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Wolf xd waterproofing kit


Lewis

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A colleague of mine knows I'm into land rovers so recently gave my some bits and bobs he acquired whilst serving as a VM in the marines. Amongst them was two large water proof saddle bags which contain what I am assured is a waterproofing kit used to prepare a Wolf for beach landing

Does anyone know what all the bits are for? I don't recognise much of it :)

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Some of it looks recognisable, the reason it's not been used from stores and has been given away is probably the climate they have been to doesn't contain much water.

The plug with the blue lead is probably for blanking/sealing the radio battery box charging unit.

The seat covers are waterproof, probably after the event to stop you getting soaked from sitting the wet sponge in the seat squabs.

The quantity of grease/plugs is for sealing misc electrical/radio connectors. And the binnacle cover/green dash cover to stop spray.

The waterproofing value is dubious, as you can't seal the back of most of it, it's probably to stop big bits of mud/sand getting into key barrels/plugs or moving parts.

There should also be a couple of hard links to add to the tailgate to allow water to exit rapidly once you drive out of the sea/off landing craft.

The rope I think is purely to stop bits floating away from the rover

I have seen instructions somewhere which details fitting and removing the kit, but it is in the region of 2 hours to fit and 1 hour to remove per vehicle.

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Thanks for the input guys, I had hoped that there would be some wonderful revolutionary devices amongst the kit which would be of some use on my 90. But the only part I would actually use is a wading plug

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Thanks for the input guys, I had hoped that there would be some wonderful revolutionary devices amongst the kit which would be of some use on my 90. But the only part I would actually use is a wading plug

and that's why it remains unused, you can rest assured the military probably paid a couple of hundred quid for it :hysterical:

The most useful bit is the bag it is stored in, that looks waterproof. And the seat covers if you go wading.

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