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Just testing the water ... I am retiring at the end of the year, I don't think I will be able to run the P38 on my pension. Seriously considering putting it up for sale, or swap for economical hatchback (were sadder words ever written?) of Focus/Fiesta/Golf/Polo type with cash either way. It's...

The RH door mirror (2000 Vogue) is a nasty aftermarket thing, bronze tinted and cloudy/hazy. I need to replace with something better. I can't justify nearly £200 on a genuine electrochromic replacement, but there are plenty of non-dimming glasses between £12 (aftermarket) and £60 (genuine). The...

Bit of a tale of woe here. I bought the P38 a month ago and found there was a loud crackle on the left channel of the sound system. Various people said it was likely to be a faulty DSP, so I got a s/h one from an eBay seller. I've fitted it and the crackle has now gone, but the CD isn't...

OK, I am better with things that go brum-brum, than with things that go click-click. I'm an idiot, I'm sure, but I have downloaded the RAVE manual from a link posted here, and I can't make sense of it. It came as a zip file, which I extracted into a folder I called Rave CD. What is in there...

MY2000 Vogue. New to me, and just looking for advice on a couple of minor issues. The view through the rear window has a few ripples in it, as if there is a fault in the glass. When I look closely, it seems that the inside of the window is coated with a clear plastic layer which has wrinkled...

MY2000 Vogue. New to me, and just looking for advice on a couple of minor issues. I tried the heated screen out today as the car was properly frosted up this morning. Half the screen cleared really well, the other half not at all. Are there two separate elements in the screen, which might...

MY2000 Vogue. New to me, and just looking for advice on a couple of minor issues. When I turn the radio/CD player on, there is a noise coming from the speaker in the passenger door - the small one in the triangular panel in front of the window glass. It's a regular crackle, a bit like a...

Hi all I have just put down a deposit on a 2000 P38 Vogue, pick it up next weekend. Had a 1997 HSE a few years ago and loved it. I have just sold my Defender and spent less than half of the proceeds on the Rangie. Mad or what? It’s a nice old bus with a few minor niggles I can sort out later...

The 90 failed its MoT today on a worn trackrod end. I took it in at 9 am. I phoned at 11 to hear it had failed and that they had ordered a new TRE for me and could fit it today. I would normally do that kind of thing myself, but it was raining and I thought "oh, let them get on with it". By 2...

I have just replaced the indicator switch and stalk. It feels a lot smoother and more positive than the old one, but I still have the same issue as before. If I indicate left and turn left, it stays on and cancels as the wheel returns to straight ahead, as it should. If I indicate right...

I've had the truck since May but it's only recently I have been driving with headlights a lot. Hence I didn't notice I had a problem until this week. 1997 90, 300Tdi, unmodified. Symptoms: Temp gauge goes from below half (normal) to the red when headlights turned on (only when engine is warm...

Can I use a CB radio aerial (rubber duck or stinger type) as the aerial for a normal FM radio/CD player?

Technical question, vehicle is 1996 D90 300Tdi. The signal from the fuel gauge sender is obviously variable with the fuel height, and goes up and down according to how the fuel sloshes about in the tank. The fuel gauge, however, should show a steady reading. The signal is somehow damped. Is...

Newish (to me) 1996 Defender 90, 300Tdi. Passenger door lock was working perfectly until, one night, it wouldn't latch closed. Just bounced open again, no matter how hard you slammed it. There is a semicircular latching piece visible in the lock edge, and this should be knocked over by the...

New to me Defender 90 (1996) with 750 wheels and tyres. It looks and feels as though it might have had a suspension lift in the past. No markings on the springs or shocks that I can see. If there is any kind soul with a 90 on 750s who would be willing to pop outside and measure the vertical...

Looking for a bit of advice regarding intermittent wiper function on 1996 90 300Tdi. Fast and slow speed wipers (up one and up two on the stalk) work fine and park correctly. One down on the stalk should be an intermittent wipe according to the handbook. However, pushing the stalk down gives a...

1996 Defender 90. The truck came to me with the middle seat missing and carpet over the metal plate in between the seats. I have bought a Britpart cubby box from Paddocks and it's not obvious how to fit it. The box has 4 MDF battens on the underside in the form of a square. If I rest the box...

1996 90 300Tdi. Speedo works fine, although the needle is a bit wobbly. Odometer records overall distance correctly. Trip meter goes up to about 1.3 miles after a reset, and then stays there. Is it worth getting inside and seeing if it can be fixed, or is it a case of a) another from a...

I'm collecting a new (to me) Defender at the weekend - 1996 300Tdi 90. I started a while ago with a Ninety (2.5 n/a diesel) which morphed into a V8 space-frame trialler, and along the way I have had a 2a, a Disco 1, two Disco 2s, a 3.9 Range Rover (ex-SAS) and a P38 4.6. However, I sold the...