keebs
Member Since: 12 Jul 2006
Location: Leics
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The wife if it's  it down !
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Tim in Scotland
Member Since: 27 Jun 2005
Location: All at sea
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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 
As VA stated above us RRS owners don't need them as we have other means of removing the plates Now a disillusioned new Land Rover buyer and have jumped ship to something less expensive and more reliable that hugs trees.... now driving a Mini Countryman PHEV as well as my trusty and brilliant 1996 Epsom Green Defender90 Tdi300
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| 31st Dec 2006 7:25 pm |
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drivesafe
Member Since: 23 Feb 2006
Location: Gold Coast, Australia
Posts: 867
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10 cent piece here in Oz, but take care, the little break off real easily.
Cheers and a happy new year to all. 2008 TDV8 RR Lux + 2009 D4 2.7
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| 1st Jan 2007 12:40 am |
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aadhire
Member Since: 03 Feb 2007
Location: Lincolnshire
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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. Hire the Best at www.aadhire.com
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| 5th Feb 2007 4:03 pm |
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davez26
Member Since: 01 Apr 2006
Location: Colorado Springs
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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
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| 1st Mar 2007 3:22 pm |
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BarryG
Member Since: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Eire
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the European way of doing this ....  (for our euro zone friends) is the the 5 cent coin.
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| 1st Mar 2007 4:03 pm |
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stapldm
Member Since: 11 Sep 2006
Location: Swine Town
Posts: 2330
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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  Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Transgenic tomato anyone?
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| 1st Mar 2007 6:02 pm |
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bam55
Member Since: 13 Jan 2007
Location: Dendermonde (Flanders)
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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 plate
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| 1st Mar 2007 8:46 pm |
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d3syd
Member Since: 04 May 2006
Location: Scamander, Tasmania, Australia
Posts: 168
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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.  '06 TDV6 SE AUTO BUCKINGHAM BLUE
'98 Volvo V70
'87 Mecedes 420 SEL
'08 BMW 135i Coupe Twin Turbo
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| 1st Mar 2007 11:41 pm |
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Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
Posts: 26772
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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!
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| 1st Mar 2007 11:45 pm |
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davez26
Member Since: 01 Apr 2006
Location: Colorado Springs
Posts: 23
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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 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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| 2nd Mar 2007 12:09 am |
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Drookit Dug
Member Since: 11 Jun 2007
Location: SOUTH EAST
Posts: 58
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I thought that RRS owners used one of the half sovreigns off their rings or their Argos jewelery identity bracelet! 
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| 11th Jun 2007 10:35 pm |
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Wex
Member Since: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Knackeragua
Posts: 5173
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Cold chisel & a " gentle persuader " ( lump hammer) 
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| 12th Jul 2007 9:09 pm |
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simonmd
Member Since: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Port Talbot
Posts: 107
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I'm confussed, you're saying that RRS drivers go off road??!!
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| 12th Jul 2007 10:34 pm |
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Nigel Tracey
Member Since: 04 Nov 2006
Location: Lausanne
Posts: 395
  
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Forget the plastic screws, replace with magnets ! At least magnetic flexible plastic like on many fridge magnets.
Next job.... Mrs Jones ? We've come for your Liver
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| 12th Jul 2007 10:49 pm |
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