Yup, it's the shaft seal.

Good-ish news is that the old one pulls out without any further dismantling.

The real good news will be if SKF have one in stock!

"Later" actually meant 7 days in this case!

Got the 2mm ring now (and a spare) and will fit it later. If it still leaks, then it'll be the motor shaft seal, so my fingers are crossed.

One little bit of light on the horizon if it is the seal, is that it doesn't appear to be a proprietary part and that SKF, who have a branch here in Manila, may be able to supply one.

blueplasticsoulman wrote:

If it overheats, the thermal cut out will kick in. 30degress outside is a bit different to 120+ inside a shoe box. If indeed the cause was a worn piston seal, it might have been cooking itself working overtime.

That's what I was getting at. if you've got excessive heat, you have an issue. The fact that the weather was a bit warm shouldn't affect it.

Heat shouldn't be an problem. I'm smoking around in ambients of 30 degrees C and high humidity without EAS issues.

Gilbertd wrote:

France is much the same too, everything will be ready tomorrow but by the time tomorrow arrives, it's today.

But, why is the country, The Philippines, spelt with a Ph but a native is a Filipino with an F (and only one p)?

Ah, my Dear Friend, I wish I had an easy answer but, like so many things in this mighty Republic (Manila taxi drivers for example. What are they for?) it is one of life’s imponderables, I’m afraid.

Here they have embraced the spirit of mañana, as bequeathed by the Spanish and developed it into a true art form. Still, it keeps the watches simple. “Soon”, “Later” and “Tomorrow” are all the times needed and, as we’ve seen, “Later” can double for “Tomorrow” which, as you so rightly point out, becomes today, and thus falls into the category of “Soon” or “Later”. And so on…

More to the point, I've still no bleeding o-ring!

Sorry guys. Zero report.

I forgot that when a Filipino says, "Later" he does not necessarily mean the same day, so I'm still awaiting!

Just sent my chappie to the O-ring Quarter (like that!) for 2mm ring.

Going to replace that first and see, before I start worrying about the other seal.

Will report back.

Thanks all!

Thank you, Sir.

I was thinking more is better but obviously, less is more.

Dunno, the closed face is on the bit still attached to the motor that the top of the pump housing bolts to, and I'm wary about butchering things taking it apart. I'll have a good look at how it goes together in the morning and see what can be done.

If I do get it apart, I just hope it's not Wabco specific.

Hmm, interesting. Thanks for that. A pic or measurement would be really useful.

I used the 3mm but it still leaked, so I assumed I'd need bigger. Perhaps I'm wrong. Unfortunately I left the old one at the shop after the guy measured I/D and O/D behind the counter and didn't pass it back. My fault.

The ones I have are O/D 56mm, I/D 50mm and (obviously) 3mm thick. Again, if I actually need 2mm, it shouldn't be a problem to source. Especially now I've found the part of Manila given over exclusively to o-ring shops, but which cannot be found anywhere else in the city!

Morat wrote:

That just needs a zebra skin dash and wheel cover to finish it off :)

I've just taken a sharp stick to my mind's eye!

Gilbertd wrote:

AC didn't work on mine when I first got it so I had it vacuum tested and gassed but the compressor still didn't kick in. I suspected one or other pressure switch but found that unplugging them and giving a squirt of contact cleaner sorted it. I didn't take the bumper off, you can get to them from underneath if you have double jointed arms.

This is what I did with my trinary switch as well. Worked too!

Thanks OB. I've got 3mm and it looks to me like I need 4mm. Getting one shouldn't be a problem

The other issue is that there's as small double lipped and sprung seal on the end of the motor shaft. It looks like that's leaking slightly as well and could be a little more difficult to source (once I've worked out how to remove it, that is!).

Having finally got in there, it appears that the o-ring between the pump and motor is goosed.

Went and found an o-ring shop up Binondo and they gave me one that looked close. However, it's still leaking and I think the one I've got is too thin. It looks to me that when it's in position, it should just stand proud of the pump body.

Anyone know the actual dimension of the ring?

Don't you know that in the extremely unlikely event of your P38 sitting down on it's ass at the side of the road, you are supposed to drop the tailgate, break out the hamper and sample some of Fortnum's finest fare, whilst commenting loudly that you've never seen better spot for a picnic.

Otherwise, common people start to talk uncouthly about unreliability.

So today saw the long awaited second bleed of the brakes having finally snaffled 4 litres of DOT4.

Everything was going by the book until the second bleed of the fronts with ignition on when a growing pool of fluid was spotted underneath.

It appears to be coming from under the pump yet both high and low pressure lines seem fine. This is the one part of the brake system that has not been touched throughout the overhaul.

Before I rip into it anyone got any similar experience i.e., what the cause may be and is there a likely solution, rather than a new pump?

Thanks in advance.

Doesn't seem to matter. I had an OEM condenser that I was fitting at the same time as my locally made radiator. The rad fitted like a glove, the condenser was a pig!

Orangebean wrote:

I imagine it's more of an agency where you'll go in, be told "it's not in stock" and have to wait for it to be shipped from UK.

Well that won't differentiate them their competitors. That's what they all say! Except of course, nobody actually bothers to order them.

I suppose if I was really stuck, then they could come in handy. Problem here is that there are so few P38's, and I think most of those here were personal imports, so my guess is they'll be concentrating on later models, as sold through Land Rover Manila.

Still, I'll pop my head in for a gander next time I'm passing .

Orangebean wrote:

I'm sure you could use your Proctologists hands again though. Save you getting your own hands dirty...

He's told me to sod off, he'd rather stick his fingers up someones arse!

Gilbertd wrote:

Now you've just got to fix the oil leak that caused oil to get in there in the first place......

Unfortunately that was my thought too, as I lay underneath. It's going to be a messy job getting the bottom end clean enough to see where it is but never mind, let's see what sense of humour my new neighbours have!