Living with a Cheapo defender,

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Today I have fitted noo rear shocks. had to cut the drivers side off as it was seized solid. I've also found 4 new holes to weld, around the shock mounts :(

As I never got round to replacing the front roof lining, after doing the body cappings at B&W show. I also stripped the sagging lining off the cardboard liner. and will be repairing the damaged section and recovering it in Black waterproof carpet. Which I bought at B&W show. Got enough to do the full roof, along with a piece of soundproofing backed carpet for the seatbox & wheel boxes.
 
Had to abandon the "carpet the roof lining" idea as the carpet is too thick. so cleaned up the old liner and restuck that back on. need more glue though. As I've also glued 10mm Closed cell Foam matting to the cab roof to reduce noise and improve insulation.
 
redhand said:
Halfrauds do a lightbulb holder that doesn't melt as easily as ****ty LR ones do..

just cut old one off and replace.
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I'm going to replace both head lights at the weekend so I'll just re-wire the whole lot while I'm at it!

Also going to order my new doors at long last too :D:D
 
fook orf and start a lighting thread :p

Painted me £5 Ebay bargain BullBar
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Gotta be worth a tenner now??? :rolleyes:

also pics of the Sound proofing to front cab roof.

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Joe I have a pair of 110 cappings I took off mine, they have a little surface rust in 1 area but not perferated and in way better nick than those on yours, if you can find a way to get them, you can have em cheap
 
johnlad said:
Joe I have a pair of 110 cappings I took off mine, they have a little surface rust in 1 area but not perferated and in way better nick than those on yours, if you can find a way to get them, you can have em cheap
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Cheers. But we fitted noo (old) body capping to it at B&W show last weekend. I picked the cappings up at the last Newbury 4x4 sortout & they've been waiting to be fitted ever since :eek: So all's good now.
 
Well today has been a wasted ****e day. That has got me seriously wondering whether I should abandon landrovers all together and get a decent diesel van.

The 110 defender calipers I bought turned out not to be for a 110 after all :mad: Well not my 110 anyway :( disc is too big.. :doh:

so had to refit the old knackered caliper. which then decided not to let go of the bleed nipple. so caliper off AGAIN!! and stuck it in a vice so I could get the nipple out. The refitted caliper and bled brakes. Whilst lowering the trolley jack I noticed diesel dripping off the chassis rail. :( fooking tank has sprung a leak. Which is strange as the tank looks fairly new..

Closer inspection revealed a leak from the spotwelds around the fuel sender flange. So drained tank and cleaned the area as best I could.. before smothering the area with copious amounts of HD sealer/adhesive. silicone.. which then had to be left 4hrs to make sure it had set properly. before sticking 15ltrs of diesel back in the tank. Hopefully it'll be fine if I keep the Fuel level low enough.

And so after 12hrs of sweating and cursing I'm exactly where I started. With a heap of fooking scrap that still needs new calipers and £50 out of pocket and to add to it I need a new fuel tank.. :mad:

Now about that van???????????

So after
 
To big as in round or wide vented and solid disks??
If you bought calipers for solid and your are vented the yes ;)

Just looked on island even solid have two types early and late :eek::eek:

Choices choices
 
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redhand said:
Well today has been a wasted ****e day. That has got me seriously wondering whether I should abandon landrovers all together and get a decent diesel van.

The 110 defender calipers I bought turned out not to be for a 110 after all :mad: Well not my 110 anyway :( disc is too big.. :doh:

so had to refit the old knackered caliper. which then decided not to let go of the bleed nipple. so caliper off AGAIN!! and stuck it in a vice so I could get the nipple out. The refitted caliper and bled brakes. Whilst lowering the trolley jack I noticed diesel dripping off the chassis rail. :( fooking tank has sprung a leak. Which is strange as the tank looks fairly new..

Closer inspection revealed a leak from the spotwelds around the fuel sender flange. So drained tank and cleaned the area as best I could.. before smothering the area with copious amounts of HD sealer/adhesive. silicone.. which then had to be left 4hrs to make sure it had set properly. before sticking 15ltrs of diesel back in the tank. Hopefully it'll be fine if I keep the Fuel level low enough.

And so after 12hrs of sweating and cursing I'm exactly where I started. With a heap of fooking scrap that still needs new calipers and £50 out of pocket and to add to it I need a new fuel tank.. :mad:

Now about that van???????????

So after
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E bay specials? and you have bragged at how little you paid for yours, and have laughed at others for being stupid about spending more than what you paid for yours:crazy::scratching_chin:
 
Thor1950 said:
E bay specials? and you have bragged at how little you paid for yours, and have laughed at others for being stupid about spending more than what you paid for yours:crazy::scratching_chin:
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No they were listed as remanufactured Lockheed calipers for a 110. and listed as been suitable for mine. Thy're not and they'll be going back and a paypal complaint lodged.

Please show me a post where I've laughed at other people buying expensive calipers..
 
redhand said:
Too large a diameter. no way of getting the bolts to reach the holes on the mounting bracket.
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Not teaching you to suck eggs but you realise there are two types early late I wonder if that's the problem its been know for people to change the whole front axel including brakes .
 
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