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

Originally Posted by travelrover

Hi ezyrama

How is your fridge secured? Looks like a tee shaped arm mounted on the back (or front) of it!

Hi Travelrover

At the moment I have ratchet straps from the handles on the fridge down to brackets mounted
onto the side of the drawer at the front and another one bolted through the drawer on the rear of it.
You can just make out the rubber strap in side the rear drawer from when I first trial fitted it.
Cheers Ian

Originally Posted by ezyrama

Hi Travelrover

At the moment I have ratchet straps from the handles on the fridge down to brackets mounted
onto the side of the drawer at the front and another one bolted through the drawer on the rear of it.
You can just make out the rubber strap in side the rear drawer from when I first trial fitted it.
Cheers Ian

Thanks Ian

Cheers Simon

Not today, not even this week, but last week she clocked up 100,000 Kms.
There's not much to say about that journey really, save for a split intercooler a couple of burst hoses. and a short in the central locking system which shut the whole show down. Breaks and tyers have been replaced of course. Apart from that, everything else is original and still functioning normally. The only concern is growing grinding noise in the drive train when loaded below 1800 revs. I suspect worn shims in the centre diff. Probably from going too hard in the wet.

Originally Posted by Wallyb

Replaced the security nuts with normal nuts on my wheels .. I did leave one on the spare.

I just don't know - has anyone ever had their wheels stolen?

Dealership destroyed nut nuts ( the locking kind) doing wheel rotations, so I just flicked them and put 5 standard nuts on each rim. I think it has gotten to the point where nearly every car on the road has alloys these days, so I dont think it is a problem here in AUS. The UK is an entirely different matter when it comes to Fenders being stripped though.

Yesterday removed the RH front hubcap, and replaced it with one that has not 'grown', with some silicone gasket replacement for good measure. Degreased the hub and wheel.

Note that the early hubcaps are different, having a narrower ridge to fit in a narrower groove.

Fitted drawers and a cargo barrier (both second hand)

The rear space looks so much smaller now. How have others felt after doing this?

The drawer floor is about 50mm above wheel arches which seems like a lot of waster space (yeah I know the draw is deeper - but there is a lot of space around it! That along with the "wasted" space on the right to give the drawer some space from the door. I am still not 100% about it all.

The drawer requires 4 holes to be drilled through the floor. So I will hold of a week or two before I commit.


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Originally Posted by Wallyb

Fitted drawers and a cargo barrier (both second hand)

The rear space looks so much smaller now. How have others felt after doing this?

The drawer floor is about 50mm above wheel arches which seems like a lot of waster space (yeah I know the draw is deeper - but there is a lot of space around it! That along with the "wasted" space on the right to give the drawer some space from the door. I am still not 100% about it all.

The drawer requires 4 holes to be drilled through the floor. So I will hold of a week or two before I commit.


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I've wondered about this too. I'd love the order of having drawers etc but cant reconcile the loss of height. I put my 29er MTB in the back (front wheel off) but if I put in the drawers won't be able to fit the bike standing up.

Question is can you fit more gear in with the drawers and cargo barrier (with the extra flat space and structure to fit off gear to as opposed to having just a mass of volume?

A second hand drawer/barrier set might be the ticket.

I have a drawer setup like that from ORS and it's fine. The Defender is quite tall so height has not been an issue for me. Good to have all that stuff out of sight in the drawer and compartments. I also hid the second battery under the cover behind the drawer and it is connected to the starting battery under the seat. Out of sight, out of mind. Works fine.
When you drill through the floor make sure you put large washers underneath so it doesn't pull up through the floor.
Did you get mounting rings fitted to tie down a fridge?