Do any of my fellow P38 owners undercoat their 'erm...... P38?

I was thinking of doing mine, as she has 0 rust, i'd like to keep it that way.

I have Waxoyl black..

H

Just curious, I noted with a Mann Filter that the Oil pressure light would always take 1-2 seconds to disappear.
Since fitting a Bosch Filter the light doesn't even flicker..

Odd maybe, its the design of the filter?

What do filters do you all prefer?

I've seen a few "what have you done" threads on some other Forums, so i thought i'd start one on here.

Today and tbh since last week i've seen trying to deal with the water ingress.

And have been playing round with the interior and in particular the leather seats, trying to get them clean..

when i picked it up... ^^^b

After 3 years and alot of scrubbing!

'tis getting better!

And all back together, Beige carpet wouldn't of been my first choice if i had spec'd it!! ;)

Carpet is alot less Yellow!!

But it is ridiculously easy to get dirty again..

I don't think the PO had ever heard of mats LOL

H

My old P38's Air suspension seems to have a mind of its own..

1 She sits cock eyed at any height, much higher on the OS than the NS.

2 The compressor is running constantly, and gets so hot it can't be touched.

3 When using the height control button, when raising OR lowering the lights flash, and it takes forever to either deflate or inflate the bags..

4 If you set her in "wade" mode and then shut her off she'll lower down by quite a degree.

The odd thing is..

You can leave her a month on any setting and she won't sag, i don't think there is a leak,.

It's like she's constantly trying to self level..

Any ideas H

Is it the bottom of these and the pollen filter lids that need sealing, usually?

Or is it under this, there seems to be a rope like seal under there which seems to be in good nick?

Can't take the screws out so rather limited TBH!! ;)

H

The Old beast has been sat a while, and needs some work,

Being the Guru's and lets be honest Geniuses you are,

What would you refurb/replace to make it reliable?

she has knocking on the door of 130k.

Henry..

Hiya Gents.

I've noticed the seat in my P38 tends to rock back and forth when accelerating and braking.

Which is a tad irritating..

Also the issue only arises when the seat it fully back, if it is further forward on the rails it's fine, at 6'6 having the seat close to the dash really isn't practical, having my knees touching the dash really isn't comfy,

Would getting a pair of pliers on the rails and giving them a squeeze help?

Or is there a bolt that can be tightened?!

LOL

Anyone else have this issue?

H

These three.

it is an intermittend fault, somtimes she'll start up and they;ll be there.

Sometimes not..

i can drive a mile or 2 and it'll be fine, then randomly come on..

ABS sensor?

The wabco unit behind the dash is dry.

Hello Chaps.

I seem to remember a restoration thread on JMCLuimni's Linley..

I read what i think was it a while ago, but i can't seem to find it?

Is it on the Dark side?

Really been looking for it!!

would anyone know how to find it?

Cheers Gents.

Originally I intended to restore my P38 and use it at weekends as a toy.

However, after driving it around the farm and generally having fun with it, I'm leaning towards doing it up and using it daily.

I used it when I bought it for a few months as a daily and loved it, however she was a tad faulty back then lol.

Am I crazy?

I guess making a P38 reliable is the hard bit lol

H

My P38 early on in its life had a single point LPG system fitted, according to one of the previous owners it used to backfire through the manifold and ruin the MAFS

I have an intake pipe that has been blown apart, which is odd.

My question is, can you make a Thor V8 run on a single point system?
It ran ok sometimes but not always. Allegedly.

She now has a multipoint system on her.

My other question is.

Is it right for an 84 litre tank to give only 150mi range?

Surely i should be able to get more?

Cheers gents.

Hiya Gents.

I 'ave had this issue since i got her, the Little "gully" that houses the wiring loom under the plastic kickplates next to the seats is filling with water when it rains.

Down here ;)

The Pollen filters were sealed up around a week after i bought her!

The Heater matrix O rings have also been done, + it defo ain't coolant!!

Cheers Gents for any replies!

H

The

ABS TC and Handbrake lights are constantly illuminated regardless.

The HB one is puzzling as it is on regardless of whether the handbrake is on or not!

Brakes are perfect etc

Any ideas chaps.

Cheers.

Can you temporarily disconnect it?

Mine magically decided to unlock after clouting the door a few times with my palm!

However i don't want to risk it locking again as i believe the passengers side door latch is faulty, or i'm paranoid!

lol

Cheers.

H

Aye those round fings 'innit?

Wot are da best 4 the P38 ?

My old bus has Nexen rodians all round i wouldn't rate then at all.

I've been thinking of putting some BFG AT2's on her?

Any good?

She is running 18" comets!

Hiya Chaps!

I've heard of a good few peeps who have a T-Maxx duel battery set up on their P38.

2 things i've been wondering is..

Where does the 2nd battery go?

And How does it in a nutshell get wired into the vehicle?

AND is it for prurely accessory purposes or can it be used as a backup to the main battery?

Cheers H!

Aye up chaps.

I thought the ole' P38 was leaking coolant through the rear core plugs, long story short i believe the water has entered the bellhousing through the TQ bolt access hole, the rubber bung is missing..

Anyway.

Do you all find the coolant level "settles".

Mine settles at around here,

But never goes below?

If i top it off, it goes back down and settles there.

Odd Q i know!

Just curious!

Just discovered my rear core plugs are leaking, ya know the ones that need the gearbox pulling to get at! pfft..

Discovered this Splodge on the TQ inspection plate on the bottom of the bellhousing.

Also the front main transmission seal is leaking so tbh its defo a box out Job..

While I'm there I might aswell have a play with the engine..

An RPI engine can be had for aroiund 4000 pennies RTR

My Plan is to Pull the 4.6 - rebuild it and throw it in my Discovery 2 as the TD5 is getting a bit long in the tooth.

And put a 5.2 in the P38..

Just thinking out loud.

LOL

A 5.2 with forced induction would put out atleast 450hp, that would be fun.

And make a good towcar!

My passenger side door is superlocked I believe!

The inside handle and outside do nothing!

Even the central locking won't open it!

The tab that sticks out the cars is also Limp, doesn't feel like it does anything..

Any hints?!

Thanks chaps"

'ello!

Well..

"cough"

'Twas busy stripping my old motor to check all the wiring..

I have and all is well..

Until i got to the rear Amplifier....

I'll let the photos do the talking,

The Plug....

The Amp itself...

Oh but wait it gets better!!!

Got a bit trigger happy with dismantling.

And...........

A tad crispy..

Pfft a year and 1/2 looking and it was staring at me all along.... ;)

Thanks Martin.

He's gonna recieve my BeCM - Latch and other fings to go through..

Anyway thats all Gents..

Phew

Gahhhhhhhhhhhhh

lol