TJ101 Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Evening all,, before i start searching, or dig out the manual,, anyone have any hints on removing both front wings on the defender ?? Need to get access to the front outrigger to weld the front legs of the cage, and might replace them while i am there, if i find a set by the time they have to go back on !! ?? anyone got a pair they want to sell !! Thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
was a nice truck? Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 first thing i would do is order a complete set of the bulkhead/wing fixings and the captive nut type jobbies as some will not want to play the game!! Good luck with cage fitting it will take far longer than you think dAVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Evening all,, before i start searching, or dig out the manual,, anyone have any hints on removing both front wings on the defender ??Need to get access to the front outrigger to weld the front legs of the cage, and might replace them while i am there, if i find a set by the time they have to go back on !! ?? anyone got a pair they want to sell !! Thanks all Disconnect and/or remove all the lights, remove the arch flare for access to the side panel bolts --- lots of them, IIRC 5 or 6 bolts up the vertical face of wing/bulkhead joint, 1 bolt/nut on top of chassis rail in bottom forward corner above steering box ---- it's bit awkward to get to front panel to wing bolts 3 IIRC then it should fall off into your hands/floor good luck, I wasn't here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_a Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Good summary, taking the wings off seems to be an excercise in patience and undoing bolts How come the wings contain about 30 bolts or something and the radiator is held in by 3. Have a look at a series wokshop manual, I think it had some decent diagrams on how to remove the wings, and I don't believe they are any different from defender to series? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ101 Posted January 16, 2006 Author Share Posted January 16, 2006 Thanks guys,, was begining to think, either no one knew (which i can not belive on this forum) or no one had ever done the job (again, unlikley ) or it was a darn silly question !!! My defender books (workshop manual vol 1 & 2) avoid the issue Thanks Ralph,, now have somewhere to start,, where i will finish, is anyone guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsr341 Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 defender wings are loads different to series wings , its possable to remove just the outer wing (the side bit) on a defender , that sould give you enougth accsess for fitting a cage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landrover598 Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Tim, a simple modification you may like to think about is this : fit a multi-way connector into the loom going to the wing. Disconnecting all the electrical stuff in the wing is a right pain in the butt. Using this connector, all you got to do is pull it apart and all the electrics are disconnected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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