stutab

Well-Known Member

• Nov 24, 2014

• #1

Hi. Can somebody shed some light on this problem. I bought these headers from Sodbury last spring. They had come off a 3.9 disco. I am trying to fit them onto my 3.5 RRC but the angle of the exit is lined up nicely with the cross member. Is this cross member different on Disco's? Am I being a pillock and somehow fitting them wrong? Any advice welcome before I try to straighten the bend at the end.

And before anyone says the yellow breather pipes are to close they are not fixed yet.

 

marccleave

Active Member

• Nov 24, 2014

• #2

I'm assuming the gearbox cross member is slightly different on a 3.9 Discovery? the y piece on my classic fits above the cross member and meets the downpipes.

So I guess you could either try and straighten the pipe or cut if off and weld it to the correct angle.

 

stutab

Well-Known Member

• Nov 24, 2014

• #3

Will look on a Disco in a bit but from memory they are fairly similar.

 

stutab

Well-Known Member

• Nov 24, 2014

• #4

Well just crawled under the wife's disco. I have answered my own question.

So. Does anyone have a cross member from a Disco for sale?

 

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chris200100

New Member

• Nov 24, 2014

• #5

The disco gearbox crossmember is completely different to yours. A mate tried to fit a RRC 3.9 manifolds to his disco and it wouldn't fit he bought the correct manifolds and there was a difference.

The disco gearbox crossmember is this type look on eBay item number 261650698123

 

stutab

Well-Known Member

• Nov 24, 2014

• #6

Ye cheers. I have found that on flebay. Bit more than I wanted to spend but cheaper than a new set of headers.

Silly question but will the disco cross member definitely fit a RRC? I know they are supposed to be the same chassis.

 

stutab

Well-Known Member

• Nov 24, 2014

• #7

Sod ebay. Got one off Facebook for £35 delivered

 

classic kev

Well-Known Member

• Nov 25, 2014

• #8

Hi Stu, IIRC I was once told there are actually 3 different types of "y" pipe depending on whether you have an early or late RRC whether it is manual or auto and whether or not it has cats. The cross members are different between early RRC and later ones. So I guess that the headers will be slightly different too. Anyway that's my two pence worth (if it's worth that much!)

 

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chris200100

New Member

• Nov 25, 2014

• #9

Yeah the crossmember will fit the are the all same length just different shapes if you look on the microcat parts book there's three different ones just for discos