1. ovalandrover

    Other EPB's

    My Disco3 has the shoes in a drum thar are incorperated with the rear discs and have to be adjusted just like you used to in the ols days with a screwdriver in a hole and the shoe s are moved in and out with an adjustable rod
  2. ovalandrover

    Any ideas ? Rangerover sport fault codes

    It could be signs of the alternator packing up I had that on my D3 and also a new battery was faulty mine was not a year old and an Exide also when i got a new battery there were still the lights and when i got the diagnostics on it the steering angle sensor needed resetting after that all was ok.
  3. ovalandrover

    Other EPB's

    Probably the cause for the box was that the brake shoes were not ajusted and the motor was overwinding and seizing at the end of the shaft and the motor was trying to relaese but the spiral had come out of the nut and burnt the motor out..
  4. ovalandrover

    P38A Here's A Thing

    Is it late enough for you to get the unlock codes for your nanocom i have got a disco 3 in Oz and have the mine unlocked for that
  5. ovalandrover

    P38A Here's A Thing

    With the auto box valve block made from chocolate
  6. ovalandrover

    P38A Here's A Thing

    Did you sell your P38? and what model L322 have you got now?
  7. ovalandrover

    P38A Here's A Thing

    When mt turbo packed up in Kazakhstan it was howling like a banshee and all other cars were pulling over thinking it was a police or fire truck .
  8. ovalandrover

    Other EPB's

    There is a way to release the hand brake that is stuck on and that is a release cable under a plastic cover in the center console and usually it because the handbrake shoes are worn or not adjusted properly
  9. ovalandrover

    P38A Another one joins the fleet

    With a NANOCOM you can disable the eka code and enter and start with just the key
  10. ovalandrover

    P38A FIP pump timing

    If the pump is set a t no 1 the key way is upright if the pump is firing on number 6 the key is upright it was the same in the old day with distributors you could easily get the the timing 180 degrees out the pump is driven at camshaft speed same as a distributor was so how do you tell which...
  11. ovalandrover

    P38A FIP pump timing

    \\but the matching up of the woodruf key the pump could either injecting to No1 or \no6 as the engine turn twice the speed of the pump The pump does 3 injections to 1 revolution somhow do you tell which cycle its on? when the front cover is off you can tell by matching up the bright links with...
  12. ovalandrover

    P38A FIP pump timing

    my question is when you have a FIP pumpfrom another car how can you tell which cylinder it is firing on as the engine turns over twice to the pump once so if you set it at the timing marks and cannot see the chain to get the links lined up how can you tell which cycle its on because you can...
  13. ovalandrover

    New Automatic Gearbox Filter and Metal pan

    If it has the plastic sump you will have to cut the pick up tube to be able to get the sump off and replace it with a metal one supplied with the new pan and filter oitherwisie you will have to lift the gearbos or drop the crossmember
  14. ovalandrover

    P38A OSF Hub change

    who was that said give me a big enough lever and a fulcrum and ill move the earth?
  15. ovalandrover

    P38A Quick question on superlocking

    When my car superlocked the passengers side door and would not open there is a fault in the latch mechanism and i had to detroy the mechanism but breaking it with a long scrwdived down the widow seals there is a how either on here or in range rovers .net But i think you can only do it with the...
  16. ovalandrover

    P38 LOW RANGE SELECTION

    window wider could be as simple as broken rivets holding the mechanism to the door
  17. ovalandrover

    P38A 2.5TD Which oil

    If you go on ebay you can get fully synthetic oil 5/40 for about £32 for 10 l
  18. ovalandrover

    What did you do with your Range Rover today

    I have put on Cooper ST last year and have done about 10000 miles on them and very happy with them/ i have rum Michelin lattitude cross which are OK and also Hankook and Toyo
  19. ovalandrover

    P38 to Norway from St Malo, France.

    If your sleeping in the vehicle the motorway rest areas are good and also but better in Belgium