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Thank you. 😁 I prefer to fix any issues as soon as possible. Costs less in the long run and hopefully will keep her going. She was showing a weird issue in the paintwork. It looked like someone had run a wheel with shallow spikes over partof...

Press amd hold the lock button on the fob👍

I would buy that car off someone like yourself girl. The amount of attention it gets is way more than a lot of clients and their cars I deal with. 😊

Filler surprisingly goes a long way. First pass, letting that go off, then another layer on the deeper damage, then the dyeing bit. Hopefully there's enough black dye to change the colour from cream.

Somewhat, I got the speedo to work again. However, I ultimately decided to switch the unit with a second hand one, since I wanted to be able to keep track of the mileage. That one works fine up to about a 100 kp/h (it’s in kilometers instead of...

I think the heated screen uses the same. In fact i think all yellow ones are the same regardless of the number. Someone may disagree. Swap out the heated screen one as I guess you're not going to use that this week.. see what happens

Any luck ?

Do NOT mess with the Nanocom Startup Settings menu. After power-on, for Wabco faults on your diseasel, select these options in order: R-ROVER-P38 / EDC / WABCO-D / FAULTS. Same applies to check INPUTS from sensors, etc. except...

For a stress free life, forget the EKA, turn it and the immobiliser off then you will never need iEKA and can use the key blade if the FOB doesn't work.

9 litres for the diesel.

The positive wire has been know to corrode away inside the plastic sheath, so use a jump lead to test.

20/50 is fine for the v8 Those numbers don't sound too bad but I'd be more interested in what it's like when the engine is hot with hot oil

Before I went on holiday I said I was going down route of 1 tyre onto fubared one of old set. Guess what I lied. Going through the bay of E a tyre place not 3 miles away had 2 excellent Michelin Synchrone tyres the correct size with free fitting...

Check the continuity, battery live to alternator, starter. 🤔

I will give my 2c worth. The HP24 was never fitted to the diesel, so becareful. The Transfer boxs are all the same as far as I know. Now do you have somebody close who you trust to rebuild the box +suppy TC? Would a secondhand box from a...

https://ashcroft-transmissions.co.uk/product/borg-warner/ 👍

Hmmm, à good question, I'd go for the gbox rebuild. I'm not sure if there is a difference between auto transfer cases and manual units🤔

It’s not like a straight swap or for the feint of heart. You don’t have a clutch pedal or associated requirements like master/slave cylinders, cooling for it, electrics all sorts of niggles before you even get to adapting a box to fit. That...

This is my thoughts. Have you ever tried the ignition key in the glove box? (Probably not, we all don’t ;)) You have never tried the EKA so you don’t know if it’s correct or not? The fob works so is correct for the BECM to know it. Doesn’t mean...

EKA is just a substitute for the FOB code and becomes an automatic function when it is turned off. Edit: and the immobiliser is turned off. Turn off EKA and not the immobiliser and if the FOB does not work you are in deep do do.

@marjon So, the way it works. Starting with the car locked, EKA and immobiliser turned on. Unlocking with the FOB, a code is sent to the BECM, if the code is valid, the BECM unlocks the car and prepares to send the remobilisation code which...

My cd player keeps playing up, says no disc when there is, stripped it down twice in my 3 years of ownership and it works again even though I can see nowt wrong through my untrained eye and I haven't adjusted anything. Got a good , apparently...

Because they were thraped my good man to keep up with the scoobies and rs louts😜

I seem to remember that, despite the allegedly high standards of police vehicle maintenance, these cars were usually on their third engine by the time they were cast out of service.

Apparently yes, 6 out there somewhere🤔...

Well thats a relief :). Now you have a few issue that you know now need sorting otherwise it will do it again. Leave the RF areial unplugged and get working on that door latch, i guess would be first. But happy for you to beable to enjoy it now. J

Weren't some of the ex police 38's manuals? 🤔

Update: They pushed the car out of the garage and it started to behave normally again. Keyfob works and engine starts. Perhaps an issue with RF interference. It's now sitting pretty on my drive 😊 I'll have to check if I have the updated RF...

Drive Cycles are in RAVE. Definitely a challenge to do leagally without MOT or Insurance !

I'd give all the pipes around the engine and heater a good check over, mine have been replaced over the last two years due to age. Far cheaper than a cracked cylinder head👌