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Been busy on the old girl over the last couple of weeks, bought a breaker for the engine: Got the donor engine in and it runs sweet as a nut:D Fitted cruise control from the donor too. Changed the heater o-rings, some muppet had managed to round off the pozi screw so had to change...

What does that mean?:confused: Awesome job btw, put me on the list for one

Sorry its been awhile and I still haven't looked any further in to this problem, not had the time due to work. Any how, it does sound a bit worse under load but more severe than a petrol pink, like I get on my series 1 sometimes. I've been offered another P38 DT 96MY with a good engine...

Thanks for the reply. Just the trusty screwdriver, may have to order a stethoscope. I'm leaning towards a piston problem, either slap, a broken ring or skirt, will drop the sump and have a look then whip the head off i suppose. Would you get piston slap on just one cylinder do you think?

Ah I see, that makes sense. Are the chains prone to letting go? Any how, I put it all back together this morning with the donor parts and it runs a treat, the top end is defo a lot quieter but it still has this "clack, clack, clack" noise, difficult to describe. It sounds worse from...

"aaarrrggghhh!!!, sorry love, my foot slipped!" Insane:eek:

Ok, thanks for that, will use the feelers, am I right in thinking that doing so actually retards the cam rather than advancing back to where it would have been before the chain stretched?:confused:

Thats what I've done this morning, so all the timing tools are made and seem to fit ok. I've taken the cam and followers out of the P38 now and will be reassembling with the donor parts tomorrow. One question though, it says in rave on engines with over 20,000kms to alter the cam timing by...

Sorry to hear that, hope you get better soon. Thanks for the offer but yeah tooo far away!

I have seen them on ebay, but its the postage to France that hurts! I have the equipment to make my own so thought I could save a few quid, I also don't need the fip pullers and such (not yet any how!) Do you have a set of very-nears that you could measure the cam locking plate with?

I'm about to embark on changing the cam and lifters on my P38td, it has a very "tappety" top end. I've bought a second hand engine from a 525tds with a quiet top end but noisy bottom end, possible big ends. I've taken the cam and lifters out of the donor engine and the cam looks as good as...

Thanks for the warm welcome, I'm about an hour and a half (longer in the S1!) further south than Sainte-Mère-Église. I will never part with the S1 again, its sooo lovely to drive, especially in the summer or the snow! It was a sympathetic resto using as many original parts as poss. i.e...

Hi everyone, just joined the forum and thought it polite to say hello. I have a 1956 series 1, which I bought in 1999, restored it, sold it then bought it back a couple of years later. I also have a P38 TD which I bought last year, it has a few issues which is why I joined:D pics...