Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Originally Posted by shayne86

Well nothing broken but had a break in this disgusting Perth rain (wettest July on record since 2001 apparently) to finally mount the extinguisher. Better than having it rattle around in the rear storage bin.

Are they compression insert thingys or screw in nut fittings? And where dya get the tool and how much? Yeah I got a cornflakes badge to ask questions !

Originally Posted by johnp38

Are they compression insert thingys or screw in nut fittings? And where dya get the tool and how much? Yeah I got a cornflakes badge to ask questions !

Just nutserts mate. Nothing special. Mine is a kincrome kit. I think the kit was about $140ish from total tools. There is obviously cheaper and more expensive options out there.

The tool is great.
But you can fit them with an appropriate sized bolt, screw on a nut, add a washer, then the nutsurt. Stick it the hole, and wind down the nut till the nutsurt is tight in the hole.
It's a bit fiddly but works well enough for the few that I use.
The inserts are available from a fastener supplier.

Tony

Tony C is 100% correct. There is plenty of videos on YouTube that will show you how to make the same tool for less than $1 in spare bolts and washers.
But for me being a fitter by trade, this was a good little tax write off when i was doing the dual battery install on my old dual cab.

Originally Posted by shayne86

Just nutserts mate. Nothing special. Mine is a kincrome kit. I think the kit was about $140ish from total tools. There is obviously cheaper and more expensive options out there.

This tool is a great bit of kit just makes life easy haha.

I bought one from the USA many years ago now when they were not generally available in Oz.
The weird thing is that even though the threads in the puller and the nutserts are metric , the drill sizes are imperial.
Although there is usually a metric drill that will do.
I found over the years that the best nutserts are those that have "corrugations " on the underside of the flange.
I can tell you there is nothing more frustrating than a nutsert that turns when you want to tighten something.
Also the big ones say 8MM are a bugger to insert as you need Charles Atlas forearms. Mine has a conventional rivet type tool not the you beaut one shown.
Regards PhilipA

I'm not sure that I would of put a cylinder of compressed gas where the summer sun can heat it up.

Originally Posted by laney

I'm not sure that I would of put a cylinder of compressed gas where the summer sun can heat it up.

Wouldn’t worry too much. We have them mounted on ROPS without issues.