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| Gareth Member Since: 12 Dec 2011 Location: Woodford Posts: 1130  
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So, after my original binnacle finally fell apart and landed in my lap after hitting a pothole, I bought a Raptor binnacle and pod. Dead easy to fit, you just need to remember to secure the two redundant dash light bulbs from the no longer needed heater controls. It takes a bit of jiggling to get all the bolts to align, and a 1/4 drive ratchet with an 8 MM extension socket would help to get the 2 securing bolts at the rear.
I haven't yet purchased the bezel cover, am undecided on the brushed alloy or the black finish. Whilst it was all apart, I decided to fit the Landrezieger heater blower upgrade. This does away with the primitive all or nothing blower/airflow control on the left of the dash binnacle, and replaces it with an infinitely variable fan control. Again, it was extremely easy to fit. The only point to note is that the control box mounts onto the side of the heater blower box under the bonnet. The instructions have photos from left hand drive. On my vehicle it fouled the bonnet when closed, so I gave moved it to the front face. I had to extend the wires to do this. However, it works extremely well and is a must do upgrade if you want to have decent heater control.  Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge 2021 Defender 110 X-Dynamic HSE D300 MHEV 1966 S2a 109 aka Betsy |
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7th Feb 2017 8:37pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772 
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Do you have a link to these please? Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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7th Feb 2017 9:42pm |
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| Romadog Member Since: 07 Jul 2011 Location: Powys Posts: 1750 |
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7th Feb 2017 9:50pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772
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 thankyou. I must learn to take more notice when reading and not be distracted with pictures as I've just spent ages looking for the dash binnicle on the land reiziger shop  Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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7th Feb 2017 9:59pm |
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| Welkman Member Since: 02 Nov 2014 Location: Essex colchester Posts: 333 
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that is going on my list of upgrades !
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7th Feb 2017 10:18pm |
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| 4RF RDS Member Since: 19 Jul 2015 Location: Ottawa Posts: 971  
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For those interested I did write up on the fan control install. Excellent mod!
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic42251-15.html 2010 Range Rover MkIII Autobiography Super Charged (Idris) 2003 Range Rover Mk III (Desmond FitzWilliam) 2000 Defender 110 CSW TD5 (CTX) 1992 Range Rover Classic (Lizzy) 1972 Series III 300 Tdi (Stanwood) 1967 MGB GT Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) |
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8th Feb 2017 2:29pm |
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| Gareth Member Since: 12 Dec 2011 Location: Woodford Posts: 1130
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Yes it's well worth it. I've got total proportional control of the fan speed, from 0% to 100% power. Just by sliding the standard looking slider up or down! Note- it does not improve the power of the fan, it just controls it far better than standard. 2021 Defender 110 X-Dynamic HSE D300 MHEV
1966 S2a 109 aka Betsy |
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8th Feb 2017 6:41pm |
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| 4RF RDS Member Since: 19 Jul 2015 Location: Ottawa Posts: 971
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FWIW! My experience is that full speed (high I guess) blows a lot more than the standard switch will allow? Anyway to echo what you stated it is just better.
Cheers 2010 Range Rover MkIII Autobiography Super Charged (Idris) 2003 Range Rover Mk III (Desmond FitzWilliam) 2000 Defender 110 CSW TD5 (CTX) 1992 Range Rover Classic (Lizzy) 1972 Series III 300 Tdi (Stanwood) 1967 MGB GT Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) |
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8th Feb 2017 7:32pm |
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