Reply With Quotefor the upper tailgate?
Fossicker
Any good alternative to the standard RRC tailgate locks? Mine tend to pop open when off road so I was wondering if anyone has come up with some mods to improve the standard catch?
1992 RRC Sherwood (Shirley)
SysAdmin (Owner)
for the upper tailgate?
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2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7 TDCi
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Fossicker
yeah the upper tail gate
1992 RRC Sherwood (Shirley)
SysAdmin (Owner)
there is a mod detailed on here about reversing the struts that works a treat...
do a search for upper tailgate fix or similar..
2007 Discovery 3 SE7 TDV6 2.7
2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7 TDCi
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
"If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
"We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” – Ayn Rand
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius
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Fossicker
Thanks for the info and links. Have done the mods. Works an absolute treat. Just used standard mounted hardware from a local strut shop. No special brackets required. Highly recommend this mod to anyone with a classic. Makes a huge difference
1992 RRC Sherwood (Shirley)
Swaggie
SubscriberNew catches are cheap and last Oh about 20 years.
Regards Philip A
Fossicker
Have those as well. Had to put in some new seals around the tailgate recently. Just a little stiffer than the compressed 20 year old ones. Combination of the new seals and strut position just meant that the new latches pop pretty easy off road. Usually one goes and then the strut pressure on the on unlatched side provides enough push on the tailgate to unlatch the other side.
1992 RRC Sherwood (Shirley)
SysAdmin (Owner)
any chance of a pic showing how you did the bottom mount?
2007 Discovery 3 SE7 TDV6 2.7
2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7 TDCi
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
"If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
"We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” – Ayn Rand
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius
Fossicker
Sure. I have just taken some more. Excuse the quality. Its night time and the phone is only so good. Car is also a little dusty as I have just got back from camping. Obtained my hardware from StrutsrUs at Nerang on the Gold Coast. I have attached a photo of what I used for the bottom bracket and the top bracket. Also included photos showing them mounted. I have just pop riveted then in place on the available metal. Seems pretty secure and this was the recommendation from the strut shop. I went off the measurements provide in the previous thread that I was sent a link to but adjusted things slightly to make sure everything closed OK. Let me know if you need any more info
1992 RRC Sherwood (Shirley)
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