Mantec Wheel Carrier

Following comments on this list I bought one and eventually managed to
fit it. It's designed for the bottom bracket to use the bolt holes for
the right rear grab handle. Which is fine if you have a "normal" rear
chassis cross member. Mine isn't, probably because it's a 50th
Anniversary and has the NAS style rear step. Having discovered this I
spent an afternoon driving round the car parks looking for Defenders and
looking at the rear cross members. (Just checking the 'oles officer,
really). Found 3 types, standard with all grab handle holes drilled,
mine with none and tea break model with all holes drilled except the
ones you want - the left hand pair on the right hand grab handle.

By installing top bracket first I was able to locate the centres of the
holes for the bottom bracket and successfully drilled and fitted the
hinges.

The rest of the installation was straight forward and the carrier works
well. It's a nice bit of kit. However what really disappointed me was
that having paid for the top of the range kit it was necessary to
cannibalise bits off the old mounting kit to complete the job - only a
few nuts and bolts but you would have thought they would supply a new
set rather than you have to use rusty old parts.

So I now have going spare a rear door mounting kit minus half a dozen
nuts and bolts, free to a good home if anyone wants it - I'm about 7
miles off J16 or 17 M6.
--
hugh
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In news:[email protected],
hugh <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> blithered:
> Following comments on this list I bought one and eventually managed to
> fit it. It's designed for the bottom bracket to use the bolt holes for
> the right rear grab handle. Which is fine if you have a "normal" rear
> chassis cross member. Mine isn't, probably because it's a 50th
> Anniversary and has the NAS style rear step. Having discovered this I
> spent an afternoon driving round the car parks looking for Defenders
> and looking at the rear cross members. (Just checking the 'oles
> officer, really). Found 3 types, standard with all grab handle holes
> drilled, mine with none and tea break model with all holes drilled
> except the ones you want - the left hand pair on the right hand grab
> handle.
> By installing top bracket first I was able to locate the centres of
> the holes for the bottom bracket and successfully drilled and fitted
> the hinges.
>
> The rest of the installation was straight forward and the carrier
> works well. It's a nice bit of kit. However what really disappointed
> me was that having paid for the top of the range kit it was necessary
> to cannibalise bits off the old mounting kit to complete the job -
> only a few nuts and bolts but you would have thought they would
> supply a new set rather than you have to use rusty old parts.
>
> So I now have going spare a rear door mounting kit minus half a dozen
> nuts and bolts, free to a good home if anyone wants it - I'm about 7
> miles off J16 or 17 M6.

Do you not know?

--
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doing it."

If at first you don't succeed,
maybe skydiving's not for you!

We have a NAS rear step and a Mantec carrier. I will have a look at my holes
tomorrow, no comments please!!!
Richard



"hugh" <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Following comments on this list I bought one and eventually managed to fit
> it. It's designed for the bottom bracket to use the bolt holes for the
> right rear grab handle. Which is fine if you have a "normal" rear chassis
> cross member. Mine isn't, probably because it's a 50th Anniversary and has
> the NAS style rear step. Having discovered this I spent an afternoon
> driving round the car parks looking for Defenders and looking at the rear
> cross members. (Just checking the 'oles officer, really). Found 3 types,
> standard with all grab handle holes drilled, mine with none and tea break
> model with all holes drilled except the ones you want - the left hand pair
> on the right hand grab handle.
>
> By installing top bracket first I was able to locate the centres of the
> holes for the bottom bracket and successfully drilled and fitted the
> hinges.
>
> The rest of the installation was straight forward and the carrier works
> well. It's a nice bit of kit. However what really disappointed me was that
> having paid for the top of the range kit it was necessary to cannibalise
> bits off the old mounting kit to complete the job - only a few nuts and
> bolts but you would have thought they would supply a new set rather than
> you have to use rusty old parts.
>
> So I now have going spare a rear door mounting kit minus half a dozen nuts
> and bolts, free to a good home if anyone wants it - I'm about 7 miles off
> J16 or 17 M6.
> --
> hugh
> Reply to address is valid at the time of posting

In message <[email protected]>, GbH
<[email protected]> writes
>In news:[email protected],
>hugh <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> blithered:
>> Following comments on this list I bought one and eventually managed to
>> fit it. It's designed for the bottom bracket to use the bolt holes for
>> the right rear grab handle. Which is fine if you have a "normal" rear
>> chassis cross member. Mine isn't, probably because it's a 50th
>> Anniversary and has the NAS style rear step. Having discovered this I
>> spent an afternoon driving round the car parks looking for Defenders
>> and looking at the rear cross members. (Just checking the 'oles
>> officer, really). Found 3 types, standard with all grab handle holes
>> drilled, mine with none and tea break model with all holes drilled
>> except the ones you want - the left hand pair on the right hand grab
>> handle.
>> By installing top bracket first I was able to locate the centres of
>> the holes for the bottom bracket and successfully drilled and fitted
>> the hinges.
>>
>> The rest of the installation was straight forward and the carrier
>> works well. It's a nice bit of kit. However what really disappointed
>> me was that having paid for the top of the range kit it was necessary
>> to cannibalise bits off the old mounting kit to complete the job -
>> only a few nuts and bolts but you would have thought they would
>> supply a new set rather than you have to use rusty old parts.
>>
>> So I now have going spare a rear door mounting kit minus half a dozen
>> nuts and bolts, free to a good home if anyone wants it - I'm about 7
>> miles off J16 or 17 M6.
>
>Do you not know?
>
I'm bi-junctional depending on whether you are north or south.
--
hugh
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Also forgot to mention, the spacer to go inside the box section on the
right hand (Larger) hole was about 3mm too long for my cross member.

In message <[email protected]>, Richard
<[email protected]> writes
>We have a NAS rear step and a Mantec carrier. I will have a look at my holes
>tomorrow, no comments please!!!
>Richard
>
>
>
>"hugh" <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Following comments on this list I bought one and eventually managed to fit
>> it. It's designed for the bottom bracket to use the bolt holes for the
>> right rear grab handle. Which is fine if you have a "normal" rear chassis
>> cross member. Mine isn't, probably because it's a 50th Anniversary and has
>> the NAS style rear step. Having discovered this I spent an afternoon
>> driving round the car parks looking for Defenders and looking at the rear
>> cross members. (Just checking the 'oles officer, really). Found 3 types,
>> standard with all grab handle holes drilled, mine with none and tea break
>> model with all holes drilled except the ones you want - the left hand pair
>> on the right hand grab handle.
>>
>> By installing top bracket first I was able to locate the centres of the
>> holes for the bottom bracket and successfully drilled and fitted the
>> hinges.
>>
>> The rest of the installation was straight forward and the carrier works
>> well. It's a nice bit of kit. However what really disappointed me was that
>> having paid for the top of the range kit it was necessary to cannibalise
>> bits off the old mounting kit to complete the job - only a few nuts and
>> bolts but you would have thought they would supply a new set rather than
>> you have to use rusty old parts.
>>
>> So I now have going spare a rear door mounting kit minus half a dozen nuts
>> and bolts, free to a good home if anyone wants it - I'm about 7 miles off
>> J16 or 17 M6.
>> --
>> hugh
>> Reply to address is valid at the time of posting
>
>

--
hugh
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"hugh" <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> So I now have going spare a rear door mounting kit minus half a dozen nuts
> and bolts, free to a good home if anyone wants it - I'm about 7 miles off
> J16 or 17 M6.

Hugh,

Could I offer it a home on Morph? With the appropriate modification of
course if it's not already found a home.

Cheers,

Lee D