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bluebottle



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My TD5 110 XS CSW - Bertha
This is my beast, I tracked down the paint colour code - Cairns Blue apparently. I decided to call her Bertha after the children's TV show from the 80s - sing along now "Bertha, lovely Bertha, You are a lovely machine!" Embarassed

I wasn't looking for an XS model, but the air-con, heated seats & screen and the CD radio are nice to have! Cool

First mod I have done is Nakatenenga leather door pulls in the front. I hope to swap to LED or uprated lights, probably fiddling with the relays as well as I have seen threads on here about the weakness with the LR stock switch in the cab coping with the current... Also sort some storage in the "spare" space under boxing at the rear and under cubby in the front.

Also researching baby seats - the lack of Isofix is worrying the wife. Rolling Eyes

Long term plans - Disco cogs & remapped ECU.



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Post #423071 12th May 2015 10:08pm
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shaggydog



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United Kingdom 1991 Defender 110 200 Tdi USW Arles Blue
Beautiful Colour Thumbs Up

Sounds like you have some fairly serious mods to come keep us updated with lots of pictures! Running Restoration Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/post323197.html#323197

Self confessed mileage hunter Very Happy
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mk1collector



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England 2004 Defender 110 Td5 CSW Bonatti Grey
Looks great Thumbs Up good to see another 110 td5 and some good mods planned too. I've done most of those and a few more too Wink Ray
My build thread
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html
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piecost76



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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Corris Grey
Re: My TD5 110 CSW - Bertha
bluebottle wrote:


Also researching baby seats - the lack of Isofix is worrying the wife. Rolling Eyes



Why the ISOFIX worry - how old are your kids?

We put both of ours in a Td5 with no worries - the "standard" Maxi Cosi baby seat fits without need for ISOFIX and then as they grow up, the rotating one does not need it either.

We put an easy base in on seatbelts & it was then just drop in & out - easy!

http://www.johnlewis.com/maxi-cosi-easybas...=231326865

This one for when they get a bit older:

http://www.johnlewis.com/maxi-cosi-tobi-ca...n/p1829344

All done without ISOFIX! Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

2015 110 XS UW sadly stolen 21/11/2017
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bluebottle



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Our daughter is still being measured in weeks!

Thanks for the tip with the Easybase - we have a MaxiCosi in our car (on an Isofix base!) so that will be handy.
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Looks like a cracker

look forward to your mods/pictures Thumbs Up
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bluebottle



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This is the first, as seen elsewhere on this site, new door pulls.


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bluebottle



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New headlights, surrounds and bulbs:



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Fitted 12v aux in rear:



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Finally got out and got muddy - spent the morning at Hogmoor with HBRO on Sunday, great fun Very Happy ... need to find time to wash her now Rolling Eyes .


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shaggydog



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United Kingdom 1991 Defender 110 200 Tdi USW Arles Blue
Looks Fantastic Thumbs Up

Especially when muddy Running Restoration Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/post323197.html#323197

Self confessed mileage hunter Very Happy
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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Aintree Green
One's got to love this blue, looks fab even when muddy Laughing just a little jealous of your Cairns Wink MY15 Aintree 110 SW - for sale - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic82781.html
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bluebottle



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jk84 wrote:
got to love this blue, looks fab even when muddy


Thanks!

Today I fitted a new radio - so I have a take off Visteon CD Radio (manufactured 22.02.2005) if anyone's interested?!


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bluebottle



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Finally got round to sorting the sheared rear mudflap/wing fixing and decided to reinforce the other side at the same time. Now I've finally got round to posting it too!

Ally angle from B&Q, knackered several hacksaw blades cutting it, suspect I had the wrong ones Embarassed Also you can see the totally seized and sheared bolt originally fitted by LR. I was shocked when I saw this, as even to a mechanical novice like me it's just plain stupid... Then I remembered I was probably looking at a piece of design from the black nadir of British automotive history.

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A new experience for me, pop rivets. Never used one before but I understood the principle and gave it a bash. Also shiny new bolts etc.

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Completed job. Happy man, all for about a tenner (if I exclude the pop riveter, rivets, new hacksaw blades and metal drill bits Whistle)

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Milestone reached on our way home from a recent holiday in the Lakes:


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United Kingdom 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 HT Corris Grey
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The mudflap design is stupid. One of mine fell off, fixed it then the other fell off. I've now got the Gwyn Lewis kit that also stops mud being blasted in to the rear crossmember but I haven't had a full day off to do it yet.
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