Thread: Bonnet Mount - Should I?

Originally Posted by 87County

it certainly IS practical.... when in place on the bonnet the spare is

1. exactly the right height for a benchrest-type support when aiming a rifle

and is also

2. a handy recipticle to hold used tea bags, banana skins and orange peels until you get to a bin

3. Can hold at least 37 dead rabbits after a nights shooting. With a bit of practice you can bounce them off the windscreen and into the wheel for bonus points............

4. A good place to stack firewood when you go into places like Chambers Pillar where you have to collect your firewood outside the NP.

( I have photographic proof, but I would have to dig out the CD with the photos from my trip to Broome.)

Edit:

Found the evidence.


I know that isn't Chambers Pillar. It is at the same place and I think it is called Window Rock.

Originally Posted by JamesH

The lifting of the bonnet with a tyre on it is not so much a strength thing but what happens to me is when you pull the catch the weight on the bonnet stops the bonnet from popping so you go round the front to lift it and find it has re-locked so to speak. You need a little block of wood to hold the bonnet lever in the open position (if you are alone). I learnt that little trick here.

I am in favour of bonnet mounts though.

I changed my 200TDI bonnet holder up thing to the old series holder.it worked a dream your didn't have to hold up that heavy bonett while you placed the rod to secure it..No pics though its long gone.However I attach a pics of my 200 next to my mates 300.
cheers
John ( disco 44 )

I was very excited to see a bonnet mount on the LR I bought. Then I tried to lift the bonnet. I am not tall so I really struggled to raise the bonnet. But the real horror was when I went to take the spare off the bonnet. It had sat there for years and water had pooled in it...and the wheel was so rusted I have had to discard it. Moral of the story is ....make sure water can get away. (PS the wheel was off a Range Rover an has a small centre hole).

Once I find another wolf rim I will place a 2nd spare on the bonnet.

Can anyone tell me if there are two bolts that hold down the spare? Mine bonnet bracket has 3 vertical "pins" - one has a hole through for what I think is a padlock whole, there is a bolt screwed into the other "pin", and I am not sure what goes in the other hole. I suspect that a second bolt is needed as the "pin" is threaded.

Cheers

Andrew

Originally Posted by 86mud

Once I find another wolf rim I will place a 2nd spare on the bonnet.

Can anyone tell me if there are two bolts that hold down the spare? Mine bonnet bracket has 3 vertical "pins" - one has a hole through for what I think is a padlock whole, there is a bolt screwed into the other "pin", and I am not sure what goes in the other hole. I suspect that a second bolt is needed as the "pin" is threaded.

Cheers

Andrew

two bolts, 1 pin, 1 padlock hole, bolts are not just a normal high tensile bolt either. The 1 1/16 head is way to large for the length and pitch of the bolts thread. According to another member here (more knowledge with than I on such subjects) The bolts maybe a special order from a hi tensile place or get a genuine LR part.

I am also keen to get this bonnet mount for touring but am unsure if my bonnet is rigid or hinged??? Perhaps inscissor could guide me here? Im not so keen on my bonnet collapsing

Cheers in advance.