Well, touch wood, the problem has been cured. Replacing the power board in the bcm has stopped all the electrical niggles.

The car was put back together saturday, everything was set and was used sunday monday tuesday and wednesday till evening with no problems

well back to the drawing board! The fusebox and becm have been checked for dry joints, resoldered and put back in on saturday. This evening the car needs all its windows resetting along with sunroof and the radio needs it code, just as though the battery has been disconnected (it hasnt, nor has...

For the cats, Id wait and see how it does on the emmissions test, If it passes emmisions then Id leave it be. The sill Id replace, doesnt look much good metal there to weld to! propshafts arent a testable item.

The battery insecure is an advisory for now, however if a battery cover is fitted then it isnt possible to tell whether the battery is secure or not, and testers are not allowed to dismantle vehices inorder to test them.

If the ebay seller looks good ie lots of good feedback, has a returns policy etc etc then it might be worth the chance. Ive had a lot of parts of ebay with no problems, However with brakes Im not sure its a risk Id like to take! Have you tried Eurocarparts? usually a better price than GT.

well the fusebox and becm are at my mates for checking, no obvious problems with either, both dry and clean inside. Will hopefully know soon! Think I would have prefered seeing an obvious problem! Anything else I can be checking on the car while Im waiting??

I must be doing something wrong! best Ive got out of mine so far is 22mpg on normal around town.

Well up to yet, all the battery connections and earth leads have been checked, no problems found. Its been fine till today, when it decided to loose a feed somewhere, all windows needed to be reset, radio lost code, dash came up with gearbox fault, traction control, and engine disabled. An hour...

I had a series 3 88' diesel as my first car, actually passed my driving test in it. Although a good few years ago it was easy to insure, and hard to get done for speeding in!

I had a range rover classic with the 2.8 mitsubishi engine in it, seemed a very good conversion, drove well. Only difference I noticed is that it didnt have the intercooler (was a petrol) which this p38 does

I'll try that! The underbonnet fusebox? what corrodes? the fusebox itself or the connections on the plugs into it?

Hi, not checked any of the becm or fusebox plugs yet, the battery was replaced when I first had it about 6 months ago, old battery was completely shot, replaced like for like with a 770 cca. In fairness there were a couple of eas problems (perished air bags and lots of leaking joints in the...

Hi, I've had a number of intermittent faults on my P38 DHSE which suggest there is a problem with the becm. Faults have been: Traction failure warning on display (most common) Air suspension not working (about 3 times in 6 months) Indicator lights stuck on (only done this once) auto gearbox...

Hi all, Im from Staffordshire and have owned a few landrovers over the years, starting with a series 3 diesel I took my driving test in, to my current P38 and new to me defender TD5.