New battery tray.

At the week end I fitted my 021 n s Defender battery box one of these.

I bought and paid for the item the other week as my old battery tray was very rotted, so I had removed it from the seat box previously.
So I have been with out a battery tray for a wee while


Now to work out how to assemble the tray.




There are no instructions so I had to figure it out.




That's it, takes a little while to get head round but its fairly simple.
If like me you tried to force square shapes through the round holes in them things when you were a kid, you may be a while :lol:

Right, I chose to rivet it together and because I had already removed the old battery tray I fitted it with the seat box still in the fender.
This posed some problem's but overall it was a pretty simple job.
If you are replacing your tray then, you will I imagine have all yer seats out and taking the seat box out to remove the tray.
That will make your life a bit easier for some of the awkward rivets.
I chose to rivet because i cannot weld steel for **** so aluminium...you get the picture

I got all excited while fitting this and didn't take any more photies.
Here it is installed

Underneath
http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/IMVagrent/DSCN0166.jpg
Sorry about the link but it wont let me stick the piccy in

Now, as you can see, there is no way to stop the battery rolling about, not like my nice secure ratchet strap
So I had to make some battery supports.
Couple bits of right angle ally and a chopped down piece of door strip also in ally riveted to the base and hey presto


Battery's installed


Sorry about the blur, was xcited:lol:

I also installed a split charge for that second battery, but I have bored you enough

Hope that help someone, and a little bit of a read for anyone interested

YRM metal solutions were the guys that make em
Linky here: Defender
They also do lots of uvver bits for defenders and the other tratters, nowt for them new fangled freelanders hair dresser cars:lol:
Shuddit hippo:lol:

Yeah all good
I should however thank Mad had man here, because it was him ages ago that posted their linky a while back, so cheers MHM

Looking good

Are the seams sealed or open? They look pretty tidy from the piccys

My 1994 90 came with a replaced/riveted battery tray, but some of the seams have gaps which are on my 'one day' list to do something about!

Just need to replace the under seat sliding lid thing, as mine appears to have lost its one in the process!

Vagrent said:

At the week end I fitted my 021 n s Defender battery box one of these.

I bought and paid for the item the other week as my old battery tray was very rotted, so I had removed it from the seat box previously.
So I have been with out a battery tray for a wee while

Now to work out how to assemble the tray.

There are no instructions so I had to figure it out.

That's it, takes a little while to get head round but its fairly simple.
If like me you tried to force square shapes through the round holes in them things when you were a kid, you may be a while :lol:

Right, I chose to rivet it together and because I had already removed the old battery tray I fitted it with the seat box still in the fender.
This posed some problem's but overall it was a pretty simple job.
If you are replacing your tray then, you will I imagine have all yer seats out and taking the seat box out to remove the tray.
That will make your life a bit easier for some of the awkward rivets.
I chose to rivet because i cannot weld steel for **** so aluminium...you get the picture

I got all excited while fitting this and didn't take any more photies.
Here it is installed

Underneath
http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb336/IMVagrent/DSCN0166.jpg
Sorry about the link but it wont let me stick the piccy in

Now, as you can see, there is no way to stop the battery rolling about, not like my nice secure ratchet strap
So I had to make some battery supports.
Couple bits of right angle ally and a chopped down piece of door strip also in ally riveted to the base and hey presto

Battery's installed

Sorry about the blur, was xcited:lol:

I also installed a split charge for that second battery, but I have bored you enough

Hope that help someone, and a little bit of a read for anyone interested

YRM metal solutions were the guys that make em
Linky here: Defender
They also do lots of uvver bits for defenders and the other tratters, nowt for them new fangled freelanders hair dresser cars:lol:
Shuddit hippo:lol:

Yeah all good
I should however thank Mad had man here, because it was him ages ago that posted their linky a while back, so cheers MHM

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Looks good for a Brit doing it:boink: did you use anything for the electrolysis in your battery box

Station House said:

Looking good

Are the seams sealed or open? They look pretty tidy from the piccys

My 1994 90 came with a replaced/riveted battery tray, but some of the seams have gaps which are on my 'one day' list to do something about!

Just need to replace the under seat sliding lid thing, as mine appears to have lost its one in the process!

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They are not sealed, but are riveted together well, I was gonna seal between the plates before I riveted but it would have been to hard the way I done it.
If I had the seat box out I'd have done that all day long
I may well seal from the inside, but undecided as yet because I don't want a small mobile pond if any water gets in.
Thought about drilling holes ect but still undecided as yet.
At the bottom of the pile that one.
I gotta fit the axle I done at some point soon, done all the swivels ect.
That's the next job oh and a couple MOT bits

Cheers V

Some of my gaps are gaping, but as you say, water doesn't gather!!!

john winsemius said:

Looks good for a Brit doing it:boink: did you use anything for the electrolysis in your battery box

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No I did put some grease on me terminals though

And smeared just a little on me nipples:lol:

Hey if a merikan had done it, he'd gotta Mexican to do it and he'd have done a terrible job:lol:

Station House said:

Cheers V

Some of my gaps are gaping, but as you say, water doesn't gather!!!

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Maybe re-rivet it again.
Bummer

tidy job, though i quite liked the temp one

Vagrent said:

No I did put some grease on me terminals though

And smeared just a little on me nipples:lol:

Hey if a merikan had done it, he'd gotta Mexican to do it and he'd have done a terrible job:lol:

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Ok funky monkey,let me know when you are ready

3.5 efi said:

tidy job, though i quite liked the temp one

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:lol: so did I It worked a treat and didn't budge:lol:

Dunno if it would pass an MOT?


JW. I was born ready!:lol:

Nice job Jeff, we gotta get together soon so we can ohh and ahh over the different bits we've done lately

Personally i would've dragged the box down the A38 towed behind me landy to give it a nice ' used ' feel, alternatively you could just take a dump in it and leave it for a few days :lol: :lol:

You got that disco battery in there btw?

Sure is

It seem to be doing the trick lasted over winter when the other one died.
Not bad for a tenner from the scrappy

Yes I am up for that Paul. My birfday this weekend so gonna spend the time camping it up...er...I mean camping in the moors, hopefully
But would rather be fitting my new front axle, track rod and a drop arm ball joint:lol:

For the MOT it will have to be secured into the box or does your door strip do this or just stop it moving sideways ? Nice job btw.

Nice one... thats on my list of things to do during the summer as from today the 90 is on SORN for the summer...

but Im going to remove the whole seat box out and weld it

[JP];1517438 said:

Nice one... thats on my list of things to do during the summer as from today the 90 is on SORN for the summer...

but Im going to remove the whole seat box out and weld it

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Good Idea, welding
I will learn to weld one day