Raptor metal instrument binnacle and frame

cappers · Mar 20, 2023

My original plastic instrument binnacle and frame have seen better days and is held together by self tappers. Removing it yesterday more bits broke off and it is now loose and sloppy!

I've heard about these Raptor metal replacements which seem about the same price as the plastic versions but less liable to break like the originals.
https://www.raptor-engineering.co.uk/product/defender-s111-binnacle-mount/
http://www.raptor-engineering.co.uk/product/defender-binnacle/

Has anybody here fitted one and if so is it good, worth the price etc?
Thanks in advance.

Dippypud · Mar 20, 2023

cappers said:
My original plastic instrument binnacle and frame have seen better days and is held together by self tappers. Removing it yesterday more bits broke off and it is now loose and sloppy!

I've heard about these Raptor metal replacements which seem about the same price as the plastic versions but less liable to break like the originals.
https://www.raptor-engineering.co.uk/product/defender-s111-binnacle-mount/
http://www.raptor-engineering.co.uk/product/defender-binnacle/

Has anybody here fitted one and if so is it good, worth the price etc?
Thanks in advance.

Can't it be taken out and resin repair the back ?

cappers · Mar 20, 2023

Dippypud said:
Can't it be taken out and resin repair the back ?

Lots of little bits plus missing corners from previous adventures, screw tabs gone, parts of it just crumbled!
Time for new one or a good 2nd hand one but as I mentioned they're not cheap (~£80-90 plus 30-40 for the frame) and the metal ones aren't much more.

Def90man · Mar 20, 2023

I changed mine recently when I changed the bulkhead the old one started to crack and crumble. It was a good fit and solid. You just swap over the metal tabs the screws go through

Birdbrain · Mar 21, 2023

I replaced my old broken binnacle & binnacle holder a few years for the raptor ones. Easy to fit & solid.

nobber · Mar 21, 2023

A new plastic one is like 30 odd quid?

Litch · Mar 21, 2023

I fitted the Raptor steel binnacle-mount some 10-years ago because as you say, the old plastic one just falls apart with age. Perfect fit and still doing its job.

Binnacle became available 2-years later and again, perfect fit.

dag019 · Mar 21, 2023

Def90man said:
I changed mine recently when I changed the bulkhead the old one started to crack and crumble. It was a good fit and solid. You just swap over the metal tabs the screws go through

I may be missing something here but what do you mean by this? I have fitted the metal frame from raptor as part of my rebuid but at this point am planning on using the original plastic clock binnacle as it has not yet broken and still has all of its mounting tabs. When these inevitably break off I will then replace it with the raptor binnacle.

Litch · Mar 21, 2023

dag019 said:
I may be missing something here but what do you mean by this? I have fitted the metal frame from raptor as part of my rebuid but at this point am planning on using the original plastic clock binnacle as it has not yet broken and still has all of its mounting tabs. When these inevitably break off I will then replace it with the raptor binnacle.

If the binnacle is the same age as the mount then it is likely that it will be as fragile.
When you mount the (flexible) binnacle onto the new (steel) mount it may be pulling where before it did not and therefore you may loose a tab (or two).

cappers · Mar 21, 2023

nobber said:
A new plastic one is like 30 odd quid?

@nobber show me an intact unbroken non-cracked plastic one for £30 please........https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...d+rover+defender+instrument+binnacle&_sacat=0
I've owned three pre-Defender 90/110s and they all had wonky plastic binnacles!

nobber · Mar 22, 2023

cappers said:
@nobber show me an intact unbroken non-cracked plastic one for £30 please........https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...d+rover+defender+instrument+binnacle&_sacat=0
I've owned three pre-Defender 90/110s and they all had wonky plastic binnacles!

I remember , not long ago , they were 30-40 quid from suppliers! Since Bearmach went bust it seems the prices for things has gone through the roof,

cappers · Mar 22, 2023

nobber said:
I remember , not long ago , they were 30-40 quid from suppliers! Since Bearmach went bust it seems the prices for things has gone through the roof,

One of the benefits of owning a Landy was the low cost of spare parts but that went once BMW took over.

flat · Mar 22, 2023

yepm after my binnacle fell off when off roading i changed the mount, the surround and the binnacle for the raptor ones - its very good and very solid. Expensive but it fits lvoely and doesnt rattle at all

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