Thread: Show us your Deefers !

You know that feeling when you turn up at a party and someone is wearing the same dress...





Nice to say hello to a new face in Hyden, WA and compare notes

Samblers, surely your joking?

What, you dont like camper trailers?

Top Points to you Samblers! Whats the likelyhood of finding someone with pretty much exactly your setup! you should have set up camp so that other people coming in saw you, then them at separate times... they would have been like "what the.... I just saw that down the other end of the park.... "

Yeah but it's a freaking awesome dress

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Hey all,


Like to introduce my 2003 Defender 90 properly and thought now's as good a time as any.


I'm his second owner and picked him up in April 2013. Previous owner was from Melbourne and used him for a lot of remote area work helping farmers in the Victorian highlands. Over 10 years worth of modifications were made including a Warne 9000lb winch, ARB bulbar, rock sliders, 2.5" lift, Maxi-Drive rear axle and vacuum diff lock, ARB front air diff lock, heat exchange shower unit, 45L aux diesel tank under the driver side, 45L water tank under the passenger side, diesel chip, 800W inverter and Piranha dual battery system.


Since I came on the scene I've continued the modifications by replacing the 60 amp hour aux battery (tucked under the passenger seat) with a 105 amp hour sealed lead acid battery. Relocated it to behind the cubby box and secured with a strap. Also added a home built solar regulator with volt and amp meters so I can see how much power is being pumped in from my 80W panels. The Piranha unit is just an isolator with an input for solar. Once I get the money I plan on replacing it with a 40A Redarc battery charger / isolator unit which should prolong the battery life and give me better performance from the electrical system.


With the help of my Dad I've built a fridge slide and draw unit and fitted it into the boot with a couple of high tensile bolts through the sides. Hardwired the fridge cable in as I was having issues with the cigarette plug while I was driving through corrugations outside Lightning Ridge. Still need to fit a proper locking mechanism for the slide - at the moment I just shove a rain jacket in between the fridge and the door which works fine.


Replaced the stereo with a Sony head unit and upgraded the front speakers with 4" Alpine SPS speakers which has helped with the background noise :P Plan on making up some speaker boxes and installing some 6x9" Alpines in the back to flesh out the sound system.


Just replaced the clutch at 115k kms due to a combination of oil from the rocker cover gasket and diesel from a leaking fuel regulator wrecking the internals. Just bought a crank angle sensor and plan on fitting it during the week which should fix the occasional starting difficulties (got saturated with diesel / oil). Current project is working out what I'm going to do with my non-functioning A/C :P


I use him for transit to work during the week and then explore the various State Forests around Newcastle during the weekends. Favourite place at the moment is Barrington Tops State Forest with some killer camp sites and tracks. NSW Government is reopening many of the State Forests to hunting on 3rd February so I'll be using my 90 to help me get to some remote areas and bring back dinner


This is my first Land Rover and have been loving the experience of learning what makes the 90 tick. Should be a fun year


Cheers,
Sean

My 99 td5 130

Ongoing project with:
Remapped ECU and nanocom on the way,
Allisport intercooler,
De-egr
Cranked trailing arms,
2" lift
255/85r16 km2s
Steering and front diff guards
Hytuff rear axles and flanges