How to prevent rear door from swing shut?

The safari door on my 110 is now refurbished (lock barrel replaced, window refitted and sealed to prevent leaks, wiper and washer fault diagnosed and repaired, striker adjusted, metal treated, etc) but the door keeps swinging shut in the wind or the Landy is tilting the wrong way, which is made worse now I have the weight of the spare tyre on the door.

Has anyone devised some sort of latch mechanism to prevent this happening? I'm looking for ideas to lock the door in position from the inside when it's open rather than going round to the outside of the door to latch it into position, although suggestions either way would be appreciated.

cut a piece of broom handle and jam it in place when door open

thought it was mine! said:

cut a piece of broom handle and jam it in place when door open

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Ha. I did try that with a piece of wood, but when I climb in there's a lot of pressure put onto the door from underneath.

ok how about bungy rope with the hooks, from door to wheel arch.

mud uk do an upgrade part, rear door gas strut.
but expensive but im sure you could get 1 on ebay + bastardize your own for a tenner?

MUD-UK - Defender Rear Door Gas Strut

lol trewey beat me to it!

deaftonewonder said:

mud uk do an upgrade part, rear door gas strut.
but expensive but im sure you could get 1 on ebay + bastardize your own for a tenner?

MUD-UK - Defender Rear Door Gas Strut

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Shocking price, but nice idea. A rear boot strut from a scrappie might do the job.

disgusting price, but some good ideas on there

deaftonewonder said:

disgusting price, but some good ideas on there

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The place for finding cheap bodging parts: gas strut | eBay

you thinking of giving it a go greenlove?

would be interested in what you come up with m8, maybe a 'how too'?

deaftonewonder said:

you thinking of giving it a go greenlove?

would be interested in what you come up with m8, maybe a 'how too'?

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I'm going to try and will upload a solution asap.

Well?

Picking up my spare wheel on Monday. Have the parts for the idea (bits of scrap). Will attempt something this week.

I would consider fitting it at the top instead as would have thought it would get knocked a bit loading and unloading.

chunkymunky said:

I would consider fitting it at the top instead as would have thought it would get knocked a bit loading and unloading.

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The current plan is to attach a metal swing arm to the lower outside of the door. The door swings open, then the vertical bolt at the end of the swingarm (which rolls along a horizontal runner attached to the body beneath the rear window) will gravity drop into locking position. Pics will do a better job than my explanations really.

thought it was mine! said:

ok how about bungy rope with the hooks, from door to wheel arch.

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yep, think we have all done this with a 90 etc.. this is what i did with mine , with a massive spare wheel on the tailgate.

1spin said:

yep, think we have all done this with a 90 etc.. this is what i did with mine , with a massive spare wheel on the tailgate.

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Where abouts was it fastened on the door, or did you attach it to the actual wheel support?

GreenLove said:

Where abouts was it fastened on the door, or did you attach it to the actual wheel support?

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bungee rope , round the handle , then somewhere around the bottom of rear wheel arch...

I like the idea of a gas strut set up but Mud do seem a touch expensive (or I'm just a tight arse!).