Surely extension is fine, compression would be the issue?
That sounds like a real mission!
Most of the time we'd be better off with a windmill or a water wheel :)
Martyuk wrote:
I've fixed a few of them...
Mine probably comes down to backing into a wall, and putting a crunch in the rear bumper... or when I was offroading and bumped the RH Rear on part of a hill which has put a bit of a ding in it, but is mostly hidden by the finishing trim...
Or there was that one time I got my first P38 airborne, and the passenger (who was stupidly not wearing a seatbelt - but was actually surprisingly ok!) cracked the windscreen with his head...
The only one recently, which Sloth can attest to was somehow bending a pin when putting an ABS Modulator in and then having an all night mission to either swap the modulator back out, or try to straighten the pin. We got it straightened, brakes bled etc - and then a couple of weeks later I had to swap the modulator again as the brake pedal would sometimes just lose pressure and sink when you put your foot on it. If you hit it to stop, then it was fine. Deduced there must have been an internal leak in the replacement (I'd rebuilt it, and there was one part which was a pain to do - so probably that which caused it). Not got around to having another look at it.
Well Marty fixed my front prop shaft... I guess you could call that a cockup, although I'd put it down as ignorance and incompetence :)
I've told the story on here before, but suffice to say - if you suspect your UJs are gone, it's probably not a great idea to drive 4hrs on the motorway. In my defence, had I just swapped the UJs myself or at a local garage I'd still be looking for issues in the front end because it was Marty who decided to test the Viscous Coupling while he was under the Duchess. The VC was the root cause of all the worn out components and dodgy handling.
romanrob wrote:
In a bid to stop this thread turning into an exclusive gallery of a certain Monte Carlo blue RR, here are my two:
And very nice they are two. Did you use actual tape to blank out the number plates? :)
I'll have to post up a pic of my green machine soon - but the Monte Carlo effect has scared me off for now!
Back when I lived in Germany (late 90s) we reckoned you needed to be doing at least 120mph to be in the outside lane of an autobahn and even then I'd constantly check the mirror.
In a P38 you'll be in slow lane hell, waiting for gaps to get past the wagons moving at 99.9999 kph.
dave3d wrote:
If you are talking about the prop shaft bolts, as Tanis8472 mentioned, there is a special tool:
https://www.island-4x4.co.uk/propshaft-socket-drive-land-rover-laser-6151-da1119-ba3138-p-37830.html
Yes, it is thin walled, so it fits over the nuts.
It is still a pain though. The bottom ones and those within reach are easy enough to remove but you can't get to the bolts higher up without rotating the propshaft/wheel and you can't do that with the handbrake on. So you need to jack up one wheel, support it on an axle stand, take the handbrake off and rotate the wheel. Then put the handbrake back on before you crawl underneath.
It's a pain, but with the correct tool even I managed it - although it was coming off for the second time. Marty's impact had loosened it up about 300 miles before when we changed the UJs.
Follow the routine above for safety and it'll be fine.
I scraped The Duchess on the wall of a pub carpark - rear wheel arch. So that's never getting fixed :(
Harv wrote:
I've been using Castrol Edge/Syntech 5W40 per RAVE for our climate here. About $CAD35 for 4 litres at Costco.
Morat, do you add the ZDDP, or does it come blended in the oil? Should we be adding it?
Harv, I use Comma oil which is a UK based supplier to the industry who also have a retail arm. Some of their oils have high ZDDP for older engines. My Jeep 4.0 also has flat tappets/pushrods and it is recommended to use Zinc/ZDDP at about 1200ppm to prevent wear. Those engines regularly do 250-300k before rebuild so those little things can help. The flip-side is that ZDDP was removed from modern motor oils as it will eventually poison the catalytic convertors. My position is that aftermarket cats are a lot cheaper than a top-end rebuild and if you run on LPG you don't really need them anyway.
StrangeRover - that's very useful info on the changes in handbook recommendations through the years. I suspect (but only suspect) that the gradual reduction in recommended viscosity has more to do with Fuel Economy than lubrication. By 2001 manufacturers were under much greater scrutiny for their fleet average consumption and lighter oil gives slightly improved figures.
That info certainly gives me more confidence to change to a higher viscosity oil as recommended by Richard and V8 developments.
Hmmm. After a quick Google:
https://tinyurl.com/uu49948 (ebay link to 5w50)
Not bad on ZDDP or price.
500 miles per oil change/filter? That's really nothing at all!
Harv wrote:
I'm curious about the reason for carrying a Dremel. (It's possible that in the UK it means something different than it does here, to me it's a tiny grinding tool and I can't imagine a use for it on the trail.)
You can get an emery pad for them, it really speeds up your nightly nail routine!
Always remember, being a mod is about helping users. I've seen too many people regard it as a "promotion"!
It's not high tech -just a different weight. I'm interested that the recommendation from V8 Dev is so different from Rovers - do they build the engine to different tolerances?
I'm on 5w40 at the moment, with plenty of ZDDP for the valves but I might come back to 10w40 next time round. She does have a slight rattle on start up. I'm in two camps really, she's not driven every day so I don't know if the thicker oil would stay in place or if the thinner (when cold) oil is better as it gets to the valve gear very quickly.
Edit 5w40 not 5w50. Sorry!
Today, I have mostly ignored it.
But I have gone nuts on my wife's Golf with wash, clay bar, polish and wax.
I'm not quite sure why I bothered because it's only a Mk4 Golf with 180k on the clock but it does look a lot better.
My neighbour took pity and let me his machine polisher which has made me contemplate treating The Duchess to the same regime. I'm not sure it'll be this week, P38s have a LOT of paint!
Strangerover - where did you get that box! I'd love one :)
The Bassets investigate anything that lives in the boot for taste and mouth feel....
I'm WFH but I have a letter from HR that they think will impress the police if I have to go anywhere. I'm not so sure they'd count "Fitting wifi to the owner's gym" as vital...
Lol, well I'm sure I can handle replacing the lid - I'm wondering where the signal from the level sensor goes.
That looks like a great idea. Where do you plug it in? :)
How did you get those seats back to life? The transformation is incredible! (or did you just buy some more? :) )
You've really put a lot of work into that P38 and it looks amazing! Congratulations :)