P38 mechanic
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Datatek
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Do it yourself it's a piece of cake, I can send you a guide. Otherwise come for a week's holiday in my Gite and I will do it for you
spencer1885
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It's a bit of a fiddly job on a p38 and if the pins are rusted in it's even worse.
Doing it yourself would save you money and stop some garage from taking the **** which they will.
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Doing it yourself would save you money and stop some garage from taking the **** which they will.
:welcome2:
jamesblake
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Hi,
Get the guide from Data!! I done mine in 6hrs @ -2 degrees!! It's easy enough, I got no knowledge and few tools.
Depending when wanna do I could give u some pointers, I'm nearby.
James.
Get the guide from Data!! I done mine in 6hrs @ -2 degrees!! It's easy enough, I got no knowledge and few tools.
Depending when wanna do I could give u some pointers, I'm nearby.
James.
malcolm_durant
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I'll vouch for all the responses above...
It's one of those jobs that, if the clips are rusted and/or the (original alloy) airbag ends have corroded and stuck themselves to the axle or chassis, it will take a while to pry them free.
It can be a right pig to get the airbags out, but no skill is required and the rest is very basic work...no special knowledge or experience required.
A garage will charge you an arm and a leg for basically levering the airbag end caps with a pry bar and whacking them with a hammer...something I'd rather not be paying for!!!
Do iy yourself and you can also spend a little time Hammeriting all the scratches in the chassis or axle you've made. Doubt any garage would do that for you.
Malcolm
It's one of those jobs that, if the clips are rusted and/or the (original alloy) airbag ends have corroded and stuck themselves to the axle or chassis, it will take a while to pry them free.
It can be a right pig to get the airbags out, but no skill is required and the rest is very basic work...no special knowledge or experience required.
A garage will charge you an arm and a leg for basically levering the airbag end caps with a pry bar and whacking them with a hammer...something I'd rather not be paying for!!!
Do iy yourself and you can also spend a little time Hammeriting all the scratches in the chassis or axle you've made. Doubt any garage would do that for you.
Malcolm
