Discovery Rear Ladder

[Disco_owner]

This ladder fits both the Disco1 and Disco2.


https://www.expeditionexchange.com/discovery/DSC09797340.jpg


https://www.expeditionexchange.com/discovery/

[Slunnie]

Very cool. :cool:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/12/972.jpg

[Disco_owner]

I was looking at Expeditionexchange.com for what they've got available and came accross the disco ladder :D, I also liked their expedition style roofracks.

https://www.expeditionexchange.com/discovery/tjm002%20001340.jpg

[Iain_B]

I bought a Genuine rear ladder from the Land Rover dealer in Brisbane for $180 - it took them a month to get it from England but I was in no hurry.

Iain

[Slunnie]

I bought a Genuine rear ladder from the Land Rover dealer in Brisbane for $180 - it took them a month to get it from England but I was in no hurry.

Iain
When I went to buy, there were also none in the country. It was the slow boat from UK for me. I got lucky though, as Land Vehicle Spares at Silverdale managed to track me one down somehow and overnighted it. Score! The 4WD was leaving for Cape York not long after.

[mrapocalypse]

i just bought one on EBAY. 45 quid. PLUS 80 quid to get it here!!!!! But the land rover people said NOT AVAILABLE and I lost an auction for one recently so just bit the bullet. I think I'm about $30 down on buying from Rover anyway!

[FenianEel]

AtlanticBritish in the US are selling these for $99 too.
They're on the web or ebay.

[mcrover]

Anyone got pics of how it is mounted?

[FenianEel]

Anyone got pics of how it is mounted?


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/06/568.jpg


Place neoprene on all mounting brackets of ladder.

Once neoprene is in place, place ladder on the door making sure ladder is lined up with the line of the door.

Mark placement for drill holes at ladder mounting points and place ladder aside. Use 11/64" metal drill bit to drill pilot holes for screws at the marked points.

Align ladder back in place and secure it on top with one screw. Step away and make sure ladder is still lined up. Once you are sure the ladder is lined up secure the ladder at the bottom with one screw.

At this point the ladder should be completely lined up and ready to be completely screwed into the vehicle to finish installation.

[mrapocalypse]

It's not the ladder bro it's the freight!!!!!

[2 rocks]

Very cool. :cool:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/12/972.jpg

Ohhh man! See that's what I want mine to look like - the car not the ladder...:D

Mike

[loanrangie]

For about $20 worth of steel, i would make it myself - nothing too complicated about it.

[mrapocalypse]

My Ladder arrived today. Nice bit of kit and little more than just a few bits of welded steel!

Those crush nuts, anything I should know before using them. Like do they need a lot of clearance in the hole etc, and how crushed are they before they strip out?

Ian

[Slunnie]

Yes!!!!

The Rivnuts suck badly. They're aluminium and you need to feel then very carefully as you do them up. As soon as the torque even remotely starts to go up, indicating the crush action has finished, then don't do them up any tighter or the thread will strip out of them. They're sooooo dodgy, but even doing them up this loose, I've not yet had a bolt fall out of them.

[Slunnie]

Ohhh man! See that's what I want mine to look like - the car not the ladder...:D

Mike

Thanks Mike, there's been a lot of effort go into it. :)

[mrapocalypse]

Thanks Slunnie, These are the kind of thing that are realy easy to muck up.

And yes, I want mine to resemble yours too.... It's a work of 4x4 art mate. So far I have the colour right!


Ian.