Trouble shutting your Defender doors?

[Paul64]

Hi,

I have been having loads of trouble shutting the passenger door on my Defender 110. I have changed the seals and even taken the door off and refitted it.

Rejo sent me this article and after 1 minute the problem was solved. I never thought to look at the latch as assumed it would be static.

Cheers,

Paul.

http://www.difflock.com/magazine/Modificat...der_doors.shtml

[Mo Murphy]

That's why it has screws and moves Paul, cunning eh ?

Mo

[Paul64]

That's why it has screws and moves Paul, cunning eh ?

Mo

I thought they were there to get the latch on and off, not to maneuver backward and forward. Please excuse me for my ignorance.

[Mo Murphy]

Excused

Mo

[disco tony]

liked this bit though!

Just a quick note regarding shut lines on a Land Rover Defender . . .

In the early 80's it was widely reported that Mitsubishi wanted to test the effectiveness of the door seals on the Shogun both to prevent water ingress during wading and to keep out the sand when entering the various desert races they had entered. All their measuring equipment proved inconclusive so they locked a cat into the vehicle and went away for a few hours. When they later returned the cat had suffocated, neatly proving that the air-tight security of the Sogun was satisfactory.

Not wanting to be outdone the men-in-brown-overalls at Solihull decided to try the same experiment with the (then) new 90 and 110. A scraggy moggy was obtained and locked into a Land Rover fresh of the line. The engineers firstly ensured that all doors and windows were firmly closed then went to lunch.

When they returned the cat had escaped!

So maybe those gaping shut-lines on your motor are a design feature?

[Guest MJG]

liked this bit though!

Just a quick note regarding shut lines on a Land Rover Defender . . .

In the early 80's it was widely reported that Mitsubishi wanted to test the effectiveness of the door seals on the Shogun both to prevent water ingress during wading and to keep out the sand when entering the various desert races they had entered. All their measuring equipment proved inconclusive so they locked a cat into the vehicle and went away for a few hours. When they later returned the cat had suffocated, neatly proving that the air-tight security of the Sogun was satisfactory.

Not wanting to be outdone the men-in-brown-overalls at Solihull decided to try the same experiment with the (then) new 90 and 110. A scraggy moggy was obtained and locked into a Land Rover fresh of the line. The engineers firstly ensured that all doors and windows were firmly closed then went to lunch.

When they returned the cat had escaped!

So maybe those gaping shut-lines on your motor are a design feature?

ROTFL

[Guest MJG]

liked this bit though!

Just a quick note regarding shut lines on a Land Rover Defender . . .

In the early 80's it was widely reported that Mitsubishi wanted to test the effectiveness of the door seals on the Shogun both to prevent water ingress during wading and to keep out the sand when entering the various desert races they had entered. All their measuring equipment proved inconclusive so they locked a cat into the vehicle and went away for a few hours. When they later returned the cat had suffocated, neatly proving that the air-tight security of the Sogun was satisfactory.

Not wanting to be outdone the men-in-brown-overalls at Solihull decided to try the same experiment with the (then) new 90 and 110. A scraggy moggy was obtained and locked into a Land Rover fresh of the line. The engineers firstly ensured that all doors and windows were firmly closed then went to lunch.

When they returned the cat had escaped!

So maybe those gaping shut-lines on your motor are a design feature?

[Steve King]

Is there a way of adjusting out the trouser snagging properties of the lock??

Steve

[missingsid]

Excellent

[JSG]

Is there a way of adjusting out the trouser snagging properties of the lock??

Steve

Been there a few times.

It's still a feature of the 07 model as well