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Ayjayh



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Heavy tailgate - help with lifting?

The tailgate on my 2013 HSE Lux is getting heavier as I get older. My wife has real difficulty lifting it particularly as it is a one handed job and especially heavy when the car is on a downhill slope.
If the tailgate popped out a little when the catch was released, just enough to get the fingers of both hands under, it would be a great help.
Alternatively an external handle might be better.
Has anyone got any good ideas to help? MY13 SD HSE LUX Ipanema Sand
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chicken george



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one or both of the gas struts is probably failing, try dan at duckworths for a new one
or
http://www.land-rover-parts-shop.com/en/ui...;year=2009
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LAND-ROVER-FREEL...2207542928
will be easy to change just borrow a strong friend to hold tailgate up as you swap. At work
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axle



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WOW cg you can be helpful when you try Rolling with laughter Common sense isn't very common.
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Ayjayh



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Thank you CG, Next time I spot a friendly looking FL owner I'll ask if I can try their tailgate to see if it is any easier than mine.
Do you have a FL2? When you release the catch, does you tailgate pop open even a little so you can get your fingers under it? MY13 SD HSE LUX Ipanema Sand
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chicken george



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it should just pop open after button press At work
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chicken george



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axle wrote:
WOW cg you can be helpful when you try Rolling with laughter



the poster seems decent, not the type to own a caravan so I will help At work
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axle



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thought that might be the case Laughing

have to lift my tailgate as I press the button, it is a 2007 model so maybe it needs new struts as well. Common sense isn't very common.
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Ayjayh wrote:
My wife has real difficulty lifting it particularly as it is a one handed job.....

I got a pair of struts from here http://www.sgs-engineering.com/ for my last car. Should have done it earlier, it made a massive difference. Replace both. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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