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Fitted a new alternator and its got a background noise like a fan howling when driving, I did see on a general search that it might be the wrong number of V's on the pulley any body heard of that? It does get hot when all electrics are turned on at idle, but does charge ok. It was from a 4x4...

Quite a few miles now with no front prop, it does not have the previous steering issues similar to tracking faults any more, front tyre wear seems normal as well and as a bonus fuel consumption is better. On the down side fast cornering is not as good and in the snow and ice it felt like it was...

Agreed, I had given it a good check over thinking it was bushes etc. and tracking had been checked twice recently when I first spotted the tyre wear, put them on the back now and will keep a good check on the fronts now, CVU definitely seized long bar on a wheel nut and another pulling as hard...

Thks point taken on handling it will be interesting to see how it goes, I do have the last P38 for spares but it will take a bit of time to get it out and double check the CVU is ok before swapping it over, Ashcroft still do them but at roughly £300 plus costs its worth me checking the spare one...

You could get one of the new capacitor ones, as long as you have some life in your battery it charges the unit up in a couple of minutes and it then will boost start, they have no battery to deteriorate over the years so have a long life, they can also be charged from another vehicle if your...

Hi, Due to seized up CVU I have removed the front prop shaft, can I run like this for a month or so? I do intend to fit another CVU and refit the shaft eventually but if I am going to do more damage I will have to think again. vtwin.

Hi everyone, great forum by the looks of it, I have had quite a few Land Rovers over the years and a few P38's which is my current vehicle, I use a few forums for other types of vehicles and always find they are the best place to get advice and help. Regards, vtwin