Disco 1 tailgate locking spring replacement steps (with photos)

[mike123]

I finally replaced the tailgate locking spring in the Disco last weekend. I've seen posts elsewhere but not many pictures how to do it so I decided to take several pictures along the way to help others who have the same problem and myself for later when the spring breaks again!

A word of caution. You'll need a special tamperproof screwdriver right near the end to remove the locking mechanism. Don't start the job until you have one. I didn't realise that until near the end but luckily I had a set of these screwdrivers/tools.

The job took about one and a half hours but next time round it would probably take a bit over an hour to disassemble and reassemble.

Land Rover Discovery 1 tailgate lock spring replacement - a set on Flickr

[SouthOz]

Very nice tutorial. Ill be sure to bookmark this one.

Dave

[bigcarle]

NOW someone has the procedure up
i did this job last week and looked up a tutorial and didnt find anything BUGGER
murphy's law strikes again

[Young Angus]

Haha yeah I've done that fix in the past on my old V8 and it was a lot of swearing and sore fingers but that's great that there is a tutorial type thing up. Cheers for that

[Pedro_The_Swift]

now in the Tutorials Forum

[bigcarle]

mine went fairly smoothly just had to fight to get the actual mechanism in and out.

now in the Tutorials Forum

thanks pedro

murphy law says that the back doors will go next
but maybe since it has been posted it wont happen