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£125 for the pipe 😳 definitely makes the saving of the earlier condenser less palatable. That’s for the advice though

Early one can be used, means a minor chopping off of some lower brackets AND a new compressor to condensor pipe. Island sell them, not cheap though.

The P38 has been retired from daily duties to now being a weekend only car. It’s thanked me by throwing a constant ABS/TC fault, so need to get the Nanocom on that.. But today has certainly highlighted the need for me to fix the air con. There’s...

Easier than that. Click the Insert Image icon, and either drag the image over, or click the box & find the image on your device.

Finally! Turns out it wasn’t really the image file size, but the pixel dimensions - go figure. Anyway, a clean P38 for you all to admire.

Keeps saying the file size is too large, even with resizing 🤷‍♂️

Now the P38 is being resigned from being a daily and is becoming a weekend/camping trip car I’ve taken it to a local detailer and they’ve done an absolute miracle on the car. I would have posted a photo here but the forum won’t let me link to...

À good tug and then go pull the wheel off if you've still got the energy... Just watch out as itll go straight for your face😜

Just turned the radio up

Ergo, a badly fitted exhaust. In my early days of P38 ownership a long time ago, I suffered an EAS fault with a carvan on the hook whilst touring Yorkshire. No place to stop safely in heavy traffic, I did about 50 miles like that on the bump...

There is no way the EAS could cause the exhaust to crack, without doubt the exhaust failure caused the EAS failure but you will believe what you want to believe. The car can be driven on the bump stops with no damage to anything. If keeping...

In the past when I was in my early 20’s I broke the terminal clamp trying to wire in a sub. Popped to Halfords and picking up one of these and it sorted it out. Depending on cable length you may want to strip back some insulation to get a better...

I used petrol to swill it out. Acetone is betterer. Plug the ends with rags and once you’ve let it soak I put one end of intercooler in a bucket and poured the petrol through again and again. Any leaks on the fins will show up after a soak and...

Let me get the trim back off at the weekend and I’ll count how many I’ve got and how many are missing and I’ll take a full set. I think 14 was mentioned above if that helps?

You underestimate how much she likes to paint her nails. Van Gough had less paint in his cupboards.

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)

I’ll raid the Mrs’ nail polish drawer then.

I use Acetone but make sure it's all out and thoroughly dry before refitting or the engine will rev it's nuts off. Acetone works better for cleaning and evaporates quicker.

Thank you, saved me a few £££. What would you suggest cleaning the intercooler out with? I’ve got a Jerry can of diesel left over from when I filled the fuel filter on the last service if that would work?

The intercooler/turbo hoses are quite soft and yes the oil does collect in the intercooler. Personally I would be happy with Britpart for hoses.

In the ever so ongoing list of maintenance required for the old boy, the current Intercooler hose has gotten quite maliable and near the intercooler, quite oily. The fact I can quite easily squeeze the hose doesn’t bode well for when it’s under...

Sign me up for a pack. My original one still have some life left in them but not sure for how long!

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...

See I just like the optimism the dash gives me.

Spent some time of the car today. Changed the diff oil on both ends (concrete floors are fecking cold fyi), some Heko wind deflectors fitted as I think they look cool. ….aaaand started to try and fix the leaky bits when it rains. Silicone...

Fixed!!! Crikey !!! Ignition comes on!!! Keys work!!!!!

Had that on mine a couple of weeks back. Was seeing less than 11v running I believe as well. Took about 30 minutes to swap the alternator out for a recon spare I had on the shelf. Not a massive job but certainly a pain in the ass when it happened!