300 TDi Defender - Replacing the Bonnet Support

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Originally Posted by Stephen Price

I had a look at mine and can see an advantage in that you could put in a longer rod so your bonnet will open further without having to stuff around pulling pins out and tying back. I might give it a go!

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I long ago replaced the split pin in mine with an R-clip!

John Denham

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Originally Posted by JDNSW

I long ago replaced the split pin in mine with an R-clip!

John Denham

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^^^^^^^^^^^ Replaced mine when i first got it a with a R clip:D

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Originally Posted by JDNSW

I have no problems with the scissor type stay - never would have thought of converting it.

John

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Me too. Owned a v8 county briefly with a rod - no big advantage IME.

If I was going to change it I would fit a gas strut instead.

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Originally Posted by isuzu110

Scissor stay gets stuck under the fill point on the top airconditioner pipe when opening. You have to reach under with your left hand and pull the scissor to the left whilst lifting with the right hand. I suspect the top aircon pipe is non standard. Surely LR would not have had such a bad design.

If you are not careful, you could snap the fill-point off.

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Almost exactly what happened to mine. The air con pipe has gouges in it, so I needed to get that scissor stay off before I needed a re-gas !

Now to replace it...

and why not a genuine LR one ?

$100 - that's why !

Oh and what on earth is an "R" clip ?

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Originally Posted by VladTepes

Oh and what on earth is an "R" clip ?

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http://www.arrowkarts.com/persistent...ts/CHG3web.jpg

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I see !

(It's a pirate thing!)

Resurrecting an old thread here, but no one has mentioned a bonnet stay problem I had with both of my Defender Tdi's.

The scissor type bonnet stay, whilst very practical to use, rubs on the top of the boost compensator in the injector pump. Not only is it noisy, it was actually wearing quite a bit off the housing. Does anyone else have rub marks on their injector pump?

I've just been reading through a few threads and it seems a few have converted to the rod type stay as I am planning to do (been running without one and using a broom handle for 10 years :(). It's an easy job using aluminium or steel.


James.