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Thanks all! The pinion flange sealing face seemed okay to me when I did the seal. But installing the seal a bit deeper may be a good idea. Also worth mentioning the car has 275k kms on the clock. How can the u-joints be out of phase? I did take the drive shaft out but didn't touch the...

So I am a bit confused. I'll describe all the symptoms and what I think about it, but would like a bit of input and other opinions. So I had a leaking front diff. Leak came from the pinion seal. I replaced the seal. It nearly immediately leaked again. The leak is a very slow leak, but you can...

Thanks all for the input! My main concern with the cheaper ones is the flow. If I install new ones they should help my fuel consumption, otherwise it's not worth it atm. Any ideas about that? About dropping the crossmember, dropping is not the issue but getting it back in place was a major...

That seems interesting!! Having to drop the crossmember is one of the things holding me back from replacing the cats 😅 But how's the quality? Given they're half the price of a Britpart one..

Soo I finally got round to checking on this, spent the end of the year moving and didn't have time for car stuff. Right cat is the culprit, the innards have come lose. Als the heat shield on the downpipe on that side is loose but don't think that produces any rattle yet. Not sure if I'll...

I hope not because that would mean adding more things to my parts list, yet again 😂

Well I didn't crawl underneath to do all the checks as the noise was gone friday morning. Aaand it was ****ing down the last few days I was in Ireland so I didn't feel like crawling around in the mud to look for something making a noise that wasn't there. I didn't feel movement in the crank...

Alright thanks, I'll find a rock to crawl onto tomorrow and have a look.

Hmm okay thanks! And it is visible if its broken through the bell housing inspection hole?

Well the noise is there even on an ice cold engine so I guess I'm good with regards to the liners. The car has run on LPG before but that system has been completely removed. What does the flexplate do? Never heard of it.. BUT the sound does remind me of a broken dual mass flywheel, which the...

Went to a LR specialist in Galway today and he had a look. Didn't think it would be anything major, rather something like a bracket come loose on the exhaust. Didn't put it on a lift as he had another car on there, and he understandably didn't dare crawling underneath to have a proper look as my...

Okay on startup this morning she makes the noise when cold so has nothing to do with temperature apparently

Thanks! That sounds a lot more high pitched than what I have, but same kind of frequency.

Yeah that was my first idea but then I gather that this usually starts occuring after overheating and she didn't overheat, at least not in the last 2 yrs. I'll try to fins somewhere to crawl underneath tomorrow thanks! I think that's just for the diff no? Anyway in the meantime I noticed...

So my P38 developed some engine noise today.. It makes this noise at idle, regardless of the gear selected (P, N R, D,...). Seems to change frequency with revving however to me it sounds not like it is following the engine revs proportionally. If I set off driving it's there until about 20 to...

Well now that you mention it.. the car did have some kind of microphone thing on the A pillar trim, with a cable disappearing in the dash. So you may be right! I thought it was for some kind of Parrot style handsfree kit.

Thanks everyone! I'll keep it as a period detail and possible get a CB set on the car some time! I'll reseal the mount to stop the rusting.

Hi all, I have this weird broken off antenna in the roof of my '99 p38. It has only got 1 rear quarter window with an antenna in btw, the right side. In the roof there's an another antenna with a cable running to the front and going into the dash. It looks aftermarket to me but I can't...

Indeed! Too bad, because I could sure use a parts car.. Thanks everyone for the suggestions so far! Fyi what I need is: - left hand tail light pre 99 - battery cover incl screws - instrument cluster surround - ivory/beige interior trim bit that goes between the carpet and sill on the front...

Thanks for the tip! I had that issue and cut a bit more off, then used a coupler and a bit of new pipe. I used this style of coupler, actually works really well and I think it's much more reliable than any of the push fit repair couplers you can get.