Happy retirement Gilbert.

On another forum (not a Rangerover forum) people get custom and re-production badges made.
Good for the 'concourse' scene but could adding a limited addition badge draw unwanted attention - Nothing to stop thieves nicking the badge and sticking it in on Ebay themselves, maybe even nick the car thinking not only is the badge worth a few quid but also other limited edition bits that'll be on/in the car?

The parking pawl on some (other make) autos allows a lot of wheel movement, could push the car forward/backward a foot. Volvos?

Hehe I'd already thought of using blue garage roll if necessary except I don't have any in at the moment.

Wonder if there's strict lock-down we'll still be able to go for a drive... being in a car is isolated?

I'd expect it'll be a normal trip Bri?

A customer just cancelled their LPG conversion due to the virus, he txted 'Being cautious because my 4 year old son has a cough'.

Original plan was he'd drop his car off with me and I'd take him to a local car hire place. Of course I accepted the cancellation immediately and without question... But in my reply txt I did suggest I could loan him a Corsa (instead of him having to use a hire car), said at no point would we need to be near each other, said I'd wipe my hands, steering wheels, door handles, etc with anti-viral wipes and leave a few unused wipes in the car. No reply yet but I doubt he'll go for it.

So for me it maybe begins... no work no income.

My son's firm just told him working from home is now mandatory, no problem for him as he's a computer programmer.

I've done some travelling around setting up sound and lighting systems in my time but nothing on that scale, your schedule does sound exhausting.

Just found out my sister has been tested for the virus, she's a dog groomer and one customer watched her dog getting groomed then told sister she'd just come back from Italy and lots of people in the area she was staying had it. I'm not sure if the customer had it or why sis needed testing... but she is one of those people who goes to the docs for anything and reckons she has a temperature so can imagine she strongly volunteered. She says docs swabbing her wore isolation suits themselves and ran a mile when she sneezed.

Edit - sis tested negative.

Apparently Johnny Cash started bog roll panic buying in 1974, he had a TV talk show and during the petrol crisis joked that the next thing to be in short supply would be bog rolls. Since then whenever there's been a crisis...

Time and effort versus benefit - If I owned a P38 and didn't use it for 6 months there's no way I'd remove the air springs to extend their life, nor would I take them off to wash them anytime. Jet wash them maybe lol.

Gilbertd wrote:

.....because you've only got 2 of the 3 phases doing anything so rather than seeing a smooth DC voltage you'll see a lumpy one.

That's as far as my theory went ;-) but didn't expect ripple to be so obvious you'd notice interior lights flick. I suppose if you turn on stuff that draws enough current you will but pulley gearing will mean the pulsing frequency is a bit on the high side to notice given consistency of vision?

I don't want to detract from the main subject of Gilbert getting hands on another alternator... But how easy would it be to detect a broken alternator diode by using a scope to check battery voltage ripple when the alternator is under load?

That's ruled my idea out then.

StrangeRover wrote:

Weirdly if the level is low, it will launch fluid out the dipstick tube...
It has happened to me on my Turbo 400..

Maybe the ATF loses it's anti-foaming properties with old age? Combined with very low level could see the pump foaming it up?

Is the ATF cooler built into the radiator and is the gearbox full of coolant...

Thanks, has relevance to something me and Gilbert have been talking about.

Others will reply with a lot more info. But yes for sure, if the TPS is broke or disconnected it can cause gear change issues, I've seen it on P38s myself and read other people have experienced this with P38s. Hope by posting early I've helped put your mind at rest a bit, not likely to be a gearbox problem just a TPS problem.

Rob, does lambda voltage flick between 0 and 5v at idle too or only when the engine is under load?

Are we talking the chirping noise that starts at 7.5 seconds?

JBL speaker polarity used to be phased opposite to convention, so if you fitted JBLs in the same cab as other brands the JBLs cones would go backwards when others were going forwards. My dad used to rave about JBL speakers in the 70's, fitted them in some of his stage cabs. I've still got some 15" JBLs in custom cabs. Bit of useless info lol.

StrangeRover wrote:

from 2003 - 2013 she had a single point LPG system fitted by "someone" her reg is BV51FDG/H19OAK so if you have records Simon then that would be her.

from 2013-present it has an AC Stag system..

I've checked records going back to 2008 which is when I generally started keeping logging numbers of vehicles I've seen, nothing comes up for either reg number but it could be one I haven't logged the reg on or one that the owner wasn't bothered about a receipt for a service etc on. Back in the day I sometimes converted 10 P38s in a row and saw many others for servicing/repairs.