sdoglb wrote:
……. Shut the truck off and checked the fluid level…..
No! As has been mentioned before, you check the fluid level with the engine running.
Any AC service place will have the AC O rings. Try BMW for the oil cooler ones, although buying an O ring kit from your local parts store should give you plenty to choose from.
Tell you the truth, you don't actually see it after a day or two. Make sure if is pulled nice and tight, it fits well. You wouldn't credit how many bugs it catches on a drive. On a trip to my brother's place (600km) you need to get a broom to clean the remains off. Still, they aren't in the radiator or cooler.
@PC38 which HL globes did you use and what are they like? Any tricks or traps?
As for trash in the radiator, I do this on all vehicles I own. A little fibreglass fly screen neatly applied.
Well done and a great write up.
This one might be better then, in combination with the first link.
This may help. ZF HP4 22 + 24 Manual
Removing the battery terminals and touching them together, unfortunately is a myth with P38s, it doesn't actually do anything.
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A quick look at it and you will soon see if it is worn. The lobes should be nice and sharp on the high end, not “curved”, and of course they should all look the same. It is quite usual to see three or four lobes worn and the rest OK, so the difference will be quite apparent.
£96 for a pair! Expensive bits of foam. I think my second truck can go without :)
The MAF, take it out and give it a good clean with MAF cleaner. You will really need a Nanocom to check the performance of the O2 sensors etc, but if they are off, life expired etc, then it can effect the fueling so performance.
Even little things like a dud ECU temp sensor can effect performance, as if the ECU thinks the engine is running hot, it retards the timing to restrict power output.
There is a lot to go through before you get the camshaft. Like MAF, O2 sensors, TPS to name a few. A good place to start is to reset the adaptive values.
In answer to your specific question, yes the camshafts wear in all Rover V8s. It is a known thing, however, the wear is directly related to servicing. If the engine has had regular oil changes every 5k and a new filter, good oil etc, camshafts should last 200 - 300k. Lack of servicing will drop this to less than 100k. You may also find you have a good cam, but a stretched timing chain, effectively retarding the cam timing. A fairly cheap and quick job to do. a Saturday afternoon's work.
Well the fellow lives in Borneo, so I'm guessing it was a lot easier to work out how to fit a Tojo one that get RR support.
Hope it is of some help.
Screen wash caps - Subaru at about $1.00 each fit just fine.
…. But it seems it can. Apparently it has been running happily for 10 years like it.
But why did you do it? Bored?
When these cars were new, with factory fitted batteries, they were good for about 5 weeks before being too flat to use.