Nice job, I'm in the process of replacing the seat box ends along with the tool storage compartment, thanks for the tutorial cheers

Those rivets? A slim blade on a multitool sorts them out, with vey little damage to either panel. My new favourite tool.

Great videos Mike, it's discos I have but same tin worm issues. Like the tec screws suggestion, and referencing to good tools, makes difficult and messy work so much easier and a better job. Thanks for sharing your experience, not many on you tube can do this so naturally looking forward to the progression of this mission

Enough talk about porcupines, Mike. I miss the racoon. Funniest thing I have seen on youtube.

"The problem with gravity " 😂

I've never had a seat box under the drivers seat and haven't ever noticed. It did make things a LOT easier when I was replacing fuel lines on my 300tdi though!

These chisels/scrapers are called “hive tools” in U.K. as they are most commonly used by bee keepers over here

Pretty sure i fitted an ali replacement battery box from yrm a few years back, everything ive had from them has been top notch. Need to do top corners & A post (amongst other jobs) and will use them for parts

Thank you for making these great videos.

I saw a white bucket on the floor, marked as "Wine Expert"... I thought you went for whiskey. Nice job, Mike.

Talk aboot spit me coffee all over the shop ...get me corkin gun out woooow ...😂🤣😂pip pips and carryon

Hi Mike, I was only recently made aware of your vidoes as I am rebuilding an 88". Somoehat handiliy as I'm about to start putting my tub on and am well impressed about your guides to that and the sills. I'm also considering replacing a side panel in the seatbox and tool box. (thumbs up for YRM). Would you recommend setting the sills up with or without the seatbox in place as they will obviously need unbolting to add the seatbox? Just like to say I have found your videos highly entertaining and extremely informative. Plus your cack handedness makes me proud to be a Yorkshireman too. I'm always knocking my powertools of me workbench :-)

Hi there. I enjoy your videos religiously lol. I've moved my battery into a box in the rear of my defender 90 so my question is... when the time when the two empty compartments start to rust below the seats what do I replace the battery/seat boxes with? What would you recommend I purchased to replace them with i.e. is there a galvanized solution or all aluminium option and what is the best if price isn't a factor? Since both boxes are empty and seats are fixed. Do you recommend any modifications I could do to further weather proof the whole seat/battery box assembly underneath? Also I'm guessing those two cavitys dont do much to reduce the ambient sound in a running defender so I was thinking about maybe lining the inside of the new assembly with dynamat or filling it completely with foam blocks or something to reduce noise. Any thoughts on this? I'm worried about the build up in moisture in them so ways to alleviate that would be helpful. I'm considering sealing the access panel under seats to make it more water/sound tight? Any thoughts would be helpful. Just trying to future proof any potential issues and improve longevity of the vehicle. Thank you so much for your youtube content btw. If you lived in Northern Ireland I would have a million questions and work for you. My father just bought his first defender so your vids are very much appreciated.

I can see why this is ' the last one ever!'

Mine still mint probley because it's so high off the ground

Great video Mike! What type of caulk did you use? Cheers.

Fantastic! What type of rivet do you use? The steel shank or all alloy?

So reading through the comments I saw where you said the 90 doesn't come with a RH seat/toolbox. Being a new owner I didnt realize this. I thought mine had been removed or was rusted away as my battery box is terrible. It looks like there is plenty of room for one. I plan on pulling everything and replacing the battery box so can I put in a RH seatbox without issues?

Hi Mike. Great Video. Just out of interest the flat chisel you use, if anybody's after getting hold of one check out "hive tool" Thornes sell them over here in the uk. I'm a beekeeper and its what we use to get into hives, they're usually made of stainless steel so very hard. Russ West Yorks

Look at the speed the angle grinder spins at ,and then the speed rating of the wire brush

That little piece of wire is the reason to not put a wire brush in an angle grinder