After a long session painting I moved my attention back to 05 KD 28 and the removal of the seat box. First up was to remove hoses from the back of the heater and so I once again channeled my inner James Herriot to remove the jubilee clips. That done I realised that the wiring hade to be removed from the dash rather than there being connectors in the heater. Back to James Herriot.
Heater out (loosing some brown sludge on the way) the transmission tunnel panels came out without any drama. Now back the the seat box. All the mushroom screws came out whole, with only occasional use of impact screw driver. All the bolts holding it to the tube were relatively easy albeit the bolts were much longer than needed! The only tricky ones were the pair on each side which go into a single stiffening bar, this time I channeled Tristan Farnon and recover the bar.
Bolts out and time to lift the box out …. after taking the fuel switch over valve off …. and undoing the fuel line clips.
Finally it came free and the guts of 05 KD 28 were on show. No guts no glory.
Land Rover Series 3 Air Portable ‘Lightweight’ 05 KD 28 