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keebs
 


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United Kingdom 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Buckingham BlueDiscovery 3

The wife if it's Censored it down !
  
Post #11440531st Dec 2006 4:47 pm
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Tim in Scotland
 


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nwoods wrote:
I use a 10 cent dime here in the States


I have a jar full of dimes, wondered how I was ever going to get rid of them without going Stateside...................... now I'll have to start selling them on eBay in the LR sections as a "patented recovery eye cover plate removal tool for Disco3/LR3". About $1 apiece + postage should be a fair price Very Happy
As VA stated above us RRS owners don't need them as we have other means of removing the plates
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Post #11443731st Dec 2006 7:25 pm
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10 cent piece here in Oz, but take care, the little Censored break off real easily.

Cheers and a happy new year to all.
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Post #1144761st Jan 2007 12:40 am
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I tow a trailer quite often and have found these screws too fiddly and too much hassle. I don't believe the screws themselves would last long if used regularly.
I have fitted an external socket (wired into the original) and therefore never need to take the plate off.
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Post #1277125th Feb 2007 4:03 pm
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davez26
 


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United States 2005 LR3 4.4 V8 SE Auto Zermatt SilverLR3

I don't remember how I dreamed this up, but I swapped the standard retainers for PN# DZM100070. They are the battery cover hold downs for Discovery. Anyway, they have a raised top to grab rather than a flat. They are a tiny bit shorter, so you have to grid just a bit off the "t" portion to get a good fit.
My $.02
  
Post #1343281st Mar 2007 3:22 pm
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BarryG
 


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the European way of doing this .... Razz (for our euro zone friends) is the the 5 cent coin.
  
Post #1343291st Mar 2007 4:03 pm
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...overtaking a Prius and then slamming the brakes on should be an effective way of removing the cover plate too...kind of two for the price of one Whistle
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Post #1343621st Mar 2007 6:02 pm
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[drivesafe wrote : 10 cent piece here in Oz, but take care, the little Censored break off real easily. ]

They brak off much tooooo easy -
and you can't get a new screw from LR, you need to buy the whole Censored plate
  
Post #1344021st Mar 2007 8:46 pm
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d3syd
 


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Australia 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham BlueDiscovery 3

Staying in the region of the tow bar covers, how many of you have lost the red tow bar plug thingy? Mine fell off one day never to be seen again. Just wondering if I should bother getting a replacement as it might be useful to stop dirt building up in the tow bar hitch socket. Confused
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Post #1345061st Mar 2007 11:41 pm
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Gareth
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I lost mine soon after getting the car. I think its somewhere under the boot floor, but I can't find it. I regularly tow with the plug in hitch, and have not experienced any problems engaging or releasing the tow bracket.

I also regularly immerse the vehicle in various grades of mud, and so long as the jet wash is directed up the hitch receiver to remove the crud, it will be fine.

The red plastic thingy is not going to keep much out is it!
  
Post #1345081st Mar 2007 11:45 pm
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davez26
 


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bam55 wrote:
[drivesafe wrote : 10 cent piece here in Oz, but take care, the little Censored break off real easily. ]

They brak off much tooooo easy -
and you can't get a new screw from LR, you need to buy the whole Censored plate

They are available as LR Part# DYR500010. Same # for front and rear panels. The Parts book doesn't realy list them correctly.
  
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Drookit Dug
 


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I thought that RRS owners used one of the half sovreigns off their rings or their Argos jewelery identity bracelet! Thumbs Up
  
Post #16623011th Jun 2007 10:35 pm
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Wex
 


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Cold chisel & a " gentle persuader " ( lump hammer) Shocked
  
Post #17735612th Jul 2007 9:09 pm
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I'm confussed, you're saying that RRS drivers go off road??!! Shocked
  
Post #17739212th Jul 2007 10:34 pm
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Nigel Tracey
 


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Forget the plastic screws, replace with magnets ! At least magnetic flexible plastic like on many fridge magnets.

Next job....
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Post #17740312th Jul 2007 10:49 pm
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