beng

Hi Geoff, been a while, hope you are well, the dent in the door isn't huge and i have pulled the wing back out so I am mulling over just replacing the hinges and strap and just taking a small hit when i sell it b4 i go to Aus, its not in perfect shape anyway so how much difference the dent will make i'm not sure.

many thanks - they have the door in black. Just wonder if the diesel to get from sheffield to the south coast and back is more than another colour resprayed..... hmmmm..... thanks for the number.

I think since it was owned by BMW at the time we will blame the Germans. I was giving someone a lift to the top of a windswept hill in my P38a when they had the great idea of opening the door and letting go! The wind took the door (passenger front) and put it to about 125 degrees, snapping the retaining strap and both the stops on the hinges, bending in the wing and creasing the door. I was so impressed with them at this point. My question, does anyone know someone with an old p38 NSF door that i could respray and put on (or a black one) ebay seems a little empty at the moment. Many Thanks

Will try the idea, thanks. Waiting for new handset batteries to arrive (today hopefully), this still wouldn't explain why the door EKA procedure is not working.... Any ideas?

OK, took her to the gym to pick someone up after, got out, blizzard like conditions, well raining anyway. Pressed the Key.... nothing. Open door manually - alarm. Key in Ignition, ENGINE DISABLED. GRRR. Forward planning, get phone out with EKA code (impressed?) No interest from rangie whatso ever - no flashes no beeps nothing. Just wondered if anyone knows if this might be an outstation thing. The interior light do not go on when i open the door - where is the switch for this, the window works but the mirtror doesn't. Anyone had a similar problem. She is grounded at the gym for the forseeable. thankyou

Hey, My diesel P38 has started sounding a little uneaven at idle, usually only when it is cold. Sat at traffic lights I get an intermittant vibration which I can feel through the whole car... Its not major but it is new so I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts... she has plenty of oil and is about to get a new fuel filter. Many thanks, Ben

me thinks that will definatly be worth looking into - thankyou for the link. As for blend motors I found a place selling them cheap..... and I can't remember where it is.... can have a hunt about if you find you do need to replace them ( Pug 406 motors I believe are a direct replacement at half the cost ?) Ben

Educated guess time..... Sounds electrical to me.... I know nothing about the autobox though. First thing I think you need to see where the contactors are for the park selection and ensure they are being made. "the selector lever moves into Park ok"... does it engage transmission park do you know? Ben

Hello to you, Out of curiosity how do you know it is only running on 5? Have you any history of the engine... how many miles etc. Ben

All that happens is that they make the most annoying noise the P38 has made yet, in search of a really thin hoover nozzle now Gonna have to get mine regassed at some point - need to check my condensor first tho - assuming it is leaking :-( Good Luck.

out of curiosity how much did you get charged for the re-gas? My P38 (air con not working) changes temperature for every degree - noticable difference if LHS is 3 deg warmer than RHS. Carefull you don't drop leaves into the gap where the pollen filter goes... ask me how I Know Ben

had the rear end up again.... wheel ran smoothly... took the brakes out and re-coppersliped them... so far so good. Really wierd - good she has been on the road through all the floods tho :-)

Got the diagram.... considering I spend half my life designing electical circuit schematics it is a poor show I can't work the thing out. Think the design engineer had had a few when he drew it.... will e-mail you the pic see if you can make more of it than I. Cheers Geoff (PS. CRTT is this w/end - we don't get to play :-( )

Ric, Have heard rumour of wiring harness not giving quite enough voltage to the clutch - I believe it is an electromagnetic thingie.... Try putting 12v straight from the battery to the clutch +ve Then you will know if it is power or worn clutch. If worn clutch then I think David Sparkes wrote a fairly comprehensive article on it :-) Ben

Well I decided I had some money to throw around and I purchased a Kenlowe. However she runs soooo quiet... more power.... less drag.... and I am getting about 30 Mpg. Was really worth it IMO, would recommend anyone with VC fan which is getting sticky to change it. Ben (PS thermostat was also broken so all mpg gain cannot be put down to the fan entirely)