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    Carpets..........

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiic!!!!

    Picked up the mats from the post office today, heavy duty????? - the post office chaps were bent double!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

    I've unpacked em - they look fantastic, never seen such monster mats!!!!

    Cheers buddy!!! :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P

    Need expert's tip

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    I bought mine from Craddocks - the one that bolts to the top of the bumper was no good, the type that clamps round was the correct one for mine (1989 110 vehicle with Air Conditioning)..........

    Now complete with slight dint where it smacked the Nissan X-trail in front of me!

    Not the best day.......

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    Ok, the good news and the bad news..........

    Good News! - my solicitior rang me to tell me that Direct Line had offered to arrange some physiotherapy, with Direct Line picking up the tab.

    Bad News! - that was last Friday and I havent heard a peep since.

    Bad news also.....expect the truck to be returned just Saturday 18th May after repairs....current delay is "du to having to drill out some bolts securing body to chassis" and having none to replace them with. The garage also claim that the welding of the new x-member is a little too close to the fuel tank for their liking....

    Worse news.........even if I do get it back next Saturday, it's MOT runs out the day before........so I won't even be able to drive it....

    Hey bloody ho.

    Fed up of Manchester. :angry::angry::angry::(:(:(:(:(:huh::huh::huh::(:(:(:(:(:angry::angry::angry:

    Need a web link.....

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    Hmmm, the river runner set is expensive at 200 quid, and if i replace all the bulbs with led ones, do i need a new flasher unit too.....And what would the mixture of bulb types mean if I used my trailer.........?

    So, after all that, I bought a set of dashboard bulbs. :rolleyes: Hey ho.

    Splines.......

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    Think I've decided on this wheel......

    http://www.johncraddockltd.co.uk/product_s...=4&page=acc

    Went to order it today, and the sales chap asked me how many splines the shaft had?

    For a 1989 110, would that be standard? He mumbled summat about 36 or 48 splines and 16mm or 19mm.......

    And of course the truck is still in the body shop, so I cant get to it.....

    Were the models in 1989 all the same (spline-wise)?

    (Those of you who are wondering if I have the first clue what I'm talking about may have sussed the situation.......)........

    Lazy-itis I know............

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    These items all look great......but I need to replace the entire "passenger side dash", cause it's awful.....and some fool has cut a chunk underneath and to the left of the steering wheel to accomodate a radio..........

    The type of dash I have now is completely flat fronted, with no storage whatsoever....it is truly awful

    So will the entire (for example) 2002 dashboard fit in my 1989 CSW. And who can provide and install the job lot?

    (landy now off the road for 50 days............ :angry: )

    Second battery

    in Defender Forum (1983 - 2016)

    Posted

    Not necessarily, look at this picture

    cutoff.jpg

    Two switches are needed, one to isolate the loads from the battery, and one to isolate the first battery from the second. The switch on the left, isolating the batteries from each other, could be in the live or the earth, Personally i'd put it in the live, but it doesn't matter, there's no hard and fast rule.

    Ok, I almost get this.....so if you were running say an electric coolbox while u travelled say 200 miles to destination, you would have all the switches open? and then on arrival at destination you would isolate using the left hand switch?

    And what is to stop chaining a third battery, given an additional isolation switch etc.....

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