Air strut replacement

[Russrobe]

Hey all,

So I'm busy getting the disco ready for a 5 week camping trip(GRR, Coral Bay, Darwin etc) in April/May.

There's a few parts I'm choosing to replace due to 200 000km on our odometer.

4 x air struts being one, has anybody sourced these recently? I just went out to find a part number, but I dont think the fronts are originals, i took some pics or the tag. And can't find a part number for the rears either...


Rear

New door seals, was hoping the dealer wouldn't be too bad a price, don't want to do this one myself as it needs to be done properly.

All cooling/radiator hoses was the last major i was going to do but now thinking twice about... They are date stamped the same as the car but still look like new..


Any advice much appreciated.

Thanks.

Russ

[PerthDisco]

Hey all,

So I'm busy getting the disco ready for a 5 week camping trip(GRR, Coral Bay, Darwin etc) in April/May.

There's a few parts I'm choosing to replace due to 200 000km on our odometer.

4 x air struts being one, has anybody sourced these recently? I just went out to find a part number, but I dont think the fronts are originals, i took some pics or the tag. And can't find a part number for the rears either...


Rear

New door seals, was hoping the dealer wouldn't be too bad a price, don't want to do this one myself as it needs to be done properly.

All cooling/radiator hoses was the last major i was going to do but now thinking twice about... They are date stamped the same as the car but still look like new..


Any advice much appreciated.

Thanks.

Russ

PeterOZ quoted these up in the Where to get Parts sticky towards the end. Keep us informed

[Russrobe]

I did find the fronts only from island 4x4 but they say OEM not Delphi?? Not much good to me without the rears though.. Was a great price i thought($490aud plus 100gbp shipping) for a pair.

[LandyAndy]

Russ.
I haven't looked at the D4 seals,but have a way of improving them no end,I did it on my D2.It used to suck dust really bad,this fixed it.
You get flyscreen rubber from Bunnings and put it inside your seals.The seals have "air vents" in them simply slide the tube in.Buy the most pliable,and the smallest diameter.I used a plastic airline as a chaser,2 or 3mm,the stuff they use on truck gear shifters.Run that thru then fix it to the flyscreen rubber,it fits inside,gaffa tape it too.Use lots of silicone spray as a lube,pull very slow and gently,hang on this is sounding like porn.Try and work it so the run avoids the 90deg bends as much as possible.There are multiple "air vents" in the seal(in a D2)so you can run a few chasers before drawing the flyscreen rubber.
We did a mates 100 Series too,his was much worse than my D2,solved his problem too.
Only pull gently,it can damage the door seal on tight bends.Use the airline I mentioned to join the ends of flyscreen tube
Worth looking at,will save you$$$$$$$$$$
Andrew

[Narangga]

Hey all,

So I'm busy getting the disco ready for a 5 week camping trip(GRR, Coral Bay, Darwin etc) in April/May.

There's a few parts I'm choosing to replace due to 200 000km on our odometer.

4 x air struts being one, has anybody sourced these recently? I just went out to find a part number, but I dont think the fronts are originals, i took some pics or the tag. And can't find a part number for the rears either...

Will have to undertake an inspection of your work on this when you finally get here Russ...

[Russrobe]

Russ.
I haven't looked at the D4 seals,but have a way of improving them no end,I did it on my D2.It used to suck dust really bad,this fixed it.
You get flyscreen rubber from Bunnings and put it inside your seals.The seals have "air vents" in them simply slide the tube in.Buy the most pliable,and the smallest diameter.I used a plastic airline as a chaser,2 or 3mm,the stuff they use on truck gear shifters.Run that thru then fix it to the flyscreen rubber,it fits inside,gaffa tape it too.Use lots of silicone spray as a lube,pull very slow and gently,hang on this is sounding like porn.Try and work it so the run avoids the 90deg bends as much as possible.There are multiple "air vents" in the seal(in a D2)so you can run a few chasers before drawing the flyscreen rubber.
We did a mates 100 Series too,his was much worse than my D2,solved his problem too.
Only pull gently,it can damage the door seal on tight bends.Use the airline I mentioned to join the ends of flyscreen tube
Worth looking at,will save you$$$$$$$$$$
Andrew

Thanks Andy, will have to try it on new ones maybe though as mine have worn through so badly on two doors that there is literally a 1 inch hole in the tube.... A few people have complained about brand new seals I've noticed so will be giving it a shot. Also need to remove the tail lights and silicon up the wire gromit after i hacked at it for the anderson cable...

[LandyAndy]

Thanks Andy, will have to try it on new ones maybe though as mine have worn through so badly on two doors that there is literally a 1 inch hole in the tube.... A few people have complained about brand new seals I've noticed so will be giving it a shot. Also need to remove the tail lights and silicon up the wire gromit after i hacked at it for the anderson cable...

Perhaps a flywire tube job and sillycum,no maybe Sika Flex will still be much cheaper than genuine.
I repaired a few holes in my D2 with black sikaflex at the same time,simply paste it on and cover with gladwrap,it sets overnite,gladwrap eventually breaks down,leaves the sikaflex shiny.
Andrew

[LRD414]

I just went out to find a part number, but I dont think the fronts are originals, i took some pics or the tag. And can't find a part number for the rears either...

Russ, part numbers easily sourced from lrcat.com
Front - LR032646
Rear - LR038096
These are the D4 part numbers. The digits on the actual struts shown in your photos are the supplier part numbers which can be used for some things but are not always useful.

Should be able to source from a few UK outlets using those numbers, e.g. lrdirect or Duckworths.

Trip sounds great. Cheers,
Scott

[Russrobe]

Russ, part numbers easily sourced from lrcat.com
Front - LR032646
Rear - LR038096
These are the D4 part numbers. The digits on the actual struts shown in your photos are the supplier part numbers which can be used for some things but are not always useful.

Should be able to source from a few UK outlets using those numbers, e.g. lrdirect or Duckworths.

Trip sounds great. Cheers,
Scott

Thanks Scott, I'll bookmark that website.

Now, which of the 5 brands of air struts available do you choose... Land rover are double the price of OE and Dunlop....

[Fatso]

Dunlop would seem to be a goer at least i know the name !! , any one know how the struts are freighted over to oz , a set of 4 would be a bit heavy for air freight i would imagine .