P38 number 2

Thought about it today.
Went for a play instead.
500miles later and she's behaving and not broken yet.

You can see the shade difference in the wing and bonnet in this one

Went to go pick up a compressor got distracted on the way home. Haha

Looks good for the money , has had later seats and door cards fitted,

brianp38dse said:

Looks good for the money , has had later seats and door cards fitted,

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I couldn't tell you. They're comfy though and the heated elements work.

Later seats have more panels stitched in the base and back and the later door armrest-handles are leather with a leather panel below instead of carpet.

Yeah must have had later ones then.
By a bit of looking around 99year?

So threw on a newish battery I got off a pal.
80ah 680cc. (Way too small I know)
Did that becm sleep test with the ignition key. Spot on.
Left her parked 5hours.
Jumped in key in hand expecting another jump start jobby but no let the plugs heat she turned over but no fire and smoke out the exhaust.
Heated the plugs twice and a 4second crank and she fired up little lumpy guess 2/3 plugs are shot.

So glowplugs aftermarket Bosch upto the job?
Bosch battery 950-1000ah 850+cca recommended?

Went and got her muddy.
Got stuck in boggy stuff good old trolley jack and a few rocks she was all good and out in 20mins haha

stustrong said:

So glowplugs aftermarket Bosch upto the job?
Bosch battery 950-1000ah 850+cca recommended?

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Stay away from sh!tpart and you'll be OK. Normally go for Delphi or Beru.

batterymegastore seems pretty good on batteries.

Cheers grrrr.


Well took down the spare parts for the BMW.
Picked up the spare gearbox.
Spare front diff.
Spare headlights.
Spare indicators.
2 air suspension bags and 2height sensors lad had started buying.
Few spare bits of trim.
Few fuel flap motors.