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making that app pretty much useless then as it only works on GEMS but ELM327 dongles don't and the app won't work on a Thor but the ELM Bluetooth units will........

You're confusing the units Chris, LM is Lumens, the measure of brightness based on the Candela where 1 Candela is the brightness of 1 candle (OK so it gets more complicated depending on whether you are measuring it as a spot of light or the light that is emitted in all directions) so basically 4000 LM is 4000 candle power, but K is Kelvin, the colour temperature. That is based on the colour of light from a piece of heated metal so at lower temperatures the metal gets red hot and as the temperature gets heated more, the colour gets brighter and whiter until it starts to get a blue tinge to it. You will sometimes see light bulbs, and especially fluorescent tubes, described as warm white (lower k figure) or bright white (higher k). Have a read of this https://www.ledexpress.co.uk/blog/whats-color-temperature/ which explains it and gives the K figures for different light sources.

What Mukiwa is saying that at 6.5K the light from these is going to be very blue, maybe too boy racer blue. However, assuming these are the same as the ones Orangebean got from PowerfulUK and fitted to his car, they didn't look overly blue. When he and Morat were following me to the hotel at last years summer camp, his lights were noticeably brighter and whiter than the standard Halogens in Morat's car but didn't look too blue.

On a lot of lesser vehicles only a few pins are present in the connector, which ones are there depends on the protocol used on that particular vehicle. The P38 uses the pins not needed by the OBD protocol for connection to the other subsystems. For example, Canbus uses pin 14 but on a P38 that is used by the SRS system as engine data is on pins 7 and 15 (although oddly the ABS system and HEVAC also use pins 7 and 15) . I suspect what is happening is that the ELM327 interface is checking all pins to detect the protocol and the other systems are getting offended by something probing it's ports (Ooh Err missus....).

No, the cruise control uses it's own little dedicated vacuum pump rather than engine vacuum so doesn't affect the engine running at all. The intake air temperature sensor only does anything if temperature gets very hot, over 55 degrees, so that could be achieved where you are and that causes the ignition timing to be retarded. Retarded timing would cause a reduction of power if the sensor is thinking it has got that hot. It's a fairly standard resistive sensor, high resistance when cold, low when hot, so substituting it for a 1k resistor might show a difference if that is the problem. I know that the ECU can detect an open circuit and log a fault code (having started a car having forgotten to reconnect it). If it was shorted wiring (signifying very hot all the time), then I would expect it to be the same whether hot or cold.

Bit like the 33 lbft for the crossmember bolts...... You need to be prepared to give something much more welly than you think it is going to take.

It won't be in RAVE as they would just replace the complete hub rather than fitting a new bearing. However, https://www.rangerovers.net/repairdetails/drivetrain/hubs.html

and I've got a wedding to attend on the 22nd. Can't get out of this one as it's my daughter's.......

The EAS uses pins on the OBD socket that aren't used on a standard OBD socket so you would need to rewire. But only for the EAS and a couple of other proprietary things, the engine side of things uses the standard pins.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flemcodesign.gems.gemsutility

Claims to be able to reset adaptive values and sync the BeCM and ECM. Could be very useful if it works, almost worth buying an ELM327 plug in to try it. I know I can already do both those with the Nanocom but for anyone that can't stretch the funds that far it could come in very handy. If it does what it says it does anyway.

It might be a bug in the Nanocom. I seem to remember mine was telling me the RH blend motor was faulty when it was clearly the LH one. If you look at the feedback return figures as you change the temperature rockers, you can see which one moves and which one is playing up.

Mukiwa wrote:

the dip beam is seriously crap.

You want to try a Yamaha Fazer then for really crap dip beam. They've got twin headlights but as standard one is dip and main the other main only, I've rewired mine so they are both dip and main and even then dip is only marginally better than a candle in a jam jar. I did consider trying one of the LED bulbs that I bought for the car and condemned for the appalling beam pattern. I suspect the fork leg would remove the heatsink on the back of the bulb when I put it on full lock though.

The Powerful UK ones are those that Orangebean fitted into his and after a bit of faffing around got a near perfect beam pattern. I tried some from eBay, not the ones you are looking at admittedly, but there was no way the beam pattern could be considered acceptable. The Powerful UK ones have dropped in price too, they were about £75 before, so I stuck with my preferred Osram Nightbreakers.

Shouldn't be any need, unless you've touched the steering linkage, which you won't if all you've done is air springs and shocks, it won't have changed.

I get out to Norfolk for work at least a couple of times a month so could bung the Nanocom in the works motor and read the faults for you if you need. Otherwise, buy (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fits-RANGE-ROVER-P38a-EAS-AIR-SUSPENSION-FAULT-CODE-RESET-DIAGNOSTIC/112207172412) or make (http://www.rswsolutions.com/index.php/p38a-eas-unlock-videos) a cable and use the free EASUnlock software (http://www.rswsolutions.com/index.php/range-rover-classic/easunlock-software) and you can do it for yourself.

The rear quarter panel is part of the main bodyshell so not easy to replace. It is available as a separate panel (see http://new.lrcat.com/#!/1234/88265/88266/6965/88481) but you are looking at around £500. Your best bet would be to find a decent bodyshop who can grind away the filler and do it properly.

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Dont suppose anyone has a part number for rear bumper bolts?

According to http://new.lrcat.com/#!/1234/88265/88266/6977/88605 it seems they are ANR4462 although described as Torx Pan M10 x 30 so should be available from your usual nut and bolt supplier.

Silicon grease on the rubber grommets, if you don't have any silicon grease, brake grease (the stuff you use on brake seals not copperslip) is the next best thing. Should slip in easily then.

I've got the CD version that covers Disco 2 and Freelander2. Disco version covers the TD5 engine. I'll upload it tomorrow when I'm back hone (and sober),

Has the inner handle gone floppy as if it isn't connected to anything? It could be that the stuck outer handle has jammed the latch. Mine did it once on a very frosty morning but it jammed the other way so it wouldn't latch when you shut the door, it just swung open again. I fixed that by pouring a kettle full of water down inside the door but I doubt that is going to work for you.

Looking at the dictionary definition, https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/grommet it most definitely is a grommet. A fairly large grommet admittedly but it is. Sometimes you just have to wonder how some things got the names they did......