doriz said:
I have a leak at the rear where the hardtop to body foam seal has perished or gone hard. Is it possible to loosen the fixings to create enough space to fit a new seal or does the panel need to come out which will affect other seals like upper panel to roof seal?
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don’t know how useful this is but done the roof on my old series 3 safari

got some hard neoprene rubber to slide inbetween the roof and side panels, borrowed a high lift jack and some 4x2 timbers

put the timber length ways on the roof , timbers width ways across the inside wheel arches , then jacked each side up and placed upright timbers for support , used the jack to break the seals and timbers not to dent the roof

the rubber wasn’t like a sponge material , if I remember it’s was the same one that is placed under the bottom of the windscreen

used a cordless , long socket and extension bar with a ratchet the other side to get enough nuts snd bolts off in order I could lift what I needed to

hope it helps a little
 
Headliner still reeling, 30 years of dirt :D
Decided to do something today and it’s the 3 piece headliner. Already tackled the front bit a couple years ago as it were sagging on me noggin.
The clean…surprisingly it has come up like new.
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Then the hoover…30 years of grime hoovered up. I have also put a damp cloth with detergent over this to ensure a good contact later.
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Then I added some stiffener to the roof side as the liner creased on removal. Unsure if this will add anything at this point.

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Just need to bond the cleaned headliner back to the form later this afternoon.

Maybe more later who knows :rolleyes:
 
Well after a can of spray adhesive and a few choice words I’m no further on. They make it look easy on Texas Metal and my attempt was poor at best. Ripped the stuff back off and I’m getting a tin of glue now so if it’s crap a second time I can sniff the stuff :confused: stupid phooking Defenders :mad:
 
doriz said:
Well after a can of spray adhesive and a few choice words I’m no further on. They make it look easy on Texas Metal and my attempt was poor at best. Ripped the stuff back off and I’m getting a tin of glue now so if it’s crap a second time I can sniff the stuff :confused: stupid phooking Defenders :mad:
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Iv not covered mine.it’s a job I should have done about 10years ago when I got it. But it is a nice grey fibreglass
 
I ripped mine off the base and used camper van carpet snd spray glue. Maybe worth a shot? I much prefer mine in black. Also got black studs off ebay to match it
 
resto_d1 said:
I ripped mine off the base and used camper van carpet snd spray glue. Maybe worth a shot? I much prefer mine in black. Also got black studs off ebay to match it
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I’m going to get some Evo stick or similar and do it it small sections. When I did it yesterday the original vinyl didn’t stretch far enough. 5 minutes in the tumble drier might work first, if not I’ll set it all on fire.
 
Rooting through some paperwork and found this for my truck. I knew it had been to Liverige at some point but fer-f-sake…
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Also, found other receipts totalling another £3k :eek: Surrey owners :rolleyes:
 
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