should be able to use the shorter two new bolts in the pack?
I had to use the shorter bolts to fix the plate at the front tube, because the longer pair of bolts was too long to fit into the tube. That left the longer bolts for replacing the LR bolts at the rear of the plate.
Nash: are you saying that you can't even re-fit the original bolt anymore (without the Mantec plate)? Or do I misread your post
blue meanie wrote:
Nash wrote:
2) The front ones...I guess that i have to hold the nut through a black square tube while i insert the bolt from down to the top, then wrench..not?
Best regards
yes (I think?)
Yes, with some patience you can maneuver the nut onto the bolt. I used a small spanner to hold the nut when I tightened the bolt. You must use a socket wrench on the front bolts because the heads sink into the plate. 2006 Zermatt Silver TDV6 'SE' Auto, Mantec sump guard, Frontrunner roofrack, Lightforce 140s, split charge system and... a Jetboil.
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24th Mar 2007 7:35 pm
GDL
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no probs JMC great job !
26th Mar 2007 5:43 pm
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Nash wrote:
Instructions...
2) The front ones...I guess that i have to hold the nut through a black square tube while i insert the bolt from down to the top, then wrench..not?
Best regards
Nash, did you mean hold the nut inside the black square tube or on top of the black square tube?
I think the nut is supposed to be on top of the black square tube, and you feed the bolt up through the Mantec plate from underneath and through the black square tube...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."
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26th Mar 2007 5:50 pm
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Thanks JMC........fitted mine today after work, took me all of 5 minutes, a doddle,
Thanks again
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Ha, you've brought back fond memories... when I fitted mine a couple of months ago I started off by very nearly driving off the steep end of my dad's ramps
30th Mar 2007 9:14 pm
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Thanks JMC - Fitting it this morning....
31st Mar 2007 10:13 am
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Fitted mine this afternoon in preparation for next weeks Boughrood trip
15 minutes including finding my 13mm spanner......
Had the same problem as Beaker, (bolt hitting the other side of the tube) but I've just not tightened them up all the way. Seems to be very solid all road. Will check the bolts before I use them next week again though.
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31st Mar 2007 8:56 pm
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Any of you guys who have put on there plates , do you want to sell the old plastic one (original one)
Iv damaged mine and need a relacement.
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I thought about whether to sell it or keep it, but I think I'll keep it in case I need to take the Plate off at some point. Sorry Wiggs.
Of course translated, that just means that when I have to take the plate off in a couple of years time, I'll just hunt around for teh plastic one & then end up buying a new one coz I'll have 'put it in a safe place'....... Bodsys Brake Bible
mantec are being funny bugg3rs and won't let me drive over, pay cash and have one at the group price. Even though they have one in stock and i live 10 mins away. . . ."To finish first, one first has to finish ...."
mantec are being funny bugg3rs and won't let me drive over, pay cash and have one at the group price.
Can't say I'm too surprised Mantec had nothing to do with the 'Group Price' and the discount was only secured by purchasing a significant quantity of plates. That was the whole point of the group-buy. The price everybody paid this time round was actually less than the (current) trade cost price of the plate.
In fairness, I can't let you say that Mantec are being 'funny bugg3rs' as they are doing the same as any other retailer would do when offered less than cost for their product.........
Why not try your local LR dealer and offer them £34k for a D3HSE just because you are 10 mins away and they have got one on the forecourt
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