Drag Link Assembly including joints
Track Rod Assembly including joints
Handbrake Oil Seal
Handbrake Shoes
Front brakes
Aircon refill
|Brake pipe replaced
Tracking
Done!!!!!!!!!!
 
Dopey said:
Drag Link Assembly including joints
Track Rod Assembly including joints
Handbrake Oil Seal
Handbrake Shoes
Front brakes
Aircon refill
|Brake pipe replaced
Tracking
Done!!!!!!!!!!
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It must be a new car by now.
 
Despite having a roaring sore throat I re-installed Sunroof for the 6th time, yesterday, after my horrendous slider seizure, (cause of which remains unknown and totally mysterious), and the resulting fracture of the left hand read glass mount, (when gently forcing the assembly apart to repair it)!

Once installed I aligned the motor/mechanism but the motor was still unable to fully retract the glass panel, (the clutch was slipping again), but, (after all of my recent sanding, filing and polishing), I now knew that the mechanism was not the problem - it must be the motor clutch assembly.

Fortunately, late last week, I had already suspected this and ordered a second hand one from Fleabay, (and it arrived Friday), so I removed the original and put the replacement motor in and all is now running smoothly - apart from the motor screeching very LOUDLY.

I therefore decided to swap the motor over, (as I knew that was ok), and I also fully stripped and greased the clutch assembly and reinstalled it and, hey presto, a quiet fully working sunroof!

Today saw me reinstall the, (newly relined), headlining which was very straightforward but refitting the grab handles was a tad difficult!

The interior now looks very smart - although the leather doesn't live up to the headlining now!

At the risk of going over the top, (and as I have a good metre of fabric left), I have decided to cover all of the, (A, B, C), pillar cosmetic panels although this will give me more heartache as the panels are sculptured and my fabric does not have sufficient 'give' to cover all the recesses in one go.

Still hankering after a cheap Jaguar X Type AWD as there are lots available for less than £500 but I suspect my wife will not be pleased if yet another car appears on the drive!
 
Certainly worth a look.

You get a lot of, (slightly prestigious), car for little money, (similar club to the RR), but only interested in the petrol 2.5 or 3.0 AWD models.

They also seem to have some similar 'charms', (issues), to that of the RR!

Just have to be wary that road tax nearly doubles if you buy one registered after March 2001 when the rates changed, (CO2 emissions).
 
Martian said:
Certainly worth a look.

You get a lot of, (slightly prestigious), car for little money, (similar club to the RR), but only interested in the petrol 2.5 or 3.0 AWD models.

They also seem to have some similar 'charms', (issues), to that of the RR!

Just have to be wary that road tax nearly doubles if you buy one registered after March 2001 when the rates changed, (CO2 emissions).
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I tried several x-types and they were fun but somehow a bit too much like a hot-hatch. The 4.0 s-type has a nicer ride and goes like you wouldn't believe. Early ones had trouble with the timing chain guides and throttle body and the expansion tank splits. Coils go at 65k like clockwork which at 8 x CoP = ouch.
 
Got a 2.5 X type Indy sport. fun to drive but you have to cane the V6 , nothing like the grunt of the BMW 325i that it replaced. Coils are made of dry spaghetti, sh1t metal and bad road = broken spring
 
Fixed my drivers door check strap so happy it's never been connected since I got her the pin the connection stir th the pillar had gone so some wd40 and a bolt hay presto the door stays open. Replaced the lost spring on the eas still leaking :( I think its the o ring not seated but couldn't be bothered stripping it all down again just yet.
 
Wurzal,

Always rewarding when something goes as planned, (regardless of complexity), although just getting myself involved in some of the 'simpler' jobs immediately turns it into a major disaster!

Grrrrrr said:
I tried several x-types and they were fun but somehow a bit too much like a hot-hatch. The 4.0 s-type has a nicer ride and goes like you wouldn't believe. Early ones had trouble with the timing chain guides and throttle body and the expansion tank splits. Coils go at 65k like clockwork which at 8 x CoP = ouch.
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I had a V8 S Type, (several years ago), and had the infamous 'coil pack' issues but these were due to the Wiper rain water drain blocking thus allowing the water to run down the innermost plug hole on the r/h bank, (forget the number).

