109 safari second row seat support

Hi there ,I was wondering if anybody could assist with advice please ,I am trying to source a replacement centre seat support ( the one that sits under the floor ) in a series 2a 109 safari as mine is so so rotten but all the suppliers I have rang have informed me they either don't stock or its discontinued .any advise please.
Cheers john

Maybe modify a 110 one possibly?

Hi there flossie I did suggest that to a supplier and was told that they were total different , is it a doable substitute ?
Cheers for your help

Sorry, I've no idea. It's just a thought being as LR liked to save money, for example I think the side frames are the same as 110 bar the odd thing so thinking maybe that cross member might be similar.

I would make my own, i am just starting one the same year, so i aint looked at it yet but probably same as yours

I had the same problem. I made one out of box section steel.

I bought one off land rover- about £45- Strange to walk through show room with £50k + machines on display, and me in my overalls buying a part........

A 50 x 50 box section is a good start with 25 x 3 flat as the top flanges welded to the top edges,

Cheers ciderman for your help on this ,thankfully I've managed to get a new one so hopefully that will be going on this week ,one step further towards the mot

Can you post a pic of new one maybe some one can make some up for other folk in future.

YRM do them don't they?

http://www.yrm-metal-solutions.co.u...egories/Series_Parts/LWB_Series_2__3/Rear_Tub

That's not the bit tis a floor stiffener.
The bit the OP wants bolts to the chassis and carries the 2nd row seat loads.

Flossie said:

That's not the bit tis a floor stiffener.
The bit the OP wants bolts to the chassis and carries the 2nd row seat loads.

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Oh OK - not sure what they could be then. My second row seats sit on the floor but have their front parts on the step. So not the floor where the second row passengers have their feet (which is a different all in one piece) - the third row or sideways facing seats sit on the wheel arches (but that's also part of the same rear tub construction)...

If you look underneath, inline roughly (from memory) with the outer triangular infill panels (behind the 2nd row doors) you will see an upside down channel/box section type fabrication atop the chassis. I think(again from memory) that the lower mountings of your 2nd row seats bolt to brackets which in turn bolt to this channel that is in question.

Its that long black thing chucked on top of the chequered plate

Hmm OK - I've been looking through the parts book and the best I can come up with is the same floor stiffening plate

Part 330265 =>

http://www.lrseries.com/shop/product/listing/8278/MUC8949-REAR-BODY-FLOOR-CROSSMEMBER.html

(cheaper than YRM)

May be the bit that is bust is part of 333560 - whole effing floor section with step

I'll look at mine tomorrow and if necessary make some pictures.

(Station wagon tub is different from "normal" 109 and 88...)

This is the 110 version - don't see why it couldn't be adjusted....
http://www.yrm-metal-solutions.co.uk/Land-Rover-Defender-110-Mid-Crossmember

Hi stretch ,thanks for your help but I tracked one down at john cradocks

John breen said:

Hi stretch ,thanks for your help but I tracked one down at john cradocks

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Have you got a link / part number?

Well it's now mot'd and on the road with a fresh coat of paint