I think the shocks would help. What's wrong with the LCA bushings?

Have you thought about tyre sizes? What size tyres do you have at the moment?

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Which W123?

Why don`t you fill out your signature? then you won`t have to be asked each time.


Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

Ok will do but I am not retired so I have lots of other things to do.

My signature was up before, and it has been removed somehow. My 300cd 1981 has 14K miles on it when I bought it and I am assuming someone did not see the pictures that proved it and removed the signature.

You mentioned this 6 months ago on some other thread your info got removed. only a mod can do that. and at that time you were asked to show some pictures of this car, which didn`t show the total car,just some super close ups of various parts of it.

Only take a minute or two to fill out your signature.
every one is busy, and they have time to answer your questions. Iam retired now and have less time now that when I was working.

Help us to help you.

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

[QUOTE=Army;2734289]Rear LCA? You mean the trailing arms right? So you are saying that the rear end is stiffer 'cos it has been renewed and now the ride quality seems uncomfortable?

Army, Yes lower trailing arm bushings in the rear were replaced with urethane and the movement up and down got better. And i put in comforts in and took the HDs out.

So now the rear end goes up and down slowly (good) and the front end rebounds too quickly. Front and rear not balanced (synchronized) in response to bump. front goes up and down quickly and rear floats down and floats up.

So I want to put in comforts in the front and replace the big lower bushing with Urethane or OEM rubber. Seems it would move better with urethane and if i put grease on it, it shouldn't squeek for a number of years.

Skippy, i do not understand the term jounce.

I changed the rear lca with urethane bushings and the car has more movement now.

Since the lca bushings are mushroomed, i thinking there is a lot of friction that prevents free movement up and down.

I guessing that the lca is the most impt bushings that controls the up and down. Wondering if there is another.

The tires are 195 70 15 but will change to 205 50 16s. This is dictated by style not ride so concentrating on the suspensions and new shocks.

Rear LCA? You mean the trailing arms right? So you are saying that the rear end is stiffer 'cos it has been renewed and now the ride quality seems uncomfortable?

As for tyre sizes if you're going for narrow side walled fashionable looks you'll always end up with a more rigid ride than you would with a nice floppy 1980s high sidewall tyre...

...I'm sorry to report that comfort = unfashionable wheels and tyres.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!