Just bought P38 and need some advice. Thanks

Jerseyp38 said:

Hi,

I am new to the forum so hi, just bought a P38 after wanting a rangie for years and last night I even just went for a drive for the sake of it great! And I love it.

Execpt I was a bit of a tweerp buying and leapt in with both feet.

It is a 95 2.5 diesel, manual bronze colour, no air con, no electric seats, no sunroof. Just had money spent on suspension and all seems fine. Body really good and looks OK under neath but will go for a test shortly to be allowed on Jersey roads, so we will see.

But, she seems slightly hesitent when hot just takes a couple of seconds to fire up so can live with this. But how long before it gets worse? and should I think about getting the pump recond or just go for the hot start fix.

Advice on fixing the wing mirrors would be useful as one is masticed in postion and the on NR side the glass just wobbles around. No noise when the rocker switch is pressed.

Lastly and why I am here, foolishly I did not check the high/low range selector but I did ask if it worked which the trader told me it did.

Do I try and take the car back or try and fix it I have done a search and will try shorting the netural select switch asap as this message comes on the dash when the swtich is pressed 'select netural'. I believe I have 7 or 14 days to return the car I am only cross with myself but he did lie to a direct question.

I like the car, it is all I can afford and I bought it for a reasonable price. £1800 and it has done 130K miles.

Advice please,

Thank you.

Mark:doh:

Also no light of any sort on the H/L switch

Also does any body know the type approval number for the P38, I might need it when registering it in Jersey.

Thanks

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Jerseyp38 said:

Hi,

I am new to the forum so hi, just bought a P38 after wanting a rangie for years and last night I even just went for a drive for the sake of it great! And I love it.

Execpt I was a bit of a tweerp buying and leapt in with both feet.

It is a 95 2.5 diesel, manual bronze colour, no air con, no electric seats, no sunroof. Just had money spent on suspension and all seems fine. Body really good and looks OK under neath but will go for a test shortly to be allowed on Jersey roads, so we will see.

But, she seems slightly hesitent when hot just takes a couple of seconds to fire up so can live with this. But how long before it gets worse? and should I think about getting the pump recond or just go for the hot start fix.

Advice on fixing the wing mirrors would be useful as one is masticed in postion and the on NR side the glass just wobbles around. No noise when the rocker switch is pressed.

Lastly and why I am here, foolishly I did not check the high/low range selector but I did ask if it worked which the trader told me it did.

Do I try and take the car back or try and fix it I have done a search and will try shorting the netural select switch asap as this message comes on the dash when the swtich is pressed 'select netural'. I believe I have 7 or 14 days to return the car I am only cross with myself but he did lie to a direct question.

I like the car, it is all I can afford and I bought it for a reasonable price. £1800 and it has done 130K miles.

Advice please,

Thank you.

Mark:doh:

Also no light of any sort on the H/L switch

Also does any body know the type approval number for the P38, I might need it when registering it in Jersey.

Thanks

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Jerseyp38 said:

Hi Datatek,
Thanks, three (air springs) have been replaced along with new compressor in January so I have contacted the garage who did the work and they used Dunlop springs so intend to replace the last one ASAP. Thoughts on the other jobs would be gratefully recieved and where can I find out about replacing the half shaft seal? I have downloaded a copy of RAVA but is the stupidly expensive book (Range Rover 1995-2001 MY workshop manual) on amazon better/more useful?

Thanks

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