Thread: Mitchell Tow Hitch

Originally Posted by rednib

can somebody please tell me where I can have a mitchell towhitch fitted in Melbourne

Ritters in Burwood are good.
There are a couple of Landrover service places in Mornington, but have never used them, so cant comment.
One of the AULRO members have used a place in Seaford that supposed to be good.
I fitted my own to my D3 when I had it. Fairly easy to do. I used a coping saw to cut the plastic cover plate so that it fits back around the tow hitch.
The tricky bit is moving the sensors around until they are just right (not picking up the hitch when reversing.

I also had it colour coded. Good Luck.
Regards,
Craig

They are very easy to install. You just need to unscrew the white electrics socket to get the bolt through the recovery eye on the D3. It takes about 20 mins to install. The reverse sensors take a bit of time to remove and rotate (maybe 20-30 mins)

A bit of fiddling and you can pop the inner parking sensors and then file a slot to then allow them to be rotated and pushed back in.

By the way I have one for sale in the Market Place, PM me or phone if interested, details in the link below

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Chris

Hi All,

A word of caution the Mitchell Bros Hitch is easy to fit to a D3 not so easy on a D4. The D4 recovery eyelet has excess material on it that needs to be removed which can take some time to ensure only the required amount is evenly removed. The installation instructions are very clear on what is required.

P.S. I have no issues with my D4 parking sensore and the hitch when the Trigg is in the hitch it sends the sensors berserk but I normally leave the Trigg off when unhitched os it is not an issue.

Put the Mitch Hitch myself... need to trim the urethane bushes to go into the eye... yet another use for a Dremel

Found the fiddliest bit was finding a way to align the fixing bolt through after unscrewing the 2 plugs.

As for the reversing sensors used black silicon putty to block approx 1/3 of the 2 sensors. Also put some reflective tape on the hitch to help protect shins.

Originally Posted by Disco4SE

Ritters in Burwood are good.

Yep, I'd agree with that. I got mine fitted and supplied by Ritters. This included turning parking sensors etc.
If your not too handy, then do it yourself. I had a go at the sensors before I had hitch fitted.....what a pain in the a**e.
Too fiddly for my big hands!!

OK guys it took me some time but I finally can say that I made and fitted my own hitch based upon an "other" design. Thanks for all the answers.
I welded a square tube onto an existing hitch.(the [mechanical] stabilizer bar arrangement is not used) cut the square tube top and bottom sides off which provided me then with the U shaped part at the end
that fits over the lug. Turned a ring with a hole in it, that fits into the lug. Then turned a pin to fit through the lug with two secure pins on each side. Sounds maybe all a bit complicated but the photos should give you a better impression.
Then went onto a three week test drive and all is well (that's why it took so long to post again) any questions please ask maybe I can help.

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Received mine today. A bit disappointed that it wasn't dispatched until 6 days after I paid for it but it arrived and that's a bonus.

There is a problem fitting it if you have a Kaymar bar. At least there is for mine. The receiver doesn't fit into the recovery point opening in the bar. So a little modification to the opening with the handy dandy angle grinder and.....yet another problem. The shape of the bar doesn't allow the two bolts into the bottom section as well as lining up with the compression spacer in the recovery point.

So tomorrow will be an attempt at a minor modification to bottom of that section of the bar with a calibrated 2kg lump hammer and see where that gets me.

Originally Posted by Mike&Loz

Received mine today. A bit disappointed that it wasn't dispatched until 6 days after I paid for it but it arrived and that's a bonus.

Mine took 3 weeks to arrive!! ...but they were moving at the time, or that's what I was told!
I found it pretty easy to fit with the only issue getting the poly bush and bolt through (had to remove both sockets and jiggle a fair bit).
I'm very happy with mine, but noticed it's not perfectly horizontal - the hitch has a downward slope. I reported this to them, but they pretty much asked for pics and then did nothing!?