What have you done to your DEFENDER today?

JimC

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I finally got the silver wheels removed and got body-colored ANR1534s installed.

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evilfij

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My defender oversaw me swap the wing on the LWB. She had a very tiny accident which resulted in the fender being repaired with bondo in the lower corner and it being repainted. The replacement is factory paint so it no longer looks like crap (someone decided to clear coat the bonnet and cowl so they still look like crap).
 

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dkemm

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Painted my 1.2 TC with Ashcroft ATB…just waiting for my R2.8 to arrive. Began the build thread for “BraveHeart”
 

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hillstrubl

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Quickly fabbed up a vent "redirector" for when using the MoD aircon (plexiglass from home depot, zippo to soften and slowly bend, add some weatherseal where it hits the windshield frame to hold it in place). Now the air formerly being directed up to the windshield instead hits me and my front passenger in the face. Pop in for aircon use, pop out for defog, etc. The difference is immense!

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LazyRabbit

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Work trip with my truck,. DFW to OKC, longest trip i've taken it in a long time. New Suspension and panhard bar makes a big difference.
Now i just need to fix my rear transfer case output seal so my truck doesn't smell like gear oil and that I don't have to put a liter of gear oil in it every 300 to 400 miles or so.
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dkemm

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Upgraded from my '88 glass tube fuse box to a 300tdi blade fuse box - gave me some extra dedicated runs for Acc USB/socket, always on USB/socket, switches, radio, alarm/door locks, power windows.
I also leather wrapped (deer hide), hand stitched the double din center console
 

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John Z

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Upgraded from my '88 glass tube fuse box to a 300tdi blade fuse box - gave me some extra dedicated runs for Acc USB/socket, always on USB/socket, switches, radio, alarm/door locks, power windows.
I also leather wrapped (deer hide), hand stitched the double din center console
Were the fuse locations there or you added them? How hard was it to swap the fuse box?
 

dkemm

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Were the fuse locations there or you added them? How hard was it to swap the fuse box?
I picked up the 300TDI blade fuse box from a local LR restoration shop - came with the new mounting bracket (and some of the loom).
My original glass fuse box had 2 rows of 6, plus the rear defog/wiper fuses. I dont have rear wiper (previous owner replaced door, didnt put back - so I used 1-12 on the new box + #17 for the rear defog.
For the existing wiring (1-12,17) I simply crimped new blade ends, using the factory wires. For 13-16 & 18, 19 (20 is still free) I ran new 14AWG GXL wires from starter terminal (essentially 8AWG) to circuit breakers, then through the firewall - Brown to fuse box for "always on" fuses, then purple to center console devices. For the "ACC- On", I ran the brown to 2 new relays (splitting the load) (left of blue wires), triggered by existing accessory wire, these were then white to the fuse box, then green (the wires that you see on the right side) to my center console. Working to match LR wiring color codes.
I wanted to replace all factory wiring with new, especially as there are many unused wires in the loom - but that was quite a spaghetti mess. Perhaps as I install the R2.8, I may work on segments at a time.
Difficulty, not too bad... the most time consuming part - I had to 'rework' the 1/4" locking spade connectors to fit into the fuse block - essentially, rolling the ends a bit more to slide into the block - easy but time consuming. I simply did 1 fuse at a time. Planning out what I wanted in my center console was the most time consuming. Fuse block took about 2-3hrs. Running the new 14AWG and wiring about 4hrs total.
I like that the fuse box looks factory, I have more fuse locations, I removed all the inline fuses for each device that were always hidden behind other wires.
 

John Z

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I'm afraid to pull my fuse block to see what the PO did with some of the splicing. But I'd like to add some circuits to the spare fuse positions.
 
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