General P38 wiring

DeRangie · Jun 5, 2020

Hi all, first time poster here, I have had a 300 disco in the past but have been scouring this forum for a while trying to absorb as much knowledge on p38s before taking the plunge.. but I have one question before I do. I appreciate there will be faults aplenty but now they are all 20ish years old am I going to be finding that the general vehicle wiring is disintegrating around the car or can I expect just a few more faults than say 10 years ago?

Thanks for looking,

DeRangie

Datatek · Jun 5, 2020

DeRangie said:
Hi all, first time poster here, I have had a 300 disco in the past but have been scouring this forum for a while trying to absorb as much knowledge on p38s before taking the plunge.. but I have one question before I do. I appreciate there will be faults aplenty but now they are all 20ish years old am I going to be finding that the general vehicle wiring is disintegrating around the car or can I expect just a few more faults than say 10 years ago?

Thanks for looking,

DeRangie

Wiring is good even on my 1994 scrapper. Water ingress causing ECU and connector problems is one of the causes of problems. Wet mats in the drivers foot well indicate either heater O rings failed or rainwater leaks round the scuttle and pollen filter fixings.
Keep them dry and the electronics are pretty good in my experience. apart from the FOB RF receiver.
Post 99 are better.

brianp38dse · Jun 5, 2020

A few problems with bad earths but not with the wiring as far as i know, some of the components give up eg height sensor drivers door lock and a few others but they are all known faults and easily sorted with the help on here.

DeRangie · Jun 5, 2020

Thanks for the reply's, at the minute i'm looking at an 01 4.6 jap import. That does fill me with a bit of confidence. Like most people I suspect, I'm not bad mechanically but complex electronics are scary

.
Also with them getting on a bit what are spares like? I know pretty much most things are available but are a few sensors etc becoming hard to find or generally still okay?

Cheers,

DeRangie

Datatek · Jun 5, 2020

DeRangie said:
Thanks for the reply's, at the minute i'm looking at an 01 4.6 jap import. That does fill me with a bit of confidence. Like most people I suspect, I'm not bad mechanically but complex electronics are scary .
Also with them getting on a bit what are spares like? I know pretty much most things are available but are a few sensors etc becoming hard to find or generally still okay?

Cheers,

DeRangie

Not found anything that cannot be obtained with a bit of searching, the big plus is that parts are cheap.

RangeRoller dt · Jun 5, 2020

Wiring tends to be fine on my 95. Is the brains go bit senile, and the P38 too. More gadgets they have more to go wrong but can usually be sorted after you find out what it is.

DeRangie · Jun 5, 2020

That's what I was hoping to hear more or less. Thanks for the advice guys. May well be back pretty soon..

Cheers,

DeRangie

Mark Piercy · Jun 6, 2020

DeRangie said:
That's what I was hoping to hear more or less. Thanks for the advice guys. May well be back pretty soon..

Cheers,

DeRangie

With pictures I hope?
They aren't as complicated as the later L322's and onwards.

DeRangie · Jun 7, 2020

If I'm feeling brave and buy it there will be pictures fear not

. Well that's something haha.

DeRangie

General P38 wiring

DeRangie

Member

Datatek

Well-Known Member

brianp38dse

Well-Known Member

DeRangie

Member

Datatek

Well-Known Member

RangeRoller dt

Well-Sprung Member

DeRangie

Member

Mark Piercy

Well fumbled member....

DeRangie

Member

Similar threads