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    Thanks L-a-L

    What about smashing a screwdriver into the lock?

    Cheers

    Dan

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    Could work.

    You need to rotate the tumbler, before you can pull and rotate the green handle, so anything that achieves that is what you need to do.

    Have a heavy hammer ready because once you have rotated* the green handle you may need some heavy blows on the casting to get it to drop away from the chassis.

    * there are arrows on the green handle telling you the direction of rotation

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    GOT IT!!!

    Big thanks to Lotz-A-Landies . Your method worked a charm. The hitch itself and the mechanism were straight but because the green handle was all bent it wouldn't turn properly. A lot of shaking and force on the handle and it finally 'clicked' and the hitch slid out easily.

    Thanks a lot!!

    Cheers

    Dan

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    All Four X 4 in Kotara were wrecking a D4 this month. They may still have the tow hitch.

    You won't find me on: faceplant; Scipe; Infragam; LumpedIn; ShapCnat or Twitting. I'm just not that interesting.

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    I have just put a Mitch Hitch on so have my old D3 towbar if you are interested. Happy to post it to you. Send a PM if you want it.
    Cheers, Dale
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    Take a quick look at the difference between a D3 hitch and the D4 one!



    The D3 type is like a plough or keel sitting below the rear end any wonder they get damaged.

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    It makes you wonder. How can a group of people create a car thats so clever and well engineered and then design a tow hitch like that?

    Cheers

    Dan

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    I think that is a first for man in the shorter option being better than the longer option. I cannot think of another contender!

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    Big thanks to Narranga (Dale) not only did he go through the hassle of packing and shipping a D3 hitch to me, he did it for FREE! What a guy!

    Dale, if/when i see you, I owe you some of these

    Cheers

    Dan

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