It has rained a load.
However the interior is dry as a bone as is all the fuse box's and all the connectors I can see..
All are dry from what I can see.
H
Just been out!
She''s Asleep..
Which is rather odd..
Normally i can leave her for over a week with no issues.
However 2 days ago I used the headlights and Fogs, 2 days later the battery is dead and i have a blown Fog light bulb??
Related?
I've had that bulb blow before, the one being the OSF
The only other thing I can think of is my Drivers mirror ejected at great velocity, i put it back together, if i put the wires on backwards would that cause any issues?
It's only started doing this since I used the lights!
Odd..
Any ideas?
I'm gonna check to see if she goes to sleep when left
How long does it usually take to put them to bed? LOL
Thank you
H
Fantastic Richard!
Anyone ever cut one open to see how the sidewalls are made?
Just curious lol
Check fuel pressure at the rail.
Later models have deeper holes than the earlier models..
It sort of depends where your seat is whether they're any use!
If a short Lass drives my P38 the cupholders are near useless, as the seat is quite far forward she has to twist her arm around to get to em!
Luckily they're in just the right place for me, with the seat all the way back, they're in just the right place!
mad-as wrote:
when i replaced my steering arms i measured everything and put it back together exactly like it was, when i drove it, it felt like it wanted to turn left into every driveway , when i got a wheel alignment it was only out by 22 millimetres? it was perfect on the bench tho. i also done ball joints and that was the wear in every thing according to the bloke that done the alignment.
how far out was your alignment ?
My Alignment was slightly off, it was before the new rod though!
It didn't pull if anything it drove better with the new "unaligned" rod!
After a full laser alignment it drives superb!
And yes it takes stupidly small things to knock it out!
Mine leaks oil out of everywhere!
Might be your front cover of Valley gasket.
Mine leaks mainly out the valley..
The fan does blow it everywhere!
Pressure relief valve is part of the oil pump.
No were near the rocker covers ;)
They're Bi hex 8mm..
Mine leaks like a sieve..
Spent most of today doing steering geometry on mine..
New track rod turned up today for the old bus, like everything for this P38 it came from Rimmer Bros, their OEM is MOOG which is nice..
I've not had much luck with cheaper suspension parts on this car!
New one..
Love the look of new parts in the Mornin'!
Wheels off!
Upon clambering underneath and trying to free off the nuts, the joint just turned in the taper, which made getting the nuts out an impossibility
They were all rusted to shit too.
The "big blue spanner" as my sister calls it came out and the POS was liberated
To avoid the tracking going to the dogs, got the rod to the same length as the old one,
In my case it was 54 inches exactly!
New unit fitted an torqued up, no play in these joints!
As you do I took her to work to get an alignment, after a 30min Laser therapy I took her for a good drive to see if there was any improvement, or a new problem!
I'm happy to say it tracks straight and true,
However with every good there must be a bad
On my way home a pheasant decided to cross the road, however because they haven't got a brain it went into mid flight right infront on my car!
The result was it hitting the corner of the bonnet and propelling at great velocity into my mirror, which in turn caused the glass to fly out!
Not only that the bird came in my open window and missing my head by at most 2 CM and landed in the boot
What a fiasco
So i pulled over and got the bird out, was tempted to keep it for sunday but eh
My mirror glass was found in a grass verge and put back in, only downside being it cracked!
Bastard birds are thick as shit..
I had to fill up too, no LPG this time due to the pump at my local doing a vanishing act!
Half a tank of Pez gets around 200mi which ain't bad for this bus...
Thank you very much..
That is perfect!!
Any ideas gents?
My Rave won't load!
And i desperately need the torque for the locking clamp torques!!
Cheers
H
Need to do the tracking on mine!
How does the P38 compare to the L322 in the handling and ride stakes?
Ordered a new track bar, balljoints have some nice freeplay!!!!!!!
How does it drive now compared to the V8?
I'm guessing it is lightyears ahead of the 2.5's!
Time for a "3.0 DHSE" badge for the back
My boring commute was spiced up today with a little hustle with a late L322..
It still amazes me how these P38's handle the bends, he was up my bumper on the straights but had to back off on the twisty bits..
I glanced him in my mirror, never felt so smug!
The old P38's handle the road very well compared to other 4x4's certainly better than their jap counterparts!
Was tempted to get her up to a ton on the straights but refrained..
Love it!
Aircon drains are another!
Yes the covers.
Water can also wick down the screws!