Ouch ! My remarks were not meant as a criticism but just to point out why Web Sites normally deploy such "Analytical Tools".....
Often the best way to find out why some pages (but not others) get hit is just to ask Members etc... eg. via a 'Comments' thread ? I don't know but I suspect the site got busier because what you are doing is much closer to what John Brabyn did (ie. before VS etc blatant Commercialisation).
Similarly if you are collecting data on Visitors it always helps just to State what data you are collecting rather than the 'standard' messages
(eg. "Cookies are your friends"... & etc)
PS: How do we contribute ??
Analytics are useful (if only for the sake of curiosity !) but it mainly all depends on how/if you intend to Commercialise your Site in the future (with Vendor Ads. and the like - and then you may need detailed Member/Visitor profiles etc)
(Not going to bore you with my objections to 'Cookies' either but suffice it to say that on the 'other' Site one time I registered/blocked 38 Third-Party Cookies.. and from their names I could see they were nearly all Marketing functions/organisations masquerading as 'Useful Data' Collectors..... so overall of more use to VS than to Members.. and "it's a slippery slope" !!)
145 RPM.....?? Fantastic, a mighty engine with (almost) a 'Heartbeat' !
As for Mi Amigo/Ross Revenge/Caroline etc I recall their MW fade well...... and that the BBC had to invent Radio 1 in 1967 !
If it's a Pub can I have two pints of lager and a packet of crisps please ?...
Actually, as it's a P38 Pub, maybe two pints of coolant and a packet of o-rings may be better....
Good choice; Solvents-based ! Was also going to suggest Xylene but that's pretty toxic/nasty, too !
Yes, fair point OB but the pastes/gels are relatively less corrosive. Brush on / soak for 15 mins. / rinse well / repeat until deposits removed. [Usual story - 2/3 cycles are better than one long one] Take the normal precautions - gloves/glasses etc of course...
Actually though now you mention it I left it on the BBQ for a few hours and now I can't find it.......
Hope it's not Toady you are inviting Spiggy.....
Not wanting to scratch parts up (with the parts/pistons out) I have used Oven Cleaner of the nasty Potassium Hydroxide paste type with success; Soak/scrub off ! (Don't tell the missus just what you are doing though as she will then just point you at the oven next...)
Again sounds like typical Bush wear but how old is your Steering Damper GeorgeB ?
Yes -and the shorter ones are usually called 'Euro' connectors (but you find both types in the UK, Both are called "quick release" types though...)
Adapters are a few pounds/euros; Most standard old type is 1/4"BSP (so tapered thread, ie. use PTFE tape to seal !)
Anywhere that supplies Spray Painting stuff will sell these,
The quality of those (cheap Chinese) switched-mode PSUs is famously inconsistent: Some also have operating frequencies/harmonics that are just beyond the upper range of human hearing - and if so don't use them too close to your head for a long time, unless you want unexplained headaches !! The effect can be worse as you drawn more current... but the noise of an EAS Compressor nearby might mask it.... Actually ignore all/most of that as a P38 can often give you headaches on its own anyway of course.
I have met many P38 owners who (for obvious reasons) permanently carry a spare HD battery around; The other day I saw some small/cheap portable generator/inverters in Lidl (£100) and wondered if one would fit in my boot with all the other obligatory P38 keep-me-going accessories.....
Sloth, if the HGV grooves have been giving you such grief then I would not suspect the tyres so much but the suspension (as you did yourself in post #1)...
As you will know the front axle/diff. is not just held in place by the Radius Arms but also the Panhard Rod; Check the bushes on that in particular (as if shot there can be quite a bit of lateral movement on the move): In fact check the bushes all round while you are at it !?
Obviously it looks like your tracking is out there Sloth. Sidewall/cracking etc though, just how old are your tyres ? Pressures ?
I have tended to stick with Scorpions; I have noted that If you use chunky off-roaders then handling on-road is affected detrimentally.
(PS: I do hope that by 'Marty's shiny new tool' you mean his 20T press....)
And this is what the alloy actually looked like after 'locking horns' with an A6...
The A6 alloy was relatively undamaged but his wheel was sticking out at 90 degrees...
