Sorted the P38 steering problem

Upped the tyre pressure to 36 psi, got the box preload sorted properly & replaced the anti roll bar
bushes front & drop arms. Drives like a new bloody car now!

Just the front crank oilseal to do now, i don't like the look of this job, too much tightenage & not
enough way of checking tightenage. A job for mechman I reckon!!!

Also, a cheap supplier for grease guns?

Another thing, I thought I had a rumbling wheel bearing of worse, rear diff. Turned out to be one of the
heatshields rubbing on the bloody front prop!!!

Another thing, the more I look at the short engine makes me feel it's had a new one at some time. It just
hasn't got the same amount of **** on it & it did not have any wear at all for a car with 160k on the
clock!

I do rather like this Land Rover!

Nige

Nige <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny
about:


<snip drewel>

> I do rather like this Land Rover!
>
> Nige

It's the weekend again....Clean off? ;-)

Lee D

Lee_D wrote:
> Nige <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz
> funny about:
>
>
> <snip drewel>
>
>> I do rather like this Land Rover!
>>
>> Nige
>
> It's the weekend again....Clean off? ;-)
>
> Lee D

I never got chance last time, but this time it will be so clean you will be able to see my reflection in
the tailpipe! I got myself some back to black & what a stupid ****in' bottle it comes in, falls over if
you even fart near it!

I have to admit i got bored (****ed) the other night & bought some of that stick on wood stuff for the
dash. It came today & wow! it looks bloody good. I was very conservative, just getting the radio surround
& the HEVAC panel. it does look very good indeed. Some eeeejits go nuts even doing the door locks etc.

It's gonna take me an hour to get 30 million flies off the front end!

Cheers

Nige

Nige wrote:
> Upped the tyre pressure to 36 psi, got the box preload sorted properly & replaced the anti roll bar
> bushes front & drop arms. Drives like a new bloody car now!
>
Err, I presume the rear? I'm running 28 front and 36 rear, the manual
states 28/38 but the rears were wearing slightly more in the centre so
I reduced to 36.

Alan C

[email protected] wrote:
> Nige wrote:
>
>>Upped the tyre pressure to 36 psi, got the box preload sorted properly & replaced the anti roll bar
>>bushes front & drop arms. Drives like a new bloody car now!
>>
>
> Err, I presume the rear? I'm running 28 front and 36 rear, the manual
> states 28/38 but the rears were wearing slightly more in the centre so
> I reduced to 36.

Up your front tyres to 36psi - it'll handle a load better, steer more
nicely and won't make the kids carsick. 28psi is way too low - it's
bordering on the sort of pressures that caused the Firestone problem
with Ford SUVs in the US.


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EMB

On or around Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:44:33 +1200, EMB <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>[email protected] wrote:
>> Nige wrote:
>>
>>>Upped the tyre pressure to 36 psi, got the box preload sorted properly & replaced the anti roll bar
>>>bushes front & drop arms. Drives like a new bloody car now!
>>>
>>
>> Err, I presume the rear? I'm running 28 front and 36 rear, the manual
>> states 28/38 but the rears were wearing slightly more in the centre so
>> I reduced to 36.
>
>Up your front tyres to 36psi - it'll handle a load better, steer more
>nicely and won't make the kids carsick. 28psi is way too low - it's
>bordering on the sort of pressures that caused the Firestone problem
>with Ford SUVs in the US.

no experience with a P38, but on the disco 1 running 235/70 rubber they wear
perfectly on the front run at 36psi on road. The "oh, they all do that,
guvnor" answer about discos and front tyre wear is down to underinflation,
IMHO.
--
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In Touch: Get in touch with yourself by touching yourself.
If somebody is watching, stop touching yourself.
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.

[email protected] wrote:
> Nige wrote:
>> Upped the tyre pressure to 36 psi, got the box preload sorted
>> properly & replaced the anti roll bar bushes front & drop arms.
>> Drives like a new bloody car now!
>>
> Err, I presume the rear? I'm running 28 front and 36 rear, the
> manual states 28/38 but the rears were wearing slightly more in the
> centre so I reduced to 36.
>
> Alan C

The fronts are way too low at 28psi, you will get edge wear & the car doesnt feel right Alan. I have no
centre wear at 32-36 psi front as thats all i have ever had in it for 10,000 miles so far.

Cheers

Nige