View topic - Started to fix the leaks today...

Chops,

I'm after the same remedy. You can go wild with moving the main electronics to a higher position and fitting a snorkel, but get the "fly by wire" throttle sensor wet and your going nowhere fast. Can't move it, so hopefully there is some way of waterproofing it a bit.

Mind if you have 380mm odd of water in the drivers foot well you are wading too slowly...!

Cheers,

Lou

Haha, nice call Lou,,

I don't want to move the electrics, and though I can't find any relevent info, other than basically stripping and re-grouting as it were, the entire cabin joins etc, there's not that much info.
I guess the pedal unit could be sprayed with Inox or something similar, but that could cause its own problems collecting dust and dirt maybe (?).
Maybe I could just wrap it up in a plastic bag