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No it's silver but she still wouldn't notice :) I could get it wrapped in Black 🤔

Changed all my interior bulbs for led. Boot light was changed last year for a powerful UK complete unit so nowt to do there. 4 x festoon in the rear roof lamps, rear footwell lamp and front roof lamp, 6 x 501 in the map lights, front footwell...

Is it the same colour as yours? She wont notice ;). J

I'm in love. Went for a spin in a 4.4 Westminster L322 while waiting for the wifes car to be mot'd 😍

since putting the new Yuasa YBX5020 on, the starter really flies. i know it doesnt really fit, bit its safe. worth every penny (so far)

99% of EAS glitches can be sorted on the road with the EAS software, not that they happen very often. Door lock micro ,switches are likely to be your next problem. a p38 without proper diagnostics is like being out in the rain with no umbrella...

Kermitt_RR. Thanks for the E10 advice. That'll save me £6 - £10 every time I fill my tank. Just to be clear, I'm not saying I know more than any other member but, I feel like a battered wife, just waiting for my next beating. By exchanging bags...

Surely the TD6 is a smoke machine ??

OK Gents. My Maxiscan MS509 OBDII scanner read quite a lot, but also couldn't read some of the embedded stuff so, a mixed bag of useful and useless information. My dash just reads EAS failure with the yellow car and up arrow light to highlight it...

On the home page, there is a button that says "Unlock EAS" next to the button that says "Clear All", click on that to clear the faults. When you come to use the software, you must get a green button with "Good Idle" or any faults you see will be...

this one does though

there you go and I agree🤣

If you (or indeed anyone else) need a new spring, let me know and I’ll cut you a bit off. I’ve got loads left over!! £4 for over 300mm of the stuff, I'll never use it all!

Have the rings checked on the drives shafts that enter the hubs. The rust can also come from the abs rings on the Cv joint heads. 👍

Do you ever have the indicators flashing with a no start situation?

Not everyone here disagrees with coils. Never seen anyone here say they wouldn’t have a jag, Classic or land cruiser because they don’t have adjustable saggy suspension 🤔 There are crap cheap kits out there that don’t seem to ‘sit’ well and you...

I would get 20-22 on short drives with the 4.0. never had a 4.6 but everyone says they are similar/more economical unless you have a lead foot

19mpg in a 4.6 p38 surely isn't low..... On a very good steady run you might see into the low 20's. With about 22mpg being as good as it'll get if you fiddle the figures a little, i.e. reset it on the move and drive only a moderate distance at...

So what you really need to know is what's wrong, regardless of others experiences. Do you have a vacuum pump to check the servo? Do you have access to a smoke machine? Have you checked the draw on the vacuum pump?

If the footwell is getting wet from any source, expect lots of problems. Common leaks are the pollen filter covers and the self tapping screws in the scuttle or blocked sunroof drains if you have a sun roof. Apart from the air springs, no...

Mine doesn't hit the bump stops if and when I get a fault any more and I've no idea why?? The only thing that has changed is a repaired faulty driver pack but I don't this changed any default programs in any way. It goes Into dormant mode and...

Schrader valves are fine to prove the individual air bags are not leaking. All you do is unplug each air line to the individual airbag, which is pretty easy. Then attach the vale and use any air-compressor to inflate one at a time. If they stay...

+1^^

You got damp carpet and underlay in the drivers footwell by any chance? The P38 is really a car for DIY, otherwise it will be a money pit.

Thanks for replying. I'll investigate the Schrader valve advice but, don't hold your breath. From my perspective, my EAS experience has made me very nervous about taking the car anywhere further than a few miles from home. In which case, what's...

The EAS is as cheap as chips to overhaul, the only expensive part is the air springs and he has those.

Yes insurance for mods. Shouldn't be an issue for the headlights, as that would have been for Type Approval. And won't be rechecked for anything you do with the vehicle. And if insured as a modification, all good. Older vehicles also don't have...

Sadly the EAS can be a pita. And while a few claim they can be reliable, they are by far the very small minority.... Anything you do to fix them, they can still go wrong. In some ways the suspension is not that complex, but if you need to sort...

Did well to squeeze a straight 6 in there, did they 'modify' the bulkhead? With R&D money being short I would have thought Rover would have at least experimented with the later version of the P5 engine which was producing as much power/torque as...