“… as well looked after as this one…” Interesting photo of the engine bay - here it is, with my GEMS one also attached.. I don’t think my engine bay is particularly clean, just normal, but it is interesting to compare. Did you get the full £800 on offer from Snut?

…or wait until Snut buys it for the £800 he has saved in his biscuit tin, then buy it off him for £801.

When Frank Muir was selling his Grey Lady Alvis back in the day, the advert said “Dusted hourly, and washed down once a day with a light hock”.

Have just instructed V8 Developments to remove the engine and rebuild with top hats. What does not kill my P38 can only make it stronger.

Try this for size

Looking good. what’s that on the grill - spam….? that’s taking LR authenticity a bit too far…!

Get a set of “MoT” wheels? Actually, I take that comment back. A rejected insurance claim would be dreadful…

D’Oh….!

Not recommended. The two-teaspoons method of removing needles just wrecks the instrument. And the preset goes wrong too. I know…. Instrument modules are cheap.

You mean 31.06856.

that’s what I did, works fine. Don’t try swapping the dial faces for stick-on ones off eBay, just swap out the complete instruments.

Grubbing around in the mud like some latter day peasant. Eugh..! and going so slowly.

I chickened out and got mine transported. £300 but worth it for the peace of mind.

Either way, it shouldn’t be there! Why are all POs morons?

That’s exactly what happened to my 4.0….

I changed all 4 instruments so they matched. Easy job. Odometer is in km but I did not have to do any risky programming…

I just had a similar issue and my P38 is in for head gasket(s) or liners or all the above. The RELD dye went from blue to yellow in less than a minute. Check the radiator bleed hose for a blockage at the header tank end.

I changed my Japanese km speedometer to mph but left the odometer in km so as not to confuse the BeCM. I got a cheap but good UK instrument module for about £30 and just swapped all 4 instruments across. Easy to do as the connectors are in the fixing screws. Was a doddle, and works fine now.

Thanks - presumably just after a fitting a new cam and/or followers. Useful to know that - thank you.

..and just to add a positive comment: Make use of your location. In Germany, get an undervalued German car, eg classic BMW, or G-Wagon. If you want a Land Rover, buy it in England. But if you want the value to increase, get something old..!!