repair to piping around seat

enery8 · Jun 13, 2014

I have a piece of damaged piping around the seat in the back of my rangie. Don't know when it happened but a nasty surprise. It is approx 4 inches long and right on the corner. Any advice gratefully received.

wammers · Jun 13, 2014

enery8 said:
I have a piece of damaged piping around the seat in the back of my rangie. Don't know when it happened but a nasty surprise. It is approx 4 inches long and right on the corner. Any advice gratefully received.

Maybe VERY careful reattachment with super glue or have the seat recovered. Not a lot of choice really.

enery8 · Jun 13, 2014

Thanks Wammers, I thought that would be the case.

wammers · Jun 13, 2014

enery8 said:
Thanks Wammers, I thought that would be the case.

Well maybe not recovered, but a good upholsterer should be able to sew new piping in if you take the seat or seat cover to him.

Saint.V8 · Jun 13, 2014

If that is all you gotta worry about on your P38 Bill, you ain't doing to bad!!

wammers · Jun 13, 2014

Saint.V8 said:
If that is all you gotta worry about on your P38 Bill, you ain't doing to bad!!

Yeah but it is a P38 and seats are not cheap. From what iv'e seen of the quality you could get a complete interior redone on a L322 for a fiver.

enery8 · Jun 13, 2014

Saint.V8 said:
If that is all you gotta worry about on your P38 Bill, you ain't doing to bad!!

I wish!!! Just paid £450 getting a 4.6 V8 gearbox put in it having paid £270 for the gearbox. I have spent a load on the car, good job I love it.

Datatek · Jun 13, 2014

enery8 said:
I wish!!! Just paid £450 getting a 4.6 V8 gearbox put in it having paid £270 for the gearbox. I have spent a load on the car, good job I love it.

All good with the box now Bill?

enery8 · Jun 13, 2014

Hi Keith,
Thought I had told you I got it done ??? Only picked it up yesterday but it does seem to be pretty good. Had to take to local specialist in the end as the original bloke who was going to do it disappeared like a wisp of smoke in the wind. Still, the benefit of getting it done by the local auto specialist is that he know exactly what he was doing. He used the pump from my HP22 and the first clutch out of my hp22. Gears seem to be changing as they should (Dave said his changes were a bit early)
We are going away with the caravan on Sunday so I will give you an update when we get back.
Sorry I did not let you know.
all the best
Bill

tomcat59alan · Jun 13, 2014

Apart from the Bill from the sound of it,

Datatek · Jun 14, 2014

enery8 said:
Hi Keith,
Thought I had told you I got it done ??? Only picked it up yesterday but it does seem to be pretty good. Had to take to local specialist in the end as the original bloke who was going to do it disappeared like a wisp of smoke in the wind. Still, the benefit of getting it done by the local auto specialist is that he know exactly what he was doing. He used the pump from my HP22 and the first clutch out of my hp22. Gears seem to be changing as they should (Dave said his changes were a bit early)
We are going away with the caravan on Sunday so I will give you an update when we get back.
Sorry I did not let you know.
all the best
Bill

Heard nothing

Not sure why the clutch would have been changed.
Hope it all goes well

enery8 · Jun 14, 2014

Been out for a run to Dorchester this morning without the caravan. There is a long drag of a hill on the way which often causes the car to change down, usually drops about 10 mph. Today it only dropped 5 mph and did not need to change down. Car seems to be running better too. See what happens tomorrow with the caravan in tow.

Datatek · Jun 14, 2014

enery8 said:
Been out for a run to Dorchester this morning without the caravan. There is a long drag of a hill on the way which often causes the car to change down, usually drops about 10 mph. Today it only dropped 5 mph and did not need to change down. Car seems to be running better too. See what happens tomorrow with the caravan in tow.

Did you fit a new torque convertor Bill?

enery8 · Jun 14, 2014

The short answer to that is no. We had agreed to fit a recon one but he checked mine out and felt it was okay and did not need changing. So that saved me a few bob. Also said the front clutch in my old box was 'mint' so happy with that as well.
We are off tomorrow, about 160 miles so I can give you a better report then. My initial feeling is it was well worth doing even if the box was not flaring but time will tell.

Datatek · Jun 14, 2014

enery8 said:
The short answer to that is no. We had agreed to fit a recon one but he checked mine out and felt it was okay and did not need changing. So that saved me a few bob. Also said the front clutch in my old box was 'mint' so happy with that as well.
We are off tomorrow, about 160 miles so I can give you a better report then. My initial feeling is it was well worth doing even if the box was not flaring but time will tell.

It's fair to say that when my box was playing up badly, the car did not seem to go so well and it used a smidgeon more fuel.
Here's hoping all is well.

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