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Wrecknett · Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 18:56 Post subject:

Hi terriermad is that the one off, I think ebay for £99 When I paid Ithink £270

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petemillis · Joined: 11 Mar 2004 Posts: 709 Location: Brighton, UK

Terriermad, out of interest how does the it fit now?
Wonder how Watlings are selling these for £270 when Towequipe sold me mine for £97 incl the pre-wired fitting kit? My local place wanted knocking on £400 for the Watling bar supplied and fitted!!!
Oh the wonders of the Internet, eBay and all :D
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1995 Delica Space Gear Exceed (PE8W) in LaGuardia silver with chrome tints and BIG round things.

alan S · Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 67 Location: Gosport Hants

Hi terriermad
Well done its great to find gals that get fully involved in their wheels and not just sit behind it..welcome to the clan

Hi Wrecknett
Good that you got it all sorted , and yes the gearbox is fine now, it was the front diff engage sensor had failed, instead of just dieing it shorted out to earth hence the cooked cables. got it changed on its first service and it's behaved ever since. its only little mischief its doing sometimes coming out of 4WD the centre diff lock hangs on, a bit of reverse normally clears it

Regards to all and see you at Beaul.
Alan
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terriermad · Joined: 11 Mar 2004 Posts: 18 Location: Forest of Dean

Hi All, It now fits to the three places where the rear chrome bar fitted,and then another bar goes up to the main frame?on both sides, another Delica owner has seen it and says its far better than his mk1 version, rather than fitting to the tow eyes. I had to ring towquipe to check as all the other ones i had seen fitted were the old style,they were very helpful and said that because of all the problems fitting the mk1 re bent towing eyes out of alingment,they went back to the drawing board and came up with this one.they were very helpful,fast delivery and yes its the one on ebay,it was £117 with double electrics and the stainless bumper guard. Towed my new caravan up from southampton the other day a treat. Sorry in the delay in replying but have been up to Blackpool showing the dogs. :D :D

petemillis · Joined: 11 Mar 2004 Posts: 709 Location: Brighton, UK

It's a shame they didn't think of doing this in the first place. Oh well, never mind. What sort of dogs do you show Terriermad - I'm guessing....Spaniels??
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1995 Delica Space Gear Exceed (PE8W) in LaGuardia silver with chrome tints and BIG round things.

Rusty · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 9:19 Post subject:

Mine is fixed through the tow eyes Exclamation

I never did like that :? I now debating whether to get the new type :? I'd like to see a detailed close up picture please anyone with the new type Rolling Eyes

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terriermad · Joined: 11 Mar 2004 Posts: 18 Location: Forest of Dean

Hi All, I've got Parson Russell Terriers, for the trip to Blackpool the beast Delica-tely carried 7 dogs, 3 adults, 2 large trolleys and numerous bags,a friends pup that is always travelsick, but in the beast travelled there and back fine, and she drives a £27000 previa!.

Re the towbar,i will try and take some photos once the rain stops failing that i will scan in the diagram it came with.

Wrecknett · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 21:37 Post subject:

Hello Dropped brackets onto of bottom of towing eyes redrilled hole 3/8 out bolt up result straight towbar yessssssssss Thanks Smile

Now the A/ T Light is flashing , I give in Crying or Very sad

Dave C · Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 731 Location: Northants

The A/T light flashing is probably faulty sensor,was quoted £70 for Mitsi part,by coincidence a long run got it working again.the pressure part could have stuck and freed with the heat ,if it stays on from cold,that is what mine did.
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Simon super exceed lwb · Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 2 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk

A local towbar fitter didn't rate the quality of the Watling towbars, so we opted for a towbar from Towequipe, which they sell on ebay and is very easy to fit and will fit all Delica PD8/PE8 and PF8 chassis(PF8 being the long wheel base). The main towbar fits to the 6 bolts that held your bumper on, the 2 extension brackets fit to the main chassis on the long wheel base and require 2 130mm bolts, no drilling of extra holes is involved. I would highly reccommend their towbar.
Cheers
Simon. :D

IanFJ · Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Posts: 816 Location: Bristol (Nailsea)

The only thing I found a little disappointing about the Towequipe bar was the fact it only came finished in primer. I would have been nice if it had been powder coated or something.

Instead of painting it I have taken to a local electro-plater and am haing it zinc plated to stop it rusting like all the other towbars I've ever had!

IanJ
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IanFJ · Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Posts: 816 Location: Bristol (Nailsea)

Finally got round to fitting it. Generally a piece of cake apart from the instructions not being very clear about poking the bolts for the angled bits through the chassis members (a bit fiddly with my big fingers).

Just got to wire it up now.

IanJ
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gary2610 · Joined: 30 Aug 2008 Posts: 170 Location: nottinghamshire

as any one got picture by picture on how to and how they fitted a tow bar please as I've got one to fit and I've no instructions or how to wire the sockets as well

thanks gary :? :?