simon.foster
Member Since: 11 Apr 2005
Location: Wakefield
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Did anybody else find difficulty in putting the front hook cover on, those little plastic screw things are rubbish! Clearly need Slimer's front bash plate.
Any tips. Disco 3 TDV6HSE Cairns blue auto
Defender 90 300TDi 1997
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Dom Harvey
Lord of the Four Fingers
Member Since: 15 Apr 2005
Location: Dorset
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simon.foster wrote:Did anybody else find difficulty in putting the front hook cover on, those little plastic screw things are rubbish! Clearly need Slimer's front bash plate.
Any tips.
BN has devised a neat little adaption which I'm sure he'll tell you about.  2004 Discovery 3 - gone
2006 Discovery 3 - gone
2008 Discovery 3 GS - gone
2011 Freelander LE Special Edition - gone
2007 Discovery 3 XS - gone
2012 Discovery 4 GS - current
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| 19th Sep 2005 7:24 pm |
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BN
Member Since: 18 Mar 2005
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Dom Harvey wrote:simon.foster wrote:Did anybody else find difficulty in putting the front hook cover on, those little plastic screw things are rubbish! Clearly need Slimer's front bash plate.
Any tips.
BN has devised a neat little adaption which I'm sure he'll tell you about.
Of course, simply glue in a half round piece of plastic into the slot of the little plastic screw. Slimer however uses the end of his D3 key.
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| 19th Sep 2005 7:46 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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Mine are already chewed... need to give the catches a good push before you turn them I found. Helps them undo and do up.
The rear cover is much much easier to do and the latches are not half at tight.
I can see me needing a new cover soon if the latches are not available separately.
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| 19th Sep 2005 7:50 pm |
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Dom Harvey
Lord of the Four Fingers
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Location: Dorset
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simon wrote:Mine are already chewed... need to give the catches a good push before you turn them I found. Helps them undo and do up.
The rear cover is much much easier to do and the latches are not half at tight.
I can see me needing a new cover soon if the latches are not available separately.
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Whats the betting they are not  2004 Discovery 3 - gone
2006 Discovery 3 - gone
2008 Discovery 3 GS - gone
2011 Freelander LE Special Edition - gone
2007 Discovery 3 XS - gone
2012 Discovery 4 GS - current
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| 19th Sep 2005 7:52 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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er... odds on favourite - against ??
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| 19th Sep 2005 7:53 pm |
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BN
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simon wrote:er... odds on favourite - against ??
-s
The latches are 20p each from any Ford dealer or your LR dealer and are simply cover clips.
By the way a little vaseline helps 
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| 19th Sep 2005 8:10 pm |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
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My leatherman has a good tool for it - thats leather and vaseline now DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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| 19th Sep 2005 8:15 pm |
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BN
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Pelyma wrote:My leatherman has a good tool for it - thats leather and vaseline now
Careful Pelyma
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| 19th Sep 2005 8:16 pm |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
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Part number for the front 1/4 turn thingies is DYR500010 
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| 19th Sep 2005 8:16 pm |
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jzk
Member Since: 15 Mar 2005
Location: Chicago
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Once nice thing about the winch installation is that cover is modified and permanantly screwed into place with the hook accesible. LR3 HSE
http://www.pbase.com/jzk/lr3
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| 19th Sep 2005 8:26 pm |
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BN
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jzk wrote:Once nice thing about the winch installation is that cover is modified and permanantly screwed into place with the hook accesible.
Yes, RLD had one fitted which we saw on Sunday a Warn.
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| 19th Sep 2005 8:56 pm |
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simon.foster
Member Since: 11 Apr 2005
Location: Wakefield
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Thanks guys, as usual the simplist task becomes difficult. Finally managed to get it on after washing the Tixover concrete sorry clay out of all the crevises! Disco 3 TDV6HSE Cairns blue auto
Defender 90 300TDi 1997
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| 19th Sep 2005 9:15 pm |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
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How clean do you reckon mine will come back from the dealer??? DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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| 19th Sep 2005 9:19 pm |
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BN
Member Since: 18 Mar 2005
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Pelyma wrote:How clean do you reckon mine will come back from the dealer???
A very good question, but I bet you will not be too popular next time around 
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