Lewis Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 stick some pics up, one part covers the complete dash or instrument pack to keep it water tight for deep wading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 It comes in these two bags The one on the right contains two seat covers (squabs and backs are separate) The one on the left contains all sorts, some instantly recognisable, others less so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 You tried googling the part numbers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete3000 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Bit of googling the electrical cap finds YMS100140 is actually IPK100140, and then: http://www.lrdirect.com/IPK100140-CAP-WEBASTO-INTAKE/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 The kit might be of value to someone in the EMLRA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete3000 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 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 The most useful bit is the bag it is stored in, that looks waterproof. And the seat covers if you go wading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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