Thread: Defender Quirks...

Originally Posted by Bundalene

Thought out, your kidding

For the Puma:

Remove the fuel filter and the diesel leaks onto the trailing arm and drips where ever it feels like, also if you do not fill it up it is a difficult proceed to bleed
Greasing the front tailshaft, I have to rotate the grease nipple to get the grease gun in and at a weird angle. I forgot to retighten it once and lost it, what a pain
Drain the engine oil and it leaks onto one of the shafts- sway bar I think
Who thought of using an allen head nut to fill the gearbox
Access to the transfer you need a wobble bar because the fill point is tucked behind the hand brake drum
Don't start me with the air cleaner access or battery access, although I like the battery position, I suppose over the years I have become used to it.
Coolant reservoir, difficult to see the level and the norm is below the recommended point

That is just a few things which come to mind

All simply Quirks to me! ...except perhaps the front grease nipple! PITA.

You absolutely DO need a wheel carrier.

Murray from Rijidij is your man. He makes great gear.

Home - Rijidij Off Road

He's also here on AULRO as Rijidij

Originally Posted by VladTepes

You absolutely DO need a wheel carrier.

Murray from Rijidij is your man. He makes great gear.

Home - Rijidij Off Road

He's also here on AULRO as Rijidij

Not with a ute (single or dual cab).

Originally Posted by tact

Not with a ute (single or dual cab).

I make rear wheel carriers for dual cab Defenders, 130 and 110, but with them it’s more about getting the spare wheel out of the load space than dealing with rattles and dust sealing which are the main problems with the rear door on wagons.

Cheers Murray

Originally Posted by rijidij

I make rear wheel carriers for dual cab Defenders, 130 and 110, but with them it’s more about getting the spare wheel out of the load space than dealing with rattles and dust sealing which are the main problems with the rear door on wagons.

Cheers Murray

For sure, Murray. And from all I have read in these forums if I ever were to go down that path I'd be sourcing for my DCPU110 from you. Was just bouncing off the idea that for a wagon - a wheel carrier is an essential. Not so much an "essential" for a ute.

My own personal view (and why I don't have a wheel carrier now) is that it sticks up above the tailgate on a ute and catches low overhanging branches etc, after they have left their pinstripes on the roof.

It was a big problem in Malaysia where the jungles included way thicker undergrowth and low hanging branches, bamboo thickets etc. Maybe less a problem in the more typical dry sclerophyll forests (and deserts!) in Australia.

Wheel carrier is a great idea.
Do your rear windows wind themselves down an inch and increase road noise?
Does your passenger side mirror rattle?

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Wheel carrier is a great idea.
Do your rear windows wind themselves down an inch and increase road noise?
Does your passenger side mirror rattle?

Rear windows winding themselves down: easy fix

wind the windows up, remove and reposition the winder handle such that gravity will help matters

all mine have had plenty of character!

I even had one that didn't leak on your right foot