Blimey, you must be the only place in the UK that hasn't had any. We've got an office in Warrington and it was snowing there on Tuesday.
Had some fun rescuing a truck earlier today:
I expected it to be a tough job. Multiple snatch pulls etc but the P38 just tugged it free and chugged along happily until we reached solid ground.
Astonishing on summer tyres.
Bloody hell David, where's that? Considering I'm no more than 15 miles from you in a straight line, I've got nothing in comparison. There's about an inch of frozen snow left over from earlier in the week and light snowfall now but nothing like that.
That's the back road out of Uppingham that joins up to the A47 on the Leicester side of town.
Fairly deep out on the road from Forgandenny to Glenfarg.
You'd be amazed how quiet the engine is when it has a snow radiator blind and undertray :-D
Took my DSE out yesterday with its BF Goodridge urban terrain all season road tyres with snowflake symbol. My god it's good! I found an empty stretch of road (not hard to find) and floored it. She gripped and launched without fuss! Then try'd an emergency stop, sure the ABS kicked away but you still lurched forward in your seat. I might try it on the snow next :). (joke)
There was a guy near me who used to have a snow plough attachment for the front of his series Landrover, dunno if it was home made from bits of old farm machinery. P38s are better in the snow than series Landrovers though?
Last time I was in deep snow in 2010, I had a oil burner. We went out and had a wonderful time. Rescued loads of cars with no fuss at all. 38s are very impressive in the snow.
I reckon it's the viscose coupling they use instead of a center diff that gives them the advantage.
I hope not paying for my good Samaritan act yesterday :(
Drove over to Leicester this morning and about halfway there the car developed a small pulsing shake/vibration at idle. Doesn't seem to always be there though. I'd guess it's about 50/50 if it's present when I pull up to a stop.
Doesn't seem to be gearbox related as it's there in all gearstick positions.
Performance seems unaffected and there are no warning lights.
Are you there isn't ice/snow all over the underside? There's a glacier stuck to the bottom of our vehicles right now.
I don't think it's snow and ice related. It's only noticeable at a complete standstill.
I had large lumps stuck somewhere at the start of the journey that shook the whole car violently at 60mph bit they all fell off and the car smoothed off.
What are the symptoms of a cracked flex plate?
Lpgc wrote:
There was a guy near me who used to have a snow plough attachment for the front of his series Landrover, dunno if it was home made from bits of old farm machinery. P38s are better in the snow than series Landrovers though?
You'd be warmer in a p38, The Series III my mate has takes forever to warm up, and even when it is warm the heater struggles.
If it's only noticeable at idle it's more likely that it's dropping down to 7. Not got a big dollop of slush sitting on the ignition coil by any chance?
Hmm...it was fine on the way home so maybe there's something to the wet coil pack idea.
It did feel like a mild misfire but I assumed it get a fault code/warning light for that.
How old are your plug leads?
Had similar idle shudder issue that took a few thousand miles to finally get bad enough to identify as a failing plug lead when it began to routinely run on 7 1/2 cylinders for the first 100 yards or so on start up. Fine when warm, except for the occasional idle shudder which was edging up towards regular but sometimes from occasional if you see what I mean.
Clive
BrianH wrote:
Lpgc wrote:
There was a guy near me who used to have a snow plough attachment for the front of his series Landrover, dunno if it was home made from bits of old farm machinery. P38s are better in the snow than series Landrovers though?
You'd be warmer in a p38, The Series III my mate has takes forever to warm up, and even when it is warm the heater struggles.
Just a bit! My dad went through a Landrover fanatic phase in the early 80s and had a few LWB series, could see the road through the gap at the bottom of the doors and heater output was dire. Fuel economy from the 2.25 or 2.5 no better than a V8 either, just under-powered. Comfort not great with the thin square seat cushions to sit on and 3 ton rated leaf springs on the back. .
Sounds like it's missing. You won't get a check engine light for that, or indeed anything else. I'd be looking for loose or damaged plug leads with a big dollop of snow and ice around them :-)
I have a set of leads in the garage, if it comes back I'll swap them and see if it goes away. It's not done it since though.