Where's my front towing eye?
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Topic: Where's my front towing eye?
Posted By: Ex-car bloke
Subject: Where's my front towing eye?
Date Posted: 08 Jan 10 at 13:57
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Silly question, but when I needed a tow up a slippy slope last week I couldn't find the front towing eye. I popped out the left and right bumper mouldings (where the foglamps fit) but to no avail. The area under the front bumper has a plastic belly pan across the whole front.
Can anyone point me in the right direction please? ------------- ECB 2006 SWB 174 window van 
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Posted By: Delfhill
Date Posted: 08 Jan 10 at 14:03
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With mine you take off the offside foglight surround which should reveal a threaded hole in a steel bracket. I believe it might be a reverse thread, ie screw in anticlockwise. The towing eye itself, packaged with the jack then screws into that. Does this mean you are about to get towed out into the big wide world again for provisions?!
------------- 4Motion 130 window van, medium roof, camper conversion. |
Posted By: T5 TDI
Date Posted: 08 Jan 10 at 16:20
Don't do this EXB- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMi0yAarjEM - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMi0yAarjEM You have to watch it right to the end......  ------------- 2004 2.5 174 |
Posted By: mildu
Date Posted: 08 Jan 10 at 17:58
WTF......great vid.... well done mister yank
------------- '57 130 T30 |
Posted By: Ex-car bloke
Date Posted: 08 Jan 10 at 18:09
Thanks mate, much appreciated, I'll examine it closer, I reckon mine will be the same as yours.
No plans to get out onto the road anytime very soon, but just planning ahead! The farm track is now deeply rutted snow frozen rock hard so even the 4x4 slides about a bit. Trying to figure out how to do a car share with Mrs ECB's RAV4 but she needs it for work and I need to carry all my tools and two spaniels each day, so a bit of a tricky one! ------------- ECB 2006 SWB 174 window van
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Delfhill wrote:Posted By: Ex-car bloke
Date Posted: 08 Jan 10 at 18:16
Never mind "LOL", I was on the floor laughing at that one!!
OTFL ------------- ECB 2006 SWB 174 window van
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Posted By: blackvanman
Date Posted: 08 Jan 10 at 18:31
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that was funny!!
------------- '09' 174 kombi, swb, pearl black |
Posted By: T5 TDI
Date Posted: 08 Jan 10 at 19:59
Still cracks me up and I must have seen it ten times.  And there's worse on there...... unbelievable. Only in America!------------- 2004 2.5 174 |
Posted By: gadget
Date Posted: 08 Jan 10 at 20:24
| anyone know where you can get a towing eye as i havent got any jack or eye with my van |
Posted By: Tim the gas
Date Posted: 08 Jan 10 at 21:48
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Anyone know where you can get a new towing eye, rear bumper and rear panel for one of those cars !!  Still rolling around on the floor laughing at that one.  ------------- 2004 T30 174-AXE- CELTIC MAPPED TO 228 BHP - LWB TORNADO RED PANEL VAN |
Posted By: energysolutions
Date Posted: 08 Jan 10 at 21:52
Ya dont need one, just hook it to the bumper like the bloke in that video
------------- !!Never Eat Yellow Snow!! |