Anyone know the best (cheapest) way I can get a pair of LHD Headlights for my P38 to remain in Spain ? Don't need wiper ones. Anyone got a pair kicking around that they no longer need please !

One of my P38 headlights has a little water sitting in it after rain - passenger side - haven't tried to get in it but is this a replacement job - reflector is showing signs of corrosion !

Some of you may remember my ongoing P38 running problems and I'm sure you were bored to death by what seemed insoluble. Well, you will be relieved to hear the problem has been solved by my blowing the engine the other morning delivering her 'who must be obeyed' at 5 in the morning on way to airport. She missed the plane and I have damaged the engine seemingly beyond economic repair by leaving waterfiller cap off (in dark) and valves and camshaft damaged and no cylinder pressure. But, I have found a virtually similar P38 to buy and am collecting it soon. I want to ask, is it straight forward to replace the road spring mod it has had with my wonderful air springs (much superior ride) and although it had been LPG converted (most removed - don't know make) can I transfer my Zavoli type system to new vehicle. They are same year and engine. Are there things to be done to ECU when LPG fitted? I would value any advice !

I hardly dare post this as I don't want to offend the gods who control my P38 but it seems that after two years of boring everyone with my running problem I may have the answer. I have found here in Spain a fabulous 'mobile mechanic' called Mark who is ex Army REME and knows Landrovers/Range Rovers inside out. Stuck on a sloping dirt track and unable to leave it at the garage guy in town Mark came out with all the kit to work in the field. Changed the gearbox oil and internal filter, engine oil and filter - replaced the thermostat and then cast an expert ear on the running. Misfire on the left side he said and most likely a spark plug. I had explained that for no apparent reason after starting and running cold ok it would lose power as soon as the engine gained any heat and run slow up hill, not changing down unless I pushed the Sport button and even then still trying to change up after a few seconds. He would have started on the spark plugs but knowing I could do that I pushed him on to the nasty jobs that I didn't like. So had the spark plugs out left hand side- all looked good - LPG seems to burn clean-and just for trial replaced the old plugs that were still around - went for test drive and on the hill coming back engine failed to a tickover. When finally back replaced the original plugs and noticed that the rubber part of the lead on the one at the back of the engine seemed to be very tight against that metal exhaust manifold that I'm told is a heat shield. Got out the hammer and bashed the shield down out of the way of the plug lead - went for test drive and lo and behold - actually drove like it should - accelerated and changed down as normal - almost perfect - after two years of limping around .... Anyway, Mark says because I use low ratio on the hill here (not really necessary) it causes wind up and wind up inhibits the automatic gear change. I used low range to get home up the hill sometimes because of the lack of power ! I also asked if the ECU had adjusted to my fault/problem and therefore was going to continue feeding wrong settings to fuel etc. He said disconnect the battery for 30 mins and this should reset the system. I know you will think I'm a plonker for not recognising a misfire but when it happened I just didn't know what was causing it and changed MAF, TPS etc etc. So I was bemoaning the fact of being in Spain and not being able to get hands on help from you forum people but now maybe I can stay here ! Oh, got a puncture coming back from the test drive ............so life is not perfect.....

The wheel nuts on my P38 have a sort of shiny metal shell on them and after trips to the tyre repair/change place I find this outer casing distorted and my supplied wheel wrench doesn't fit !! I think the tyre people are using the wrong size socket with extreme force which buggers up the hexagonal shape of the nut. Anyone else had this ? Also, I notice that the wheel nuts on my Classic look the same nut - can they be interchanged ?

My P38 Mud flaps have finally bitten the dust - I think the one broken off tonight beside the car looks as if some four legged attacker might have been at it and I don't mean the rats ! Anyway, although they are a bit of a stupid thing to have on a cross country vehicle they do look good on the P38 so am I going to be able get new ones at a reasonable price or is it a trip round the breakers ?

I like to test the skills of the experts here and am very impressed with what you know !! So, they are back. I opened the bonnet on the P38 to check water etc and found myself being stared down by two pairs of eyes. Two Rats had decided to move in because contrary to popular opinion the Rain in Spain does not stay on the plain. They had returned to their popular nesting site against the bulkhead behind the coolant reservoir and conveniently positioned to eat the wires that come past out of the bulkhead. Well I repaired these before and I have not got down to inspect the wiring yet but having jumped in the car and turned on the ignition I get a warning - Gearbox Overheat-check handbook. Obviously the engine had not been run so no overheating possible. So Gilbert and others, what do you think ? Is it just a wire eaten through ?