Another question gents.

When accelerating gently she changes up at around 1500rpm which is about right..

However when she gets to 35mph she seems to change from 3rd to 4th lockup seemingly missing 4th altogether and instantly locking the converter..

The annoying thing is it'll hold 4th down to 30mph which makes for jerking around if you are a bit hasty with the throttle and it's a tad annoying if you want to overtake a cyclist or whatever as it just labours.
she changes down below 30...

I find i have to go past 1/2 throttle before it changes down to what i think is 3rd..

Kickdown works..

I have changed the oil in the box..

Would it be something to to with the TQ apply circuit in the valvebody or is it more of a TCM related thing?

Cheers gents..

Cheers..

I'm dreading tomorrow, after all this rain it's probably full of water!!

Might not be

Not counting my chickens!!

BrianH wrote:

Get your LPG working! will be cheaper still!

Once i get the cash together i will get it over to Simon.

It kind of works, when it feels like it..

odd.

I'll try and pull it apart, might channel my inner MARTY and see if i can do some electrical wizardry!! LOL

Cheers gents!

Filled it up with petrol, as it quite cheap at the moment..

Got myself a good supply of Dr Pepper and some Red Leicester cheese chedders too!!

Been told to stop going to work, for my own safety as i deal with alot of people..
A little known secret if ya run out of bog roll when the apocalypse comes, is to use the blue garage tissue stuff, soft as soft can be and only stings yer arsehole if there is ATF or Acetone on it...... "cough".

People have pulled up outside me house wanted their stuff fixed, penciled them in for next week, who doesn't like holidays!!

HA!!

That will mean all of next week will be repairs even the weekend, can't complian though!!

Might be able to get some P38 stuff done this week.

Mine never worked from the get go..

However with everything grinding to a halt and the apocalyse approaching i'm gonna see if i can get some life out of it.. lol

When you insert the CD nav disk it just shows "No disk"..

Would it be worth taking it apart and giving it a squirt of contact cleaner, or is it a more serious fault with the drive itself?

Cheers gents.

H

kultur wrote:

Gilbertd wrote:

Main thing with a P38 is that you can wash it, polish it and use it to go anywhere and it doesn't look out of place, even our Queen uses one! But you can still take it out and get it muddy, drag big trailers around the place, use it to uproot trees, climb mountains and, unless you damage the bodywork, all you need to do is give it another wash. Contrary to what many American owners seem to think, you don't need to fit it with big wheels and tyres, winches and lift the suspension, it's perfectly capable of going places where the driver chickens out long before the car has reached the limit.

O Gilbert, still spouting that xenophobic nonsense are we? I guess it must be a British thing to insult people for what they do with their money to their own cars, or maybe its just you.

Winches, big tires, and lifts all serve a purpose when you actually offroad on trails like the Rubicon and Moab. But I guess us Americans, Russians, Australians, New Zealanders and pretty much everyone else from around the world who doesn't consider driving down a gravel road offroading, don't know what we're doing.

I'll be sure to check in with ya Gilby, next time I want to modify my rangie to make it more capable off-road, since you know everything ;)

Before you get yer arse in a twist.

Let me remind ya that RR.net is full of people "mainly americans" that like to lift and add loads of offroad accessories to their motors..

Well it's their money, Gilbertd was saying that the P38 is more than capable in stock form..

The M62 isn't a good unit..

I always find myself pulling on the handbrake before putting it into park for that reason..

Makes my job look pish easy by comparison..

the definition of a busy man right there!!

Do you get holidays LOL

Hello Gents.

Me again......................

I'v been flaying around with my Sunroof AKA Showerunit.

I've fixed a bulging seal, which was due in part to the sunroof frame corroding and causing the seal to lift away from the glass, the frame aswell.

I have since sealed it up,,

One thing i have noticed is, i can push the sunroof down with my hand when it is "closed" it springs back to position but should i be able to move it?

Odd Q i know..

Just wondering.

Oh yes mine passed its last mot on LPG with figures like that.

Cheers, that info will shut his arse!

Aha

Oh and the people on here don't give you a bollocking when you ask a question like on LZ.

You have to be careful on lz especially in the RR section.

D usually gives a green piece lecture if you mention the P38 v8.

Getting to hate the place to be Frank.

Hiya gents.

I see most of ya'll run LPG on your P38s and I was wondering if you'd happen to know what the emissions reading was on your particular vehicle..

I have a particularly stubborn chap on another forum who cannot seem to understand how an LPG V8 can be as clean or cleaner than his Diesel P38.

H

I agree LOL

Jet wash them off occasionally.

I've seen a few threads on coolant temps...

I haven't hooked my 4.6 up to my reader yet to check coolant temps..

What would be an acceptable range to expect?

Everything to do with the cooling system is new..

Just as precautionary maintenance!!

H

Put her back on the road recently, and have been hoofing it around to see what i can get..

really rather pleased with the result..