Got a LOF single mass flywheel heavy duty clutch kit fitted to my Defender Td5 and couldn't be happier. This is a very well designed kit.
Hi Bill,
I bought it in from the UK (Rimmer Bros) a while ago it cost £180 including the freight, ouch.
I have also ended up with another brand new genuine LR one from a bulk buy of parts a short time ago from another member. PM me if interested, its the gauge only but its easy enough to wire.
Also finished the job, a write up under soundproofing a defender in tech chatter.
Cheers Discofender
Pm sent
Welded up my broken stone deflector plate because I'm too much of a tightass to buy new ones. Nuggetstuff stiffies on order before I refit it, hopefully that will discourage them from falling off again. Down to 15amps with the TIG
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Regards,
Tote
Go home, your igloo is on fire....
2014 Chile Red L494 RRS Autobiography Supercharged
MY2016 Aintree Green Defender 130 Cab Chassis
1957 Series 1 107 ute - In pieces
Assorted Falcons and Jeeps.....
Just wondering... but do u really need those stone deflector plates? We had one fail on our just outside Mt Dare and it caused the ABS to lock up the wheels. We just removed the fuses and kept going but continually had the ABS and Handbrake lights on until I got back home to brisbane... I'm thinking of removing the other one and going w/o totally
Realistically - probably not. They were pretty pitted from the sharp gravel on the road out to the farm though and I guess those stones would have hit the discs if they weren't in place. My work Maverick had similar guards (which also fell off) as did the Disco 3 so there must be a reason for them. There is a bit of a duct that might assist a bit with cooling as well.
Edit...
I did some googling and it seems the primary purpose of the shields is to reduce the amount of road borne spray hitting the rotors that could reduce braking efficiency. Probably more of an issue in the tropics or sunny England than here. Also reduces the amount of pad wear from road borne grit.
Regards,
Tote
Last edited by Tote; 23rd June 2020 at 08:35 PM. Reason: More info
Go home, your igloo is on fire....
2014 Chile Red L494 RRS Autobiography Supercharged
MY2016 Aintree Green Defender 130 Cab Chassis
1957 Series 1 107 ute - In pieces
Assorted Falcons and Jeeps.....
Son's Defender at the workshop,we pressure cleaned the complete vehicle,inside and out,after removing the front seats,and the rear draws.
Rear seats have been out for a couple of years.
Binned the rubbish quality mat that goes over the transmission tunnel and floor on both sides,front.
Binned the same rubbish quality mat that front seats and centre console goes on,console removed as well.
Have ordered new one's.
Painted tectyl all over underneath vehicle,where needed.and sprayed where difficult to access.Tectyl also inside battery box,tiny bit of surface rust,sorted.
Cleaned off all the inner door panels,and the dash,the roof lining came up very well,looks like new,amazingly.
Most of the internal screws and bolts had been replaced with stainless, years ago,so all were good.
Screws for door hinges surface rust,cleaned them up and used a tiny paint brush to coat them with colour matched paint,after priming.They came up really well.
Remove metal trim rear edge,at rear door, floor level,clean up,repaint and refit.
Refit brackets and rear seat,refit draws to rear.
Need to paint front seat frames as paint is flaking off,which is going to be a PITA job.
Cleaned off engine,and engine bay generally.
Need to replace rear ball joint as well,change all fluids,including brake fluid.
Also have waist level rubbers for rear windows on order,old ones badly perished.Strangely,fronts are fine.
Windscreen to be replaced,courtesy of a suicidal galah.
Paint to get a cut and polish later on.
So she is getting a well earned birthday.
Paul
D2,D2,D2a,D4,'09 Defender 110(sons), all moved on.
'56 S1,been in the family since...'56
Comes out of hibernation every few months for a run
Planning to go to town next Monday - probably ought to put the battery charger on a day beforehand!
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
Got the 2008 Puma back from the garage today. All the brake pipes were replaced as for some reason they were in a really bad rusted state. Even though the garage is closed due to the lockdown the owner phoned and told me to drop it out and he would do them as he had planned to do them but the Covid19 lock down came. So I left her out and left the keys in front bumper and he left her out for me to collect with the keys in the front bumper. The bill was in the cubby box and the bill for labour, new pipes made to fit, new nuts and brake fluid came to €230 or $375AUD which I will pay next week.
It was not a main Land Rover dealer but a local garage.
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