SpudH said:
I know, I resisted a tirade cause I figured if he's a Scot he's probably taking the **** and trying to brew up a bit of a barney for the craic:D

I mean he came on and said:
1. p38 is ****e
2. I only have it for the pose value
3. Slitty eyes 4 wheelers are far superior
4. posted a video of him hooning it in public

little Scottish ****e is only bored and looking for a bit of **** stirring:D:D

Try again Scottie, we might bite next time :boink: :monitor_punch:
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1. p38s are ****e. within a week of having mine i got stuck doing a bit of offroad i had to call my old man in the shogun to come get me out. and on the way out i got stuck following the same path as the shogun.. had to reverse and run at it to get right through where the shogun had no trouble, diff lock and low range. by the time i got out my abs light was on and my air suspension pump piston had snapped.

2. i only have it for the pose value and the fact its rapid compared to the shogun bmw lump with a piggy back chip does the trick.

3. They are.. although a bit more rough and ready when it comes down to it if i had to pick one to do some real off roading with id go back to my old shogun and its manual controlled low range and diff locks instead of ****ey electronically controlled abs ****e..

4. that was in my yard in the snow. i enjoy my cars i bought and paid for it ill slide it if i want to .


i wasnt baiting anything. i do love my range but i ****in hate it sometimes as well.


P.s head lights are still on.
 
The reliability can be pretty ****e allright, I'll grant you that. And as for the japs, to be honest if I didn't have the back up of the wifes car in case of a breakdown I'd be driving a Landcruiser again, no question. But I'd never love it like I do the Rangie

What wheels/tyres are you running on the P38?

My one eats shoguns/pajeros for breakfast off road, but its got to be on the right tyres.
 
SpudH said:
The reliability can be pretty ****e allright, I'll grant you that. And as for the japs, to be honest if I didn't have the back up of the wifes car in case of a breakdown I'd be driving a Landcruiser again, no question. But I'd never love it like I do the Rangie

What wheels/tyres are you running on the P38?

My one eats shoguns/pajeros for breakfast off road, but its got to be on the right tyres.
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your right my tyres were **** but the area i went into wasnt exactly hardcore. its not even a real off road track more of a country park with a few fields. at the time the car was running pirelli scorpion road tyres but the shogun was also on road tyres..

it would benifit from some real tyres if i was to go off road again but ive decided against it.
 
never had to strip and clean this bad boy on a shogun after being valeted.

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Irishrover said:
If needs be, take out the BECM and leave it to dry in an airing cupboard. Clean & dry all the BECM plugs with a hair dryer. DO NOT use WD40 or similar, only Switch/Contact cleaner or Isopropanol.
The BECM works with low voltage logic circuits and they don't mix well with water/moisture.
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ive took the becm out for a look after failing to make a difference cleaning contacts. if found a couple of hairy looking solder points inside it looks like verdigris so im going to get a hold of some isopropanol tommorrow and some cotton buds see if i can tidy them up a touch as they may be shorting.. hopefully that should solve the problem.

or completely **** the becm right up knowing my luck haha.

Cheers for the help guys im hopefully a step closer to sorting it.. Not into this whipping seats out bollox to get my head lights off though.
 
Look also for dry and cracked solder joints with a magnifying glass and re-solder with a low voltage iron. Make sure you discharge any static electricity from your body by earthing your self before you touch any part of the BECM or you may destroy the mosfets and other components.
 
They sell desiccant in Tesco now, that's the best for drying out electronics, stick it in a sealed box/bag with it.

And apparently leaving it in a warm place, like on a hot water tank, is the worst thing you can do.
 
headlights finaly off. orderd a tin of isoclene off ebay never realised it was for a crate so i now have 10 cans of the stuff . Really should read the small print. :doh:

But the head lights are off anyway took the BECM out took the lid off folded the top board round took out the bottom and cleaned up one of the connections with a small paintbrush and the iscolene put it all back together and its working fine (for now)

Cheers for the pointers guys. now im off to the valet place with the bill for my isoproanol crate and labour charge :)
 
Well i dont want to put a dampner on things but if you read my posts "becm " after a valet !!! you will need a stiff drink .. and for godsake dont put wd40 any where near it , i am still paying for my !valet" six weeks later and £500 ongoing , still not right . But i have learnt alot , and i guess thats what these p38 are about .
 
Statement about not putting it in a warm place is a load of bollix, better to dry it out slowly than go mad with a hot air gun etc. as that will do the protective laquer coating no good at all and only leave it open to corrosion.
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Irishrover said:
Statement about not putting it in a warm place is a load of bollix, better to dry it out slowly than go mad with a hot air gun etc. as that will do the protective laquer coating no good at all and only leave it open to corrosion.
:behindsofa:
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Quite right, slow drying in a warm dry place is by far the best way to dry out electronics.:D A hot air gun is best avoided unles you like your chips crispy:p
 
headlights back on and off intermittantly. :/ so the becm's out and off to alliance electronics in sheffield

fingers crossed :/
 
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