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G'day buddy, Great bunch around here mate, great advice, heaps of knowledge & experience and some great laughs too,
Some one should be able to help you out with your mystery, but not I. Dont know a great deal about the early trols,
even the later come to think of it...lol
cheers for all youre help. Def registered dec 89. Its not a turbo. The leaf springs are allmost straite with a load of around 75kg over the one side, allso it bangs if i go over a pot hole, seems to be cooming from the back end. Have posted some pic see if that helps. Cheers again Rob
1989 GQ LPG / PET TB42 LWB WAGON 4'LIFT 33's
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cheers for all youre help. Def registered dec 89. Its not a turbo. The leaf springs are allmost straite with a load of around 75kg over the one side, allso it bangs if i go over a pot hole, seems to be cooming from the back end. Have posted some pic see if that helps. Cheers again Rob
Ok Rob, by the looks of your spring i can see, it seems about right. The bump would lead me to believe either you shock absorbers are old and not working correctly and/or you leaf spring bushes are flogged out. They can look ok until you drop the spring packs out. Try to replace them with original rubber ones if you can get them. Not sure where you are?
By the way I like your taillight protectors, did you have them made? And whats with your front bumper bar, it seems to be packed out with spacers?
Do you have 15" or 16" wheels? They look good by the way. And the guard clearance height looks about right to me for a standard. I am surprised about non turbo though.
Tim
Getting Older Is Unavoidable, Growing Up Is Optional!
Cheers for confirming MK. Yep has 15" wheels that are just having new boots fitted today. The rear guards came with it when i got it, not sure whether they are of the shelf or not. The front ends had a bit of a knock, flatterning a lamp post, not sure about spacers on the bumper, to dark to look now. The van has started rolling side to side when towing around 2 Ton at 55MPH. whould this point to shocks, as you have hinted that this may be the course of the knocking. Rob
It sounds very much the place I would be starting, and maybe look for a bigger leaf pack(Heavy Duty) for the rear. MQ Mad may be able to help with supply of springs.
Tim
Getting Older Is Unavoidable, Growing Up Is Optional!
Originally Posted by robus1
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