When you flush coolant take a look that the rad is not blocked, mine was and it was a life of running warm/hot until I replaced. Mind you, was looking mint ...
I would not bother replacing airbags, you will not find them new anyway, and it is proven they last far longer than the original scheduled times before replacement ...
The warmer the better (except soaring heat), the silicon dries faster reducing the time before use.
David how much was that Pilkington? Good to know is still available ... mine has a Nordglass replacement and the defogger works ... randomly. Maybe someday ...
Like Beowulf, I had to go Britpart for mine, this was over two years ago and they have held pretty well.
My queen spent a fair time on them, sometimes several weeks at a time (for example, while Marty has worked on by BeCM), and never an issue. Among the lesser quality parts, this seems to be a fortunate one.
BTW: when I've replaced them, one of the OEM ones was disintegrated, like gone. I've noticed that corner always had an EAS error, I guess because the sensor gets pushed (or pulled) out of range ...
Don, your best-of-class choice would be STC50086, the original accessory for Free/D2/P38.
http://bputah.com/Disco%202%20Acc/sunglasses.htm
If you could only find it ....
Richard, I agree with the concept of grabbing the wheel to climb on, but my past 4x4s that had the handle in the proper place - the a-pillar - grant the easiest access ever! Grabbing the oh jesus handle from outside is an awkward movement ... I do not know what they were thinking, but is the proper thing to have in that place. If you don't fancy a handle, that would be a nice place for a flashlight holder ...
Agree with the above, here in the old continent either you have a side-by-side double garage with single door, of you have a house with a larger area/shed/barn to play around. Space became more than just a luxury ...
Back on the topic, as you guys mention a grab handle to get in, under the two A-pillar plastic trims there are bosses/threaded holes for screwing something, probably a grab handle like the ones jap 4x4s have (extremely useful), on both sides (driver and passenger, or passenger and driver for the UK chaps who still not have updated to the world standard LOL). The holes are 175mm apart and I am (not actively, though) looking for any car "oh jesus" handle that fit that dimension, to drill through the plastic trims - elegantly - and have a functional grab handle in a proper position.
Never seen a P38 with anything there ...
Gosh, I thought it would be harder ... duh, guess I wasn't thinking hard enough :-)
Thanks!
When my Tenax 91Ah gives up (close there), will look for the largest I can fit there..
Or the sunglasses' case which was an accessory for Freelanders and Disco 2 and is now impossible to find ,,,
Question related to the above ... last time I was by my battery supplier we engaged in a conversation about the subject of the "bogger is better", of which I am an advocate, and "fit what is specified" which was his opinion.
We were not talking about the P38 in particular, but about a normal car and regular city car use.
Hi statement was grounded on the basis that a higher Ah battery might take more time to be filled to its capacity by the standard alternator, and therefore in short runs never reaching total charge and shortening battery life.
As I have never seen this matter from this point of view, you guys running +100Ah batteries in the V8s, do you reckon a shorter battery life due to this problem?
I like it a lot! Wait to see fab work and prototype ... keep track of costs and tooling you might have a winner for a (limited?) production series :-)
Nice ride!
Agree on the "black on black" horrendous look ... distasteful. Well, imagine the leading influences in that fashion and you got all the answers you need! :-)
uh, i forgot to mention I also had the front interior light going KO and the headlining "stained" once I left the sunroof open in the tilt postion and it rained. Curiously, on the +20 years old audi we work on this does not happen and they leave with the sunroof open ...
i think the reason for non insulating the metal is just because of cost savings ...
wow good!
for what I can say ...
... the belt slider is a sure break everytime you touch them, so don't feel bad about it.
... that "washer tube" thing is present here and there in many seals, also mine has it in the rear doors. I think is made to help the seal make the "turn" around the metal.
... I solved the leak into boot issue by purchasing a very small hose and fitting into the seal itself. Now the closing needs is a bit more of a 'robust' hand, but it did the trick. It all depends on how bad is your seal. A mate in Italy tried the same and it did not worked, and he bought a new seal (at a hefty price).
... having the headliner down I can recommend you put some insulation material in the roof metal, it does make a difference ...
This is interesting, I've done recently the core and the o-rings, and I was tempted but not sure how to go at the AC evaporator ... I thought the entire metal frame had to come out - and the steering column as well.
Since I have not mounted anything back yet (sigh), I am still in the territory to have a go at it ...
hope the post was not about something broken! lol
happy anniversary pub! you guys rock! :-)
I've got my seats sorted out, it is time to start clearing trim items ... now that the specter of a hard brexit seems dispelled, it means if somebody wants something I can ship it ....
From my donor I've got nice set of skins in grey (Dark Granite), I can give only the skins, the foams, even the seat bases and backs (electric with memory post-99), but the weight might make it unreasonable.
Being a LHD car, the good about it is that the the seats are ideal for an UK driver ....
Door cards are also in great shape and with the HK speakers and leather.
I also got a couple of Lightstone items, but still need to sort them out.
As always, the boss said "mates rates" and I oblige :-)
Some photos ...
Too far to help ... :-)
Still .... how many cars still going around with their fans ....
I've managed to rebuild almost all the damage, still got the oil pipes gearbox <> cooler which I dread to do ...
Good luck finding a complete and good looking bonnet AND insulation!
On acceleration, I know is not nice to say, but floor it when at a standstill and if it slips you will hear it like if it was machine gun fire ... when I mean floor it it means ... that :-)
Can't suggest for the parts, I do not have the will skills or interest in learning how to do the BW myself.
nice! :-)
the question is ...why would the fan disintegrate? Mine had no cracks and was not missing any parts in the blades ... however earlier in that year I had the water pump replaced ... and I wonder if some misalignment could have been the culprit ...