Thread: What did you do on your Defender today ? (well, this week anyway)

Originally Posted by Discofender

With working from home and not needing the truck for the commute I decided to get a few jobs done on the 110.

I have however started to think I may not have it back together by next week when I start back in the office.

Started with fixing a gearbox leak, took out all the floor, and then thought I'll do a minor rust repair to the driver's side footwell and maybe add some sound proofing while it was all out.

Then discovered a leaking battery and rusty battery box, new battery, rewire.

Now I've found some dodgy wiring behind the dash which fell apart when removing so in goes a Raptor dash....

Wish me luck for this weekend.

Discofender

Where did you get the Td5 Tacho and how much did you pay?

Regards,
Bill

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

Originally Posted by Tote

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

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

Originally Posted by Robmacca

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

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.

Planning to go to town next Monday - probably ought to put the battery charger on a day beforehand!