chrisc
Member Since: 18 Oct 2009
Location: Staffordshire
Posts: 362
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My spare wheel cable feels like it's tangled up as it won't lower down for me to put the spare back up,do I need to undo the 4 bolts/nuts that I can see on the housing to release it ? I have found(now it's too late)a way to apply tension to it so that it won't get tangled and that's by attaching my dogs lead to the wheel retainer and run it under the towbar and pulling it as you unwind it(just in case there's no one around to help)
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 16th Jun 2011 10:03 pm |
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AVE
D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Nov 2006
Location: First house on the left
Posts: 3097
  
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It just unbolts... I had to replace mine as it had seized completely and couldn't be freed. ISTR that a replacement cost about £40 from TLO. As you slide down the banister of life
may no splinters point your way
Disco XXV
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY16
Discovery Sport HSE Lux MY17
Evoque HSE Dynamic MY16 (Gone)
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY14 (Lovely car but preferred the Disco!)
Disco 3 Tdv6 HSE MY05 (owned for 11 years and now gone)
Range Rover Sport HSE MY11 (Gone)
Freelander2 SE (Gone but the most reliable car we've ever owned)
Disco 2 V8 (Gone)
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| 17th Jun 2011 12:47 am |
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Dave
Member Since: 08 Mar 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 2462
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Nearer £90 now I am afraid  Captain Nick Medhurst would ask:
"What is the first rule when overlanding?"
I would Reply:
"Duratrac"
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| 17th Jun 2011 8:02 am |
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AVE
D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Nov 2006
Location: First house on the left
Posts: 3097
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I'll have to make sure I always carry a spare dogs lead! As you slide down the banister of life
may no splinters point your way
Disco XXV
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY16
Discovery Sport HSE Lux MY17
Evoque HSE Dynamic MY16 (Gone)
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY14 (Lovely car but preferred the Disco!)
Disco 3 Tdv6 HSE MY05 (owned for 11 years and now gone)
Range Rover Sport HSE MY11 (Gone)
Freelander2 SE (Gone but the most reliable car we've ever owned)
Disco 2 V8 (Gone)
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| 17th Jun 2011 8:35 am |
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mrandmrsh
Member Since: 25 Sep 2008
Location: Holmfirth
Posts: 487
 
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I had this and I faffed around with it a bit. I have a heavy tow rope (a group buy from here) and I tied it to something firm and attached the other end to the dangling spare wheel hook (that would go neither up not down) and I put some weight on it (I had the car on the almost level drive and let it move to take the slack out of the rope but didn't 'pull' as such) and then tried to wind the hook out. I went in and out a bit and with the extra load there was a clonk and it released. I guess the wire inside had got twisted and couldn't come out of the hole.
HTH
Craig 2012 Defender 110 XS Utility 2.2
2012 D4 Commercial 255 8-speed, Active diff, lots of extras on order, comes Sept - ORDER CANCELLED (isn't divorce expensive....?)
2008/08 D3 HSE G4 - part exchanged for the 110
1987 110 CSW with 200 Tdi (now gone)
2007/57 D3 TDV6 HSE - NOW GONE owned 1/oct/08 to 31/dec/09
2007 Seat Altea Freetrack4 170 tdi (wife's car, wife now gone!)
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