Obsolete tyres

[davide_ttk]

Hi, I have a 1992 Transit van 2.5 DI, but the tires listed are 185 R14C 8PR 106N-104N
Up to now it seems impossible to find such tires in the market (at least in Italy), the only available are marked 104/102. Was Transit sold with those tires in UK, too?
Is there any supplier as you know?
By the way I suspect that those tires never existed, and it was only an error at the transport office that issued the documents.
Thanks for any reply
Davide

[wojciech]

Try use tyres 195/75R14 106.
It can be Hankook RW06, Hankook RA08, Continental Vanco2, Toyo H09, Pirelli Carrier...
This size has practically the same diameter as 185R14 (-0,54% = -3,5 mm).

You won't find now tyre 185R14 106/104.

By the way I suspect that those tires never existed, and it was only an error at the transport office that issued the documents.

No, no. It's just the world is changing...

[Chug]

Its a shame you aren't nearer as I've got four 185R14's and two 195R14's here that you could have had cheap.

[Kjeles]

A Transit looks better on 195 R14 than on 185 R14, I think.
The dimension 195 R14 is written into the titles of my 87 and 88 models.

[vanfox]

I've been running 205R14C tyres for over ten years, puts the gearing up just a touch.

[davide_ttk]

Hi,
yes, next travel in UK and I will contact you..
In any case, are your tires marked 106/104? Which model and manufacturer? Date of production? They are important information for me.
Happy new year

Davide

Its a shame you aren't nearer as I've got four 185R14's and two 195R14's here that you could have had cheap.

[Noctule]

Oddly enough, my last pair of tyres for the hicube came from Italy, they are 185r15c 103/102Q. I could have got tyres in the UK, but I was after a pair that matched the other 5 I already had fitted (it's dual wheeled), and even with delivery they were a very competitive price. None in the UK had a higher load rating, and Q is more then enough for the speeds we'd be travelling at.

They came from a company not too far from Pompeii, which we passed by a few weeks after buying them!

Mat

[Hondekop]

What's your max. permittable rear axle weight? With 104/102's it may be up to 1800 kg (given single rear wheels), if you're below that you won't need 106/104's.
Otherwise switch to a wider tyre as suggested previously.

Ciao, Kai