The poly go in easier but if you get grit in there they can wear away. Some people find the handling crisper but slightly harsher ride. Rubber are harder to get in without the taper tool and press. Seeing as the originals lasted over 15 years I...

Why would it?!

Must be a big tupperware box for the steel bumpers ?

Diagnostics for clutch calibration lord help us, whatever next?

Clutch calibration?! Oh, how have we foundered?!

And mine.

Ok, I'll try. It'll take a while, but I'll get back to you and let you know. Many thanks!!!

Blimey. Most of us just try to keep it running another year at a time.

Still available? Any pictures anywhere? I'm running out of space in my back garden but FFS.

Hmmm. rv8 is pretty good apart from crank wear around the seals, soft cam shafts and dodgy cylinder liners. Bolts would be the least of my worries although definitely nice if you have the cash.

Wouldn't touch Reinz with yours these days. But seeing as I also put a Reinz head-gasket on mine earlier this year I guess we'll both be praying they're OK.

i guess thats one less thing to worry about, not having air

When I did mine I put the chassis on stands and had the wheels on the ground so axle was supported and did one arm at a time that way nothing moved

That'll be the Teng one?!

Got a spare on the scrapper but that's done over 170k miles too. A lot of it in London so probably almost gone. I might have to swap it just to get through the MoT test.

My first thought when I saw that was actually how to get a cheap rotary coupler for you (with a load of spares to make up the expense) It’s still in my mind but it’s an auto and very far away, wouldn’t have an mot and even if I could drag it...

Had to re-read that. First pass had "my missus had her foot on the bar".

You must be hankering for another P38 by now? https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/p38-2-5-dse-spares-or-repairs.397734/

I'm a little surprised there hasn't been more interest.

it seemed to be more the later ones. Wammers was on about when their focus changed to l322 they started throwing on whatever they had left in the parts bin on p38s. There was even one with Disco wheels from new iirc

Or a corroded earth connection.

I didn't as managed without it but I have now added this to my "I wasn't f*****g asking!" drawer

It should have been 4 pin to deal with the stresses of the 4 wheel traction control but 2 pin Thor models have been on here before. There was a big debate (read argument) about it once. Hard to know if it was Land Rover using up old parts or...

+1. People have come across 4 pin diffs in GEMS front axles before so you might get lucky. I'd only change what I have to myself.

In theory yes. In practice from what I’ve seen over the years I wouldn’t presume whats in there until I’ve opened it up and seen myself.

If the car is a P38, all the S connections are available in the left rear quarter behind the trim and 7 core cable is fine. There is a grommet at the base of the well below the connectors that can be used to route the cable. I can give you all...

Tried to start the scrapper today. All lights nice and bright and then when I turned the key everything went out and nothing. Looks like a pretty major fuse must have popped.

Chain stretch tends to affect hot starting rather than cold. Moving the FIP top is really last ditch stuff. Idle should be 750 rpm. If no-one has touched the FIP in the past then it is probably due a refurb.

The l322 is a dangerous tow car! I mean.. took the caravan out for the weekend.. it's too easy to forget it's even there.. apart from the 20mpg avg I would like to note that it's a proper caravan with the pointy end at the front🤭

Operation Dixie complete. Success! Won't let me upload the photo though.