joe1 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Pic shows underside of a bonnet as fitted to a def 90 that came to me. It originally had bonnet pins fitted so I plated over the holes did some bodywork and thought I'd refit it with a new striker. But Duuuh - should have looked more closely!! I've realised it didn't have a latch fitted even though the slam panel is in fact std defender. So I suspect this is in fact a military bonnet (spare wheel mounting holes and absence of latch mounting ??) so current plan is to put new (locking) bonnet pins in and use it as is. - Yes I might need to put a latch on as a fail safe for the bonnet pins - But what rubber buffers should mount to the 4 brackets ringed in red at the top of the photo - Are these mrc5016 or something else ? TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 For a civilian vehicle bonnet the buffers are items 8 to 11 inclusive & safety latch is items 13 to 26 inclusive on attached diagram I don't have a military 90/110 book 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebus Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Hello Joe, hopefully this will help, basically the same picture that Western put up but with MOD and Nato numbers on it, all the best, Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebus Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Sorry to go on, the MOD numbers are fairly accurate, same as land rover, I think over the course of being married to mine I only come a cropper once on a part number and that was on some silly bracket behind the handbrake lever that nobody wanted to make anymore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadler Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 MRC5016 is the correct rectangular buffer for your bonnet 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe1 Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share Posted November 14, 2022 Thank you all for helping. I was also doing a bit of searching and found this earlier post - about half down there is a nice diagram of the same style bonnet and the buffers are indeed shown as mrc5016. (Shame that the manuals site landroverv8.com is now error 404 though) https://forums.lr4x4.com/topic/94129-stage-1-v8-bonnet-buffer-bracket/ It seems that if the cable operated latch (mrc6978) was fitted there was no secondary latch fitted on the bonnet.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Your bonnet is the same as the early 110 (sliding windows), the safety latch and bonnet release are all in one mechanism. You release the bonnet through the grill, no cable. The safety latch hooks the spring plate. From memory the slam panel is very similar for both early and later. Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 I don’t know what spec that bonnet originally is, but I think it is modified, not MoD - it doesn’t have the reinforcement strips along the frame, has no spare wheel buffers and the mounting for the spare wheel is a lash-up of a rear door mount rather than the correct diagonal three stud mounting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebus Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 No worries fella, glad to help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe1 Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 Thank you all for helping. I was also doing a bit of searching and found this earlier post - about half down there is a nice diagram of the same style bonnet and the buffers are indeed shown as mrc5016. (Shame that the manuals site landroverv8.com is now error 404 though) https://forums.lr4x4.com/topic/94129-stage-1-v8-bonnet-buffer-bracket/ It seems that if the cable operated latch (mrc6978) was fitted there was no secondary latch fitted on the bonnet.... (Edited for anyone in the future reading all this) to add that I was misreading the parts diagram in the above link - mrc6978 is part of the latch in conjunction with mrc6977 - must have been goggle eyed that night to not see that. So it is as MikeTomcat below says. And as Snagger below says mine is probably not a military bonnet after all. Thanks everyone! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 The release catch for your bonnet should look like this. Note the hook that grabs the bonnet half of the catch in the event of accidental release. There is no cable on this system it's manual through the grill with a key lock just out of shot. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Very similar to the SII and SIII latches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 It's probably the same, there's a few series parts on early 110's. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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