Mitsubishi Delica Owners Club UK™

Julieann · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 7 Location: Kent, UK

Hi all

Second question of the night - we are having a towbar fitted to our LWB Deli on Friday.

Should the garage have needed the chassis number before saying they can do the job? He just said, "well, if its like a shogun I can do it".

Is it that straightforward

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Pajeropah · Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 21:27 Post subject:

Should be if you get the correct towbar. Fitted mine excluding the electrics in about 45 minutes. Took me about another hour or so to do a single electrical socket spread over 2 to 3 days. You do need to know the first 3 or 4 letters of the chassis number to get the correct towbar (ie PE8W or P35W (I think) meaning L400 or L300). HTH

Julieann · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 7 Location: Kent, UK

Thanks thats what I thought. He didn't ask for that!!! Maybe I'll ring him tomorrow... :?

sten · Joined: 31 Mar 2006 Posts: 6 Location: Bakewell, Derbyshire

Fit it yourself, a fairly easy job and save a load of money. I fitted mine that I bought on ebay, about 45 mins to fit the bar and about an hour for the electrics.

safetyman73 · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:54 Post subject:

Heres one on E-Bay now with every thing you will need but note the chassis number.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MITSUBISHI-Delica-IMPORT-ONLY-TOW-BAR-KIT-Mi-456_W0QQitemZ330011700237QQihZ014QQcategoryZ33653QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Sam Vimes · Joined: 21 May 2006 Posts: 120 Location: Doncaster UK

I did find the motorists discount shop, got the wrong one for me, even though the catalogue number was correct with the chassis number :? I got the correct one two weeks ago and was a TOW SURE Model TC705, this is for chassis series PE8W & PD8W
Fitted perfectly in 45 Min's
Good Luck
Andy
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LITTLEKENGRIFF · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 20:21 Post subject:

did mine and as everyone else says about 45 mins plus about 1hr to sort/tidy /check electrics
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henryswagon · Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Posts: 49 Location: Salisbury

Julieann,

Two questions in one night eh? Tow bar fitting is easy if a little dirty. The rear panel, chassis and boot floor are predrilled to accept the tow bar and electrics.

Tow bar - have a look on EBAY, TOWEQUIP sell them for around £120 plus postage. If you have an L400 4WD you will need a TC705 tow bar.

To fit you will need to remove your rear nudge bar (if fitted), and use the fixing points for that. The forward fixing points for the bracing pieces is a little more tricky but not impossible.

Electrics – Pass the 7-core cable along the tow bar and up into the right hand light cluster, if you look underneath the vehicle you will see that there are two 35mm grommets, use one of these and feed the wires up past the bottle jack. Remove the light cluster (two screws and a good pull), to expose the wiring. You can pick up the R/H sidelight, R/H indicator stop light from there, there are also some earth points just behind the light cluster. Locate the feed to the fog light and connect and then run a two-core cable either around the boot gasket rubber or under the edge of the carpet to the L/H light cluster. You can then pick up the L/H sidelight and L/H indicator feed.

Good luck again, with the money you are saving you could afford a Pajero!