Right. I'm back from holiday and while I was chugging around the Oxford Canal and the Thames I ordered the prop shaft tool, some spare nuts and bolts and read up on the procedure. Assuming I can get the prop flange off the viscous it should be OK.
I just need some dexIII a 30mm socket and a pump thing but I can get those locally.
I'm going to leave the rear alone unless it shows up on the test drive.
tanis8472 wrote:
I didn't think they were allowed to tow unless they are plated?
I had a few lessons, 3 iirc with J Coates, for 18t lorry. Didn't feel much different to a large van to me.
Thats just me though.
I drove one of these once
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyland_Hippo_Mk_II
It did not feel like a van, even unladen! Lots if fun though 😀
I've now got AT3 on my Jeep and so far I'm very impressed. I've done several motorway hours, general commuting and some very basic running around on tracks and grass at work - no issues with traction. They're smooth and quiet on tarmac and cost me £100 a corner (235/75r15). They're MnS, Snowflake rated, 75dB noise rating and score a B on Wet Braking.
If they last as long as the AT2s did (53k miles) I'll be chuffed to bits.
Available sizes: https://www.cranleigh-tyres.co.uk/Tyre/Details/General/Grabber+AT+3
Hellfrauds have an issue with their system and list the wrong battery for the P38. You're not the first to fall victim, I did too until I was told about battery magastore and the Hankook 1000CCA battery of doom.
WHICH IS NO LONGER LISTED!!!!!
Uhoh :(
It seems to be available from Amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Batterie-Hankook-Heavy-Commercial-MF31-1000/dp/B01MFFCM7S
but more expensive.
Interesting stuff:
https://www.theaa.com/driving-advice/legal/car-repairs
a bit late..but some might be useful still
Is there a way of working out the nose weight that doesn't involve any special equipment?
If you're one of those people who needs to "trust" their car probably sell it, but get someone competent to fix it either way or you'll lose ton more money.
Shipley -> your house.
Goodbye PowerDrivel.
So it runs well enough to take on the road, but it overheats. Fine - drive it as far as it will go before it overheats and park it.
How far are you from home? how far from a trusted garage?
Do you have AA/RAC/Green Flag?
Get her back together and MOT'd then on a good test drive. Yorkshire should be far enough ;)
I've seen your yard 😉😉
Sounds like good news to me! I'm sorry I wasn't able to be of any use, but maybe the positive vibes helped a bit?
My question would be "how old were your Boge Shocks when you replaced them?"
I'd imagine any new shock would be an improvement over 100k mile shocks, but if they were new then I guess that wasn't a factor.
Gilbertd wrote:
Wasn't a GMP one was it? It could have been mine.......
I think it was a Liverpool copper - although I guess the spec will have been the same.
I think it will depend on how often you're topping up. A kettle boils many litres of water once each, your radiator should really be reheating the same water all the time so the amount of calcium available to deposit as limescale should be very small in comparison.
And you'd be bored with something that didn't have any issues ;)
I had that on the Duchess - drivers side front wheel bearing. Needed a new disk as well.
I once spoke to a traffic cop as he gave me a lift home to Liverpool (long story, I was a student) and he was very pleased with his P38. He claimed that he had hauled artic trailers off the M62 with it when necessary.
So, having read all that - and great thanks GilbertD for laying it out so clearly -I personally could tow a P38 with a P38 as long as the trailer was rated for at least 2,220Kg plus the weight of the trailer itself up to a maximum of 3500kg (the max towing capacity of a P38)..
Eg: If the trailer weighed 1280Kg it must be rated for 3500kg itself.
Super!
And my Jeep only weighs 1450Kg so that would be a snap. It is plated for 3250kg itself so I could possibly find a suitable trailer to tow the Duchess behind the Jeep - but that wouldn't be a huge amount of fun because it doesn't have the (frankly ridiculous) brakes of a P38.
I passed my test in 1990, should be good :)
edit: seems I have BE and also D1E
You can drive vehicles with no more than 16 passenger seats and a driver and with a maximum length not exceeding 8 metres with a trailer over 750 kg, provided that the Maximum Authorised Mass (MAM) of the combination formed does not exceed 12,000kg
With two restrictions:
Seems odd, but I'll take it!
My initial question was really to ask whether a P38 can tow a P38 as this was relevant for a while in Swindon when the Duchess popped a prop shaft, and might be relevant to Mazz1 and her troublesome Diesel.