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Cooper1

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  1. Thanks, the old girl is a keeper.
  2. Right it has been 9 months since the last update.. Old P38 has been off the road for a long while a leaking headgasket, which is allowing coolant to leak out at a rather alarming rate that being her current bug bear, to be honest its an easy fix but with the weather being either way too bloody hot or like today too damn cold i've been trying to clear out some old sheds to put her in so i can take my time and do it properly First up leaky engine or not she had to drag out an old caravan.. 😈 Good looking motor the old P38! Concrete floor cleared off and she's finally sat under cover.. Bit more tidying up to do, notably moving the old cement mixer and hanging some shelves etc etc. Plan is to do a full top end overhaul on the engine, complete the list of problems HVAC and audio system to name a few neither of which work properly or at all. And then compound/polish the living daylights out of it.. Cheers..
  3. As a P38 owner who also has nice soft air suspension I'd say, fix the air, mind you I have to say these old cruisers are almost P38 level of headache LOL
  4. Hmm been a few months between updates on this old bus. Main reason is a few months ago she came off the road because I needed a more economical steed for work, but I'm not making the mistake of selling it Anyway some catch up updates just before she came off the road the Crank position sensor failed in the most convenient place ever..... A common Thor V8 foible it was getting on 22yrs old and decided to shit the bed, luckily as with most fails once the motor cooled off she fired first go!! que a hasty retreat home!! and with a new sensor ordered up the offending article was replaced.. The sensor lives on the bell housing under a cover..... Old sensor out, nowt special to remove it just two 8mm nuts. Very easy to to the connector on the back of the cylinder head was a right pain in the ballcock, but got there in the end... Once fitted she fired up just fine and needing no excuse to go for a run I took her out for some pez, filled the tank at the local pump and got the same comment I do everytime "leave some for us" etc etc £150 down the V8 drain. Never ceased to amaze me how much fun it is/was driving it managed to burn through a fair bit of fuel on that run so called it a day before I had to fill up again!! 15mpg!! lol Next up on the list was removal of the old LPG tank, its been taking up the space where the spare goes since 2003 and with Autogas nearing its demise it seemed stupid to keep it in there, so out with the sockets and 10mins later we have a tank which is very corroded as it turns out And the absurdly heavy spare wheel back where it belongs. Oh and I also fitted a new O2 sensor but didn't take any pics unfortunately!! And as a parting post as the old bus is going to be out of commission for a good while yet I thought it prudent to clean everything the best I could to negate any mould growing etc etc Thanks for reading folks!
  5. A 1993 Volvo 850 T5 estate, chap offered it me for £800 when I was 19 had the money but still passed , kick myself thinking about it. Oh and a 1997 Jaguar XJ6 Sport 4.0 not that long ago about 5 months ago it was for sale £500 It was sat in a chaps garden after failing an MOT in 2016, usual rot could of trailered it away, but got scared off by fist sized holes in the wings.. In hindsight it would of been an easy repair Gah!! love the X300.
  6. Hmm seem to be getting better than average MPG out of the old bus recently. New fangled electric cars are no match for the efficiency of the old Rover V8 LOL
  7. The old beast is back together, the hardest part of the entire job was feeding the LPG injector lines through the upper intake.. After she was all back together, she fired up first time and ran a treat, very happy with that!! The only issue was coolant was still pouring out!!! It turned out that the coolant pipe that runs from the intake to the upper rad hose, which is steel had a pin hole leak in it and it was squirting coolant out at quite the rate!!! Hmm So on to ebay I go and 2nd hand they want £140 for a pipe that looks just as shit!! So armed with some reinforced rad hose and a few hose clamps I fixed it! Attacking the upper pipe with the angle grinder rendered it cut in half, I removed the bracket and slipped some hose over it joining the two pieces together. Hard too see but she went back together! At her natural habitat No more coolant leaks now, which is nice! Even added a chrome parking sensor cover
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