In ausgust I paid £2500 to have the auto box repaired/reconditioned. Has been running fine since. This morning on my way to work I stopped to pick up my newspaper : back into the vehicle : watching mirror for traffic to pull out : I may have missed a gear i.e. I may have been in neutral when I...

No P38 owner should be without... or even leave home without ...Datateks cables and software. Don't cost much and save an arm and a leg. No connection just a much relieved and grateful customer.

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How long did that last before you did the "proper" repair ?

See my thread of 15 July 2010 How to Test Your ABS Pump + pics Sorry don't know how to send it as a hyperlink

What's your location ?...it's always a help

DON'T BIN IT : take the pressure switrch off the bottom end : check the pump motor for running off the vehicle (from memory earth + black/green wire but check my thread on this about three years ago.) I think I have a functioning pump minus a pressure switch or with a duff switch. I'll need to...

I was going to do that this morning but when I got underneath I couldn't access the route of the old line very easily so just nosed around and found the second straight connector. Does Rave have a diagram of the routing or is it just a common sense following the existing trunking ?

I removed all but one of the fixings and dropped it : frankly with it down you still have pretty limited visibility. Before you start I would advise buying (they're pennies) a bunch of the plastic pins for refitting : I tore mine to bits getting them out and am still sticking any pin I can lay...

I replaced the rear bags, the compressor and exhaust diaphragm but was still having a minor but annoying leak. Checked the bags with care today : when I installed the new rear bags I inserted a straight line connector with a little extra length to the bag to make the job easier. What I had...

....unlesss you have rusted pins in which case it'll take you a fortnight.....

Ditto....nor Twitter....whatever it is...

My money's on the exhaust diaphragm......happy christmas & good luck

Tidings of comfort and joy, Data to you, Wammers (including the lurking Irishrover.....watch out behind you...)and all who have been kind and patient with an ol' duffer who loves his P38:drum:

I've just done the rear bags : had some probs...details don't matter for the moment. Also fitted new compressor. Still probs : followed wammers advice and replaced exhaust diaphragm in the valve block (2-3 hours of clean work) :probs gone : if I was you on the symptoms I have read I would be...

The piston seal is teflon & brittlish.....the crud was definitely like a piece of string. I examined it and the old diaphragm to see if it could possibly be a shredded edge: definitely not. The system is operating differently from what it has done for years.

That's what I took out : some sign of uneven wear at one side which might be attributable to the piece of crud I founf in there.

New daiphragm arrived today : fitted ( did not strip the rest of the block) :left door open about 7 mins and mighty cheer as suspension went up !! Thanks a million again. A couple of spin offs :(i) the new diaphragm was completely different from the one which came out so much so that I phoned...

The white crusting emerged from the studs :it moved around when I was fiddling around with it. Thanks for your interest & your input. I'll report back when I get it back together.

Sorry to have left you guys to get on with this interesting exchange but I've been busy for the last few days : spare has not yet arrived in the mail. Are there any other pics you would like me to take which might assist ?