Island also do genuine Land rover but i doubt you would be daft enough to pay genuine prices. Getting bushes is one thing fitting them unless you are tooled up for it is quite another.
Tenebreaux
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I'm confuzzled. Why the bias against poly? I've used them on other motors before and they're a great improvement, why the difference with LR?
They may well be an improvement on worn out originals. But not as good as new originals.
Isn't that one of the advantages of poly bushes is that they can be easier to install as they dont need to be squeezed through a mount like the rubber ones.
The rubber ones are better by a country mile. But you fit what you want to.
RangeRoller dt
Well-Sprung Member
No proper ones.
Europa486
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I have had mine in for 30 years (poly Bush) and still working perfectly, I would be looking at
Replacing them all if they had been rubber,
As I’m having to change all the rubber seals around the windows because they have dried out and cracked,
If poly bush done window seals I would fit them in a flash,
Replacing them all if they had been rubber,
As I’m having to change all the rubber seals around the windows because they have dried out and cracked,
If poly bush done window seals I would fit them in a flash,
So you bought the first production Disco 1 and the day you bought it fitted poly bushes. That is really amazing.
Europa486
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Yes and to be fair I have spent my life in the motor trade replacing bushes and decided I didn’t want that on my motor, funnily enough I came across the original receipt for them the other day, £149.23 for the full set,
I totally agree that the original bushes are softer and would give you slightly more axel articulation but my Disco
Didn’t come with anti roll bars ether so tended to wallow a bit even when new, so new bushes and roll bar kits front and back transformed her on road handling,
I totally agree that the original bushes are softer and would give you slightly more axel articulation but my Disco
Didn’t come with anti roll bars ether so tended to wallow a bit even when new, so new bushes and roll bar kits front and back transformed her on road handling,
Early Classics had weak front roll bars and no rear roll bars. They were dangerous to drive at speed. But that was changed and rear roll bars fitted. I cannot think why a Disco, even a three door would not have at least a front anti roll bar.
Europa486
Well-Known Member
It was a very early first production model and that’s how it came from Solihull ,
At the time I wasn’t fussed just pleased to have her, I have never been into off roading
( wash my mouth out with soap) and for her first Fifteen years she was a road working vehicle,
Once I have sorted out her floors and sill will put her back on the road for the new year,
I see in your avatar you have aPL4, did you Build her? I completed my Europa 11 years ago,
Putting my Discovery back on the road is my retirement project to keep me out in the workshop away
From the missus
At the time I wasn’t fussed just pleased to have her, I have never been into off roading
( wash my mouth out with soap) and for her first Fifteen years she was a road working vehicle,
Once I have sorted out her floors and sill will put her back on the road for the new year,
I see in your avatar you have aPL4, did you Build her? I completed my Europa 11 years ago,
Putting my Discovery back on the road is my retirement project to keep me out in the workshop away
From the missus
It was a very early first production model and that’s how it came from Solihull ,
At the time I wasn’t fussed just pleased to have her, I have never been into off roading
( wash my mouth out with soap) and for her first Fifteen years she was a road working vehicle,
Once I have sorted out her floors and sill will put her back on the road for the new year,
I see in your avatar you have aPL4, did you Build her? I completed my Europa 11 years ago,
Putting my Discovery back on the road is my retirement project to keep me out in the workshop away
From the missus
Yep built the Pazmany PL4 from a set of drawings back in the eighties. Sold it a few years ago but it is still flying about.
Some on here don't think so. First job was to make all the forming blocks. Moulds for the cowls wing tips etc were made later as was the form for moulding the canopy. Then made all the parts treated them and built jigs for the fuze and wings. Quite a long process but enjoyable.Well I take my hat off to you, doing a plan built aircraft is a magnificent achievement,
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