Disco 2 Dumb question #261: Do I have locking wheel nuts?

I'm having some tyres fitted next week and (unusually for me) thought I'd dig out the locking wheel nut 'key' but can't find one. I've never had a puncture and these are the first new tyres since I've had it but I just assumed - like every car I've owned in the last 20 years - it would have locking nuts.

So I look at the wheels and there's no obvious locking nut but one of the nuts on each wheel has a 'dimple' in it.

I've come to the conclusion that I don't have locking nuts but why does one nut have the dimple?

The one with the dimple is a locking wheel nut.
In you vehicle tool kit, which on the Disco 2 should be in a Land Rover wallet stored in the pocket in the rear tailgate door you should find not only a wheel brace, a two piece handle for the bottle jack and two collapsible wheel chocks but a strange looking plastic tube thing and an odd looking round thing with a hexagonal shape on one end.
The plastic tube will fit over the wheel nut with the dimple and lock in place. Then you just pull it straight off and the dimple cover will come off and reveal the locking nut underneath it.
Now guess what? That funny round thing with the hexagonal end should now be able to fit on the round wheel nut and turn it into a wheel nut which you will be able to remove with the wheel brace.

Ah... now if only I could open the tailgate at the moment!
But that's another issue.

I have binned all my locking wheel nuts on all of our motors.
Find they are more hassle than they are worth.
Had to get 4 removed by a mobile mechanic on my wife's motor as broke 2 keys.
Had also replaced2 keys on my TD5.
Don't have them on my Disco 3 either.
All caused by tyre fitters and their laziness to use manual labour instead of air guns

Standard D1 & 2 fitment, locking wheel nuts with a cover over them.

You may have similar for the spare wheel but if it's any thing like the D1, it should has its own locknut as the spare wheel bolts are longer also its a different style altogether (it spins round when locked) it has a listed LR part number.

U may find the kit in the wallet in the boot door box but it's not compulsory, although mine was along with the nut wrench when I took delivery, so it could be any where and only the owner of the vehicle will know that. Pics below shows what u should be looking for.

The plastic tool is tapered, to remove the cover u have to push it out of the top, I once had an MG owned ask me how to remover the cover from the tool, no Forums to ask silly questions then

I've used locking wheel nut of various types over the years, 29 years with two Land Rovers, 10 with a RR and then 19 with my disco, plus cars before and the cars I now own/drive and never had any issues. But then your bound to get someone having a problem with them.

I did buy a spare set of cover remover and locking nut key from the bay so that I can leave the original set in the vehicle all the time. I should think that it's not much fun to try to get the wheel off by the side of the road only to remember that you left the key in the garage from last time you had the wheel off.
Spare keys are coded by a letter and cost about 15 quid or so.
You can sometimes see the letter stamped on the locking nut, but not always. I don't know, but the locking nut code letter does sound like the sort of security information which LR might keep on their vehicle database along with the EKA, etc. It would be worth a try; proof of ownership would be required.

Well, I've got the temperamental tailgate open - It works fine most of the time except when you really need to get in the boot i.e. last weekend with a Xmas tree - and have retrieved the wallet with everything in it.

biggeeeee said:

I have binned all my locking wheel nuts on all of our motors.
Find they are more hassle than they are worth.

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I could be tempted.

Higgo said:

Well, I've got the temperamental tailgate open .

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If I was you I'd bite the bullet and get the lock replaced before it completely gives up, they start the way yours is the one day it will just stop all together and then its Angle grinder time.

Higgo said:

Well, I've got the temperamental tailgate open - It works fine most of the time except when you really need to get in the boot i.e. last weekend with a Xmas tree - and have retrieved the wallet with everything in it.

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The tailgate door problem on the D2 is most often down to the release mechanism on the OUTSIDE of the door, not the workings inside it.
The usual remedy is to pop out the green oval badge so that you can get at the workings and use some spray oil like GT85 to get everything nicely freed up and operating smoothly again. I usually finish of with some spray grease which tends to stick where you put it a bit better than oil.

Mine wasn't door lock actuator was knackered and there has been a lot of them
Well worth trying to spray the release but as I said be warned if its not that

biggeeeee said:

I have binned all my locking wheel nuts on all of our motors.
Find they are more hassle than they are worth.
Had to get 4 removed by a mobile mechanic on my wife's motor as broke 2 keys.
Had also replaced2 keys on my TD5.
Don't have them on my Disco 3 either.
All caused by tyre fitters and their laziness to use manual labour instead of air guns

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Give Merseyside a wide berth

cooltide said:

Give Merseyside a wide berth

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goes without saying