At 202k, I’d imagine it’s become a tad loose. I’ll hear cars go past, as if a window is open.
There’s a subtle whistle noise when on the motorway. It doesn’t take much force to push the glass up to hear the outside.
Gilbertd wrote:
If you can get the old ones off to fit the new ones. The adjuster on the drag link and, to a slightly lesser degree, the track rod, usually requires lots of heat, a pair of Stilsons and a very long bar to put on the end.
Hm, I'm starting small. I've ordered the damper + anti-roll bar bushes & drop link. I thought since I'm there, I might as well get it replaced.
Then, I'll collect the drop link + track rod, hopefully for £50 as the sellers are local.
So the £74 unit is not BritPart, but British Spare Parts directly. I've never heard of them before, and I can't find anything online about them.
Gilbertd wrote:
After Nigel showed me his unit last week, I immediately ordered one to go in my step-daughter's Toyota Aygo. I'd promised her something like that when she passed her driving test, which she did on Wednesday, so I installed it. It was £59 with the money off voucher when I got it earlier this week. As well as being able to connect by Bluetooth and FM transmitter, it also has a line out to go into an Aux in socket of your existing stereo has one (which the Aygo does) so I used that. Unfortunately there was a continuous crackle on the audio sounding like the old mobile phone interference you sometimes used to get if a phone was too close to an audio device. I tried a better quality cable than the one supplied but that made no difference so resorted to using the inbuilt FM transmitter. Running Waze on her iPhone and it works perfectly as well as streaming music. Dashcam works well too and it even came with a 56Gb microSD card. Haven't yet tried it for hands free calls or installed the (included) reversing camera but everything else simply does what it says it does.
Hands-free may be a hit or miss in quality. There's on option in CarPlay so you can speak to the unit, instead of touching it i.e "swipe left, swipe right". Enable that.
nigelbb wrote:
As may be gathered I'm pretty chuffed with my purchase. Even just having the dash cam & reversing camera for £55 looks like a good deal never mind the lovely satnav tablet.
Tech has come a long way. You may experience the occasional disconnect, which isn't a significant issue, as the phone automatically reconnects.
This is my unit - paid £44 on AliExpress. Works a lovely treat.
There’s this for £74 - (probably BritPart - will message the seller to confirm) - https://ebay.us/m/BBpJO8 but confirmed BritPart - £100 - https://ebay.us/m/J1Hrth.
Are there any other brands to go for.
Then, I’ll be paring the two with the Terrafirmer TF834 - https://ebay.us/m/nEIu2e - why, because my old P38 drove just so much smoother and it had this damper, so I’m trying to replicate that old setup.
Context - I did my alignment on the car. It didn’t last long. I’ve finished my tire off after 5000 miles. Outer edge is worn and I just came back from a 250 mile drive today - final nail in the coffin. The interior vibrations are too much at 30mph.
Gilbertd wrote:
The switch is under the RH latch, so if that one is releasing, it will show as open even if the LH latch is still closed and the bonnet won't open. Sounds like your LH latch isn't releasing.
iirc, this is an annoying fix? I drive this car a lot. 4.5k miles in 4 months. My coolant needs topping ever so slightly. How can I open the bonnet?
Hello,
So, my bonnet was intermittent but now, does not open when pulling the lever.
This is the kicker - the car will acknowledge the bonnet is open after pulling the lever, (will say BONNET OPEN when locking), and when I push the bonnet down, I hear a click.
What could this be?
v8vroom wrote:
So, after delaying the job, I thought I’d try another method.
I zip tied the lock so it was out of the way, and to avoid hurting my fingers, I just used a long nose plier to get the short end behind the little plastic part.
The only issue I have is I’m finding that the pin hole is not aligning at all. I can, however, manually align this myself if I adjust the plastic hook. I wonder if this is normal or that I’ve done something wrong.
Ha,
Fixed this issue not long after replying. I sold the P38 and bought another. It seems the problem persists with the passenger door. No idea how I did it before, but I'll check my own notes soon!
Ha,
Someone smashed my rear window, and the high-level brake light stopped working. I'm going to inspect the bulbs soon, so as of now, I've no idea what they look like. If they are gone, is the T5 the replacement?
KCR wrote:
Joined long time ago ... very happy to be here.
My "retro" Classic ...
How interesting. I will purchase the '3 Spoke' wheel to colour-match my Java Black P38. I'm contemplating what tyres to buy; either 255/70/16 vs 245/75/16. I want thick side walls.
So, after delaying the job, I thought I’d try another method.
I zip tied the lock so it was out of the way, and to avoid hurting my fingers, I just used a long nose plier to get the short end behind the little plastic part.
The only issue I have is I’m finding that the pin hole is not aligning at all. I can, however, manually align this myself if I adjust the plastic hook. I wonder if this is normal or that I’ve done something wrong.
So, after delaying the job, I thought I’d try another method.
I zip tied the lock so it was out of the way, and to avoid hurting my fingers, I just used a long nose plier to get the short end behind the little plastic part.
The only issue I have is I’m finding that the pin hole is not aligning at all. I can, however, manually align this myself if I adjust the plastic hook. I wonder if this is normal or that I’ve done something wrong.
All, thanks for replying.
So is it only the short side that we need to provide tension for, as it needs to wrap around that small part on the plastic hook?
The long side merely just goes into the handle?
Hi all,
After 5 long months, I finally have my kit. I can't picture this part of the instructions "put one end of loop under small arm of spring and press spring/ bar/ cable tie combo on table top.
Bring long arm of spring over into its tensioned position and tighten cable tie to hold that tension"
How do I do this?
Can’t source this elsewhere, and it’s a bit boring having to open the door from the passenger seat.