I'd say EAS lights and messages of any abnormal kind are definitely not welcome when doing 70+ on the A31, on Christmas day, with no laptop or nanocom in the car :)

It probably has soaked the underlay. I've cut the drivers side out (the usual pollen filter rainwater leak) to dry that out, still haven't gotten around to refitting it. Probably need to do the same on this side.

One day I will take it off the tarmac properly, but it sure as hell isn't going near deep water! Taking a P38 wading is asking for trouble with the BeCM, EAS and auto box ECUs all on the floor, in my opinion anyway. Besides that, its relatively tidy inside, last thing I want is to flood it with nasty water.

Got to work this morning and had to get something from the passenger side... when I noticed quite a bit of something leaking from the rear end of the running board!

Pretty much knew what it was going to be, but I was just surprised it had made it so far!

Damned drain. Gave it a squeeze from under the dash and it let quite a lot flow through, but I think I'm going to need to try and remove it to clean it properly. Poking from underneath hasn't sorted it previously apparently!

Atrocities aside, the A7 is such an understated looking car... I didn't like the look of them at all at first, but when that little rear spoiler magically appears, the rear end changes completely.

Twin turbo V8 certainly helps, too...

Those plugs can be an arse to get undone... especially when covered in oil!

The rough road thing I think is normal.

The water drip may be condensate from the air conditioning - if its clear it probably is. The drains are either side of the gearbox. If you get underneath and look up with a torch, you'll see the black rubber things that have a cross cut into them high up.

Yep, rear passenger side. I won't be mentioning it if I don't already have a replacement wheel to hand for them to swap the tyre onto - it has held air for the 6 months I've had it so I don't want them potentially noticing and failing it on that after sorting the rest of things out. I'll get it replaced just as soon as I can get a wheel here, certainly not leaving it and hoping for the best.

All done!

All that remains of the old pipes, and the 25ft roll of cunifer. Don't get much change out of it! Also pictured is one of the padlocks that my other half has gone out with the keys to, that locks away the pressure washer... overcome by Morat fever and had to wash behind the wheel arch liners!

While cleaning the inside of the wheels... I noticed something the MOT man didn't - top right. Tits. To eBay to find another hurricane!

Previous owner must have hit something damned hard to manage that. Hopefully explains my wheel wobble between 60-70mph. Could be UJs but they seem fine, and now I've seen this... it needs replacing.

Make hay while the sun shines, or its dry and not freezing, or something like that. Come winter I won't be wanting to do anything outside in a borrowed driveway or at the side of the road, really need to move house...

But yeah, in this case sadly it needs sorting pronto. To be fair, the pipes all near the back that I've pulled out so far have been pretty damn crusty. I think I'll leave the track rod for them to do - given it'll need tracking doing anyway.

Got pee'd off and went to Lulworth cove for Lunch, didn't see LR Direct could do next day. Surely doesn't include Saturday? Will have to have a look.

Managed to lay my hands on the kunifer, flare tool, pipe cutter, and pipe bender. Couldn't get the caliper flexi hoses, so eventually after many drownings in plusgas, sacrificing a goat, waiting for the planets to align, I cracked the nuts off and they've both come out relatively cleanly. Bit of luck.

Drivers side done, minus the little flexi hose and solid section. Went up and over the petrol filler piping so I could clip it into as many clips as possible. I think the other side can wait till tomorrow.

Prime doesn't do Saturdays :( Found a local place that has one at another branch that they're sending over for this afternoon.

But now I can't find the flexi hoses to the calipers... mine don't look like they'll be coming off where the copper meets them intact. So again I'm stuck. FYI - BGParts.co.uk is a complete joke. Eurocarparts only list the ones for the old setup - unless I'm missing something.

Really didn't think this would be as much hassle as its turning out to be, and I haven't even started yet.

Dorset Tube sadly don't sell in small quantities, but they were able to point me to a place just up the road that do sell it! So now I should be sorted for pipe.

I was planning to get that flaring tool from Machine Mart today, but having just checked again its an 'xtra' product... I wish they would just drop this whole pointless 'xtra' crap - if you don't stock it in store, I'm going to order it online from somewhere else for less, and I sure as hell won't be waiting 7 DAYS for it. I love Machine Mart, but this and any other bricks and mortar place that lists products only available online drives me mad.

I'll give them a call in the morning, thanks! Will continue to google till then.

My old one had the rear lines replaced in normal copper?

If no one can think of a reason beyond production, I will probably go straight to the long flexi brackets and do away with the little flexi/solid sections. I think I've seen a few posts by you Gilbert 'elsewhere' that suggest it is 11mm, will see if I can find them again to check. I may end up just cutting them off anyway if they're not needed and any inaccessible bits can sit there.

Might have to do it in normal copper though as I can't seem to find anywhere locally that stocks the copper/nickel stuff. Need to get it done this weekend really. Quite pissed off the garage took 7 hours to get around to telling me exactly what the car had failed on. Had I known this morning (a mere 3-4 hours after dropping it off say), I could have ordered some and had it tomorrow along with the other bits I need.

Maybe it's me - but I have yet to find a garage that grasps the concept of communication. The best was a BMW indy - had my 5 series for...something, the day drew to a close and I had forgotten about it to be honest - got home in the loaner and rang the next day to be told 'oh yeah, it was all done yesterday, we were waiting for you to pick it up'... oh, sorry, my crystal ball must be fu#!ing broken!

Also failed on a centre rear seatbelt buckle. I wonder where my spares went -_- Typical! I think I have enough bits of various buckles from the old car's original seats to build a functioning one.

So it looks like I need to learn another skill over the next few days. My front to back and both rear little solid pipes are corroded, and they do look pretty nasty.

What I can't fathom is the point of the little solid lines? Why can the lines from the front not go straight to the long flexi hose brackets on the car?

http://workshop-manuals.com/landrover/p38/p38a808.png

Mine is like the top box - on my phone and chrome won't play nicely with the insert image box!

I've done this before too a few times, usually after tinkering with the dash and then wondering what the hell I'd forgotten to plug back in!

At least the battery works in your siren ;)

A great weekend! Good to finally put some faces to names too.

That steering arm... I think enough has been said about that little part!

I took a quick photo just before Miles ran away earlier today... not sure if scrapyard, or gathering of owners:

Crawling under a p38 on its bump stops to liberate the engine loom in the dark - I knew I should have done this earlier! :) Ive stuck some random LPG bits in too just in case they're of use.

I think I've got as much as I can find / reasonably fit. If the interior didn't rattle enough before... It sure will now. Will be up at the crack of dawn(ish...) for more LPG and a food run beforehand.

I have a 36mm ended fan spanner?

Sorry OB - I don't think I'm going to be able to get the carpet out tonight, I've got to pop back to work in a minute and that robs me of a few hours annoyingly. I've got the steering column though! Not sure if it comes out in any smaller bits, but I have the whole thing from airbag down to where it joins up in the bay.

I am indeed on LPG on the new one :) OMVL Dream xxi with Matrix HD injectors. Runs very nicely. Had a couple of leaks on the vapour side but no other issues thus far. Could probably do with the hoses all being replaced and a general service at some point.

Car is filling up with stuff, still need to get the engine loom off the old car. Could be a long night yet!

Did you get my PM Marty?