I have done a little more work on the seating and seatbelts. The second and third row belts are fitted, except for the buckle stalks. The third row’s stalks will be bolted to the brackets in the middle of the rear doorway. The second row has rigid bar stalks (hanging near the shoulder anchor in […]
September Update
I haven’t been doing a great deal recently. I have finished polishing all of the body work except the bonnet, bulkhead vents flaps and rear door, and have fitted all the plastic Defender wheelarches except for the front left. That one is waiting for the under wing mudshield to be cut to fit around the […]
Fitting a Defender Heater
This entry is largely in response to frequently asked questions on Land Rover forums about fitting later heaters to SIIIs in an effort to improve airflow and heating capacity. Defender heater units are vastly superior to the SIII units, and are an upgrade that should be high on most peoples’ list. The Defender unit differs […]
Fitting the Snorkel
I flatted and polished that front wing today and it came up well. That enabled me to clear another big box from the garage by fitting the plastic Mantec snorkel. The lower section fits to the wing with spire nuts and four bolts through the original screw holes, but since I had already sealed the […]
August
I have fitted all of the headlining, the door strikers, roof rack (with heavy duty load bars and ladder) and the front number plate. An attempt at testing the fuel system integrity found one big leak very quickly – the front right fuel tank must have a sizeable hole in it somewhere, or at least […]
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