Seaswood · Friday at 21:03

The back of the cab is held by many brackets braces under the cab those in turn hold the bed in place to the frame.
In a standard pickup HC would have some differences?
I removed a gas filter from the 84 PU when I got it fitted with a diesel.

re-volt · Saturday at 06:46

Hicap phill said:
Another thought.

Any cutting of the back body should be done at the front. This way the all the body fixings stay the same at the rear and the wheel arch is in the correct place.
If you measure 10 inches this would give you workable room for the extension.

Or if you can find 1 this would be the same size as a 127 hi cap back body

I think I prefer the previous approach more. Will see how it goes with seat hunting before determining anything about cutting and welding. Hopefully it doesn’t come to that.

re-volt · Saturday at 06:51

Seaswood said:
The back of the cab is held by many brackets braces under the cab those in turn hold the bed in place to the frame.
In a standard pickup HC would have some differences?
I removed a gas filter from the 84 PU when I got it fitted with a diesel.

I was told by the workshop that it’s held and assembled by rivets? I hope I got the word correct. However I saw a couple of videos on YouTube and there is certainly plenty of welding going.

Any ideas about brake calipers? Which and what size of rotors is commonly used? Brakes are bad and the truck stops the day after tomorrow. I assume I’ll need to upgrade them when going with a bigger engine.

manchestershire · Saturday at 07:02

Are the wheels discovery 1 steels (fitted the wrong way round)?

Hicap phill · Saturday at 09:58

re-volt said:
I was told by the workshop that it’s held and assembled by rivets? I hope I got the word correct. However I saw a couple of videos on YouTube and there is certainly plenty of welding going.

Any ideas about brake calipers? Which and what size of rotors is commonly used? Brakes are bad and the truck stops the day after tomorrow. I assume I’ll need to upgrade them when going with a bigger engine.

Press harder..

You have the biggest standard brakes on the rear. You should have the same size on the front some people change the pads for a different compound
Have noticed the rear anti roll bar is missing on the axle.

re-volt · Saturday at 16:00

manchestershire said:
Are the wheels discovery 1 steels (fitted the wrong way round)?

Thank you very much for spotting that. I could never in a million years figure that they belonged to discovery, yes they are fitted the wrong way, to add extra width after they had spacers fitted, we flipped them today and one of them is missing a good chunk of its edge. I have no idea how the tire is still there.

re-volt · Saturday at 16:02

Hicap phill said:
Press harder..
You have the biggest standard brakes on the rear. You should have the same size on the front some people change the pads for a different compound
Have noticed the rear anti roll bar is missing on the axle.

Right

I am used to a small tiny cooper s with upgraded brake set, I wondered if the defender had a brake servo installed or not, the workshop pointed it out for me.

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