ouch! Don't they make any changes for LPG?
Best of luck with the sale, sorry I can't help out - I'm still fighting hard to keep the one I have!
Do they differ from the standard ones? If they're standard, Island4x4 will sell you a full set (Britpart) for very little: https://www.island-4x4.co.uk/spring-fitting-full-isl003-p-5234.html
If they're different for Arnott bags, I guess you'll have to ask Arnott. We don't seem to have as many Arnott users over here, possibly due to the shipping costs and poor warranty support for overseas customers.
That's not just a tune up! You must be running rich as hell....
-3 here this morning, strangely the P38 was appropriated by SWMBO due to heated seats and windcreen!
Pure unadulterated p38 filth, you mean?
It's a factor, I'm sure but my jeep is on 235/75r15 and rides much stiffer than the Duchess on 255/55r18. If I had a criticism of the P38 setup it would be that the roll bars are way too soft but that could be a compromise due to the variable ride height.
I suspect the first emergency stop would be very frightening indeed.
Bobcat. A mate of mine has a D90 body on a shortened RR classic chassis. Fun thing 😀
The mountain symbol is the current marking for winter capable tyres and supersedes the M+S mark (often still used).
In some countries the mountain symbol is required on all cars in the winter (notably Germany). But M+s will suffice until a certain changeover date. If you're looking to drive on the continent, the rules vary by country quite widely despite the EU.
Point is, even the mountain symbol covers a range of tyres. My AT Grabbers have both markings despite being more of an all season, all terrain tyre. The AT2 were also marked with both symbols and were very good in the snow but its hard to compare all seasons and full winter tyres between a Jeep and a BMW. I'd think the Michelin Alpin are a better snow tyre but I wouldn't run them year round.
The p38 was perfectly happy on Grabber AT in snow a couple of years ago lthough it wasn't a fierce winter.
Winter tyres are magic. As I've said before, I was able to drive a 325i Touring 1990 through a very snowy winter (2011 IIRC) using Michelin Alpins. Some days I was driving in inches of snow on top of ice and yes, I had to be careful but it worked just fine.
One day we stopped to give a woman a lift who was just sobbing by the side of the road. She had enough on a hilly road and couldn't face sliding down any more hills out of control. The little BMW just drove straight up and down to work where we gave her a coffee and she waited until the black ice burnt off.
Some days mine was the only 2wd car I saw, let alone RWD.
Also, 4wd lets you accelerate on snow but it does nothing for braking. All season tyres are good but full winter tyres are amazing.
convert it to LPG and you'll be even! :)
Diesel gennies in the outback for EVs? lol, that's priceless.
As for the election, well who knows? The Tories are ahead in the polls but they were last time too and it didn't turn out as predicted. The Brexit party have just said they won't fight in Tory held seats, which should prevent the Leave vote being split in those constituencies but doesn't really help in the marginals where the difference will be made either way. Remain are doing something similar, but seeing as the SNP basically have Scotland anyway, and the Lib Dems are the classic third place party we don't know what difference that will make.
All to play for, as they say.
Can't see anything, but my eyes are pretty knackered too!
How grumpy do the French police have to be to nick you for not carrying spare LED headlights? :)
Space-savers are crap. They're sketchy as hell and basically just enough to get you to a tyre shop. I'd rather have a full size spare and be able to carry on my journey.
Sadly, the first "upgrade" that most BMW owners do is replacing run-flats with tyres that don't feel like concrete boots so they're not a fantastic option either.
Having said that, I don't carry a spare at all in my LPG cars unless I'm on a long trip. The Jeep came without the carrier and the Duchess no longer has a spare wheel well.
By the way: Are good old NGK BPR6ES still the recommended plug?
Also.. red HT leads? https://www.island-4x4.co.uk/ignition-lead-4046-9802-hls103xp-p-461.html
A bit tarty :/
I just went out to see if there was RPM showing while cranking (saw on a post that claimed you should see 1-200rpm when cranking if the CPS is OK) and she started first hit. She cranked for half a second with 0rpm showing then boom - straight into perfect running. I took her for a 30 minute drive to make sure the battery is fully charged and she behaved perfectly. Then started twice more when I got home. Hmm.
Thanks for the suggestions, I'll start with plugs and wires -they're old! (I don't see them on my list, so they're probably coming up to 30k)
By coincidence, I was chasing a misfire under load on my Jeep this afternoon and thought I'd start with plugs - to find that the king lead literally just snapped at the coil end connector and fell off. It was a cheap pattern part (Blueprint) which looks like it has been arcing for a while. I was starting to look for a CPS for that one too! Hopefully new leads will sort it.
Morat
Folks,
this is a bit of a pain. She's been grand all summer but now it's getting colder she's failing to start when cold. There was one time it wouldn't start and I cleared a security Serial link error and she started fine. I don't think this is related.
It started with crank, burble, nothing. Then crank burble, nothing. Then crank, fire - run (albeit lumpy to start with as cylinders chimed in)
As it gets colder it's more likely, crank, burble, nothing. Crank, burble, nothing, Crank crank crank crank nothing.
If you get lucky and it fires up, hot or warm restart is fine.
Currently looking at about 3C on the thermometer and she won't fire at all.
Faults on the nano
Multiple misfires (not surprising), and random upstream O2 no signal (occurred once, not present). I cleared then, they haven't come back but she still won't start.
Yes, plenty of fuel - both types :)
Where should I begin?
I don't understand why the regs were changed in 2012. Surely every car should have a spare? My preference would be for full sized too - so there's a nice location for an LPG tank :)
The internet certainly harms health with the amount of time spent slumped in front of a screen!
I still do it :P