Maybe ;) :)

And poly bushes are crap.

I'm nervous under cars too, so I put the suspension on wading height and axle stands under the chassis rails near to where I'm working with one on each side. They don't need to be touching, and I can get mine within an inch or so of the chassis by adjusting the height and then sliding them in from the side. I'm very unlikely to shove them out of the way without knowing about it and the car physically can't drop more than the gap.

I can quite understand why Richard isn't worried - he has the build of a racing ferret where I'm built on more generous lines :)

Careful! I might just have to do that next time I venture Dahn Sarf ;)

Wow! Nicely done :)

Disco rust is why I have a P38!

errr...

Ask him about the airline in the boot!

Don't cut the new headliner material flush with the front of the shell, you want to tuck that back up over the front or it'll be untidy at the top of the screen.
Or so I heard ;)

Grrr, now the misfire has migrated to the other side :/ 8 and 2
I'll replace both coilpacks and go again - Hope that fixes it.

Thanks Brian, that's good info - good enough for me to take it to the local indy :)
They're fine with me bringing my own parts so I'll stump up for an hour or two of labour. I'll print out the wiring chart for them too, it seems only fair.

I had a wiggle of the wires to make sure it wasn't just a loose connection and there's possibly enough room to undo the screws holding the coils to the bracket, but you'd need a stubby screwdriver or a screwdriver on a ratchet handle. I think they're flat screws too, not cross-head, just to make it that tiny bit more annoying.

Ack, initial search reveals Britpart for ~£14 or.. not much else. Does anyone know of any decent coils out there?

Ahh original LR https://tinyurl.com/y9rropuz for... quite a bit more. £65/£78 depending on VAT.
Bollocks to Britpart, it's payday on Friday.

Should I do both?

RightO, thanks Richard!
I'm guessing there will be some really convenient bolts to find... the wires on their own were "interesting" for my shovel hands.

The Duchess has been off the line for a week or so because she decided that 6 cylinders are quite enough from cold. They do come back in when the engine is warmed up but it's a very nasty sounding idle/drive with 6!
Seeing as she has had new plugs and wires a couple of months back* and 4,7 are on the bottom half of the same coil - I'm wondering if this could be a coil pack issue. However, it seems a bit weird that only two of the four are missing. Or is that normal when a THOR coil pack starts to fail? Are they really two twin coils in a single box?
Or maybe it's something else entirely?

The codes are as you'd expect - catalyst damaging misfire 4, same for 7, then the multiple cylinder misfire error (logical) and sometimes adaptation out of range if I've been driving it on 6 for too long.

*which cleaned up a misfire on #2

Welcome Symes - you seem to have the same sickness as the rest of us so no need for quarantine. Dive in!!

There's a lot of thought going into this, so I'll just make two points.

1. It's hard to forgive corrosion on a P38 as there are plenty around with good bodywork
2. As you're already set up for EV, don't sell the P38 before the much rumoured (trailed?) scrappage scheme comes into effect or you might be losing £3k or £6k depending on how you look at it.

Even I have a spare pump ready to rebuild.... watching with interest!

I'm very happy with the EBC dimpled disks and greenstuff (9000 IIRC, for heavy SUVs) pads.
But overall the brakes should be good when in good nick.

Now you've made me look at my brand new (warranty replacement) back boxes and yes, one is an inch higher than the other. I didn't care before :(

It certainly happened to me!
I took it back, my Hankook had already arrived.