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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    Going for Maxxis AT980E worm drive 265 75 16 Oh suit you sir ! This is the landy that I’m taking inspiration from
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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    Very pleased with how the wheels have turned out, despite it being a rush job after coming home from work this evening. I’ll have to leave them for a few weeks before ordering some tyres, not just to let the paint fully harden but to stop Mrs H giving me a hard time with the spending just before...
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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    Productive week so far, rear door seal fitted, headlamps are in, front grille on, new wheels scotch paded and painted Charlton white to match the roof. Emailed Exmoor trim with a my wish list, twill seat cover kit, center seat kit and front premium carpet kit just waiting for a reply from Jake...
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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    Bit of a spending spree this weekend, new Wipac lights, standard and not LED just wanted to keep it looking standard. Some crystal headlamps and boomslang headlamp loom on its way. New deep lock rear door catch (puma style) and lock hole finisher, very pleased with how it looks. Front grille kit...
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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    Thinking of maybe taking the water jet off and replacing it with a revering camera. Dont want to hit anything in Tesco now do I ! 😂
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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    Rear door fitted yesterday thinking of not fitting the rear wiper as I’m going to fit a rear wheel carrier (SP4x4) galv one but going to paint it black and the plate that fits to the door painting that blue to blend in with the door.
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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    Door gaps adjusted one final time before fitting the door cards, these are the original cards, steamed all the dents out with a kettle, cleaned then polished. Very please with how they have turned out, wish I’d taken a before photo
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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    Drivers wing off once again! 😖 I wasn’t happy with the gap at the bottom where it meets the sill. 3hrs later and I’m a happy man once again.
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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    Right wing fitted for the third time as I wasn’t happy with the alignment. All air ducting fitted with new vent covers and genuine aerial. Bonnet stay fitted along with the bonnet opener cable and catch
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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    Weekend Landy repairs report, drivers seat base repaired, well it was heated up sprayed with wd40 and wiggled free! Cleaned up and painted. Centre seat stripped cleaned painted. Centre seat covers cleaned with warm water and carpet cleaner and hey presto its techno cloth!
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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    Tomorrow evenings fettle… start the old girl up and get her up to a decent temperature, dump the water as there is currently no antifreeze in the system. Which should be easy as the right hand side wing isnt attached. Do some more turning of the steering wheel to test the recon power steer box...
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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    Some small wins this evening, decided to order a genuine window outer waist seal as the reproduction one didnt even touch the glass. And guess what neither did the genuine one … hmmm right then I decided the only thing to do was to bend the steel section that the seal attaches to inward. A small...
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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    I recon all my videos would be classed as adult content and age restricted, not because of my builders bum showing in most clips but of the constant cursing and swearing, although I could possibly get some sponsorship deals … forget snap on Im thinking more kronenburg or San Miguel
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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    Well there’s a suggestion Youtube …. possibly with the next build? To be honest I have been inspired by Mike of Britanica Restorations but I haven’t got a yorkshire accent
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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    What with my north wales accent, I’d expect not ! 😂
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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    had the steering box back from Coventry power steering as I couldnt for the life of me get the input shaft to seal. Now fitted I can crack on… left wing now bolted on with re galv inner wheel arch.
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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    those are not any kind of panels, these are mostly genuine panels with hours of bashing, fetteling and heating up and shrinking. The only new sections were the rear lamp panels and the front wing outers oh and new door skins. Most panels are readily available to buy, but I do have a budget to...
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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    battery isolator concealed into the seat box, will save me having to disconnect the battery terminal when the landy is in storage.
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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    Doors nearing completion, glass is back in with new regulators, new runners, locks and handles. There does seem to be a gap in the outer waist window seal though ?? Wonder if the cheaper ones aren’t as good as genuine LR? If I left them water would just run into the door again
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    Defender nut and bolt rebuild

    Door check strap brackets cleaned painted and adorned with some shiny new arms and clevis pins.