Ever been so annoyed at something, that you want to burn it?

Well in my case the P38 has been pissing water in for a while, i'd sealed the filters up, and like a fool believed that it couldn't be leaking from there again!!

The easiest person to fool is yourself etc etc..

Anyway..

In an effort to find out the specific area as to where the water was getting in, i got various jugs filled with water and a colourant!!

The colour is key, working from the bottom up "for obvious reasons" you use a different colour for each section, if the water that leaks into the footwell is a specific colour you know "roughly" which area is leaking..

The problem with drenching the car with a hose is it soaks all areas in water and it is hard to pinpoint which area is leaking, using the hose method we narrowed it down betweem the sunroof and scuttle, not very accurate!!

This is the state of the inside after drenching it with a hose..

Not great as you can see, this is after drenching the whole car, at this point water could be getting in anywhere!!

To narrow down the leak i mixed water with MER car polish which is a horrible cloudy stuff, and it worked well, i drenched the pollen filter covers first..

After taking a seconds i opened the door to be greeted with this!!

clearly the MER is eeking its way past somewhere..

It is also worth noting i put the hose inside the scuttle and nothing leaked..

Upon opening the "sealed" pollen filter covers i was greeted with this...

A lesson to be learnt from this is..

clean the covers off before resealing!!

Now i appreciate some old hands will laugh and tell me to fook 'orf..

but i thought i'd share!!

cheers,

Money is the factor!

If moolah wasn't an issue a new V8 developments 5.2 would be going in place of my tired old 4.6.

A little Circlip on the top and they come apart, very simple things!!

My Rocker covers use to leak so i cranked the bolts right up, ya know crank them up until they start to loosen off LOL

no more leaks!!

Mind you, my Timing chain is making itself known now!

With this partial engine rebuild going on, does this mean the diesel swap is on hold for the time being?

18mm seems to ring a bell with me too..

Tappets pump up with oil however crap can be pumped into them and after almost 2 decades use some of them are more than likely full of more crap than oil, once full of shit they can't take oil.. LOL

Pulling them apart for a look is quite easy "nudge nudge"

The GEMS is far easier IIRC..

I used a Crows foot socket, with an unusal combo of extensions and UJ's on my Thor..

Modern rubber is hilariously bad quality..

A new set of balljoint boots on my D2 lasted 8 months before splitting!!

Like you i replaced the boots, repacked with grease..

The P38's were last replaced in 2007 from the records.

Yep i've ordered some of that fangled stuff..

EAS is level too..

Access mode for easier dismount and mount into the steed? he he he..

I lock mine in Motorway saves all that movement nonsense..

Aye..

the dustboots on mine are erm... DUST!!

joints are still tight..

Steering is pucker, i do have a set of joints to put in.

That cam is probably one of the worst ones i've seen..

Mine was quite a bit less pointy than it should be when i did the valley gasket, should of pulled it out!!

standard lift cam going in i take it?

The ramp at the MOT centre i use had dollies on the ramp that vibrate and shake the wheel all to hell, quite clever..

Mine were tighter than a nuns............................................................ "ahem"..

Defo tyres on mine..

Never heard of "fullrun" tyres before, might be worth even swapping front to back..

Try swapping the wheels and tyres with your other VSE if possible, or another P38..

Mine used to wander around like a bastard until i put a better set of tyres on it, the Michelins on the front, the sidewalls were like jelly and caused the car to wander
swapped a set of Nexens on it and its been fine ever since..

I guess the tyre sidewalls were diaphragming "is that even a word" in and out when driving..

I think my BECM set a record for a burn out LOL

These BECM's are fickle things..

Would it be worth checking for water ingress into the BEcm?

Water ingress is killing me!!

No water on the bulkhead, further more the foam up there is dry..
No water leaking from the bottom of the dash..
No coolant

The plenum is all sealed up and all screws sealed..

However both footwells are wet!!!

Ahhhh!!!

Found this mess inside my rear 1/4.

Ever get that feeling?

Fitted a new EAS compressor and had to breach lockdown to get some essential supplies, my Asthma inhaler among them..

Anyway half way there it is pissing down, doing 50mph down the A49 the right hand wiper comes off its spindle and tangles up with the left one!!
Ah fook..

So luckily i had the forethought of always RainX coating my glass and the water is beading right off, but it is still a ballache..

Anyway, I manage 5mi later to pull into a carpark and fix the issue with some tools i have in the back, all the while rain is pouring out the sky at a rate of knots

After fiddling around with it for 5 mins i had it set and i continued onwards..

Only to find once the wipers were fixed the sun came out and the rain stopped!!!

Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!

At the shop i then noticed i had a very soft tyre, luckily i have green slime on me and a pump, so that was also tended too..

These P38's...

Ahhhhh!!!

Oh and it doesn't really fit in carpark spaces!!

The collet looks like the one of the Airbag, is it a question of removing the dryer and throwing it in the microwave for a few seconds to dry it out?

I was thinking of drilling a hole in the airbox and EAS lid and feeding a length of PVC pipe between the two to give a cold air feed to the compressor to help keep it cool, atleast when moving..

Might extend its life.

Anyhow i've got a new Dunlop pump coming tomorrow..