dave21478 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 No, why would I be? Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Having "AOK" as part of a reg on an MGF is a giant leap of faith............ Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Brimmage: OMG FTP oh dearage: One of the funniest things on here for a while.I hope it all works out OK. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 Right. The water pump was royally fubared: Basically, the impeller had fallen off the shaft: Note how the new one is exactly the same useless rubbish.I've never seen such shoddy engineering, but Conelrad assured me the Mini one is even worse, which I would never have deemed possible. This is what was left of the shaft itself and the bearing: Anyway, everything is back together now and runnage at normal temperature has resumed.These are a bit shit to bleed, though. Applied method available on request. mouseflakes, costadelglosta, michael1703 and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 eek going home landie parked under railway bridge with hazards on possible ftp - what come to rescue (possibly) him p38 costadelglosta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Never trust a car named after bodyfiller. mouseflakes, michael1703, strangeangel and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Not a Britpart I hope........They're not that well liked in most Landy circles richardthestag and brickwall 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Not a Britpart I hope........They're not that well liked in most Landy circles Known as shitpart when I was into LRs & the one time I ordered their stuff I saw why. strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugong Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 My take on this thread: Junkman wanted a good low-mileage 4.6 engine and box for his P6 flotilla. That he gets to use a P38 until the MoT runs out is a bonus. I was really confused when I saw the start of the thread until I realised his game plan. I'd just have the pug parked nearby if I had a long trip planned. The trip to the winter Buxton toy fair'll be fun. They_all_do_that_sir, Dave_Q and Junkman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I say old chap, fixing it yourself fairly cheaply and easily isn't really on, these things have a fearsome reputation to uphold. You could at least have got a speshulist to do the water pump for £100ph. Junkman, Cleon-Fonte, billyboy406v6 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I've never seen such shoddy engineering, but Conelrad assured me the Mini one is even worse, which I would never have deemed possible. You mean you haven't seen those BMW ones with the plastic impellers? At least that one you have there looks like it's made of Bacofoil. Vince70 and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Guy in the pub said this would happen Fat bloke? He reckons your Hillman Imp's a classic car now. robinmasters, EssDeeWon and Junkman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 1971 Mercedes 280SE.............................fucked1971 Rover P6 V8..............................not fucked1979 Mobylette AV89.......................disassembled1996 Land Rover Range Rover 4.6 HSE..........fucked1997 Peugeot 405 2.0 Executive Estate..........boring FTFY Junkman, chaseracer and Skizzer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I do like this car alot!!, probably most peoples ideal WBoD but most of us don't have balls the size of Canada, so good on you JM. Please raffle it in the spring. I guarantee the tickets will sell like hot cakes. brickwall and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Anyway, everything is back together nowThese are a bit shit to bleed, though. Applied method available on request.Follow internet guides, swear at it a bit when they don't work. Remove various hoses to try and get it to bleed. Park it at a silly angle. Give up, take it out and kick fuck out of it. Worked on the Jag... Junkman and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I had a 405 that I changed the rad on and could I get the air out of the bastard? I pissed about for hours squeezing hoses, taking pipes of and pouring water up them, snapping off bled screws left right and center. No heat from the heater whatever I did. Spent so long on it I was late to meet someone, Jumped in it and drove it like I hated it (I did) and hey presto a warm heater in less than a quarter of a mile. Vince70, Junkman and dome 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 That's pretty much how I did in the end as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Today I had the wife's new (to her) golf in getting timing belt and lots of other expensive jobs done. The old water pump had plastic impellers and, when I enquired, so did the new one. Mechanic claimed that plastic was better, as if anything got into the coolant hoses that wasn't supposed to be there, the plastic would break whereas the the metal one would jam and lock the belt up. I don't know how likely that is to happen but he had seen it before, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Mechanic fitter is talking out of his hole saying they are better. Better only for the bean-counters. A real mechanic would say metal ones are better and that he used to rebuild them back in the day.... Craig the Princess, chaseracer, dome and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Furious Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Isn't a metal one better because if it breaks and throws the belt off then you'll know about it immediately, rather than a plastic one breaking silently and the first you knowing about it when the temp needle is bent round the end of the gauge and OMGHGF has arrived Unless it's one that runs off the cam belt I suppose.. brickwall and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 It is cam belt driven. I was advised to get a metal one when I had the alfa timing belt done, so was surprised with this new advice. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They_all_do_that_sir Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Metal all the way, plastic is only ever used to save ££££££ Sent from my VF695 using Tapatalk Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon928se Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Metal ones are better because they tend to come off slowly and grind away at the block ruining it but making lots of noise sometimes as a warning to turn the engine off , before they stop turning, then heat and OMGHGF plus new block required. Plastic ones are better because they come off hit the block and stop turning instantly with no noise to interrupt your driving, then heat the OMGHGF Fortunately the above doesn't normally happen at the same time as bearing failure where when you ignore the burning rubber smell of the cambelt wearing away on the non turning water pump pulley you get heat and OMGHGF and if lucky also get cams stop turning OMG Bent Valves as the icing on the cake. Must be a good argument for electric water pumps. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Range Rovers, yes even the P38, were very expensive hence very exclusive machines. The Landed Gentry, Captains of Industry and Top Level Gangsters drove them , hence they were serviced properly for at least the first 5 or 6 years before they made their way down the automotive totem pole to the level of The Autoshitest. God help us all when the ,seemingly, millions of the feckers currently on PCPs etc make that fall from grace, if it's taken 20 years for P38's to struggle through the Fortnums image on a Nettos budget phase to the collapsed in a Council House garden final resting place, what hope for this random selection that I spotted in LHR T5 short term ,this morning? garethj, Vince70, Junkman and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Must be a good argument for air-cooling. Allow me to assist... Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 ...what hope for this random selection that I spotted in LHR T5 short term ,this morning? mercrocker and Craig the Princess 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Range Rovers, yes even the P38, were very expensive hence very exclusive machines. The Landed Gentry, Captains of Industry and Top Level Gangsters drove them , hence they were serviced properly for at least the first 5 or 6 years before they made their way down the automotive totem pole to the level of The Autoshitest. God help us all when the ,seemingly, millions of the feckers currently on PCPs etc make that fall from grace, if it's taken 20 years for P38's to struggle through the Fortnums image on a Nettos budget phase to the collapsed in a Council House garden final resting place, what hope for this random selection that I spotted in LHR T5 short term ,this morning?image.jpeg How the fuck are you supposed to get a recovery truck in there...................... BorniteIdentity, pshome, txe4 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Do they wobble and lean over when they go around corners fast? Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon-Fonte Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 My take on this thread: Junkman wanted a good low-mileage 4.6 engine and box for his P6 flotilla. That he gets to use a P38 until the MoT runs out is a bonus. I was really confused when I saw the start of the thread until I realised his game plan My theory is the rationale is far more prosaic: perhaps Junkman, having reacted much the same as any of us would if told we regularly had to go to Leicester, has purchased the P38 to act as nothing more than an expensive and complicated excuse for never actually making it there. Junkman, mouseflakes, mercrocker and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted October 12, 2016 Author Share Posted October 12, 2016 Do they wobble and lean over when they go around corners fast? It's not wobbling, at least not as pronounced as the Classic on oinga oinga springs did.Lean is very pronounced, though (I bet this will now trigger another avalange of borked suspension pub tales).In fast left handers, you fear falling out of the window, which would be rougly the equivalent of falling from a tower block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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