Recent content by M4ttB

I think when they were penned by bmw, that was done on an excursion to Solihull whilst visiting one of the local drinkerys, discovering some cheap British lager lol Luckily it’s all back together, just awaiting the call from the local landerover dealer for the replacement bolts. Hoping that...

Just as I started to loose my farkin marbles it mysteriously just goes into position. I tell there’s no bonkers engineering like this on my R8. It’s put together like a watch :D

Bolt out. Now replacing the shock. Is this doable one person. Seems to be some kind of Japanese game show caper, shock at an angle with rotating top.

Thread end of the bolts fubard now, so new bolts ordered. :(

I’ve put an impact gun on the dam thing and it still won’t turn :mad:

Oh joy. Slightly cautious of heat near the driveshaft boot. It’s had plenty of penetrating fluid, and the hub moves freely. It takes me back to working on series 2a and 3’s with my dad. I remember now why I’ve tried to steer clear of working on landrovers :D

Hmmm these things are never straight forward. Strut to hub mounting bolts nuts are off, but the bottom refuses to move. Not even turn. Any tricks to this one.

Thanks Tricky. I’ve owned the car for 7 of its 11 years and bought it from Landrover so I guess it has its original struts. As for the cost of the unit, I couldn’t find anything much cheaper for a 2010 - 2012 with variable damping. Don’t suppose any one knows of a decent source to download...

In all honesty, I hadn’t given the other side any thought at this stage. Simply getting the vehicle operational again. I’ll probably use the replacement of other side as entertainment over Christmas.

Yes

When I say orientation, I’m referring to the orientation of the height sensor arm. Yes the 419 was a complete variable damping strut unit from Island 4x4.

Ok understood. Is the bag replacement as reliable as a complete unit.

This is reassuring to hear. Gives me hope all will be well when I swap the shock out. Cheers

Learnings.. in that I’ll be triple checking everything is correctly orientated in future. Expensive as the new shock was £419!!

Yeah there was a bit of banging then the psssstt. I realised after the event that some of the noise was the suspension being rock hard for short distance. To be fair the bag rubber does look “dried out” compared to the new one. Expensive lesson learned.