Originally Posted by
dick180641
Thanks "uninformed", replying to you (for more info!):-
1.Yes! apart from the removal of the LL (and an engine change, see below) she's all original, I've had her since new, now got 300th K's on the clock.
OK so if they are the original you now have a base rate for "feel" that would be 180lb
2.weight? A LOT! 9 pax, 200lts diesel, 100lts water, camp gear, 2 spares, full length roofrack (loaded)
What is 9 pax? The diesel and water would be about 250kg plus tank weights, so say 300kg plus the other gear...how much of this is carried by the rear axle only?
3. Handling, well she's a bit 'rolly' and very 'soft' and 'bottoms out' badly on bumps (I can see cuts in the BS rubbers due to pounding) It needs new shocks, but I'll wait until the new springs are in before I get them.
Well the BS copping a pounding are due to your now old sagged springs AND the fact they were designed to work WITH the load leveller....But if you like the ride, other than the bottoming out, you could go for a new spring in either same rate of a bit more ( Say upto 220lb)
4. I replaced the V8 (only due to fuel and rego costs) and put in an Ex Rangie VM 2.4 diesel (50,000k ago) I'm very satisfied with its performance and reliability &c., but it seemed to accentuate the "front up-rear down" attitude of the vehicle. So I think that I'd need the HEAVIER rate rear springs (which are they? w/ or w/out LL?)
This could have also co-insided with your LL crapping out...I would doubt the VM deisel to be that much lighter than the 3.5 v8...
5. I dont think I'd get the LL rebuilt, I consider it extra weight w/out a great deal of benefit and ALL my travel is on bad roads as I live up north of Cooktown FNQ.
Then go with a slightly heavier spring rate and to the length you require.
6. I do all my own work on my vehicles, and I'm a bit of a Rover freak, having 4 Rover 2000TC saloons, 2 series 1's, 5 series 2's, 2 series 3's, 1 County, 1 Rangie and 1 disco. (Land Rover:- the grown man's meccano set!)
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