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D4 Tow Ball Storage... my brain hurts
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Zapp79
 


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United Kingdom 2012 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Orkney GreyDiscovery 4
D4 Tow Ball Storage... my brain hurts

OK, may be a stupid question, but having spent 2 hours laying in the back of the car yesterday, I came up with a question..... Rolling Eyes

How the hell do you get the detachable tow hook back in to the D4 foam storage thing?

The moulding looks like it will take the hook standing up (kind of in a similar position to how it mounts for towing duties), but it isn't stable in that position in the holder and the retaining strap passes behind it. The top of the tow bar also fouls the wiring loom if left in this position.

Am pretty sure it was laying down originally (should have taken a photo Banging Head ). The strap seems to fit into a position that makes sense and the tow bar can't fall anywhere. BUT, it is a very very tight fit to get into the holder, doesn't line up with any of the foam mouldings and is perilously close to fouling the earthing connections to the body shell. Shocked

I must be missing something.... surely? Anyone got any pictures of the correctly stowed tow bar in the D4 kit?
  
Post #9168132nd Apr 2012 7:22 pm
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stick
 


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all i do is lay it in the slot, ball to the front, long strap without buckle over top, short strap with buckle underneath, and do up. Can't see a problem....
 d4 HSE  
Post #9168202nd Apr 2012 7:32 pm
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Zapp79
 


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That's the way I have put it back in (and is the way I recall it sitting there before I took it out).

Doesn't seem to be a very good fit against the earthing connections and doesn't seem to correspond with the mouldings (or depth of the foam insert) though.

Dunno - may be just me going crackers. I am used to my old D3 technique of slinging it in a bit of tarpaulin and storing in the 3rd row footwell. Laughing
  
Post #9168242nd Apr 2012 7:44 pm
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bambi
 


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I'm with stick, but yes it does seem close to the wires, I just dog the strap up tight.
  
Post #9175274th Apr 2012 8:39 pm
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Zapp79
 


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yeah, I got it back in there and pulled the strap tight. obviously not something meant to be taken in and out too often (waaay to close to the wiring!)

The bit that threw me was the mouldings in the foam holder that suggest the hook sits upright. They are a bit pointless from what I can tell.

Guess I would never get a job at the box factory Laughing
  
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Ted Newman
 


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As we only tow our caravan I leave the tow ball wrapped up in an old towel in a side locker on the caravan.

Yes I agree the official stowage point s a pain in the back side.
 LR Discovery 4 XS pulling an Airstream 532 Caravan also own (since new) a 1996 MGF  
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crwoody
 


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This is where mine sits -

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Post #9176685th Apr 2012 9:52 am
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Zapp79
 


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looks like the mouldings may be for the D3 then.

Definitely not going to fit like that in the D4. The hook has to lay flat otherwise the spade shaped end crushes the wiring loom. (And there is no fuse set in the D4 kit either).

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