No problem Gilbertd but with your help I eventually worked out how to insert images, thanks !
And for anyone else doing this via 'Photobucket'...
Just click on the 'Direct' box on the right of the photo (second line down - eg. http://i etc etc -) to copy it
and then paste it in the pop-up box on rrpub as Gilbertd explained....
Note that the other Photobucket http://**s** etc etc variants don't work (well at least they didn't for me) !
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Well, 20 Tons should do it Marty ! Do these bushes just lose elasticity over time ?
Attached a photo link (now I know how to do it): "Whack" at the end (on the wheel) pivoted it about point "P": You can also see the slightly bent axle end (diff. casing) plus the bent (-almost to the exhaust-) Radius Arm.
- Not sure how 'agricultural' it is but i definitely used the word 'dung' a few times (ok, not that word but a 'variant' of it) doing this !
As you know these bolts are slightly 'splined' (so they fit tightly in the bush); And my splines obviously worked really well....
Guess it depends on how corroded they are (and so how wet they have been) but good luck ! Also guessing you need a ruddy great press to get the bushes out of the arms, too (?)
No problem chaps, 'happy to be high-jacked' if it is interesting ! Besides the later THOR P38s also have the BMW engine etc of course....
Someone in a rush (in an Audi A6) tried to write off my P38 last year; His N/S/F alloy (just) locked with my N/S/F alloy.....@ about 20mph
I was parked up but it shoved all 2 tons of P38 back 2 feet.... and the axle (end) back about 2 inches... and the N/S Radius Arm bent too
'Long story short' we "came to an arrangement" and the whole front axle and the radius arms swapped with one from a scrapyard...
In fact changing this as 'a complete unit' was just as well as it is almost impossible to get the radius arms off the diff casing ..
( LR's favourite trick of alloy bushing + tight steel bolt + salty water + time = lots of cursing trying to separate them !! I wanted to keep the old axle too - well just the diff. really - but in the end I 'cheated' whilst getting the radius arms off... I used an angle grinder to cut the bolt ends off and a very big hammer to drift them out.. P38s are certainly 'Heavy Engineering'; Indeed I found it quite helpful just to think about Isambard Kingdom Brunel's own struggles whilst doing this particular task....)
Found the same problem - but that it is worse when the ground is not level; When on a slope as it raises you can also get a 'kick' through the steering wheel as the bag 'pops'; Not sure but I have assumed that on a slope the body is not actually 'horizontal' and so rises asymmetrically - and then it slowly corrects/levels itself out as the bags (more) fully inflate and so there is also some lateral/sideways motion involved (?); Changing all the bags (for the other usual reasons) did not remove this effect either !
Hello experts ! Only just found this site -by chance- after one of my infrequent (these days) visits to the "other" site. Not really going to dwell too much on all the B/S that just happened (and was just removed) but suffice it to say I was also banned... three times. On one occasion is was for not standing for any nasty nonsense from one of RRTH's mates, another time because RRTH did not like my writing style/use of punctuation, particularly italics, and finally because after being trolled by RRTH (who chose to edit almost every one of my posts - simply because he could) I finally 'lost it' and posted up all the bad stuff I had been told about Carl (and LLT); Oh dear..... I think I am detecting a pattern somewhere there !... I also contacted VS in Canada prior to this but quickly realised they did not really care. If you have such a great 'resource' as Richard why would you ban them ? Worse than that for several years many other highly-technical folks with excellent P38 skills 'crossed swords' with RRTH (and his over-inflated ego) etc and were also banned. Just goes to show what happens when you 'give idiots power'... Enough said....
Had my P38 (4.0 SE) for 15 years....and for many of the expected (GEMS) problems too. To be fair my own skills are more soldering-iron related than spanner-related but that's always quite handy with a P38; When folks ask me "what are these like ?" I learned to say "you need an Electronics Degree, a bucket of superglue and a big bag of patience".... but folks on here already know that of course...!
Great to see so many of the recognised P38 experts on here now.... and also to read stories like Richard's French adventures too; As we know it is cathartic to 'share the pain' and know there really is hope with these beasts if you just persevere with them; And that is exactly what John Brabyn intended of course.