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Sorry i misread,i am talking about the steering box seal.

From what i`ve been told by my mates at bearmach and my other mate who works for stradstone this kit does`nt always work.My box as always groaned at full lock(02 def) and has a drip on the drop arm but no foaming in the res. This has been (NORMAL ?) with the landrovers for years.

Totally agree LR90,i have visited your excellent site and see your into your challenge vehicles,where as i on the other hand want a wagon that handles well at speed on the rough stuff and ledges, and the only reason i was going to change my shock mounts was to accept good quality dampers.But as you say this would reslult in shorter dampers with less travel which i no good to me or anybody,plus the fact you can`t even get quality dampers that short (unless hand built).So i`m leaning towards the varidamp (stock size just change front turrets to tublar to provide opening for the remote res),i know this is a lot of money for dampers but the wagons a keeper and used daily offroad and i feel for what i use the wagon for any upgrade has got to put the suspention and underbody protection top of the list followed by bucket seats and a millitary clutch.Would love to know if anyone is using the varidamps and what they think of them.Now let`s get cracking on with this fuel press reg valve (valve + h/gasket kit with my discount 161.13 genuine parts from bearmach).

Thanks for the info LR90,just looked the site up,some good kit,but after speaking to paul 'really helpfull' at tomcat this afternoon for nearly half an hour i`m going to try fuchs 'Dakar' dampers or if funds allow and i can try to do a deal with milners for my first chioce of the 'varidamps' which i can balance up with my custom wound progressive springs and both are direct replacements so no lower mounts or turrets messing about.I am quite curious why you changed to pin from the rose joint i would have thought that the rose would have given less strain on the joint.Will let you know how i get on. ALL THE BEST DAI

Thanks for the replies,heres some pics of what i`m after.

Hello all,just wondering if anyone knows where i can get some custom turrets with with an eye mount instead of the pin mount.I have an 02 def csw swb that needs sorting out, collapsed suspension Again.This is my first defender of my own but have driven them over the last 20 years and only owned 4x4s in 20 years. Always been a toyota man,still have one but as i only supply labour now i can get my kit in the wagon.I am a self-employed carpenter from the south wales valleys (Afan forest park) and contract out to flood prevention and coastal sea defence for my local environment agency i could not own a car if i wanted to thus only owned 4x4s.Anyway,had the land rover now 2 yrs and it needs doing, fuel pressure reg valve,discs all round,clutch,spings ,dampers,head gasket,ALL bushes,some seals it had 19000 on the clock when i had it and has 53000 now.Past experience had taught me ALL dampers that are under 400 pound or chuck away are in essence carp (for the way i drive).So i`m going to take advantage of the u.s dollar and get some real shocks for a fair price either fox or king.As you obviously know all PROPER 4x4 shocks only have eyes on the ends of rods so i need to change shock mounts from pin to eye,the rear bottom and front bottom i can get equipe ones for 82 quid from LRS but they want 270 quid for the equipe ones with the eye mount.So after blabbering on, back to my original question (anyone know where to get custom turrets for a fair price).My first post so sorry to go on a bit, looks like the best set up and practical site on the net.If was an american i`d say something like SICK INSANE AWSOME BITCHIN RAD or somthing like that. WALES FOREVER