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  1. I used a paint stripper called Power Strip off ebay. The trick to using it is to lightly scratch the powder coat before painting it on. Leave it for 5 minutes or more and when you see the bubbling use a wire brush to scrape it off. This removed powder coat off a mantec spare wheel carrier and some unknown make rock sliders. You however do need good chemical resistant gloves as it is nasty on the skin.

  2. Not fall out the sky, but on its nose. A BA 787 nose gear recently collapsed when the pilot was testing the hydraulics prior to take off. The aircraft mechanic was to short to put the locking pin in so asked somebody else to do it and they put it in the wrong hole. Boeing did know this was a problem so had a solution to stop this happening which had not been retrofitted to the BA jet.

  3. Simon thanks for the reply. As you can see below I stripped the heater down to it bare components to de-rust it and repaint it before reassembling it. In doing so I took the resistor off so I could de-rust where it was screwed to. Going through my parts box I found your resistor, hence asking the question. 

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  4. As per my post on the members forum. I have come to the conclusion when replacing my rear cross member it has shunted everything forward 5 to 6 mm. See how the roof overlaps the C pillar. Hence I left the B pillar alone. Sanded the striker spacer down so the door will fit. Just need to bend in the top rear of the door. This is with the seal back on so once I have bent the door I can live with it.

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  5. As you say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think the rear of the new defender looks like the front of a BMC van going backwards. As for how many mushrooms The designer of the rear of the new disco 5 had? I like the box shape of the Genadier, G Wagon and old defender as it matches my child like drawings of a car. All straight lines.

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  6. Rubber removed and lock fitted. The issue seems to be the space for the door is too small. Big gap at the bottom front and none at the top. While at the back hardly any space at the bottom of the vertical and lots at the top. I had to take the spacer out of the door latch for it to close. Only thing I can think of is that when replacing the rear cross member it has shunted forward every thing. 

    I wonder now if I can move the b pillar forward by a couple of mm to get the space needed? Any other suggestions?

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