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Navigator
Member Since: 17 Mar 2010
Location: GM1VBE on www.aprs.fi
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Here is a simple and low-cost way to lower and raise the spare wheel without having to empty the load area, drag out the rubber mat, and fold the seats upwards.
What I used was a 22mm 1/2" drive socket, a converter to 1/4" drive, and a short extension :-
This is how it fits together in place :-
And this is how it is used:-
If you have the rubber mat it can be flapped back a couple of inches. The 1/4" drive you use would depend on what you had in your toolbox.
I found a source for a 22mm 1/4" drive socket, but it was £12 dearer then doing it this way. They don't need to be high quality chrome vanadium as not a great deal of effort is needed to turn the cable winch. In fact, the less effort put onto the winch drive the better! 
The 1/4" drive extension length was selected so it sits just below the level of the carpet. There it fits snugly between the two seat sides. 
Land Rover - Making mechanics out of drivers since 1948.
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 Thu Jul 29 2010 5:24pm |
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Ken
Member Since: 20 Feb 2006
Location: Playing with the Grey Dogs
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Been done before but beware now the covers off all sorts of stuff gets in
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| Thu Jul 29 2010 5:26pm |
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Navigator
Member Since: 17 Mar 2010
Location: GM1VBE on www.aprs.fi
Posts: 2019
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I'm on the lookout for a spare cover to punch a wee hole into. Not many breakers around here to get one cheap.
Land Rover - Making mechanics out of drivers since 1948.
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| Thu Jul 29 2010 5:32pm |
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Ken
Member Since: 20 Feb 2006
Location: Playing with the Grey Dogs
Posts: 8896
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Use your current one and carry on the search 
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| Thu Jul 29 2010 6:25pm |
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caverD3
Member Since: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 5284
 
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You can seal the gap so water won't get in.
See: http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/105413...anism.html "A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both- and deserve neither"
Thomas Jefferson.
TDV6: Adaptive Headlights, Electronic Rear Diff, ARB Bar, Blaupunkt Speakers, JVC Powered Subwoofer, Removable Snorkel, Mitchell Bros Tow Hitch, Pioneer After Market Head Unit, Zenarc Touch Screen, In Car Sub-notebook, GPS Anntenna, Steering Wheel Control Adaptor, Remote Adjustable Supension Rod System, Taxside Dual Battery System.
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| Fri Jul 30 2010 4:15am |
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Mad Phil
Member Since: 13 Mar 2011
Location: Leicester
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Unnecessary quote removed
Absolutely brilliant...  
So, do i fit the sliding floor & drill a small hole in it?? Hmmm....
Whats the floor worth roughly S/H ?
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| Sun Mar 27 2011 7:07pm |
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DiscoBro
Member Since: 12 Feb 2011
Location: Cambridge
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Brilliant !!
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| Wed May 11 2011 12:25pm |
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tintenter
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: Oldham
Posts: 739
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this was my solution way back in time after seeing others attempts
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Bonatti Grey Discovery 3 HSE
permagrin now installed
Now with hidden winch, 2nd Battery, LED lights all round(including fogs and turn lights) extra connection for brake lights in rear clusters, Webasto FBH Timer, Anderson plug to rear,Verdestiens for day to day and MTR's for when the going get tough, reversing camera and Multimedia interface, BAS'd, D3 winch Trained
Semper in excretum, sole profundum moveat.
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| Wed May 11 2011 1:35pm |
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