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Car Forum / Land Rover Cars / December 2006

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Bill - 28 Dec 2006 07:45 GMT
The stupid questions are the best, so here goes....

My 'new' Defender has a radio fitted, but there is no aerial and no
speakers, just about 9" of wire on each connection. I've hooked up my
son's old 'stereo' speakers that I previously 'installed' loose on the
rear floor of the old 110, and the radio seems to work even without any
aerial.

The old 110 had no roof lining of any sort and the cappings beside the
windscreen were all broken, so running cables to the back and fixing the
aerial through one of the many holes in the roof was a doddle. I now
have cab headlining and the only holes anywhere may be under three blobs
of mastic just aft of the sloping roof section. This bit of roof is
lined with carpet, covering the inside view of any holes. The front
wings are unholy and not a mess.

Is getting the headlining down and back up a job for an amateur? It's a
bit floppy and dirty, but seems to be hanging in there OK. I've always
had a horror of headlinings since an attempt many years ago to fit an
aerial to a Ford Prefect, and I'm no longer in any way agile.

Are there standard, easy to fit, low cost speakers for the front of the
vehicle? I can't seem to find any pictures anywhere. I don't want
anything that goes 'thwump', 'thwump', just something so I can hear the
shipping forecast and perhaps the odd cassette.
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Lord Austin the Ebullient of Happy Bottomshire - 28 Dec 2006 08:46 GMT
>The stupid questions are the best, so here goes....
>
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>had a horror of headlinings since an attempt many years ago to fit an
>aerial to a Ford Prefect, and I'm no longer in any way agile.

Aerial on my 110 was on the top of the front wing near the bulkhead, wire
goes out through the bulkhead somewhere.  The 109 has one of those bendy
rubber ones on the roof.

>Are there standard, easy to fit, low cost speakers for the front of the
>vehicle? I can't seem to find any pictures anywhere. I don't want
>anything that goes 'thwump', 'thwump', just something so I can hear the
>shipping forecast and perhaps the odd cassette.

ISTR the 110 has speakers in the bottom part of the dash.  In fact, I may
have a pair in the one I'm going to be breaking, if they work, they're yours
for a few beer tokens to cover the postage.
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Bill - 28 Dec 2006 20:07 GMT
>ISTR the 110 has speakers in the bottom part of the dash.  In fact, I
>may have a pair in the one I'm going to be breaking, if they work,
>they're yours for a few beer tokens to cover the postage.

Thanks, I'll be in touch. I'll need to look at the bottom part of the
dash as there are some switches and a weird connector there.

I'm still interested in whether I'd be able to get the headlining down
and back up to get an aerial in the presumed hole in the roof. When the
weather is good and the family have all gone home again, I'll have a
poke at the mastic on the roof. I think I can deal with the carpet
lining.

Interestingly, the previous 110 had just bare metal on the inside of the
whole roof. Condensation used to drip on me in the front, and all over
all the tools etc in the back.  With the newer machine, nothing has
dripped through the front headlining, so I like that. In the back the
carpet on the roof does a good job, but the reinforcing struts are still
bare, so now there is at least one line of intense drips across the load
area.

I'll also follow up Derek's alternative suggestion of door mounted
speakers. I need to get inside the doors to see if I can reduce the
amount of rust that falls out of the holes in the bottom. When I've seen
and touched inside, that will probably be a separate question here.

Thanks again.
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Derek - 28 Dec 2006 16:01 GMT
> The stupid questions are the best, so here goes....
>
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> that goes 'thwump', 'thwump', just something so I can hear the shipping
> forecast and perhaps the odd cassette.

I've put some nice squeakers from Maplins in Kato (Disco) cheap and a decent
enough sound for a TDi   usual favourite is to cut the door cards making
sure there is enough space behind so the window mechanism doesnt foul them.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?TabID=1&DOY=28m12&ModuleNo=37984&criteria=
 the larger ones oddly are easier to fit- different grills - price seems to
have gone up a bit I reckon a "Sale" is on the way

Derek
 
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