Thread: New Defender Thoughts

Originally Posted by Trooper63

Hey guys, I bought a brand new 110, delivered in August 2013. Very happy. Just drove to Townsville and back to BrisVegas;

1. small water leak both sides of dash (drivers drips onto accelerator foot)
2. A/C hmmmm. We drove through Rockie on Sunday 39*C. My A/C is basically useless.
3. Very impressed with 2.2L

Haven't been into dealer yet to ask about 1 and 2. Hasn't help convincing the wife it was a good buy.

I had poblems 1/2
1 fixed under warranty --the dealer had to replace the seal between windscreen and fire wall ---no more leaks
2 Mine is black and when I went to SA (mainly along hay plains) agree the a/c was useless even though very cold air coming out of vents---got windows tinted as dark as legal possible,result pleasant inside and quite often don't switch it on

Originally Posted by muddy

I had poblems 1/2
1 fixed under warranty --the dealer had to replace the seal between windscreen and fire wall ---no more leaks
2 Mine is black and when I went to SA (mainly along hay plains) agree the a/c was useless even though very cold air coming out of vents---got windows tinted as dark as legal possible,result pleasant inside and quite often don't switch it on

Item 1......Sounds ominously complicated!!...How did they do that...ie what had to be "removed" to get to that "seal"?
Pickles.

Originally Posted by muddy

I had poblems 1/2
2 Mine is black and when I went to SA (mainly along hay plains) agree the a/c was useless even though very cold air coming out of vents---got windows tinted as dark as legal possible,result pleasant inside and quite often don't switch it on

At least in NSW, "dark as legal possible" is 35% VLT on the driver / passenger front side windows, and then anything you want behind that point...

One of the small benefits of owning a light truck, and probably would not make the rear visibility much worse than with clear windows anyway!

http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/registrati...vsi03_rev3.pdf