I find RLD Autos very good. They have a good stock of P38 parts. Order by 5pm & it's delivered by Chronopost before noon the next day. https://www.rld-autos.com/fr/

Fit a new one £5.95 delivered https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153753520988

ATS always have a Groupon deal for cheap air conditioning recharge. Currently it's £37.99 https://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/ats-euromaster-5

Personally I would go for the Heavy Duty Flexplate at £65 It's made from 2mm steel compared to the 1.6mm of the standard plate. https://ashcroft-transmissions.co.uk/product/p38-d2-v8-heavy-duty-flexplate/

The 1960s V8 engine in the P38 is pretty agricultural. I have seen plenty of reports in French Range Rover forums confirming that you can run 100% E85 which is why I tried it in the first place. I started with 25% then 50% then 75% & now fill up with 100%. I get a shock when visiting the UK I...

LPG might be disappearing from fuel stations but there are still plenty of homes reliant on LPG for gas central heating so I can't see a problem sourcing supplies if you have your own tank installed. Happily the alternative for those of us in France is to use E85 (85% bioethanol) which at my...

There won't be any duty or currency conversion. Blackbox Solutions are based in Cyprus which like Ireland is in the EU so you pay in Euros & only have to pay VAT. https://blackbox-solutions.com

I would try another laptop.

I bought a new genuine receiver from Island 4x4 a few years ago. They still have them at £199+VAT https://www.island-4x4.co.uk/radio-receiver-genuine-ywy500170-latest-spec-p-3612.html I didn't have issues for years while I lived in a more remote rural area but when I moved to live in a town &...

I've had two failures in 11 years with my 4.6L V8 that required the car to be recovered. Once when the crankshaft position sensor finally failed & simultaneously an airspring exploded. The second occasion was when the 18 month old water pump bearings failed so the pump seized causing the...

You can buy a new handbook from Amazon for £14. It's worth getting.

In France I find RLD Autos is a reliable source of P38 parts. They are pricier than buying from UK suppliers for delivery in the UK but not too bad & have very comprehensive stock. They also have very rapid delivery. When I order by 17:00 it is delivered by 13:00 the next day...

It's not the viscous fan if it's overheating after driving just 3 miles. The engine will barely be warm so air flow through the radiator will be ample to cool it & there will be no need for the fan to cut in.

Personally given the money & effort that you have put into this already I think I would be willing to take a punt on a fix with Steel Seal if the alternative is scrapping it. First off you need to confirm that there is no airlock & that will cost nothing.

The correct link is http://paulp38a.com

There is no problem in driving the car in the OP back to the UK on French plates and insurance provided that a non-UK resident does the driving in the UK. In your case you admit that you were resident in Africa when you imported a French registered vehicle & drove it in the UK for six months...

There are plenty but like all used cars in France rather pricey compared to the UK https://www.leboncoin.fr/recherche?category=2&text=p38&brand=Land%20Rover&model=Range%20Rover&regdate=1995-2001

Was that a UK insurance company or French insurance company? The reason that UK residents may not drive a foreign registered vehicle is that normally all vehicles in the UK need to be registered with an MOT & insurance. When a foreign vehicle is temporarily imported for up to six months there is...

The grace period before you must re-register a car is the same six months that it has been for decades. It is however not permitted for a UK resident to drive the imported car during that six months & never has been.

Nobody who is a French resident should be driving a UK registered car even if it has a CT except if it is in the process of re-registration. The problem is since 31st December 2020 that no French insurance company will insure a UK registered car even if it is in the process of re-registration &...