£32 New from eBay.
Also, how much play should there be in the steering damper? Mine seems to be able to move and twist quite a bit.
I don't have access to the heat source mate. I just have manual tools. Lol. New drag link it is then.
Whilst I wait for my new caliper, I thought i'd have a look at my wonky steering wheel. Got some advice from Marty on how to go about it.
My wheel is off centre at bout 11'o clock when wheels are straight. The steering box markings aren't lined up. If I put my wheel straight, the markings line up. So as I understand it, this means the box is set right and that the drag link might want adjusting as it's too short?
I'm having a look at all of this myself first before I send it in for tracking. The last car I had, they spent 90 minutes farting about with the track rod, only to give it back to me and say it was seized and I needed a new one. I want to be prepared with working components this time. With this in mind, I've loosened the drag link adjuster clamps but I cannot shift the adjuster whatsoever. I've given it a right old blast with penetrant but to no avail. New drag link required or is there a method to loosen the bugger?
just rang em to ask. They said they'll most likely have one.
It's not clean and tidy and smells like cars. old school shop. Sounds like your local one Gilbert. They ask for a reg but I've also seen them look stuff up in the books and have a rummage round.
Looks like the car was cheap cause it has half the bits missing then. Lol
New rear caliper required.
Is the banjo washer something I need to order or will the local motor factors have em?
I knew I should have gone with the Zebra ones!
This will sort your tired looking seats. :-)
worth asking for the part number? it's the right money.
Saying that, with the postage, it comes to nigh on £42. this onehas the part number for the extra few quid.
imgur. Like photobucket but free. Works well for forum. On the image links, select the one that ends in .jpg then it'll show up in a forum post.
Smiler. is it a fusebox you're after?
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Got pictures of the dodgy seat too, just got to find a decent alternative to Photobucket. Tried uploading to Google Drive but for some reason I can't link directly to them.
Imgur seems to work nicely.
you have any problems with stickiness once the old headlining and backing was removed?
what colour is the headlining Smiler? Oatmeal from Matrim?
You starting a P38 museum Gilbert or just going to flip it?
ok. Thankyou.
Armed with the information, I can make sure it's done right you see. The last P38 I had, I watched the guy track it and he told me what he'd done and gave me the alignment printout which was correct according to the RAVE values. Still didn't drive right. Now I know there's more to it than sticking expensive equipment on the wheels, turning a couple of nuts and charging £50. I'm a bit stuck for reputable tracking places round here. I went to 2 garages that said they didn't do P38's as they were too old. A bizarre excuse I thought.
I didn't explain right.
It drives straight, but the wheel aims at between 10 and 11. I understand that you can't just take the wheel off and move it. Would it be right to assume that when it was tracked by previous owner, that it's been done with the steering wheel not centred and to correct it, it will all need realigning?
car drives straight as a nut. Just the wheel that's on the piss.
what a night(mare). All's well that ends well though.
Reading the bit about your steering wheel, what's the job behind that? Mine points between 10 and 11 o'clock. could do with centring it.