It was a lovely car and mine also suffered a failed bush/bearing in the n/s stub axle control lever, (can't remember its proper name), which was about £300+ to replace from Jaguar so I bought the bearings/bushes myself, (£45), and got a local engineering firm, (which are now becoming scarce), to press out the old and press in the new!

tomcat59alan said:
Got a 2.5 X type Indy sport. fun to drive but you have to cane the V6 , nothing like the grunt of the BMW 325i that it replaced. Coils are made of dry spaghetti, sh1t metal and bad road = broken spring
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You need to see/feel the roads around my neck of the world they are absolutely dreadful - I have driven on far better mud tracks in Botswana - what is the world coming to?
 
Martian said:
You need to see/feel the roads around my neck of the world they are absolutely dreadful - I have driven on far better mud tracks in Botswana - what is the world coming to?
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Fewer farm animals to hit on the roads in the UK though!
 
My Ford F250 Truck once overheated in the middle of a game reserve and I decided to walk back along the track to fill some cans with water from a watering hole some way back.

After about 100 metres I happened to see some large furry things taking shade under some distant bushes.

Having seen 'Born Free' a few years beforehand the need for water didn't seem quite as important as I found myself running back to the Truck!

If I had been driving a P38 in those days I bet that my running would have been at a completely different level with all the sprint training I would have been able to 'enjoy'!

I sat in the truck for a couple of hours until a Cartographer turned up and he towed me back to civilisation!

My local roads are still very dangerous, however, I even saw an Adder cross in front of me last summer!

The sunroof is working fine and the headlining looks great - not perfect but very good - hope to post some pictures soon.
 
Martian said:
My Ford F250 Truck once overheated in the middle of a game reserve and I decided to walk back along the track to fill some cans with water from a watering hole some way back.

After about 100 metres I happened to see some large furry things taking shade under some distant bushes.

Having seen 'Born Free' a few years beforehand the need for water didn't seem quite as important as I found myself running back to the Truck!

If I had been driving a P38 in those days I bet that my running would have been at a completely different level with all the sprint training I would have been able to 'enjoy'!

I sat in the truck for a couple of hours until a Cartographer turned up and he towed me back to civilisation!

My local roads are still very dangerous, however, I even saw an Adder cross in front of me last summer!

The sunroof is working fine and the headlining looks great - not perfect but very good - hope to post some pictures soon.
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You want to try driving on the Wirral, all the money for road improvements go across the river. As for the things taking shade, that happens here as well but they have two leg's.:eek::)
 
Was fiddling with my close panel last night and on reassembly noticed a scrivit screw had split and past it. Turns out a red Rawl plug (a slim one, not the chunky one) fits nicely in the metal and screwing the panel into place it is more solid than it ever was.
 
Hoping to post a FULL procedure of my Sunroof 'rebuild' shortly - subject to my not duplicating anybody else's documentation!

I am now on 'intimate' terms with my P38 Sunroof assembly and can rip it out, (and subsequently re-install it), in minutes - as I have had lots of practice!

Here it is on one of it's, (many), 'away days' from the truck!

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Here are ALL of the component parts of the motor/clutch assembly - cleaned and ready for lubing and reassembly.

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Here are all of the Sunroof 'component' parts - except for the 'cassette frame' and the 'glass panel'.

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And all because . . . .

I needed to re-line the Sunroof Blind as part of my headlining restoration, (my Sunroof was stalling on occasion so it needed to be sorted)!

Still I think it was worth it?

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It is not perfect and not to the same standard as that provided by our professional associates but the value of my P38 negates the utilisation of any 'outside' agencies!

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I have now got 'carried away' and I have started on the Pillar covers too!

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Was it worth it?

I believe so - but it has taken up a significant chunk of my spare time recently.

Still I should not have taken up the P38 hobby if I wanted to have lots of 'free' time!
 
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