Replacing Shock Absorbers

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Josiah Wilson

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Okay, so I ordered complete suspension replacements for my 88 Land Rover Santana 2500 DL. It's Basically a Defender 110. However, after receiving all of the shocks in, I realised that not one single shock is similar to what I have on my truck.

Naturally, one would order the replacement parts, but there's no aftermarket or OEM for Santana 2500 DL.

Would anyone have any ideas as to what Land Rover these would come from?

The fronts look like this;
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Whilest the rear look like this;

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With the exception of them not looking new, rusted, and mostly black.

Any help would be appreciated. The suspension is sagging to the point where the rear leafs are almost completely flat...
 
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as jai says,santana on leafs,compare to a 109 if its sagging shockers wont cure it. needs new springs.what you need is a dealer.there must be one somewhere as the utility companies use some. i believe they are now marketed as iveco
 
Ya, I looked into Series replacements, but they're different as well. I've sent an e-mail to Santana, hopefully I'll get a response within the next year heh. They're rather slow on that kind of stuff.
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But, I do have the right leafs for it. So, if I replace those I should be okay for the time being?
 
Go ahead renew leafs,fronts look just like 109 ones,rears eye and rod are wrong way round for series.Try taking a rear damper to a motor factors they may find you the same thing used on other vehicles.I had transit ones on my old two,worked fine and gave extra axle movement too.
 
Go ahead renew leafs,fronts look just like 109 ones,rears eye and rod are wrong way round for series.Try taking a rear damper to a motor factors they may find you the same thing used on other vehicles.I had transit ones on my old two,worked fine and gave extra axle movement too.

Fantastic, thanks for the advice!
 
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