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    why always me ?

    Greetings all, where do i start? coming home sunday night, doing about 60, suddenly a 2 second "light vibration" large crack, loss of drive and a jingling from under the car. Tried to slow down in a controled manner when suddenly there was a dredfull bang and immense knocking...
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    front ball joint

    Brought up as a advisory on MOT wear in lower l/h ball joint. Ase they easy to replace or are special tools required? cheers phil
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    fuel / g/box fault

    Hi all, ive tried searching but nothing seems to fit the bill. Over the last few weeks when reversing uphill from cold the engine dont seem to rev as much as it should,a week later it seemed to want to and sometimes did stall the engine from cold( fwd or rev). coming home to night when cruising...
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    p38 gear problems

    Hi all, set of to work today, reversed out of my drive then drove as normal to work. pulled up in the car park and whent to reverse into the parking bay and there was no reverse. went to try it at dinner time and no different, forward but no reverse. home time got in and had reverse, so...
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    auto box update

    Hi all, just a quickie for those who asked to be updated on my g/box repair at k motors independant l/r centre in leyland. Everything seems great at the moment, they fit a recon box and i cant belive the difference in the way it drives. Its so much smoother than the old one, it changes...
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    p38 dhse auto probs

    Hi all, not familiar with auto boxes but over a couple of days reverse has been harder to drive the car than normal, it also seems to slip when in the higher forward gears . any advice? cheers phil
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    heater fan trouble ?

    Hi, my p38 has just thrown up the book symbol on the hevac panel. it seems that the passenger side fan comes on full as soon as the ignition is turned on, the drivers side seems to operate correctly via the speed control and the demist programs and everything else seems to work ok. is this a...
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    steering leak

    Hi, we've got an old disco as a site vehicle , today someone was driving when they had a pop and steering fluid was dumped on the floor. It is coming from what looks like a breather hole on top of the fluid side of the steering box, and will empty itself in minuets, any ideas or is it a...
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    p38 dhse suspension woes

    Hi all, today i was waiting with my little girl at school bus stop, when she wanted to see the car lower down. i selected lower and it lowered fine but when i pressed up only the rear went up, i lowered it again and the back went down but when i pressed up nothing went up. i am getting no...