D1 V8 radiator - best place to get one ?

Went green laning last night in my disco 1 v8,
She started to get warm every now and again,
Checked the radiator and was suprised to find no fins left in it !
Amazing the car didnt overheat !

So, i need a new radiator, cheaper the better,
Anyone reccomend somewhere to get one ?

have your own one recore'd at a rad company local to you or get a new genuine part rad from an indi parts supplier on the web. I understand there's problems sometimes with connecting a pattern parts rad.

A genuine rad is £450,
Aftermarket £250,
I think it will be an aftermarket one !

Hunty said:

A genuine rad is £450,
Aftermarket £250,
I think it will be an aftermarket one !

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Like Discool says get it reconditioned by someone locally, if you ring a couple of local motor-factors they will be able to point you in the right direction for someone to do it.

smurphy said:

Like Discool says get it reconditioned by someone locally, if you ring a couple of local motor-factors they will be able to point you in the right direction for someone to do it.

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Just as smurphy said then you know the refitting is just the reverse of the undoing as the Haynes book would say

I for one couldn't handle the mis-match of connections that has been posted in the past in LR forums with patten parts some PP's may be ok but I for one don't want to find out if that's true..

Also u don't have to buy gen parts from a main dealer, indi's give a good discount.

Do you know if disco 2 3.9v8 radiator is the same as the disco 1 ?
£260 is the cheapest ive found, thats an aftermarket from a parts specialist.

mine cost 160 to have re conditioned, took 10 mins to refit

V8_Disco said:

mine cost 160 to have re conditioned, took 10 mins to refit

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Mine was £170 but I went slightly bigger in size for the extra £10.

They are on eBay for 15-45 quid second hand in reasonable shape.

I just upgraded to a bearmach HD rad, cost 180.

I looked on eBay and was amazed how cheap you can buy an acceptable second hand one.

Mine had a portion of fins missing, I got 25 off eBay.

Mine was getting toasty off roading hence the upgrade, but it did have a lot of mud in it also.

Regular removal and washing out is required for optimum performance!!

I cant find one anywhere for that kind of money !
Bearmach where do i get that ?
Do you have a link ?
Mine is a 3.9 auto, does that make a difference ?

Just checked Bearmach,
Standard one delivered £314.63
Uprated one £366.33

Hunty said:

I cant find one anywhere for that kind of money !
Bearmach where do i get that ?
Do you have a link ?
Mine is a 3.9 auto, does that make a difference ?

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Auto does make a difference, due to it having extra oil coolant pipes on the left-hand side (if sat in drivers seat) for the gearbox. Maybe these can help but you would have to do without your landy for a couple of days.

Sweet !
Just rang them up £170 delivered, exchange
12 months warrenty,

Brilliant !
Cheers smurphy !

worth remembering that place, it's only 15 minutes from me

For reference the one I bought is

Bearmach ZBR3131HD

It's in the BM catalogue!!

Hunty said:

Sweet !
Just rang them up £170 delivered, exchange
12 months warrenty,

Brilliant !
Cheers smurphy !

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No worries