Sting Ray's '89 90 - Complete Restoration

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Thanks, Neilly.

I was wondering whether there is much benefit in having the interior lights hooked up to the leisure battery, or whether it would be easier to use battery operated LED units.

The significant majority, if not all of the accessories will be powered by a separate board, with it's own switched power from the leisure battery, which will be hooked up to a split charge system that is sat in the garage. The board will have permanent and ignition live feeds, with relays in the necessary circuits.

The 'fuse board' should be easily accessible, so I'm wondering where it should live - one idea is to house it in the quarterlight orifice using one of these; I won't be fitting windows there anyway. Suggestions welcome!

https://www.rough-parts.com/online-...ter/alle-produkte/heckfenstereinsatzevo2.html

Where would an anderson connector come in handy? There will be one for the fridge/freezer.
 
Sting Ray said:
Thanks, Neilly.

I was wondering whether there is much benefit in having the interior lights hooked up to the leisure battery, or whether it would be easier to use battery operated LED units.

The significant majority, if not all of the accessories will be powered by a separate board, with it's own switched power from the leisure battery, which will be hooked up to a split charge system that is sat in the garage. The board will have permanent and ignition live feeds, with relays in the necessary circuits.

The 'fuse board' should be easily accessible, so I'm wondering where it should live - one idea is to house it in the quarterlight orifice using one of these; I won't be fitting windows there anyway. Suggestions welcome!

https://www.rough-parts.com/online-...ter/alle-produkte/heckfenstereinsatzevo2.html

Where would an anderson connector come in handy? There will be one for the fridge/freezer.
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If you watch some of the Ozzie overland 4x4 vids on youtube they show soem reall cool electrical set ups. Inverters etc the lot, most are housed in a cool distibution box.

Andersons, would be useful for :
jump starting.
Providing a good high amp 12V supply. so you could move your fridge outside on a lead if needed if camping a few nights in the same place.
Provide a slot for an extension lead for a 12V in your camp site.


Cheers
 
Thanks, I'll take a look at those - always keen to learn from those with experience and ideas.

I'll add another Anderson connector! Thanks again!
 
So sorry for the delay in updating this thread.

The original painter got sacked as he was crap at communicating, equally bad at getting on and doing work, and quite frankly hopeless at painting. The bodywork is now in the hands of a reputable painter a couple of hours away, who has already begun to breath life into the 110.
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The harness is in, along with the engine harness, albeit both aren't connected to everything just yet.

I've been given a great deal of thought to how I'd like to finish the interior, and have decided to insulate with noico red (closed cell foam) wherever possible. The seatbox will be covered in multi stretch carpet, and will need sealing where there are holes between the panels - I'm presuming silicon sealant will suffice??

The footwells and floors would look really good if carpeted in the same way, but given it's a Defender and liable to leaking, and will be an overlander, I need something more rugged. I would like to have the noico red or similar underneath though. I've seen some moulded and non moulded kits, the former of which are a bit pricey, and the latter that look a bit naff due to visible gaps between panels.
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The seat box, tunnel and second row kick panel are now insulated.

I now need to choose on a colour for the carpets. I'm aware of water ingress issues etc.

I'm thinking either black or a darker grey. The door cards, dash and seats will be black. Should the carpet be black as well? Or would that be too much? Recommendations welcome :)
 
Getting hold of 4-way stretch carpet in Canada is a real pain! I'm therefore ordering some from Arizona, which will allow me to cover:

- Bulkhead
- Floor plates
- Tunnel
- Seat Box
- Second row kick panel

This carpet will add a bit of 'comfort' to the 110 and marginally attenuate some of the road noise.

Once this is on, I will share further photos.

With little else to do, I'm also looking at other aspects of the vehicle that will need tending to, including the 'leisure loom', which will connect lighting, fridge, USB outlets etc to the electrical circuit, without messing with the engine electrics, which will remain semi-independent from the leisure systems and only connected via a battery management system.

The reason for doing this is so I can calculate wire gauges and start to construct the leisure loom, including fuse box, while adding extra wires to accommodate circuits that may be required later on. This circuit will also include the winch, so needs to be thought out from the off.
 
Just spent the last hour going through this post .. Epic build, better than new . Hope you get completed soon and embark on the journey of a lifetime. Looking forward to seeing more progress .
 
Managed to cover a couple more panels today.

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Have also set the enormous roll of carpet in front of the bulkhead and thinking how I'm going to stretch the it into the footwells and get a smooth finish on the rest of the panel.
 
I now know why LR never covered the bulkhead in anything. It is a complete and utter bastard!

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There are still a few edges to tidy up with a sharp Stanley, but glad to have gotten this over and done with! There were places where the carpet bunched up, and in others where I had to ask a lot of the fabric to stretch. Warm water certainly helped with the latter, but still far from straightforward.

If I were to do it again, I'd probably approach it in a slightly different way, with pre-cut, pre-shaped and over-sized panels of carpet, rather than stretching a single piece.
 
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