alternative to standard engine steady bar?
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alternative to standard engine steady bar?
hi, I'm absolutely positive this topic has been covered before so if anyone can find the relevant thread please can they point me towards it?
It's occurred to me, in my desultory and intermittent ponderings on how to make the van as un-noisy as possible, that a metal bar connecting the engine directly to part of the bulkhead may conduct engine vibration, and therefore noise, into the cab
what do you think?
if this is a sensible thing to try and do differently, what options are there? - safe, and not too expensive, and no welding involved, please!
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It's occurred to me, in my desultory and intermittent ponderings on how to make the van as un-noisy as possible, that a metal bar connecting the engine directly to part of the bulkhead may conduct engine vibration, and therefore noise, into the cab
what do you think?
if this is a sensible thing to try and do differently, what options are there? - safe, and not too expensive, and no welding involved, please!
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When mine snapped and was re-welded it worked fine; however I suspected it of being problematic and ended up switching to the grumpy kit (I was wrong, turned out to be an entirely unrelated problem) - but the grumpy kit was (is) fine. It's not quite as neat looking*, so I may go back to the original mount when I clean up the engine bay.
But yeah, it works fine.
*although that's largely because the replacement-original type is rather untidily welded into my engine bay.
But yeah, it works fine.
*although that's largely because the replacement-original type is rather untidily welded into my engine bay.
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Juliet the main reason for the Kit was as used by Kate. when the original mounting snaps off behind the battery tray its quite a so & so to re-weld nicely so its just easier to replace it with the kit, but as others have said the original with good rubbers not over tensioned should be fine.did you notice any reduction in cab noise when you switched to the Grumpy's bar?
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Hi, I found this on Ebay...its still got a couple of days to go.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mr-Grumpys-Engine ... 0088963833
Here is mine
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mr-Grumpys-Engine ... 0088963833
Here is mine
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Well, no I don't have one.... I am trying to decide.... basically I've got the original steady bar, and the proper mounting bracket for it is still in situ in the engine bay.... so it seems a bit of an extravagance (even though it's a good price)... no one has said that switching to the grumpy's version gave them a reduction in noise from the engine bay.... you didn't say whether you had actually switched? or whether you have always had the Grumpy's type? ..... so I'm kind of ponderinggairlochrosie wrote: Are you going to bid for it.... or have you already got one ?
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As Kevin has already said: when the original mounting snaps off....its easy to use this kit as a replacement.....However, there is nothing wrong with the original one, as long as the rubbers are in good order and the adjustment is correct......stick with the original one, till it snaps off...then consider this....good standby tho...just incase.Kevin wrote:Juliet the main reason for the Kit was as used by Kate. when the original mounting snaps off behind the battery tray its quite a so & so to re-weld nicely so its just easier to replace it with the kit, but as others have said the original with good rubbers not over tensioned should be fine.did you notice any reduction in cab noise when you switched to the Grumpy's bar?