Thanks for that, just edited the FAQ on .net. We'll get them over here sooner or later......
dave3d wrote:
Anyone know what the unused plug is for at the bottom of the picture. Can't think what it could be. Maybe the alarm which I disconnected a while back?
Yes, alarm sounder.
davew wrote:
Such esoterics apart, my actual question/point above relates to why they did not seem to have the Rcvr. issue in the US. (?)
Probably because their receivers operate on 315 MHz and not in the low power devices 433 MHz band sharing the frequency with numerous other low power devices.
If it's a definite clunk when going from forward to reverse, it's likely to be backlash in a diff. If it does it when moving at low speed in a straight line, likely to be a propshaft UJ, if it does it when turning slowly, it's likely a CV joint. In RAVE it's under front suspension and referred to as driveshaft.
Drops straight in, clamps fit but on some cars the leads are a bit short as the terminals are nearer the centre of the battery. Mine was fine, a 99 DSE was fine, a 98 4.6 was fine, but on the Ascot (96 4.6) I had to run the positive cable to the fusebox over the ECU box rather than round it.
I must admit that I sometimes baulk at the thought of paying over 70ppl. I stopped at one garage that I'd used in the past and the price had been reasonable only to find it had gone up to 76.9. So I just put enough in to get me back home so I could fill up at Flogas at 58ppl. But thinking about it later, I'd saved myself a couple of quid, but it was still a lot cheaper than petrol at £1.28......
I do object to paying 1 Euro a litre in French motorway service areas though when over the border in Belgium it's under half that. In fact, in a recent discussion with my daughter we figured Belgium would be a decent place to move to. It's still in the EU, it's got cheap (and plentiful) LPG and chocolate. What is there not to like?
davew wrote:
Their Cell towers can pump out some serious Wattage so the problem should/must have been much worse there.....?
and the point of that would be? Despite what people think, a mobile phone base station actually runs fairly low power as the coverage area needs to be reciprocal, transmit to receive. So when the mobile (the phone), runs a maximum of 1 Watt and that has to be received by the base station, what would be the point in a base station that can shout further than it can hear?
Maybe they will for more modern stuff that uses Canbus I doubt anyone would make the effort to try to interface the multitudes of incompatible and non-standard protocols used in the P38 and only in the P38.
Ugh, Champions, how to make an engine misfire when there's nothing at all wrong with it..... if GEMS, NGK BPR6ES, if Thor NGK PFR6N-11.
There's probably some bonkers regulations in the US that mean diesels are classed as trucks so don't suffer the same restrictions as petrol. A bit like how a pickup was a truck so was exempt from the emissions regulations so you got pickups producing far more power than sports cars.
My mate who does mobile AC recharging enquired about the process for recharging the AC on an EV as the system not only cools and heats the car but it also cools the batteries. Seems he's got to do a 4 day training course before he's allowed to touch one. 48V at an almost unlimited amount of Amps can do you a lot of damage.....
I always get OE, https://www.lrdirect.com/LVC100260-Gasket-Rocker-Cover-New-Rr-V8/?keep_https=yes, as they seem to be more 'rubbery' and less like vinyl like the cheap ones.
What's the coolant level like? If it's low then you may have less flow so taking longer for the reducer to get up to temperature.
I've heard of this before. With standard liners the head gasket fire ring is on the top of the block so the pressure on the gasket is uniform over the full surface. With top hats the fire ring is sitting on the top of the liners so if the liner is even very slightly proud of the block surface, there'll be less pressure on the rest of the gasket. The difference in thermal expansion between the steel liner and the alloy block may also have an affect. I would suspect the coolant is getting out of one on the passages at the front and rear of the head, finding it's way between the gasket and block face until it finds somewhere it can escape to the outside world.
Whether or not it needs it I don't know but I always put a smear of blue hylomar on both sides of the gasket around the waterways, can't do any harm and may stop what has happened with you. What sort of mileage has it done since the rebuild? I suspect all it needs is the head(s) whipping off and new gaskets.
In that case, ignore everything I said about door amps, you don't have any. While it is possible to fit an aftermarket head unit to a car with the DSP system, it isn't straightforward at all. I've got all the bits and a dead DSP amp to make a 50W per channel plug in replacement for the DSP unit using a pair of Class D stereo power amps with crossovers but haven't got round to putting all the bits together yet. In theory, if it all works as expected, it will be a plug in replacement and will just need the rear left and right channels picking up at the Alpine head unit and running to the back where the amp will live.
Maybe the filter does help with desense, or at least stops the datastream from being corrupted. Had to call round at my daughter's last night so decided to give the Ascot a bit of a run (and it had more LPG in it than mine). Mine, with the filter, can be locked and unlocked there but with reduced range, the Ascot, without the filter and probably with a Gen 1 receiver, wouldn't lock on the fob even with it held against the aerial on the back window.
Having spent a lot of time working on the problem when it first appeared, I'd say the worst affected marque was, and still is, BMW. Even the current Bini is affected. Land Rovers from 2010 until 2018 suffer but in a different way where they just won't acknowledge the key if you park in the wrong place and the fix isn't cheap.
I would assume the capacity of the compressor will be around the same and unless you have increased the hose lengths, and hence the capacity, significantly, then the charge will be the same. If you've increased the hose lengths by quite a bit, you can work out the additional capacity in the hose and add that to the charge.
But you did order it on a Friday, so Monday will be next (working) day.
Didn't DavidAll remove his? He removed everything else.....
The Alpine has catches at the top, about an inch in from each side. A couple of feeler gauges usually works well.
You haven't got the DSP option have you? If you have it then gets very complicated.