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I was at the junkyard this afternoon and got to talking with one of the guys in there and he happens to own a 90 and 92 pathy which is lifted and has 33's on it..He told me that he used a front spring from a 1996-2000 land rover discovery and it gave him a 3.5 lift...no body lift ..I went and checked a 2000 land rover discovery while I was there and it sure looked like itll work..I didnt have enough time to have one of the guys pull it out but ill be back tomorrow to check it

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I dont mind being the guinea pig on this guys...lol.....I gotta contribute here somehow besides I need to replace my rear springs ..I will keep you guys posted if I dont get side tracked on all my projects

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the guy I spoke with this afternoon built both his pathy from jy finds..hes even driving a lifted hb for his yard vehicle

 

This is what I saw when I first walked in at pull and save yard this morning :D it even runs. It has bad exhaust manifold gasket on both sides from the little inspection I did. My buddy offered a grand for it and he was turned down..they said they can make more parting it

 

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now that we have a few more options, we need a sticky with a list, so far we have F100, JGC, G-body, and now Disco springs, god i love building stuff out of junkyards!!!!!

I agree, but I'm waiting for some confirmation... ;)

 

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hold on guys cant go to the yard yet coz my son is on spring break.cant take him with me coz hes only 14 and wife works till 7 ..Im headin out tuesday on her day off.will keep you folks posted

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damn, see if you can snag parts from that - I'd kill for the CV joints at this point, lol. (assuming it's compatible with a '90 of course)

 

90-95 all has the same cv . You know you can rebuild yours if it just has a torn boot. Ive done it twice and its not that hard

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yeah, maybe its a junkyard insurance deal? i already had a car when i was 14 :) and i drag my 4year old with me when i go, but my fav JY around here probably doesn't even carry insurance.

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Cant go to the yard with your son becaus he's 14? That's a great father/son activity I would think :shrug:

Thats their insurance policy I was told..another jy here which is pick and pull allows kids in their yard but theres hardly any pathy in there..Even the main jy here which is spaldings doesnt allow my son to be with me even escorted with their yardman :broken:

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That's great that your willing t give it a try beer.gif And even better it they work out! thumbsup.gif

 

Yeah some yards don't allow kids while some do. Those that don't claim insurance, but a local yard here in town (sadly they specialize in older vehicles and never have anything new enough for me to use anymore) said the insurance claim is just an excuse most of the time. The main reason was theft.. by teens and parents loading little kids with small parts.

 

That was originally he said, how days insurance may be a legit reason.

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90-95 all has the same cv . You know you can rebuild yours if it just has a torn boot. Ive done it twice and its not that hard

 

Oh snap, really?

 

I'd love you LONG time if you told me how to do a rebuild! This is the second time in under a year I've had this happen... I think it's the shops fault since the truck isn't lifted at all and the angle LOOKS fine to me!

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Oh snap, really?

 

I'd love you LONG time if you told me how to do a rebuild! This is the second time in under a year I've had this happen... I think it's the shops fault since the truck isn't lifted at all and the angle LOOKS fine to me!

 

holy hijack :) there is a thread on here somewhere that has a pictorial on doing it, i am surprised the search Nazis havent pointed you from your errant ways yet

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Especially since we just finished mentioning that this could be pinned as a SPRING OPTIONS thread. If and when this gets pinned, perhaps a Moderator will clean up the thread and remove things non related. Like this post for instance.

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Hey guys sorry for the late update on this thread...I just got back from the jy and the dude that told me about this spring option was mistaken. He pulled out both front springs on a 96 land rover discovery and to his surprise the left side was shorter than the right and skinnier. I went out in the yard with him and looked at all the land rovers from 96-2000 and sure enough they do have skinnier springs on the drivers side than the passenger. So while he was scratching his head I asked im if could it be possible that the previous owner of that rig whre he pulled the springs out of used rear springs for the front instead of the original front coz I was looking at the rear springs and it looks more like what he had in his pathy. He swear that it came out of a 96 and both front.Hes also thinking that it might be an aftermarket springs

I was short for time so I told him that ill come back wednesday and call them in advance and have him pull the rear springs out so we can measure it.

 

I will keep you guys posted on this project

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Hey guys sorry for the late update on this thread...I just got back from the jy and the dude that told me about this spring option was mistaken. He pulled out both front springs on a 96 land rover discovery and to his surprise the left side was shorter than the right and skinnier. I went out in the yard with him and looked at all the land rovers from 96-2000 and sure enough they do have skinnier springs on the drivers side than the passenger. So while he was scratching his head I asked im if could it be possible that the previous owner of that rig whre he pulled the springs out of used rear springs for the front instead of the original front coz I was looking at the rear springs and it looks more like what he had in his pathy. He swear that it came out of a 96 and both front.Hes also thinking that it might be an aftermarket springs

I was short for time so I told him that ill come back wednesday and call them in advance and have him pull the rear springs out so we can measure it.

 

I will keep you guys posted on this project

 

 

what about using two RH springs from the disco?

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