Hello Flossie,
Here are some pictures of it. It was only on the road from mid 1980 untill end of 1986. Then it sat in a boat hangar for 30 years. I bought it in 2017 and started restoring it. Now, 8 years later I'm ready to go to the Belgian MOT...
You can bend the arm that the float attaches to. Drain the tank, remove the sender then put, say, 5 ltrs of fuel in then mess with the arm, refitting it temporarily, until you are happy with what the gauge is showing.
I can't remember exactly cos it's been a while but... there is a bolt , high up, on the lhs rear heat shield, that once removed, allows the heat shield to move over loads, improving access no end. I think I had to cut that bolt off as it was so...
The gearbox under tray mounts to the heat shields either side with 6 Dzus fasteners, I have binned the foam. I will have to see how much noisier it is. Got the sump back on today, 2 of the bolts are fiddly, one bolt hole can hardly be seen due...
I think peeps are getting the engine under tray mixed up with the gearbox one. My engine one was soaked in oil when I got it, ripped the foam off that but haven't got round to refitting it. My mate with a diesel has not refitted his gearbox under...
A drop in replacement for the door micro switches would be useful. Some geezer on another p38 forum was 3d printing something which he claimed to be successful then went awol with no further info.
Busy developing new height sensors with my brother. The sensor itself is a non contact hall effect potentiometer. So no little wiper arms to wear out. The new sensors are going to be paired with a control PCB that lets them interface to the...
Jumper earth to mounting flange, jumper positive to the solenoid nut furthest away from the starter body. Spade terminal with a length of wire to the spade on the solenoid. Touch that wire to the positive jump lead clamp to spin the starter.
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