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plocker
Member Since: 14 Mar 2016
Location: Preston
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How often are we thinking for replacement? Mine has been in 2 years now 05 V8 HSE Bonatti Grey
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 13th Nov 2018 12:14 pm |
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Charliecloud
Member Since: 31 Jul 2014
Location: Tonbridge
Posts: 980
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Mine is original - so 13 years old. Just going to replace it, as a preventative measure.
As kajtzu said, there are probably other options out there, $60 sounds expensive to me for a brass one, genuine LR job is £8 
I think yours is fine for a good few years yet
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| 13th Nov 2018 12:29 pm |
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kajtzu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
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Yeah, I’d imagine it’s cheaper to buy roughly the equivalent at a hardware store for significantly less.. not everyone knows this, of course, so I imagine they’re selling convenience.
Mine is plastic. I’ve got a new one as a spare and will change it when I change the coolant.
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| 13th Nov 2018 1:22 pm |
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Charliecloud
Member Since: 31 Jul 2014
Location: Tonbridge
Posts: 980
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I just priced up a 10mm brass T piece and a 10mm brass rad valve off ebay uk and it's about £7
If your handy with a soldering iron, I think you could knock a unit up in a hour or two
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| 13th Nov 2018 1:52 pm |
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kajtzu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6774
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... and sell for €/£/$60 ....  
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| 13th Nov 2018 2:21 pm |
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plocker
Member Since: 14 Mar 2016
Location: Preston
Posts: 828
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Losing 1 a month at the moment, down to 350 in the UK  05 V8 HSE Bonatti Grey
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| 27th Nov 2018 12:50 pm |
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pjm-84
Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 2611
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Well cant see me letting go of mine in the foreseeable future. Over 2years+ and the love is still there.
Replaced the anti roll bar drop rods in the fading light on Sunday afternoon. OS was a cut off job / NS was a 10min swap out. (Picked up as a minor fail under the new MOT). Looked at them once removed and thought "they look okay, the LR MOT tester must have been having a bad day".
Wow what a difference. The odd rattle I used to have on the rough stuff (which I thought was the UJ on steering) has gone. Car steers as nicely as my JCW. 
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| 27th Nov 2018 10:58 pm |
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disco_v8
Member Since: 22 Oct 2017
Location: London
Posts: 156
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I guess I also need to replace these too as hearing slight bang on rough terrain, what was the part number and what is the best way to check if the noise is actually coming from them?? 2005 D3 V8 SE
2005 D3 V8 HSE gone
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| 6th Dec 2018 11:27 pm |
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maccers
Member Since: 08 Dec 2012
Location: SE Kent
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Nearly up to 2 years in this one, and it's still everything I need and want in a car. I don't know what I'd upgrade to, unless I could import a 5.0 D4.
Sadly my previous V8 is one of the ones that has been scrapped 
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| 7th Dec 2018 9:17 am |
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pjm-84
Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 2611
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disco_v8 wrote:I guess I also need to replace these too as hearing slight bang on rough terrain, what was the part number and what is the best way to check if the noise is actually coming from them??
Even with these off I couldn't tell that they were making the noise. One had previously been replaced. One looked original. So 13 years old. The ball joints on the original were stiff.
Not sure the part no. Just walked across to the parts department and asked for a set. Not expensive at £60 ish.
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| 7th Dec 2018 6:56 pm |
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Bigdave18
Member Since: 09 Dec 2018
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 20
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I have one
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| 9th Dec 2018 5:44 pm |
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kajtzu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6774
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Welcome to the club
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| 9th Dec 2018 7:25 pm |
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Bigdave18
Member Since: 09 Dec 2018
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 20
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Thanks.
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| 11th Dec 2018 10:40 pm |
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pjm-84
Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 2611
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Another welcome.
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| 11th Dec 2018 10:41 pm |
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