Defender 110 Heater Matrix Shaft Clip

Hello,

We are currently in the process of restoring a Land Rover Defender 110 heater matrix, the last piece in the puzzle is the clip on the top of the box which the cable assembly from the dash connects to, which controls the flap inside. Unfortunately, upon removal, I managed to break a few of the "splines" from the retainer and now it no longer reliably fits.








Would anyone know where we could locate something like this, or a Land Rover part number?

Thanks for your time,
James.

I also have a broken retainer - I have been looking at different "Shaft Retainers" (Google it). You get all sorts including rectangular push on ones. You also get "SL clips". However, I have not found anything exactly the same so was planning to try combinations of these retainers to see if I can sort it.
Any thoughts?

Epoxy it on

That is a great idea as I did think about that but not sure if epoxy alone would cope with the torque from regular movement. So I am going to try a rectangular push on shaft retainer and if necessary epoxy on the end to prevent any slippage.

Weld it, epoxy will fail. I welded mine, works perfectly

For the amount of time you actually use the flap I wouldn't worry about it. I did away with my one that controls the speed and vent closed entirely and replaced it with something far better. The only time I turn the temp to cold is in the summer and its rare I'll use the lever to adjust the vents except in winter

the_wolf said:

... replaced it with something far better....

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- I am now intrigued!

Globalforester said:

- I am now intrigued!

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I'll send a pic or video once I'm home. You'll be astounded and impressed lol

Globalforester said:

- I am now intrigued!

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As requested. I got rid of the lever that controls the flap and low/high settings as frankly its utter crap and I've never closed the vent in my almost 10 years of Land Rover ownership. I bought a Durite 3 position switch - off, low and high. Connected the positive and negative from the existing wires and that was it. It's that simple. Much better feel and operation than the old lever. I wanted to fit it further forward so it was closer to the original position but because of the control module at the back it would have hit the speedo housing and wouldn't fit. No matter, its still intuitive enough where it is to operate without looking, reliable and effective. Couple of quid and drilling a hole in the plastic binnacle is all it cost me.
Excuse the poor photos and video, it's dark out and my flash decided no to work so I'm holding a torch in my mouth

https://photos.app.goo.gl/KqmbAd28FuzRen4DA

the_wolf said:

... Durite 3 position switch - off, low and high...

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That is really neat, I like the location of the switch.

Globalforester said:

That is really neat, I like the location of the switch.

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Knock yersel oot lol

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRAND-NE...2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

Cheaper https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284124792006

Globalforester said:

That is a great idea as I did think about that but not sure if epoxy alone would cope with the torque from regular movement. So I am going to try a rectangular push on shaft retainer and if necessary epoxy on the end to prevent any slippage.

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Well I eventually got round to trying the rectangular push on shaft retainer - it did not work well.
My solution was to drill a hole in the shaft and push a split pin through. I then drilled a hole in the lever and pushed another split pin through the head of the first split pin, through this second hole and opened the end out. A fiddly solution but it works well and is removable (only for nerds )