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Thanks mate ... and yeah I hear ya on the cost factor. I'll wait to hear back from you.

Best, Simon.

Who were the QLD mob that did the job and what was the ballpark price? I like Series Gearboxes actually, but then again I'm a retro grouch.

Just curious if anyone here has had the Melbourne FWD's HRTC conversion done? I'm in the midst of a restoration of a 64 S2A 88" with a Holden 186. I've got an oil cooler but when weighing up between an overdrive and HRTC with a Holden engine the HRTC seems to be the better way to go. Anyone got any ...

Hey Daddy,

The two guys I know personally in OZ who both have RM Para's on their Series vehicles have never had anything but great things to say about them and no reports of the kind you mentioned. It's also fair to say that they offroad to a relative degree of difficulty, atleast enough to have ...

Hey Ben

I was going to get the 2 front and 2 rears in the para's...I would have liked to get the 3 in the rear for loads but they cost quite a bit more.

I was just about to pull the trigger on the RM's....but everytime I talk to you about it I just keep wanting to try for the standard set up ...

Hey Ben,

I responded on the other forum to this also...yeah I've shopped around and the prices are high allover; piss poor. I think the dollar being down doesn't help matters either. The cost of new springs in standards is so high at the moment that I'll go with the RM Para's.

A question I ...

Hey Ben,

Excellent info mate, I'll go and digest all that and get back to you for any further clarification. By the way, that spread sheet link...I couldn't open it on my system. Is there some other way to get to it, or view it?

I am crap at maths and trigonometry...the only kind I know ...

Hey Ben,

So could you address my recent questions two posts above? Just regarding the compression etc?

Thanks mate.

. On subject of spring travel....there is only so much flex a spring can take or acheive on the front of a Landie....they are too short to do more.

Hey Nick,

Thanks for your contributions to this discussion. With regards to the spring travel I think Ben has shown that good wheel travel is ...

OK - if the rears truly are 8mm thick, then they are about 530lb/in which is ridiculously stiff. I would reccommend removing all but the first (main leaf), second (leaf with loose eyes) and the 4th leaf.

When you say loose eye's what does this indicate? Can I just undo the leaf pack from the ...

OMG - if the rears are 8x 8mm thick the spring pack will have a rate of about 500lb/in!!! that is heavier than the heaviest springs fitted to a std 109" !!! I have 6x7.1mm leaves in my 109, but cut down a lot which gives me about 260lb/in. If they are really 8mm (not 7.1 - which LR used) then you ...

Hey Ben,

I just went out with the torch and got this...

Front springs (very rusty and need replacing)

10 leaves

From top to bottom

5mm - 4mm - 4mm - 5mm - 4mm - 4mm - 4mm - 4mm - 4mm - 4mm

Back Springs (Good nick)

8 Leaves

All 8mm thick...

Whats the score mate? Oh ...

Hey Ben!

Nice to see your still about mate. I have a question for you regarding standard springs. I know that Lovells in Sydney made the springs that my IIA is sitting on right now and I can get some made for me again. Could you tell me what to ask for a SWB Civvy if I were to get them to make me ...

Hey Das...

What are your thoughts on this? For some reason I though 68Landy (Ben) did something similar to this and never looked back.

Hey Das!

Great to see your still kicking on... how's that hybrid of yours going? Did you ever get that D90 you wanted up and running? I'm really glad you will be able to help me out. I just need the go ahead from somebody who knows wiring pretty well so I can safely just pull out all the existing ...

G'day all,

Been reading about Para's for nearly two years now and a few people have had some interesting things to say about standard leaf springs in their defence which led me to ask this question.

Since most of the trouble with standard leaf springs is that they are in such large packs, this ...

G'day all...

I'm currently rebuilding my 64 SIIA 88 and while I have it stripped to the chassis right now there are a couple of jobs coming up that I don't have any expertise in and need a Landy enthusiasts help with.

What you ask? Well two things...

1# I need someone who can do the wiring ...