Defender storage spots

[Bundalene]

Hi, I have gone from a S2 Disco to a Defender again recently. Where do others mount a fire extinguisher and where do you keep the winch controller so they are easily accessed. Our cubby box in the middle has so much junk belonging to SWMBO I would never find the controller there. Thanks, Erich.

[dmdigital]

Erich, good questions and I look forward to the answers!

I've been playing around with spots for the fire extinguisher since we got the new Defender and I am still at a loss
For the winch I'm thinking of keeping the controller with my other recovery gear in a box in the back like I do with the other Defender.

[The ho har's]

OK...here is the run down..beside the tool box thats under the backseat fits

the fire ext nice and easy to reach when you open the door....the other side

is the first aid kit again nice and easy.....the winch controller fits in the rear

toolbox with the tree protector, snatch block and snatch strap...the other

side has the air compressor.....any thing else


OOOHHH I forgot you guys don't have tool boxes under your back seats do you

aahhh well there's a thought for you...buy a 130



AAHHH I must be getting over my cold ...whatch out




Mrs ho har

[Blknight.aus]

the winch controller lives between the seat and the cubby box and I have 1 fire extinquiser by the fridge at the rear door (on the side with the handle not the hinge) and 1 on the drivers side rear door on the little step beside the bottom of the seat...

occasionally both extinguishers will be in the same place along side the rear seat or on the floor beside the seat belt reels but mine shift depending on load out. I used to have (but now cant find) the symbols for the extigushers that ID stick in the seal of the glass nearest the extinguisher.

[Rugrat]

Hi, I have gone from a S2 Disco to a Defender again recently. Where do others mount a fire extinguisher and where do you keep the winch controller so they are easily accessed. Our cubby box in the middle has so much junk belonging to SWMBO I would never find the controller there. Thanks, Erich.

Ok - winch controller is in the overhead console - but its also a remote so pretty small, the 'wired' one is with the rest of the reco gear in a box in the rear. Fire Extinguisher - 1 under the passanger side storage area - near the access panel, doesnt knock knees or get in the way of the passanger, 2nd in the rear where the grab handle is up out of the way.

[dobbo]

OOOHHH I forgot you guys don't have tool boxes under your back seats do you

aahhh well there's a thought for you...buy a 130

Mrs ho har

I have a toolbox under my rear seat, thats where the fire extinguisher goes and when the winch is fitted the controller will live.

Hey Ho Har, which back seats do you mean? The front facing ones or the rear side facing seats?

Oh I forgot you can't seat 8 passengers can you, time to upgrade to a County..

[one_iota]

Erich, good questions and I look forward to the answers!

I've been playing around with spots for the fire extinguisher since we got the new Defender and I am still at a loss
For the winch I'm thinking of keeping the controller with my other recovery gear in a box in the back like I do with the other Defender.

I mounted mine to the rear door liner...I figured that this was the most accessible place in the event of needing it.



The liner is dense plastic about 3mm thick. It is removed as shown on the attached sheet. There is also a clip in the centre of the panel not shown on the diagram.I used 5mm screws and lock nuts with large washers on the backside.

Hopefully it will cope with the rough and tumble.

I also fixed the hold open spring mentioned by timNZ in the wheel carrier topic while I was at it.

[Yorkshire_Jon]

Fire Extinguisher - Is it the law to carry one in Oz???


I can count on one hand how many Land Rovers Ive seen with an Extinguisher in... and mine's not one of them!!

Jon

[jimbo110]

Ah the joys of owning a Defender!
I have the extinguisher where the factory put them, passengers footwell kick panel. If I need to I can reach it from the drivers seat. For the winch remote it lives in my recovery gear bag under the back seat, only have to undo the zip 6" and out it comes, you know what I mean, dont need to lift the seat. Under my back seat lives my gumboots, compressor, camp stove, wet weather gear (raincoat and leggings) and recovery bag (snig chain,9m strop, tree protector, snatch block, gloves, shackels and winch remote) and full size shovel. All this takes up no room and cant be seen from outside the truck. Gotta love Defenders

[dmdigital]

Fire Extinguisher - Is it the law to carry one in Oz???

No, but you never know when you'll need one!