Radio 110

Dec 28, 2006 3 Replies
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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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On or around Thu, 28 Dec 2006 07:45:42 +0000, Bill enlightened us thusly:

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.

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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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.

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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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In message , Lord Austin the Ebullient of Happy Bottomshire writes

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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