My old shocks were toast after 20 years, as Mad-as says just scrap them and start again. I replaced with Monroes gas-filled, but not harsh... Check tps too - 28 psi front and 38 rear - which can make a big difference to ride. For roll, check the front anti roll bar and replace the bushes and links for starters
9v battery seems to shift most
congrats. i've got about 250k to go
Tnx guys
And the answer was...split in half. It seems fine to shrink once, but repeated/ continuous heat causes a melt-down. I dare say better quality stuff wd have reacted better
Having spent a few days this week pulling apart my fridge freezer - and reading a comment that F/F systems don't leak like cars do as the compressor is electric/ enclosed and so has no leaking bearing seal (where mine leaks)...I got to wondering why cars don't use an electric compressor, instead of the mechanical/ rotating one...
Richard/ Sloth this one will be right up your alley !!
Hi Phazed - please post pics when done... I hate doing headlinings
I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that someone pried their way into my glovebox at some point, as the LHS latches but the lip doesn't fully close up - despite having spent a good while on my LH adjuster screw. Not sure what is under my leather covering on the glove box door, I assume some sort of steel plate. I may lean on the door lip next time it's off the car
Here you go, phazed... 50 quid.... or can be picked up for even less
I don't think it upsets me enough to shell out £150, but I may pay a visit to a breaker
No 9 ie the seal on the outside, with the metal inlay ( that then bubbles and crates the mess). OP may have meant different, or course
Thanks guys, maybe i'll use two layers, and then test the heater "on land", so to speak, as a bench test
I also got one re-gassed (for the glove compartment) at SGS. Trouble is, if they over do it (as mine did) there's no valve to release the gas.... Lots of time wasted - my advice is to spend the time to find a better priced new one... think i paid about 30 in the end. The one on the cubby box (drinks tray in my case) is f*** all use anyway -or at least it doesn't make the release clip on my lid any less fiddly.
me too - but i need RH rear : o)
In the pub all topics valid, right?
So - my fridge freezer started to trip the circuit breaker a few days ago - My nano couldn't connect, so in true P38 style I disconnected everything I could until the circuit breaker didn't trip, and then reconnected things bit by bit.... Turns out the defrost heater element is shorting to the outer case - which was touching the earthed cooling matrix... so, my question is... how about I put a heat shrink sleeve on said heater matrix tube? It shrinks at 100 degrees, which is more than the heating element will be allowed to generate (it's in series with a bimetallic thermal relay - which is closed only below +5 deg C) - the only question is if the heat-shrink can stand repeated heat.... or is there a kind of rubberised but heat-resistant paint I could get for the element?
No doubt that is the better explanation, yes, and now that i think on it, a few months back the exhaust started to bump if i went over a speed ramp - so that was probably no 1 gone
Problem solved - two hanging rubbers on one side of the exhaust had surrendered at the same time
Not sure if anyone's had this,but: for the last couple of days when cornering right i have noticed a bit of a creak coming from under the car, seems.to be the rear. It sounds as if it is on rusty springs, which it's not...
So this is if i'm either going round a RH bend at 30+, or also as i'm exiting a RAB ie also steering right). I dont think this is a steering thing... Front suspension is pretty much all replaced in the last year, along with rear shocks. Could be an anti roll bar, or bush ( i'm guessing rear) i also thought exhaust mountings. Anyway, i'll go under and have a look, just curious if it rang a bell with someone...
I think strange rover did a thread on this a few weeks back. As for me I just ordered an ebay kit in P38 lightstone. The colour match is not so good that I would recommend touching up seats etc, but good enough if you want to paint the whole of something eg steering wheel. Mine lasts ok - just gets a bit dirty, being the steering wheel... I'm seriously tempted to try dying it another colour, on my model it could legitimately be a dark/ navy blue too, but it may end up looking cr**, so I've left well alone for the mo.
When I get home I'll check who supplied it
I recently committed the heresy of ordering a Varta 069 - 75 pounds delivered - 4 year warranty. It's a V8- capacity battery 70Ah - my last battery was the Bosch equivalent. Although there's something to be said for the Halfords warranty, if they're that good at honouring it, as DHallworth notes. I've always bought Bosch (Varta make Bosch), but last time I tried to get the motor factor/ Bosch to stand behind their warranty I got nothing...so I figured I may as well not pay a Bosch premium this time