I just got a call to say that the engine on mine only has compression on one cylinder - so it is pretty sick!

The garage has suggested that I try and source another engine as they suspect the block is likely to be in a bad way.

I just thought I'd check to see if anyone on here had one? They come up on various P38 Facebook groups and obviously eBay, but I thought I'd check here first as it's a bit more of a trusted community!

Many thanks,

Mark

I've got slight play in one of my front wheel bearings. I've been I contact with two indys and both are quoting to change the complete hub rather than just the bearing. Is this normal?

No 1 Supplied & fitted £463.80
No 2 Supplied & fitted £437.03

If not, can anyone recommend somewhere to go that would do the bearing only? Don't mind traveling!

Mark

Hey guys,

As I posted previously, I bought my P38 rather wrecklessly without driving and with no service history. After a local garage giving it a check over nothing too major was noted, but I would like to do a full service so that I've got a base point to start from going forward. With a list borrowed from another site I believe that the following is failry comprehensive:

Change engine oil & filter
Change power steering fluid
Change brake fluid & bleed
Gearbox ATF flush, renew and new filter
Renew coolant and thermostat
Change diff fluid
Change transfer case oil
Replace spark plugs and leads
Replace air filter
Replace pollen filter
Replace serpentine belt

I'm completely lacking mechanically, but I would like to address this. Does any one know a garage / specialist that I could perform the service alongside so that I can hopefully begin to grasp the skills? I don't want to go down the route of doing it unattended from Haynes / RAVE / YouTube as my worry is that if something is not done quite right I lack the knowledge to notice it. Obviously if anyone is glutton for punishment enough to give me a hand in a trade for £/beer/cuban cigars that'd be great too.

Also, if there anything obvious missing from that list?

Many thanks,

Mark

After my initial intro a few hours ago I was feeling rather full of myself with what I considered not a major list of problems from the garage.

The Range Rover gods have decided to punish me and promptly threw me an EAS fault. When I bought the cars I had the full EAS Christmas Tree together with the merry little Ranger Rover with the arrow pointing up. I bought a cable from eBay and it showed the Pressure Signal Constantly High error. I cleared it and have since covered about 200 error free miles, albeit it has started to rise of its own accord a couple of times, so I thought maybe it was a one off. I took it for a run last night, the first time at motorway speed having fitted new tyres, and it went into to motorway/highway?! setting of its own accord and all seemed tickedyboo.

Having plugged in EAS Unlock again it is showing the same fault has reappeared. Most of the interweb points to a faulty Air Suspension Drive Box AKA Driver Pack. RSW suggests checking the Main Pressure Switch before replacing the driver pack.

1) Anymore suggestions?
2) How would I go about checking the main pressure switch? RSW says:

Main Pressure Switch. Check the functionality. If Pressure switch is normal, then problem is most likely sourced with the EAS Driver Pack.

Many thanks,

Mark

Hi guys,

I thought I'd say hello! I just bought a P38 about 10 days ago. I'm normally pretty sensible buying cars, but in this case I did everything that you shouldn't do. Bought it from an eBay style auction site, saw it in the flesh but didn't hear it run or drive it, it had no service history and it was full of fault lights. It was covered in dirt, cobwebs, stank inside and generally looked a bit sad. So I knew then it had to be saved! Whilst enthusiastic I lack any sort of mechanical skills so I'm hoping I can pick a few things up. I'm ok with the cosmetic side so I've already removed the nicotine staining and smell from the headlining with a bio cleaner, wet vac'd the carpets and begun cleaning and conditioning the leather. Also got my supplies in to start machine polishing the bodywork.

I took it to a garage nearby yesterday who have Autologic. They carried out a visual check, cleared all the faults (lots of them!), road tested it and reported back with the following:

Cured the SELECT NEUTRAL error by fixing the wiring (I was a bit worried about that error)
New OSF Window Regulator
OS Headlight cracked
Front & Rear washer jets not working
Play in OSF Antiroll Bar Link
Play in OSF Wheel Bearing
Centre Exhaust Rubber Broken
Blend Flap Motor Error

The only fault to return was the Blend Flap Motor error. My HEVAC screen is pretty much unreadable, but I'm sure it will have the chequebook on.

Plenty there to keep me busy!

Mark