The dear departed Orangebean had a disc which I think was the most up to date that was available but even that was only 2005 I believe. I got a copy of it from him for the guy that bought OldShep's car and I think a few others (Morat?) also had a copy.

But your case has a hole big enough to drive every Land Rover product ever made side by side through it. An address is not personal information. It does not allow anyone to identify the identity of the person that lives there (unless the householder has put a bloody great sign outside saying, Fred Bloggs lives here). If it did, the likes of Zoopla, Rightmove and every estate agent in the country would be in contravention of GDPR.

In case you hadn't realised, that's my alter ego....... I also corrected yet more of his duff info and am surprised that both the OP and my posts haven't been deleted yet

On the tappets, the one my mate in France bought was making the noisy tappet sound and it was a worn rocker. The hardened end that bears on the valve had worn away so there was too much clearance for the hydraulic follower to take up the slack. He actually had two that were worn but only one was bad enough to make a noise but the other wasn't far behind. There was a TSB on this although it was only supposed to affect a batch made in 98 but it's possible that others suffered the same problem.

Gilbertd got a lifetime ban and never did get an explanation why. So I just registered a different username, using a different email address, and carried on. I keep my posts to factual, don't dare use anything that could be considered humour, and send PMs to those that are in the UK or look like they are being given a hard time/duff information inviting them over here. I have even considered adding, 'Formally known as Gilbertd' to my signature and seeing if anyone noticed......

The problem you get with How Many Left is that it goes on what was entered as the model when the car was first registered. So you may find that some H&H were only registered as Range Rover Auto. If you check for the Linley, although there were 5 UK models built and at least 4 of them are accounted for, How Many Left only shows one as ever being registered. That one is registered as a Linley, the others will have just been registered as a Range Rover and there's lots of different variations there.

The windscreen that decided to crack for no obvious reason is the reason it wouldn't get an MoT but I couldn't honestly sell it. Whenever I thought it was ready to go, I'd use it to make sure it was OK and something else would go wrong, I was beginning to think it just didn't want to leave. It's got a few new bits on it that were fitted when I had intended selling it (water pump, radiator, oil cooler and hoses, door latches, rear air springs, rebuilt EAS valve block and compressor, etc), the head gaskets have been done and it's got a decent interior, engine, gearbox and a nice set of 18" Hurricane wheels but if I was to try and use it I wouldn't trust it as far as I could throw it, so a few bits have been swapped with bits on the Ascot and now it just sits there getting in the way. I'll fire it up every so often to convince myself it could still be used and it fires up first turn every time. I suppose it's not much different to the ex-plod when I first got it but I persevered with that, maybe I just don't have the patience I used to have or having done it once don't feel like doing it all again.

No idea, but if you disconnected it and it didn't go into alarm state and immobilise the car, don't worry about it.

The first bit is to unplug it and the within 17 seconds is so the alarm unit doesn't assume someone is trying to steal it and is disconnecting the sounder so as not to alert anyone.

My SE has become a breaker and once I've swapped a few more bits off it, it will be going. The Ascot is all sorted and fully usable as long as I keep an eye on the coolant level, at least 3 core plugs are leaking including the two at the front hidden by the engine mounts so I need to support the engine on a crane to change them, not simple. Once that is done it will be going up for sale. The ex-plod will be kept forever but after the other two have gone, I'd consider another.......

Thank God you bought it. Dina is picking up her new car next week, a 3.0 litre Merc SLK, but she just said that if she'd seen that she'd have had it for herself. The concept of having 4 P38s to look after just doesn't appeal for some reason.

Problem you have at the moment is that both of the other H&H owners on here are in the US.......

The battery backed sounder should sound if disconnected, unless the batteries are completely dead, in which case disconnecting it is a good idea.

Some had the battery backed sounder, others didn't, but the NiCd batteries in those that had them are going to be well past there sell by date by now. There is a process for disconnecting the sounder without offending the alarm system:
To disconnect the Battery Backed Up Alarm Sounder
(Z272):

Turn Ignition On (Pos. II).

Turn Ignition Off.

Disconnect within 17 seconds.
To silence if triggered:

Connect.

Disarm Alarm.

Turn Ignition On (Pos. II).

Welcome Pete, you've found the best forum for the P38 and another H&H owner too. Like you, I do all my own work and have owned a Classic LSE in the past as well. Never owned a diesel but did have a 200 TDi Disco 1 and a TD5 as company vehicles a few years ago.

If the same as the ones on the banner, that's sparkle silver. Shadow Chrome is darker.

Which ones are Comet wheels? They don't appear on this list https://www.cxmdunord.nl/rims-land-rover/

The Bosch engine management doesn't like anything other than genuine Bosch MAF sensors and if they are starting to go, they rarely respond to cleaning. Best to just leave it alone unless it is showing signs of dying. At 105k,, it's barely run in, although you might have one lambda sensor showing signs of failing and you have 4 unlike the rest of us that only have two.

Have you contacted Ashcrofts https://www.ashcroft-transmissions.co.uk/automatic-gearboxes.html? I doubt it would take them 2 weeks.

75% of all Land Rovers ever built are still on the road, the other 25% managed to get home.......