What have you done to your DEFENDER today?
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Norton
Well-known member
Nice! What did you use for backing under the Mahogany?
Are you doing all new hardware or replating the old hardware? Thecae plating shop I used to use closed down..
Napalm00
Technical Excellence Contributor
All new , it's a humongous pain in the ass. Land Rover doesn't even offer some of these bolts anymore in the gold finish. Lr converted a lot of these part numbers over to a dull silver cad plating. It also doesn't help that bearmach just sent me 20 bolts in two different colors and two different head sizes all with the same part number?
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Napalm00
Technical Excellence Contributor
So it turns out that bearmach says they are in the middle of a part number superseding from Land Rover. Unfortunately in Land Rover classic style they are superseding (without actually changing the part number) the part number with something that is functionally the same because it is the same length but physically different because it has a 12 mm head in a different finish. So they're going from a 60 mm long bolt with a 10 mm head and a shiny gold finish to a combination of a 60 mm long bolt with a silver dull cad finish and a 10mm head and a 60 mm long bolt with a 12 mm head and a dull gold finish.
There's no guarantee when you order the part number that you'll get one or the other as they don't know which is newer.
They were good enough to give me a refund plus partial shipping. Just a pain in the butt because they can't manually pick the parts. I'll make do with what I have.
For those who don't know I used to work for BMW motorcycles North America and led the company through their transition from paper books to the Atlas ETK system. before this transition all dealers of motorcycles and cars were expected to keep paper book catalog of every part number for every North America vehicle all the way back to 1962. ETK is an acronym in German that translates to electronic parts catalog. Those guys would supersede part numbers with a new number so seamlessly that on the day of part super session there would be a one-hour changeover that would notify you in the system of the new part, new parts supplier, any changes to the part, how many left in stock of the old part, how many new stock, and when The volume of the existing part number would be exhausted estimation.
This was 20 years ago. It's frustrating to see a company like Land Rover still having issues like this. Well the Germans are obviously world leaders in this type of thing it's still irritating.
There's no guarantee when you order the part number that you'll get one or the other as they don't know which is newer.
They were good enough to give me a refund plus partial shipping. Just a pain in the butt because they can't manually pick the parts. I'll make do with what I have.
For those who don't know I used to work for BMW motorcycles North America and led the company through their transition from paper books to the Atlas ETK system. before this transition all dealers of motorcycles and cars were expected to keep paper book catalog of every part number for every North America vehicle all the way back to 1962. ETK is an acronym in German that translates to electronic parts catalog. Those guys would supersede part numbers with a new number so seamlessly that on the day of part super session there would be a one-hour changeover that would notify you in the system of the new part, new parts supplier, any changes to the part, how many left in stock of the old part, how many new stock, and when The volume of the existing part number would be exhausted estimation.
This was 20 years ago. It's frustrating to see a company like Land Rover still having issues like this. Well the Germans are obviously world leaders in this type of thing it's still irritating.
hillstrubl
Founding Member
I love that floor, what seats are those?
Can I guess by your license plate you were an A10 pilot?
I was guessing by the license plate that he drove a d90...
His user name suggests to me that he really likes Ernie.
Norton
Well-known member
hillstrubl
Founding Member
ha, sorry I saw the username and for some reason I mixed it up with his plate.
Brrrrt
Member
I ended up using 1/4” pressure treated plywood...used construction adhesive, then dozens of short exterior grade screws in the back and then shellacked the back for added protection. Lastly, ended up using aluminum angle on the end to hide the seam.
Regarding the seats....Rear seats are Exmoor Trim inward seats with 3 point TRS harnesses. https://www.exmoortrimusa.com/parts/ext054-bv_inward_fold_up_black_vinyl
Regarding BRRRRT...not a pilot (I wish), but I worked Avionics on the A-10 for years.
broncoduecer
Technical Excellence Contributor
sgo70
Member
Figured I'd join in instead of just lurking on here all the time. Put some big wheels on and unboxed my wide arches to fit them up. Decided they were junk and decided to make my own out of aluminum, had to make sure they were wide enough to pass inspection. Still have to do some more work but here they are so far. Do you think it's too Jeep?
Sean
Sean
Nice productive afternoon. I pulled the water pump housing, got that all cleaned up, installed the new water pump, fresh p-gasket, new power steering lines, new belt tensioner, and had enough time left over to bolt on the new variable nozzle turbo. I just ordered new manifold horns from Zack to save the trouble of trying to detach the old rusty ones. I had none of the problems people complain about with loose fit - these were nice and snug and went home with a few whacks from a dead blow hammer. I’m hoping to have this thing driving around the neighborhood by the end of the weekend.
broncoduecer
Technical Excellence Contributor
I second that!