manual wanted TDI 300 Defender

[jys]

having gently rolled my 1996 defender 110 station wagon onto its off side ,near Woods Point, it is deemed a repairable writeoff.
I am considering repairing it myself.

I need a manual/CD listing the dimensions of the bodywork, such as the width of the door openings, the length of various diagonals of door openings etc.
The measurements are needed to establish the body is within the manufacturer's tolerances. These measurements will be verified when the vehicle is checked by the licensing authority agents (using lasers).

Has anyone been down this path of repair and had many problems?

[p38arover]

Is it in the workshop manual?

Buy one off the forum here: Dave's Interesting Things - RAVE II (http://www.davesitshop.com/davesitshop/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=2)

Just checked. The chassis alignment data are there but I can't see body openings.

[camel_landy]

The tolerances they built your car to were massive... So large that if you fit take-off body parts, sometimes you have to drill new holes as they're that far out.

Fortunately, the body on the Defender isn't structural as it isn't a monocoque. So, as long as the main bulkhead & 'A' pillars are straight you can just use 'persuasion' to get everything else to fit.

M

[roverrescue]

Laser assessment of manufacturers tolerances as per LR, Solihull.

- The laser unit with attached electrical generator must not be able to be passed between any panel gap. Except under special circumstances (such as smoko is really soon and then its gonna be knock off time)

Steve

[p38arover]

Laser assessment of manufacturers tolerances as per LR, Solihull.

- The laser unit with attached electrical generator must not be able to be passed between any panel gap. Except under special circumstances (such as smoko is really soon and then its gonna be knock off time)

Steve

A body engineer from Land Rover goes on an exchange visit to Toyota in Japan and watches the engineers developing the latest Land Cruiser bodyshell. He notices that on the workbench they have a cat in a small cage and he asks what it's for. The Japanese engineer tells him when they have finished a Land Cruiser they lock a cat in it and go home. If the cat is dead when they return in the morning they know the shutlines on the doors are up to their high standards. The LR guy likes this idea and when he gets back to Solihull he takes a cat to work and locks it in a Defender and goes home for the night. When he returns in the morning the cat is gone.