Vent seal replacement

[Ollie]

How do I remove the front vents to replace the seals :?:

Tell me I don't have to remove the dash, I've only just got the bloom' thing back in there :shock:

Cheers
Ollie

[landraver]

Take the split pins out & you'll be able to pull the vent covers forward to fit the new seals. :D

Jeff

[Ollie]

Take the split pins out & you'll be able to pull the vent covers forward to fit the new seals. :D

After removing the split pins from the drivers vent, I'm not able to access the foam seals. Infact, I can only just get my fingers under the vent, with the vent in the open and closed position.
Any other ideas please :shock:

One thing I have noticed on Laila, when the vents are at max opening, the actual opening is relatively small, is this correct :?:
I'm sure I have seen some LR's with the vents wide open :shock:

Cheers
Ollie

[landraver]

hmm....mine open right out, sounds a bit odd :? . I'll have a look at mine later.

Jeff

[dew1911]

Mine don't open too far either, but they still let a nice rush of air in.

[Ollie]

C'mon people, has nobody replaced the vent seals?
I need to get this done before the next rain season, as I could have kept fish in the foorwells the other week :(blackeye):

Cheers
Ollie

[dew1911]

That's how far ours Open




One of the things I truley love about the 110, no fancy Air Con, just open a hole under the windscreen :lol:

[colinreed]

This may help

http://www.d-90.com/mod/vent_seal/index.html

Colin

[Ollie]

OK, so now I know why I can't remove me vent seals :(
Thanks for the link Colin.
My vents only open thus far. (any further feels like I'm going to force it????)

[dew1911]

Mine get very tough the further down you push them, but I've found since I started using them they have got easier.

Maybe yours haven't been used in a while and stiffened?

[Ollie]

Good point David, here goes nothing............. :(thinkhard):

[dew1911]

Disclaimer: David Woodend and dew1911 take no responsibility from any damage or destruction caused by his suggestions.

Good luck.

[Ollie]

He hey, worked a treat, bloody stiff though :lol:

[dew1911]

Say they were just not used for a while, I doubt ours were as they were damn stiff the first few times.

Mine actually don't leak either, that's a good thing :D

[Ollie]

OK, now that the new vent seals are in place, I can't close the bloody things :(thinkhard):
They are certain to let in water now :oops:

Any ideas :idea:

I know it's probably due to the new seals, but can't understand why they will not close :!:

Ollie

[davidlandy]

Ollie

check the seal hasnt come off at the top and got bunched up.

mine playd up that way

[Litch]

Which seals did you fit, the thick old style rubber ones or the thin foam-rubber ones which were fitted to later Defenders? I never got on with the old type and use the later ones on my 90, no danger of them stopping the vents closing.