Simon, you definitely march to the beat of your own drum :)

I've had multicar from Direct Line before, but it all fell apart when we changed a couple of cars in the same year. Whenever I've looked at multicar since it hasn't been worth the difference. So far, at least. The insurance market is always shifting.

Which is a shame as Direct Line are one of the worst for stiffing existing customers in my experience. I tend to alternate between them and whoever is cheapest on the comparison sites. My renewal went from £360 to £750 in one hit a couple of years back.

Welcome to the den of the afflicted :)

That P38 looks really nice, and it seems to have gone to a very good home!
What's the strange box on the dashboard?

Hear Hear!
To be fair, I've had great results from Kwik Fit.

Have either of the O2 sensors been replaced in your ownership? I'm wondering if they're both the same spec. But.. as said - they shouldn't affect anything at startup while the engine is still on open loop. In fact, I'm trying to think of anything that would affect fuel trims in open loop - or are you only seeing that behaviour once the engine has warmed up a bit?

Gordon, have you scanned the Motronic for faults yet?

You can check if it's the regulator by turning the key to 2 for a couple of seconds 2-3 times before cranking. It'll trigger the fuel pump and should pump the rail full again. Well it does on any other vehicle I've owned. A P38 might have some special BECM control function that takes into account tide state and Moon phase.
If it's the regulator the engine should then fire right up and of course, if it's the injectors it'll flood even worse!

One of these should do the trick Much Cheapness
Does anyone know the spec for fuel pressure? Google says 3.5 Bar but I don't have Rave here.

Hook it up, and watch the pressure at cold - idle - off then see how it leaks down over 15 minutes. On a Jeep you'd be looking for 49 Psi +/- 5 Psi

Leaky injectors? Can you do a leak down test on the fuel rail pressure?

Even if you had the appropriate double ended hose, you'd only be able to equalise the pressure.
Not practical, I'm afraid.

You might be able to take his tank out and run your car from it, but it's a hell of a bodge for £30 of gas.

Aragorn wrote:

hmm! I've booked it during work hours, thinking i was being clever and getting it fixed when i'm otherwise busy!

I did that with my Jeep. The Autoglass replacement screen had a big shade strip which meant I had to duck down beneath it and after a few months the screen started leaking
due to rust. Eventually I had it ripped out and replaced by a specialist.

Not especially but it's only one badly fitted windscreen away. Watch the Autoglass guy like a hawk!

Yes, sorry. If you have sound options for "Driver" and some others I can't remember but similar to Concert Hall or Live then it's a DSP amp which is intended to process the audio stream and tweak it for various conditions. Big news in 2000... ;)

Sadly they're prone to failure and expensive to replace.

He's asking what radio set up you have. Mainly, is it a DSP equipped version? Also do you have the additional speaker on the dash?

Welcome to the madness :)
Judging by the comments after some poly radius arm bushes were replaced at the last meet you might want to reconsider and get rubber/OEM ones but otherwise it sounds like you're having all the fun of the P38!

Post up your aircon symptoms and I'm sure you'll get some relevant help. Better yet, get a nanocom onto it and see if there are any faults logged.
All the best!
Morat

What a truly unique vehicle, you should be proud :)

Welcome! I'm sure you're in for hours of fun :)

I totally agree. There's a lot of aftermarket bits that will work. It doesn't seem to be so hard to make metal bits that are the same shape or good enough. But I've always found it worth buying the best rubber bits you can find, be that bushes, hoses* or tyres!
Polybushes are popular with the wrong sort of people ;)

*ok, not always rubber.. but rubbery.

I'm very jealous :( but I'm hoping to make my own pilgrimage to Swindon in the not too distant to get new Radius Arm bushes and stuff sorted out. I think I'd better take a lot of beer :D

That's a fine collection - and more than I've seen in Swindon so far!