Leather? What's leather? No, no leather on mine or on the SE for that matter. All I do is use a blunt screwdriver to lift and lever outwards the centre console sides so they can be slid down and back.
I was assuming you had a cable and the free RSW software, I wouldn't touch the EAS without them as if you do cock up you've no way of knowing what you did or resetting it to get yourself out of it. Cable is cheap enough and comes with a link to download the software http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Range-Rover-P38-Air-Suspension-Reset-Cable-Software-Eas-/162563682774 or you can download it from http://www.rswsolutions.com/index.php/component/content/article/82-uncategorised/53-range-rover-p38a-eas-unlock and follow these instructions and make your own cable http://www.rswsolutions.com/index.php/component/content/article/82-uncategorised/54-range-rover-p38a-eas-cable
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.
Reset it, going to high is a sign of a soft fault.
My best time was 25 minutes but that was on mine that doesn't have the duct (plod didn't feel it necessary to provide air conditioned air to a load of traffic cones) but on ones I've done since, I've done the same as you except I've never taken the switchpack or gear lever surround out. Why did you need to do that?
I've got half a set. I started cutting up the 30mm nylon rod I bought over a year ago last week but it certainly buggers up Wickes hacksaw blades so have high and standard height blocks but not the smaller ones. If anyone wants to check mine while I'm getting high on headlining glue they are quite welcome though.
If it's been standing for a long time, chances are the oil control rings have gummed into their grooves so aren't doing anything. Simplest thing to try first is wait until you don't need to use it for a few days, take the sparkplugs out and fill each bore with diesel. Let that soak for a few days, change the oil and try it then.
and if we can't, can I drag it around just for the hell of it?
Martyuk wrote:
The other half has my second project P38, but that is still moveable so I'll put that outside whilst we are up there
Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, does this mean I'll get the opportunity to drag things around behind mine again?
No idea, I just buy the genuine LR ones, at 6 quid for a pair, it isn't worth mucking around with anything else.
I've had a blocked AC drain in the past and the puddle on the rubber mat formed next to the centre console. This time it's down in the front corner so not that and it only appeared after the car had stood outside in the rain when the AC wasn't being used. Two advantages with having the genuine LR floor mats is that they have a lip around the edge so the water stays on the mat and doesn't get as far as the carpet to soak into that and being rubber you can also see exactly where the water started rather than just having soggy carpets.
Morat wrote:
Will Dina be coming this year or has she seen enough of men looking at old cars and scratching their heads? :)
She certainly is, she's the self proclaimed headlining expert (having helped do mine) and seems to be looking forward to the prospect of doing 7. As long as you keep her fed, she'll keep sticking bits of foam backed cloth to flimsy fibreglass roof shells.
Morat wrote:
Gilbert, did you bring paper plates last time? because that was inspired. I doubt anyone wants to wash up.
I don't remember as Dina dealt with stuff like that, it was her idea to take food in the first place, but we'll bring some this time. Got a couple of the disposable barbecues too in case you need extra cooking space.
I'm booked in the Premier Inn Swindon North, as is OB and possibly Gilbert. There seems to be a pub nearby....
Yup, booked it a few minutes ago.
Not to be left out, I've got a foot bath in mine, a little puddle on the rubber mat on the passenger side. Mine should be simple though as it will be either the pollen filter housing or the self tapper directly above it.
Imperial sockets??? They will probably fit but really you want metric ones, 8, 10 and 13mm being the most common. If it's still got the original rocker cover bolts in they are 8mm but what are termed bi-hex, so you need a 12 point socket, not the usual 6 point you get when you get down to the smaller sizes. I bought one of these sets https://www.toolstation.com/shop/Automotive/d60/Socket+Sets/sd2938/Alldrive+Bit+%26+Socket+Set/p30712 which gave me the 8mm socket I needed but the Torx bits have since come in very handy.
In case Marty is busy with someone else, my Nanocom lives in the car so you can have a play with that. Not sure about waste oil drums but if we've got them, we probably won't need them. Disposable gloves I've got a new box in the boot but cups is a very good idea. The ones at Marty's workshop definitely look like your average workshop cup. You get to the bottom of a cup of coffee and wonder just what it was that you've just drunk.....
Unless it's different on the later ones, there aren't any one way valves as such, just a conical bit of rubber with slits in it to allow water to drain out but not get back in. I know mine are clear, they stopped me as I was about to get on a ferry a couple of weeks ago to pint out I had a water leak.....
That used to be a common problem on 1990's Peugeots and Citroens as they had the radio aerial directly above the interior light and the O ring on the base of that would perish. Caused all sorts of grief as the infra red receiver for the central locking lived inside the interior light and it didn't take kindly to being filled with water. However, unless someone has been at yours with a drill and fitted something non-standard, you don't have a hole in the roof at that point. I'd start by dropping the interior light (it just pulls out) and seeing if you can see where it's getting in. If it is getting in at the centre the only place I can think of is around the windscreen. Does it come in while parked or only when moving?
See this thread for uploading pictures https://rangerovers.pub/topic/193-archives-and-posting-pictures-documents
Having seen the results of someone accepting help from a couple of guys on the FB Range Rover Classic group, I'd treat everything anyone you don't know tells you with a very large pinch of salt.
Book says that it takes 6 litres to fill after being drained so you are probably getting close now.