P38_Ireland
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well driving yesterday not too fast luckily the steering disconnected ond i drifted in the the left and hit a ditch causing some damage to my P38.
was fairly gutted at the time, new head light, indicator, front bumper, wing bonnet, hurricane alloy wheel, general grabber tyre, and worst of all from the shunt the front diff poked a hole in the oil sump! delighted!! luckily i have a donor in the driveway and had the body panels stripped off luckily its also a 2.5 DSE in Java Black so should just bolt back on and same with the sump.
so the problem that happened, the steering rod from where the steering wheel pops through the fire wall, there is a knuckle that connects on to it, that disconnected while i was driving
so had complete steering loss and basically free wheeled in to a ditch, so maybe just a point to most lads to check that connection on there next service. if i was any kind of a fast road and doing 60+mph i may have rolled it in a ditch, doest bare thinking about. anyway i included some pics so enjoy the carnage and the beginning of it being rebuilt again. new alloy arrives on friday tyre in 2 weeks cos there out of stock so other than that seems i should be back on the road by the weekend.
Stay safe lads!!
With the new panels fitted.
was fairly gutted at the time, new head light, indicator, front bumper, wing bonnet, hurricane alloy wheel, general grabber tyre, and worst of all from the shunt the front diff poked a hole in the oil sump! delighted!! luckily i have a donor in the driveway and had the body panels stripped off luckily its also a 2.5 DSE in Java Black so should just bolt back on and same with the sump.
so the problem that happened, the steering rod from where the steering wheel pops through the fire wall, there is a knuckle that connects on to it, that disconnected while i was driving
so had complete steering loss and basically free wheeled in to a ditch, so maybe just a point to most lads to check that connection on there next service. if i was any kind of a fast road and doing 60+mph i may have rolled it in a ditch, doest bare thinking about. anyway i included some pics so enjoy the carnage and the beginning of it being rebuilt again. new alloy arrives on friday tyre in 2 weeks cos there out of stock so other than that seems i should be back on the road by the weekend.
Stay safe lads!!
With the new panels fitted.
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