Evan farmer said:

I bought a pair of series doors with wolf tops in Peterborough and the hinges have seen better days before I fit them don't want to have to replace them for a while but on my old doors they swung out past check strap not right round but I've seen 2a hinges swing flat with the wing now I'd like that on my defender but hadn't thought of this in Peterborough looking on eBay for them 2a hinges seem expensive what would you guys recommend as im knew to series doors .
Evan

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Big Sandy said:

If they are the 2a hinges with that kinda knuckle shape, you can strip them down, clean them up with a wire wheel, and then get a new pin and brass ball off the bay of E.

The flat hinges on SIII's are easier to just replace. They are handed, (so are the 2a ones) and the top hinges can be predrilled to take door mirrors, or not...then you need wing mirrors. There are 2a top hinges with fittings for mirrors too.

Both cases the bolts into the door pillar are often the hardest to remove. They are in captive nuts, which can be nicely corroded. Again, the bay of E can find you some stainless fittings.

I think what you need to do is have a shufti online for the series parts book, and optional parts book, you can find them for download in various places. That makes buying, or even identifying parts a lot easier. I have, somewhere, a CD off ebay with the SII and IIa parts book, as I couldn't find that as a download. Wasn't expensive, so you can get them. There's a lot of IIa parts in the optional book.

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Evan farmer said:

Thanks my hinges are series 3 but would like my door to swing flush with the wing

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Turboman said:

Just fit the flat type. Like he says,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^, the stainless fixing kits are a good investment. Get the little plastic pads that fit between the hinges and the doors too, and if you CBA, cut out a milk carton or similar to make pads for between the door skin and hinges too.

Series 2a hinges were all the sticking out type.

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Evan farmer said:

Need to buy better drill bits as the ones I had couldn't hack it. Are tops that slide both ways rare/expensive?

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Turboman said:

Just go slow and drill em out, they are pretty soft. Use some lube on the bit, and very slow at first till you get past the cross. Never seen any that sllde both ways, front glass is fixed, rear slides.

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Turboman said:

Just go slow and drill em out, they are pretty soft. Use some lube on the bit, and very slow at first till you get past the cross. Never seen any that sllde both ways, front glass is fixed, rear slides.

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Big Sandy said:

Aren't rocky mountain, and early defender military tops like that?

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Big Sandy said:

Aren't rocky mountain, and early defender military tops like that?

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Turboman said:

You could be right. All civvy Ninety/One Ten and Defective have wind up windows. All my civvy series had fixed and sliding glass. I only know what I have seen.

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Evan farmer said:

Yes anyway to tell which is which

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Turboman said:

You could be right. All civvy Ninety/One Ten and Defective have wind up windows. All my civvy series had fixed and sliding glass. I only know what I have seen.

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Evan farmer said:

Somme piccies

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Big Sandy said:

Never actually seen rocky mountain ones, but I think they are all alloy, think the military ones have steel in them.



Mine too...sliding front pane would be handy tho.

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Evan farmer said:

for something like £300

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Turboman said:

Looks like the Battle of the Somme anorl!

If that was me, I would just clean up those hinges with a wire wheel, prime and paint, fixing kit, job done.

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Big Sandy said:

Which is why I ain't seen them. In fact, I cannae mind when I even saw £300 last......

Wire wheel in grinder, and fresh paint. Me too.

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