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Thanks, Looks like the spare hasn't been off the car for a while! WD40 and blow torch time

AAAArrrghhh! This is what happens when you let someone else drive your pride and joy! I had to let one of my employees use the Series III last week, anyway I got in to drive it today and the feckin overdrive lever is bent by 20 degrees and is swinging around... I can only assume that he...

Never seen one of these before - a flat tyre on a series! so I will have to try and remove the spare from the bonnet (been on at least 10 years I think) very daft question - where should I jack? The bottle one I have I doubt will reach the chassis - should I mount it under the hub/leaf...

he seemed keen to use 'teflon' lube everywhere but not silicon seal, 10/10 for winging it but a bit naughty of him to pass it off as gospel - putting the head on backwards - what do you reckon? 5 piston strokes before it smashes itself to bits and I wonder if that would and up sooking the air...

Sorry, typo in the last one I sent, thanks for letting me know I have resent;)

- Doh! filter located This is a good guide to stripping down the compressor and replacing the seals even if he does put the cover on back to front and tends to gloss over the bit about removing the sealing ring from the piston (I reckon thie took hours with much swearing) Range Rover P38a -...

Another Question In the compressor rebuild kits I have seen there is a cylinder shaped sponge, I'm assuming this is the filter but can't for the life of me locate where in the system it is. FOUND IT - in a very obvious place any ideas or is there an idiots pictorial rebuild guide online? FOUND...

Lol, Phil is forgiven, The suspension dropped at Preston at 6.00pm on Friday night, the poor bugger didn't get to my house in Edinburgh until 5.40am on Saturday morning, he was terrified of driving it over 35mph despite me telling him that he'd be ok at 50mph. He decided to take the A6/A7 rather...

update- Thanks again for all the suggestions and the PMs, I've ordered the diagnostics kit from Keith and have been reading up on the system. The car has a full service history and it looks like the air springs were replaced about 40k ago, mind you that was 6 years ago. The air system does...

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it's not a question of 'can't be bothered' it's a question of time. This vehicle is very well maintained, any vehicle will develop faults no matter how well it is maintained so I'm not sure of the point you are trying to make here my question is a perfectly reasonable one. Whilst the P38 is a...

In the series 3 I have several years worth of spanners, nuts and bolts, molyslip tubes, blue gas seal, 10 amp wire, bulbs,oily rags etc in the dash shelf. I also always carry a set of quality sockets and spanners, oil and 5lts of diesel and a scruffy cardboard box full of random parts...a...

good morning, We have a P38 2002 4.0 on LPG. It has the original suspension. Last week the suspension developed a 'soft' fault. The car was down south with an employee. Last night driving the 250 miles back to Edinburgh a 'hard' fault manifested and it took Phil 9 hours to drive that distance...

Hi all , We have a very late P38 4.0 on lpg until very recently all was fine but dreaded air suspension issue has hit, basically back of car on its stops. Front is ok...all suspension lights lit up like an Xmas tree. I'm pretty mechanical and also no stranger to obd and laptop mechanics. Now...

that's a brilliant idea - I've got some plumbing valves kicking about - a nice brass vintage one - it'll look like one of Fred Dibna's engines! thanks ..drove 100 miles in S3 today. 75 towing the sanky with 3 big lads in the landrover. This afternoon I swapped it for my citroen CX - talk about...

Well, starting issues are now a thing of the past. This weekend I fitted a new alternator, new starter motor (one of the smaller defender ones that earths through the flange), new earth cables, extra earth cables (chassis to slam panel to engine block). Went over all earthing points - took them...

Well I've had a good old look into the starting shenannigans on the '79 diesel 88. issues - earth cables - not enough of them and new main earth isn't sufficient battery - too lightweight fan belt - too old starter motor - not in good shape alternator - bearings on the way out fuel...

Ok, I removed the fuel filter. Yuk, full of nasty dirty bacterial slime and water. Highlights the lack of use theland has had in recent years. Short trips, city diesel! I ddon't have a new element so I game it a good clean out. Many folk don't realise that things can live in diesel, the real...

not tried it in the Series 3 yet - suspect all that is needed is a heater to keep it viscous. CDIs won't run on veg or any mix. Tdis you should be OK provided you add a pre or post filter heater. We ran SVO 100% in the Ssanyong Mussos we had and they have the same engine as your Merc 250 -...

with a 'modern' diesel engine - ie a common rail injection system then I would recommend every 3rd fill is with an ultimate type diesel, they have the detergents etc to keep the system clean. We specialise in diesel diagnostics and the number of CDIs we see with clogged intake systems due to...