Thread: Moving Defender Td5 ECU

Originally Posted by Vida

Transmission tunnel - as shown in picture 1
Just made two big and one small hole in the plate underneath the cubby box. All cables are long enough for this.

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I wondered what the hell that pic was , now another blooody job to do, thanks.

Originally Posted by Vida

Last week I built a box below the centre cubby box and moved all the electric stuff from under the driver's seat. Very easy to do, all cables are long enough.

Two advantages:
1. Cubby Box is now higher, more comfort to rest your arm on.
2. I can fit a standard LR fuel tank under the driver's seat.

Cheers,
Daniel

Daniel,

How far off the deck is the top of the cubby box now?. Interested to know as I have to modify mine which will make it higher.


Martyn

I need more info as I'm simple, so the holes you cut thru the tunnel have to be big enough to fit the red and black plugs???

im really impressed with this idea.....

if you could give dimensions etc i would love to copy this idea as well.......




great job there vida........

And bigger copies of the photos!

More details required!!!

Excellent work BTW.... I'm still investigating moving my ECU to the roofline.

Thanks for the compliments.

Will post the drawings and measurements asap.

Cheers,
Daniel

Nice job. Pity mine won't be so easy with the auto conversion

Here are further details:

Step 1
Undo the four bolts holding the cubby box (cb) down. Take off the two timber rails on the bottom of the cb.

Step 2
Build a box similar to this one (I used plywood):

cubbybox.jpg

Note: As you see in the drawing the front is shorter than the rear, this is only because I wanted to level the cb. However, if you do not want to do this and leave it at the slight backwards angle do not make the box smaller than 135mm, otherwise you won't fit everything in there.

Step 3
Take all the electronic gear out of the box under the driver's seat. Arrange all the stuff in the new box - have a play and decide for the setup which suits you the best. Don't forget, you might need to change the fuses in the future so you do want to access them easily.
Once you made your decision - mark where you want to put your stuff, then take it out again.

Step 4
Drill holes into the bottom of the new box:
- 4 at the same spot as the ones in the cb to attach the new box to the metal plate above the transmission tunnel.
- 2 with 80mm diameter to fit the red and black plugs and the rubber seals. (where? this depends on how you set it up, it's like a jigsaw)
- 2 with 35mm diameter to fit the earth and the diagnostic cable through. (where? towards the front as there is already a hole for the diagnostic cable in that metal plate)

Step 5
Paint the new box. Have a rest ... kill that well earned thirst.

Step 6
Put the new box in place and mark the centre of each hole (except the one for the diagnostic cable as it already exists in the metal plate) onto the metal plate above the transmission tunnel.

Step 7
Drill the necessary holes into the metal plate - but smaller than the ones in the new box:
- 2 with 60mm diameter for the plugs and the rubber seals
- 1 with 32mm diameter for the earth

Step 8
Attach the new box to the cb with a piano hinge so that you can open it. Also attach a strap at the cb and the new box so that it does not open all the way. Put a latch on the outside to close it firmly.

Step 9
Put all your cables through the metal plate and put the rubber seals in place.

Step 10
Have a dry run, put all the gear in the box. Work out what brackets you need to bolt the ECU and the fuse box onto the new box. Then fit everything.

That's it!

I made the Photos above a bit bigger.

Any questions... I am always happy to help.

Cheers,
Daniel