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Defender-Stu

Member Since: 14 Jun 2012
Location: South West England
Posts: 1320

Due to be back from the Stealers

Well cut a long story short, the 90 went in last saturday and im due to get her back tomorrow morning after a nice phone call to say she is ready after the following work has now been done:

New Rear Crank Seal - Leaking into bell housing
New Clutch - Springs were loose
New front Bumper - 3rd one due to rust
New rear Nas step - Due to rust
New rear work Light - Lense rusted inside and could not remove

Got to love warranty and its only 2 years old with 16k on the clock

Once i collect it back it will have a full insp by me to make sure im happy and to see if the other bits have also been done, like steering ball joints (All 4 of them)

so ican see a good clean and polish coming on this weekend and going to re spray up the steering guard due to stone chips

Now to drop the rangy off for some work

Stu

26th Sep 2014 2:55pm

K9F

Member Since: 12 Nov 2009
Location: Bournemouth
Posts: 9610

2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

Stu,

The rust issues with the bumper etc. are a bain. Whilst the truck is in for other work it does make sense to get it swapped out under warranty. However as I am sure you already know it is just a 'sticking plaster' fix until it rots out again. Ultimately I either swapped out the inferior bits or took them off and treated them to the finish and protection they should have been adorned with at the factory and/or supplier. If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!

Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!!

26th Sep 2014 3:12pm

mk1collector

Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 6769

Got to agree. I gave my new bumper a coat of paint on the front and a coat of dinitrol on the back and two years on there's not a spot of rust! If your going to keep the defender it's worth spending a little time and effort just to save the hassle of warranty.

26th Sep 2014 3:16pm

munch90

Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: guildford
Posts: 3558

rust= pressure washing at a guess

26th Sep 2014 3:21pm

jomara

Member Since: 26 Oct 2009
Location: Lanarkshire
Posts: 1756

2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Santorini Black

I doused my winch bumper in Dinitrol of the back and underside and give the front face a wipe over with ACF50 after each wash , helps keep it looking it's best

2014 110 2.2TDCi XS Station wagon
1971 Bowler Tomcat 88 4.2 V8 Auto
2022 110 250D XS

26th Sep 2014 3:23pm

Defender-Stu

Member Since: 14 Jun 2012
Location: South West England
Posts: 1320

Hi Mal and MK1

Yeah the bumper is just going to be changed at some point by me to a D44 DRL or CSK DRL one, but as its under warranty i will keep getting new ones if needs be lol, going to try and get the whole truck treated before the end of the year by Killer if the moneys there and the misses lets me lol

26th Sep 2014 3:28pm

Defender-Stu

Member Since: 14 Jun 2012
Location: South West England
Posts: 1320

jomara wrote:
I doused my winch bumper in Dinitrol of the back and underside and give the front face a wipe over with ACF50 after each wash , helps keep it looking it's best

What is this ACF50 as heard alot of people using it?

26th Sep 2014 3:29pm

jomara

Member Since: 26 Oct 2009
Location: Lanarkshire
Posts: 1756

Hi St
It's an anti corrosion treatment developed for the aviation industry which has become popular with motorcyclists

http://www.acf-50.co.uk/acf-50.htm

Makes a difference, I use it on my hinge bolts bumper winch wire etc 2014 110 2.2TDCi XS Station wagon
1971 Bowler Tomcat 88 4.2 V8 Auto
2022 110 250D XS

26th Sep 2014 5:57pm

david mitchell

Member Since: 01 Jul 2012
Location: Meath
Posts: 418

Plus 1 for acf -50

. Brilliant stuff

26th Sep 2014 11:51pm

Joe the Plumber

Member Since: 18 Dec 2013
Location: Midlands
Posts: 907

2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 HT Fuji White

I've coated the inside of my front bumper with Bilt Hamber's Dynax S50 (applied by brush) and I include the rest in my regular washing and waxing routine.

I've also made up plastic panels which extend the standard wheel arch liners downwards to keep the water thrown up by the wheels out of the bumper in the first place:

Click image to enlarge

27th Sep 2014 8:00am

JenDef90

Member Since: 27 Sep 2014
Location: Wissel
Posts: 22

Joe, that is fantastic! I must do the same plastics on mine,..mt/r tires fire stones...like machine guns ..

28th Sep 2014 8:14am

Joe the Plumber

Member Since: 18 Dec 2013
Location: Midlands
Posts: 907

Thanks very much. I've got some of Gwyn Lewis's front mudflap extenders on the van too:

Click image to enlarge

and I've made rear wheel arch liners out of the same 3mm plastic as the front ones:

Click image to enlarge

Click image to enlarge

Since I took the last photos, I've removed the standard LR mudflaps as the turbulence between them and my new ones actually threw all the muck up onto the underneath. I've also extended mine down at the back by 100mm with 4mm rally mudflap material to try to keep the muck off the rear crossmember.

Clearly I'm not going 'off road' any time soon though!

I'm waiting to see how this lot holds up to being packed with snow this winter, if we get any of course. There could be a re-design come spring if they get damaged by it.

29th Sep 2014 8:22pm

LR90XS2011

Member Since: 05 Apr 2011
Location: bickenhill
Posts: 3612

2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Galway Green

Re: Due to be back from the Stealers

Defender-Stu wrote:
Well cut a long story short, the 90 went in last saturday and im due to get her back tomorrow morning after a nice phone call to say she is ready after the following work has now been done:

New Rear Crank Seal - Leaking into bell housing
New Clutch - Springs were loose
New front Bumper - 3rd one due to rust
New rear Nas step - Due to rust
New rear work Light - Lense rusted inside and could not remove

Got to love warranty and its only 2 years old with 16k on the clock

Once i collect it back it will have a full insp by me to make sure im happy and to see if the other bits have also been done, like steering ball joints (All 4 of them)

so ican see a good clean and polish coming on this weekend and going to re spray up the steering guard due to stone chips

Now to drop the rangy off for some work

Stu

is it back yet??? Clutch any good?? DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,

I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy

29th Sep 2014 8:26pm

Defender-Stu

Member Since: 14 Jun 2012
Location: South West England
Posts: 1320

Yeh got her back from the dealers and great service and the truck feels like and new car and prob better then when i got her, all issues sorted so got the truck back home and had a afternoons polish and started doing a little waxing on the underside, now this weekend the steering guard will be off for a re paint up in gloss black and re fit the sound system but mat treat myself to a new Alpine head unit ........... weel will keep me in the good books and the misses may need a new head unit soon

and now seeing the pics above may make some front flaps to stop the stones hitting the bumper etc, cheers for the ideas guys

30th Sep 2014 8:07am

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