Don't you have the 'Contact the seller' option? Where are you? I assumed UK. I know there's a setting in eBay for where someone is able to send to overseas (when it is an actual item rather than a service) maybe that has changed recently and he hasn't updated his listing. I know he's done numerous ones for owners in the US and even for one owner in Japan in the past.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404025564146, he replaces the switches on the circuit board and fully checks them before sending them back. You get a shiny new case too. As you have two keys, then it isn't a problem to do one at a time.
The flashing red light on the fob when you put the key in the ignition, is caused by the coil around the ignition lock causing the fob to transmit an unlock code. However, the coil is very fragile and often breaks. In which case you need to manually sync the fobs.
With all doors and tailgate closed, put the key in the lock on the drivers door and turn it to lock, hold there and while holding it there, press and hold the lock button on the fob until the red LED flashes faster. Release the button on the fob and turn the key back to centre. Then turn to unlock, hold there, press and hold the unlock button on the fob, etc. Fob should then be synced and you can then do the same for the other one.
I've never had a problem with them shearing off, although sometimes the stud unscrews from the manifold rather than the nut coming off the stud. Douse the nut and the end of the stud (at the top of the manifold flange) with Plus Gas first and you shouldn't have a problem. If you want to replace the studs, they are standard M10.
nigelbb wrote:
What is the URL? A copy of his old website should still be accessible on the Wayback Machine just like you can access all the useful guides on rr.net that were deleted by the owners https://web.archive.org
www.p38webshop.co.uk
Afraid I've no idea what the fault or fix is, but a logged error of one sensor short to another is the symptom.
Unfortunately Marty managed to crash his own website and hasn't got around to writing a replacement yet but his old one did detail the problem.
The ABS system does two self checks, the first when you initially turn the ignition on when it checks for the correct resistance on each wheel sensor, the second once you start moving when it checks for the same speed from each sensor. If it comes on when starting the engine and not with the ignition, that would suggest the battery voltage is dropping during cranking. Although that usually brings on a Gearbox Fault not ABS Fault.
I remember Marty saying something about ECU faults on the Wabco D system as he was offering a repair service on them. I assume you've done the C to D upgrade as a pre-99 car would have originally have had the Wabco C system with 2 wheel TC rather than the D with 4 wheel TC.
Nicely done. Just what I would expect a P38 on EAS to be capable of doing with a driver that knows what he is doing. Post that video on .net to show some on there that you don't need huge wheels, a 4" lift and coil springs
I had a problem where the cable had slipped so was moving the latch but not quite far enough. I was able to get a length of 5mm steel rod up from underneath onto the cone that was poking through and while someone else heaved on the release, I tapped the rod up with a hammer.
4.5k in 4 months? I'm going to have to keep an eye on my record. I took mine in for MoT at the end of August and noticed I'd only done 22k since the previous test. Previous years had been over 30k......
The switch is under the RH latch, so if that one is releasing, it will show as open even if the LH latch is still closed and the bonnet won't open. Sounds like your LH latch isn't releasing.
Nice one, how long did it take you to get round the Antwerp ring road? It usually takes at least an hour longer than Google maps says it will. Otherwise, Belgium has a lot going for it despite what people say, good beer, good chocolate and cheap LPG.....
Yes, 5W T5 capless.
Bolt wrote:
Just gotta wonder, what would Toad Hall have to say???!
Good point, he would have been apoplectic! They didn't like the fact that some of my posts were a little, shall we say, blunt (on one of my appraisements at work years ago the comment "does not suffer fools gladly" was added).
You also need to use the BeCM to supply power to the LS ECU and signals to all of the instruments.
They are like that. When I bought mine I was aware of the two obvious problems, running on 7 due to one head gasket blowing into the Vee and sitting on the bumpstops due to a burst rear air spring. Got those sorted in the first 3 or 4 days and then started using it ad found all of the other things that didn't do what they should have done. It was 18 months before I got it where everything worked and I felt I could trust it.
No idea what you did, but I assume my text to Gordon sorted something and you've finally got here.
Now all we need is an L320 forum topic and poach a few more users (the other one in Poland springs to mind).
If anyone does a Google search for 'foraFrank' they will find the identical garbage posts being made n a number of other VS owned forums. In many cases with similar responses to those on RR.net. However, they simply don't understand technical forums. The ones they own seem to be split into two categories, the technical, often car based, ones and the discussion forums where they have a theme but are mainly for people with a similar interest who just want to chat about it. Traffic on all forums is falling. On the discussion forums people are migrating to facebook groups instead. On the technical ones for a specific car or cars, numbers will fall. In the case of rr.net, there are technical forums for L405, L460 and Evoque but anyone likely to own one of those isn't going to get their hands dirty, to them it is just a car. In the case of the L320, P38 and Classic, numbers will fall as cars are scrapped, written off or abandoned in a barn somewhere. With advice from a forum there have been a number of people that have been able to sort out a problem with their car that they admitted would otherwise have been scrapped. No amount of AI is going to stop that.
Gilbertd, aka Richard_G
No not yet anyway. There is only one Admin, me, the other one that uses Admin as his username is an employee of VS and describes himself as Community Manager.
Harv, Frank isn't just condoned, he is operated by the site owners. A Google search for forafrank brings up loads of other similar forums where people are complaining about him just the same as the complaints on rr.net.
Oops. There is a VS wide forum for admins and mods on all VS owned forums (Onefora). They run a monthly round table meeting over Meet which I get an invite to but have only bothered to join in once before. This time the topic for discussion was 'how to build your forum' so I joined and pointed out that FF was doing the exact opposite. My account at Onefora has been disabled.....
As well as being a Moderator (and founding member on here) I am Admin on rr.net. In the past when an obviously AI generated reply was made I would delete it. However this one is being rolled out over all 1200 Verticalscope owned forums by the owners and no amount of complaining by users that it is not wanted are making any difference. All VS owned forums have the same corporate style and layout, so are easily recognised. For that reason, whenever I have a question on something different and search for a forum, if I find one with the VS style and one written using open source forum software, I will always go for the latter.