Hi all. I think I have the problem cracked. My key fob only unlocks the doors and will not lock them. No idea why, so I lock the doors on the key. But, I have been doing the superlock thing, turn the key to lock and then turning again to superlock. I stopped doing that and hey presto, the engine...

I will try the jump lead thing to see if that makes a difference. Although the meter shows 14.1 volts over the terminals at 2k rpm. The battery does hold its charge when disconnected as I left it so for about three days; and when I reconnected it, the engine whizzed over and started almost...

I've just spoken with a friend who has one of these motors and he says that the earthing cable to the chassis sometimes gets corroded and can stop the car charging correctly, as has been mentioned here by jaygti. Giving it a good scrub up and refix if OK normally does the trick. Also on an...

I am having a problem with my P38 diesel at the minute with a wierd hard to track down current drain. When I go to start the thing up, two turns and then nowt! Stick the jump leads on and apart from the usual two or three half hearted tries at firing up, away she goes. Leave it overnight and...

I started mine up. :nothingtoadd:

Now forgive me for swearing, but up until I got my P38 a few months ago, I was a dyed in the wool er,,, Jeep owner:doh:. I'm ducking all the insults as I write, but have learned the error of my ways and got myself a proper 4X4. And mighty pleased with it too so I am. Anyway, the name's Dave so...

I have a 1996 P38A that I bought some while back and apart from some very minor issues, it is performing exactly as it should, bar one more minor point. When I bought the vehicle the remote fobs were defunct and I had to manually lock and unlock the doors; So I got myself some news ones from my...