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Hi discomalc Many thanks for the quick reply! I get ur point about not bothering and I have a tom-tom already! If possible I would like to repair the on board sat nav but I certainly won't be throwing any money at it, I would just like to know if they are easy to fix? If the alternative is to...

Hi everyone! Can anyone assist me in fixing my sat nav computer on my 2001 p38? I am assuming that when a previous owner had a flat battery they jump started the car without disconnecting the sat nav and would appear to have blown the computer up! I was wondering if this is an easy fix if I...

hi just another update managed to extract the sat nav from the rear of the car and lo and behold the wires were disconnected!!! plugged it in but all that happens is that the orange light on the box at the rear flashes and when the ignition is turned on then the screen flashes white, does this...

hi lone_wolf many thanks for your reply, i will certainly check out what you have told me regarding the connections on the back of the sat nav unit, i don't suppose you would know which fuse and where it would be that is for the sat nav? i managed to download rave and got it to work in a...

Hi just an update on my woes and another plead for help! I managed to get my alpine stereo decoded for £15 down in bearwood warley so that works fine now but the sat nav still refuses to power up! I want to try and work this out for myself and am planning to Download RAVE but can anyone tell me...

Hi Have you depressed the button with the motorway sign on it is on the centre console by the air suspension level buttons! ?? Regards Dave

Have you tried contacting a dealer in the region that you require? Regards Dave

Fully agree about not cutting the pipe! Not sure about the 2 jacks comment as when I did mine I only used 1 ! I suppose it may be easier with 2 jacks but not impossible with only 1 imo Regards Dave

Hi everyone I'm back for some more advice please! My radio in my p38 is code locked at the moment and trying to enter the number on the security card and the number supplied by the dealer is not working it keeps on going back to "wait" I am assuming that somewhere along the line my car has had a...

Hi When my air suspension went I automatically assumed it was the airbags so went out and brought 4 new airbags for about £400 for the 4 from beamach in Caerphilly fitted them myself and couldn't understand why I couldn't them to inflate! I then took the pipe from the block end and blew...

Morning steve Have you not thought about doing it yourself? Having just changed 4 air springs on my p38 in about 3 hours and saving myself about £175 fitting I would give it a thought! It was a little fiddly but was happy with the results! Plenty of how to guides over the net! Regards Dave

hi yet another update and although the car failed its MOT the problems were not as bad as i was led to believe by an unscrupilous 4x4 repairer in birmingham who estimated it would cost £2700 inc vat to get through the mot. the car has failed on headlight aim and a couple of bulbs as well as...

i can reccomend rick the pick after he fixed my becm fast friendly and very very helpfull! i was pointed in his direction after getting the run around from bba reman in kent who totally took the ****!! regards dave

hi everyone, just an update on my problems i finally have a living breathing v8 at last! as per my previous post i had originally sent it off to bba reman in kent who totally messed me about and i would urge people to think twice about using their services. i finally got them to send it back...

hi everyone just a quick update! i sent the becm to bba in rochester 2 weeks ago and not having heard anything took the liberty of ringing them today to get an update!! i was not best pleased to find out that the becm could be with them for up to 4 weeks, i am now toying with the idea of getting...

ridesafe and tomcat59alan many thanks for your quick replies! i will post up in my own thread how i get on when i eventually get my becm back thanks again guys

sorry to jump in on this thread! as you may be aware i have a similar thread running on the forum for a similar thing! have removed the becm and sent off to bba who are not the quickest! but something tomcat59alan has said has me worried, when my becm comes back from bba will i need to refit and...

Hi all just a quick update! Had a look at all the things suggested but cannot See anything that wOuld suggest fuseboard problems or such like cannot smell burning so have extracted the becm from the car and will be sending it off this morning will post later many thanks to everyone for their...

datatek wow man you reply at the speed of light!!! lol many thanks for the reply i have not looked at the becm yet or the fuse box but i will do tommorow, i take it that this corrosion will be fairly easy to spot? or is it normally hidden away ( i suppose the answer will be that it varies lol)...

hi all wow you guys are so quick to respond what a cool site!:) not sure how i quote people i haven't looking in to that yet but i will!! the battery is/was fully charged as confirmed by the rac man so i don't think the problem lies there. i will look in to the syncmate in the morning i live in...