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Badger110

Member Since: 06 Feb 2018
Location: South hams
Posts: 1039

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Buckingham Blue

Heater control fix Puma

With the numerous times the dash has been in and out, the heater control for selecting between lower/windscreen and dash vents wouldn't go past lower and windscreen.

Looking online for a new switch assembly, checked the price and then ignored that and figured i could maybe fix it.

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After removing the switch and selector assembly i found the dial that adjusts the 2 cables which in turn adjust the output from the heater box had a piece broken off;

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When you turned the dial past lower/windscreen the end of the cable left the track and wouldn't allow you to move it anymore.

I found a piece of plastic from the end of a track saw guide;

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I shaped it to fit roughly

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Then glued it into place with superglue and an accelerator. Once i had done this, i then used the dremel and a hot knife attachment on the soldering iron to shape the bend in the channel.

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After that, i shored up the back edge of the track with solid adhesive/gap filling stuff so the issue wouldn't arise again.

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Placed it all back together, re did the seals on the heater venting as they had persished and put the dash back in and all is good

Lesson learnt that instead of paying Â£140 for a part, you can probably fix it yourself for no cost and a little time

17th Apr 2020 10:46pm

Daisy90

Member Since: 01 Feb 2015
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 845

thatâ€™s what I like to see, fixed rather than replaced ,
Well done

18th Apr 2020 4:44am

Wild Card 90

Member Since: 03 Dec 2014
Location: Gerlingen
Posts: 1060

2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 SW Indus Silver

Well done.
Very much the Defender spirit applied there!

1998 Tdi 90 SW,
2008 Td4 90 SW,
2012 2.2 90 SW,
2" raised Trailmaster/Terrafirma
Heavy Track Raids, 255 MT´s,
Recaro CS´s, anorak, wellingtons

18th Apr 2020 5:42am

Barneyboy

Member Since: 19 Nov 2014
Location: Exmoor
Posts: 1636

1986 Defender 90 2.5 n/a Diesel ST Nato Green

Great fix and just goes to show what can be done with a little perseverance and time

Paul

18th Apr 2020 7:44am

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