Just a quick update to celebrate actually doing something in the time I ancipated. The heater and wiring loom are both out.
The circular foam that sits between the heater and the air intake has seen better days and now has the consistency of those sponge fingers you get in trifles. Unfortunately not the flavour though.
In fact foam doesn't seem to last very well anywhere. For some reason replacements are silly money (about £20 for this rectangular one and £8 for the circle) so I think I'll be making my own when the time comes.
Predictably, the heater box was hiding more rust. At this point I think the bulkhead is either scrap or a very large project for someone with too much time on their hands. The replacement one can be seem lurking off to the right.
And this is what a Defender wiring loom looks like. Tiny in comparison with the miles of wiring inside more modern cars. I've taken lots of photos pre-removal and tried to label some of the bits in the hope of making reassembly a bit easier, but I'm sure it's going to be a right ball-ache.
And finally, a Defender looking more like a Series. Who needs all that wiring and plastic stuff?!
And the engine bay looks that little bit emptier.
Not sure what's for next time. Probably propshafts and draining various fluids. Stay tuned if that sort of thing floats your boat.
The circular foam that sits between the heater and the air intake has seen better days and now has the consistency of those sponge fingers you get in trifles. Unfortunately not the flavour though.
In fact foam doesn't seem to last very well anywhere. For some reason replacements are silly money (about £20 for this rectangular one and £8 for the circle) so I think I'll be making my own when the time comes.
Predictably, the heater box was hiding more rust. At this point I think the bulkhead is either scrap or a very large project for someone with too much time on their hands. The replacement one can be seem lurking off to the right.
And this is what a Defender wiring loom looks like. Tiny in comparison with the miles of wiring inside more modern cars. I've taken lots of photos pre-removal and tried to label some of the bits in the hope of making reassembly a bit easier, but I'm sure it's going to be a right ball-ache.
And finally, a Defender looking more like a Series. Who needs all that wiring and plastic stuff?!
And the engine bay looks that little bit emptier.
Not sure what's for next time. Probably propshafts and draining various fluids. Stay tuned if that sort of thing floats your boat.
