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  1. 15th August 2011, 09:29 PM #1
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    Ingenious auto power assist door opener and closer for 2dr Rangies

    Anyone invented it yet? Been given a 2dr Rangie, great vehicle but can't live with the heavy doors when entering or exiting on side angles.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wagoo View Post
    Anyone invented it yet? Been given a 2dr Rangie, great vehicle but can't live with the heavy doors when entering or exiting on side angles.
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    Graft one from a Merc???

    RedOctober (pete) on here is a merc mechanic - he may be able to help...
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    free door upgrade, use your foot
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  4. 16th August 2011, 06:51 AM #4
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    All our local buses had them when I was a kid, an air operated ram operated by a little lever. Otherwise find an underemployed boat person and strap him to the back bumper.
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    Take the window and frame off. Amazing how light they are without.
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  6. 16th August 2011, 12:11 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by bee utey View Post
    All our local buses had them when I was a kid, an air operated ram operated by a little lever. Otherwise find an underemployed boat person and strap him to the back bumper.
    Why give a boat person a job over all our unemployed dole bludgers we already have. Look after our own first before looking at foreigners
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  7. 16th August 2011, 12:42 PM #7
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    Bill, I remember reading a restoration/rebuild where a guy cut a heap of holes on the inside skin....seemed to reduce a bit of weight
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  8. 16th August 2011, 01:26 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by bee utey View Post
    All our local buses had them when I was a kid, an air operated ram operated by a little lever.
    Yeah the bus type is what I was thinking about as a starting point, but where the ingenius automatic part comes into it is. There is a pendulum inside the door that senses whether the door is on the uphill or downhill side of the sideslope, and operates the appropriate valve to assist in either opening or closing.
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