“… as well looked after as this one…”
Interesting photo of the engine bay - here it is, with my GEMS one also attached..
I don’t think my engine bay is particularly clean, just normal, but it is interesting to compare.
Did you get the full £800 on offer from Snut?
Not recommended. The two-teaspoons method of removing needles just wrecks the instrument.
And the preset goes wrong too. I know….
Instrument modules are cheap.
I just had a similar issue and my P38 is in for head gasket(s) or liners or all the above. The RELD dye went from blue to yellow in less than a minute. Check the radiator bleed hose for a blockage at the header tank end.
I changed my Japanese km speedometer to mph but left the odometer in km so as not to confuse the BeCM. I got a cheap but good UK instrument module for about £30 and just swapped all 4 instruments across. Easy to do as the connectors are in the fixing screws. Was a doddle, and works fine now.
..and just to add a positive comment:
Make use of your location. In Germany, get an undervalued German car, eg classic BMW, or G-Wagon. If you want a Land Rover, buy it in England. But if you want the value to increase, get something old..!!