Very kind of you - PM sent.

You don't need a rivnut tool, just the rivnuts and a bit of cunning....... If you place a riv nut in the hole, hold it in place with a small ring spanner and pass a bolt through the spanner, you can apply pressure to the rivnut to stop it spinning while you tighten the bolt up.... when the bolt is tight undo it, remove the spanner and  Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
Inventor of the 'Guide-o-Matic automatic wheel alignment tool'
Former long term L322 owner, Up/Down graded to a Classic Tractor!

Sorted, Thanks to cowman Mick for the demo of his home made tool...........

Nice and secure now.........

What’s the going rate for the kit

Duckworths, May LAST year, good grief time flies

https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic51389...ate+damper Cheers
Richard

(there are no such things as an ordinary FullFat, an ordinary cat or too many tools)
2011 TDV8 Vogue Santorini Black
Gap IIDBT

miggit wrote:

You don't need a rivnut tool, just the rivnuts and a bit of cunning....... If you place a riv nut in the hole, hold it in place with a small ring spanner and pass a bolt through the spanner, you can apply pressure to the rivnut to stop it spinning while you tighten the bolt up.... when the bolt is tight undo it, remove the spanner and

Just stumbled on this thread..... was a bracket ever made? Did you go into production?

Those of you who've fitted the kit or had it as standard, does it damp the downward movement of the lower tailgate, stopping it "banging" at the bottom when opening ?

Reason for the question is that I had the opportunity to buy a second hand kit off a scrapped car for a bargain price, but when I tested that gas strut it appeared to only damp / slow movement in the upward direction. So it appeared to prevent you slamming the tailgate shut, but NOT damping it open. Because of that I decided it wasn't worth buying. Paul,
2001 Discovery 2 TD5, 211,000 miles & climbing
2006 FFRR TDV8 Vogue 145,000 miles & climbing
Member of Midland (Land) Rover Owners Club, www.mroc.co.uk

it does dampen the ladt bit of the downward motion...


maybe the kit you tedted hsd the strut upside down? ... - .- -.




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Stan,
thanks for the comment. I was surprised & thought I'd misunderstood how it worked.
I think I need to relook at how the damper mounts & then check if the parts are still available - it would have been a bargain, lol. Paul,
2001 Discovery 2 TD5, 211,000 miles & climbing
2006 FFRR TDV8 Vogue 145,000 miles & climbing
Member of Midland (Land) Rover Owners Club, www.mroc.co.uk

Are the parts still available for this modification
If anybody’s got spares they want to sell off please pm

If you email Rob at Duckworths, not via the suppliers section on here, or ring him he will be able to tell you if the kit or parts are available and the cost.

Edit . eerr May 2019

https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic51389...ate+damper Cheers
Richard

(there are no such things as an ordinary FullFat, an ordinary cat or too many tools)
2011 TDV8 Vogue Santorini Black
Gap IIDBT

Excellent thank you 🙏

You are welcome Andy Cheers
Richard

(there are no such things as an ordinary FullFat, an ordinary cat or too many tools)
2011 TDV8 Vogue Santorini Black
Gap IIDBT

I don't know about the availability overseas but here in the USA the parts are still available. I just got all of the needed parts from my local Land Rover dealer. It cost $110.92 USD plus our local sales tax.

• Support Cylinder (LR017455)
  
• Support Cylinder Bracket (LR021053)
  
• Strap (LR038048)
  
• Distance Sensor Screw x2 (LR003808)