P38 EAS suspension problems

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Hi
Before war breaks out between the two of you........
Thanks again for the replies. Yes I think I can see that it contains some "magic ingredients" and probably the price of £309 confirms this.
Anyway I have ordered one from a breakers who says it is "working"........... Don't know anyone else with a P38 who might let me borrow theirs but maybe that would be an unfair request anyway.
I have ordered the AMR 5823. Didn't know there was a later one. Hope I have ordered the correct one !
There will probably be a silence from me for a day or two until I receive the replacement switch.
Thanks again for all the help.
 
confusedp38 said:
Hi
Before war breaks out between the two of you........
Thanks again for the replies. Yes I think I can see that it contains some "magic ingredients" and probably the price of £309 confirms this.
Anyway I have ordered one from a breakers who says it is "working"........... Don't know anyone else with a P38 who might let me borrow theirs but maybe that would be an unfair request anyway.
I have ordered the AMR 5823. Didn't know there was a later one. Hope I have ordered the correct one !
There will probably be a silence from me for a day or two until I receive the replacement switch.
Thanks again for all the help.
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Don't worry there won't be any war. The later one at £333.58 is VIN XA410482 up, but i think both versions do the same job.
 
confusedp38 said:
Hi
Before war breaks out between the two of you........
Thanks again for the replies. Yes I think I can see that it contains some "magic ingredients" and probably the price of £309 confirms this.
Anyway I have ordered one from a breakers who says it is "working"........... Don't know anyone else with a P38 who might let me borrow theirs but maybe that would be an unfair request anyway.
I have ordered the AMR 5823. Didn't know there was a later one. Hope I have ordered the correct one !
There will probably be a silence from me for a day or two until I receive the replacement switch.
Thanks again for all the help.
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Illumination bulbs for the switch and 4 LED's £300?
 
Datatek said:
Illumination bulbs for the switch and 4 LED's £300?
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The later inhibit switch is £14.81, the headlamp switch is £19.51. So i think there maybe something slightly more than four leds and a rocker switch involved with the height selector switch. :);)
 
wammers said:
The later inhibit switch is £14.81, the headlamp switch is £19.51. So i think there maybe something slightly more than four leds and a rocker switch involved with the height selector switch. :);)
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Look at the drawings, there are 4 lines for the indicators plus 3 for the up/down switch and the the illumination. I'm 99% sure it's just LED's as there is no other function apart from indicator on constant or flashing.
 
Datatek said:
Look at the drawings, there are 4 lines for the indicators plus 3 for the up/down switch and the the illumination. I'm 99% sure it's just LED's as there is no other function apart from indicator on constant or flashing.
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I have looked at the drawings. They tell you nothing other than to indicate electronic components. At £309.00 or £333.00 a throw i cannot believe that price is just down to Land rover being bloody minded. When the headlamp switch, which is on the face of it is more complex is only £19.00. Can you?
 
wammers said:
I have looked at the drawings. They tell you nothing other than to indicate electronic components. At £309.00 or £333.00 a throw i cannot believe that price is just down to Land rover being bloody minded. When the headlamp switch, which is on the face of it is more complex is only £19.00. Can you?
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It's a unique part, development cost, who knows, there are not enough wires for it to be more complicated. I think the depiction of what LR call an electronic component is just a drawing error for what should have been an LED. I'll know for sure when I finish ripping the EAS out of my scrapper to make a development rig:)
 
Datatek said:
It's a unique part, development cost, who knows, there are not enough wires for it to be more complicated. I think the depiction of what LR call an electronic component is just a drawing error for what should have been an LED. I'll know for sure when I finish ripping the EAS out of my scrapper to make a development rig:)
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Only way to find out Keith. But i do know someone on here had problems like that a couple of years ago, i advised him to try the switch, he fitted a replacement and all was well. So maybe or maybe not, we will have to wait and see. :)
 
wammers said:
Only way to find out Keith. But i do know someone on here had problems like that a couple of years ago, i advised him to try the switch, he fitted a replacement and all was well. So maybe or maybe not, we will have to wait and see. :)
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I'm not questioning that a fault could cause some interesting effects.:)
 
Pete The Biker said:
Datatek, Wammers"....... This thread rang a bell with me.... Doesn't this article describe the electronics in the switch? Or have I got the wrong switch?

Electronic Air Suspension

Pete
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You have the right switch. Very interesting, not to mention stupid. What puzzles me is that there are 4 wires not 2 although looking again only 2 are from the EAS ECU the others are BECM? Totally unnecessary complication IMO as the LED's could easily be operated direct from the EAS ECU.
 
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tomcat59alan said:
I hope you made your own brake pipe:D:D or didn't you have the gold pipe?
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Yeah have always made my own. That price is for one side of the rear end of the P38. One side is £36.00, the other side is same pipe formed to opposite hand and costs £76.00. Both start life as about 12 inches of brake pipe and two tube nuts. At trade prices, i don't pay retail for anything, about 50p to 75p of bits. And about 15 minutes to make each side. Some one is taking the **** in a big way. :D:D
 
Datatek said:
Yep, can't believe how nieave I am, fancy thinking 4 LED's could be operated direct from the ECU:rolleyes: The LR design department was obviously completely out of control, that level of complication is totally unnecessary.:eek:
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EVERYTHING that relies on 12 volts in these P38's is way over complicated IMO whatever were we thinking when we brought one :rolleyes: :)
 
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