How-To: Installation Notes on Installing a Genuine Land Rover Ladder on a Land Rover Discovery

Tom Proctor at DiscoWeb.org provides valuable notes on installing a genuine Land Rover ladder on a Land Rover Discovery.

It begins:

Fig.2 in the LR direction sheet is incomplete to say the least. The idea is that you have to compress the rivnut on the inner side of the body panel. I could not find the Rivnut-tool locally so I did without it. You can buy the tool as part of a Rivnut kit for about $70, and others have said you can get the tool alone even cheaper. But these directions are the least expensive way to do the job right.

Also, my ladder was the genuine LR rear ladder, so the following info only pertains if you have the same. If you have an aftermarket ladder you're on your own. To complete the install, you will need the following additional items (not supplied in the LR Ladder Kit):

(1) M6 socket-head cap screw, preferably grade 8(1) 5mm allen key for the above bolt
(2) M6 nuts(2-4) M6 washers
(1) pliers or vice grips(1) 9mm drill bit
 

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