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db950



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United Kingdom 1997 Defender 110 300 Tdi HT Nato Green
No problem, I'll take one later tonight!
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db950



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FunkyMunky wrote:
A photo would be great! Cheers! Thumbs Up

Here you go....excuse the dirt!!


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FunkyMunky



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United Kingdom 1996 Defender 110 300 Tdi CSW Alpine White
Right. Gotcha. It's a lot clearer now. Thanks for those Martin! Thumbs Up

Removed the floor earlier.... what a bitch of a job! All screws and bolts were corroded to hell so drilled and cut them out but also discovered the floor panel was just dust under some of the bolts so that needs replacing too! And at over £100 for a replacement I think i will be making my own, possibly chequer plate.

Again, cheers for the pics Martin. You da man! Thumbs Up
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db950



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No problem, hope they help, but I'm not Martin!!
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How did you seal the metal insert you made and the rivets holding the resting plate to the wheel arch? Thanks
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db950



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The insert is sealed and strengthened by a product made by Wurth called Bond and Seal, extremely strong adhesive.
The rivets used are sealed rivets so don't allow water ingress.
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Don't forget that the original floor has a stiffener channel under it. If you make your own, be sure to use a heavier gauge aluminum. and/or add a stiffener.

I Rhino lined my original floor as it was corroding around the bolts, but cleaned up ok. Reason for rhino lining was to encapsulate the aluminum. If it isn't in direct contact with any other metals, it shouldn't corrode further. (Did the front floor panels too)


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 it's a Landrover thing...

my renovation thread:
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic40792.html
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FunkyMunky



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db950 wrote:
No problem, hope they help, but I'm not Martin!!


Alright, alright! Keep your hair on!

The e-mail notifications i got all have the name 'Martin' below them.......

Cheers for the pics anyway.
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FunkyMunky



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Like the Rhino lining. Might see if my local coatings guys do it when i pick up the cross-member later this week.

Edit: They don't! Sad


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db950



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FunkyMunky wrote:
db950 wrote:
No problem, hope they help, but I'm not Martin!!


Alright, alright! Keep your hair on!

The e-mail notifications i got all have the name 'Martin' below them.......

Cheers for the pics anyway.

Haha! Yes, that'll be the forum owners name:)
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FunkyMunky



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United Kingdom 1996 Defender 110 300 Tdi CSW Alpine White
Received all my panels yesterday and collected my blasted/powder-coated cross-member too so started in earnest today!

What a pain getting the old upstand off! Was double-skinned at each end and had steel domed rivets! Shocked

The old cross-member also a nightmare as nuts/boltheads were rusted and rounded off. Wouldn't have been as much of a headache but didn't want to use a grinder in there, so had to drill heads off. Rolling Eyes

On the plus side though, I did find one rusted through chassis web that needs a small repair. Not sure if it would have been an MOT fail but is an easy fix with the floor/upstand/cross-member out. Would have been a pig to do from underneath! Havent got a welding set so will take it to a mates garage on Monday.

Note to self: But some gloves to save what little knuckle skin I have left! Rolling Eyes
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FunkyMunky



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Right..... seems the rear seat brackets don't fit very easily at all. As CDN 038 said, to get his brackets in he needed to lift the tub slightly. Which is impossible unless your side frames are off (mine aren't). Shocked

It also looks as though the inner bolt lugs on the rear brackets need to be right where my Boge self-levelling unit top mount sits. Rolling Eyes

Boge unit is original though and badly corroded so might remove it and uprate suspension.

Going to have to have a think about this one! Confused
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FunkyMunky



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Almost there! Turned out to be a bigger job than first thought though!



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 An "ex" is a has-been. A "spurt" is a drip under pressure. So an "expert" is a has-been drip under pressure.
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Justtellme



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How did you get the rear brackets in? Did you lift the tub and remove the side rails?
Patrick
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FunkyMunky



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Hi Patrick. I had a few issues with the seat modification, perhaps because mine is a '96 CSW and the floors are slightly different on the 2010 I got the seats and brackets from? Rolling Eyes

I had a little corrosion on the top-hats and did think of replacing the floor but decided to tackle that another time as it wasn't that bad. If I had gone that route then installing the rear brackets would have been a doddle!

As the self-levelling Boge unit was in the way, I decided to remove it altogether (so far the suspension feels fine without it). Thumbs Up

Then I cut the two rear brackets in half width ways, positioned and bolted up the front halves (seats and rear locking unit in place) and welded these to the chassis box section.

I guess the chassis box section changed also over the years as there were 2 small webs either side which prevented me positioning the rear halves so off came the bolt tabs at a 45 deg angle (wish I had taken some pictures).

Then I positioned these rears, bolted them up and also welded these to the box section. Although I had removed half of the bolt tabs, there was enough to get a good weld on the inner tabs and a small weld on the outer.

Weld prep was a problem on the rear parts though as I couldn't get a grinder in, and had to use a bloody Dremmel! Rolling Eyes

A few small tacks to weld either side of each bracket halves back together and a liberal coating of waxoyl underseal, job done. Whistle

Next time I am underneath I will take some pictures, although I am not sure what will be visible under all the underseal! I did lard it on! Laughing An "ex" is a has-been. A "spurt" is a drip under pressure. So an "expert" is a has-been drip under pressure.
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