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Can't wait to see this work of art, brilliant post. Davie

Well from the standard of work so far it looks like its going to be something special, great thread to follow. Thanks Davie

The 4.6 is an overboared 3.5, the block can crack causing the liner to slip that is why there is the top hat mod. Also heard that the 4.6 and the 4.0 block can become porous. Could be wrong but think the SD1 vitesse 3.5 had a stiffened block, some one on hear will know. Davie

Get stuck in with a crow bar, its plastic so it will break out without damage to anything else, I did this with 1 of mine when I replaced with coils. Anyway good luck. Davie

Hi guys, have an annoying problem for the last few months, my srs airbag light comes on and stays on unless I do a journey of 30 - 40 miles, then it goes out and will stay out for a few days only to return and stay on when using for short journeys. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated as electrics are not my strong point. Going to get her up on my mates ramp next week to waxoyl the bottom and service her before she gets treated to new boots. Cheers Davie 97 "P" 2.5 TD (Met Red) on coils Alfa GT

Thanks for that Rob, they look like a reasonable price too, should get a set for around £500, was thinking about going to a 60 profile as it would fill the arches a bit better as my P38 has coils, don,t think that should comprimise the ride, unless anybody can think of any reason not to. Cheers Davie

Hi guys, had been offered a set of wheels with cooper mud and snow tyres fitted from a 2006 disco for my 97 p38 2.5td auto but the nut size of the wheel was different so instead of the extra cost of new wheel nuts aswell as the rims and tyres have decided to fit new tyres. My wheels are 255 x 55 x 18, I have been happy with the dunlop AT2 tyres on my pajero but have been told that the RR can wander quite badly with the wrong tyres. I want to have decent road handling aswell as decent capability in the snow as I live in the north of Scotland. Any recomendations would be great or has anyone tried the dunlops on a RR, my mate has toyo on his ML and he thinks they are good in all conditions.

Oh great, just fitted new fan belt pulleys and viscous fan from Britpart, will have to keep an eye on them Cheers Davie 2.5 td P38

Hi guys, got a rattle, came very sudden and sounded like timing chain (BMW 2.5). On investigation I found that the fan was seized and the idler and tensioner pulley for the fan belt were a little noisy. Started engine and ran without fan belt for a couple of minutes and the rattling noise is gone so will be fitting new fan, fan belt and pulleys tomorrow. Also been offered a nice set of Disco wheels with new mud and snow tyres fitted the rims are 17" as opposed to 18" but with 70 profile tyres giving a slightly bigger rolling diameter than the originals but with 235 instead of 255. Will this affect the handling. By the way the inside of the rim to the inside hub is the same as the originals-7", hoping it will soften the ride slightly as the coil conversion is a little hard but was well worth it and would defnatly do it again. Cheers Davie

Ok have you used a flush, how clean is the coolant after running, I would drop all the coolant, flush out the radiator,flush the block, refill, put the front up on ramps then run with the cap off for at least 20 mins keeping an eye on the level and the temp. This is a standard procedure for Pajero/Shogun so I would try it on the RR and see if it helps. Let us know how you get on Davie

Hi guys, got her through her MOT, drivers door electrics was a broken wire that I found when tracing the loom back to the BeCM it was the purple/black wire & ABS light problem solved when I cleaned the corrosion from the front sensor rings. Everything now working but not too happy about the ride height since fitting the coils, she just seems to sit a bit too high for my liking although it is the same as my mates and he's converted his aswell. Must say though that she drives just fine and handles pretty well considering her bulk, its positivly hot hatch compared to my 2.5 Pajero, lets hope she is as reliable. The only failure in the MOT was that the nearside inner sill needed a patch welded, so I took her away & cleaned up both sills which were good except the patch that had to go in the nearside sill so patched it and that was that. Sorry to ramble on but one last comment is that the mot station said that for her age she was in good condition so the waxol will be out next time home. Cheers Davie

Solved, eventully got time to trace the loom back to the BeCM, found a break in the purple/black wire under the carpet, everything now working. Cheers Davie

changed the outstation but did not solve the problem, getting power as when unplugging the outstation the other 3 door locks locked & can hear a clicking from the outstation when trying the door mirror. Any advice would be gratfully recieved. Cheers Davie

OK, think I found the culprit, looks like the door outstation, will replace & report back. Why oh why do they need to make circuits so complicated plus the outstation would be better out of the door where it is subjected to less shock. Cheers Davie