Project P38 EAS With Shenanigans

[Cooper1]

Mot this coming wednesday "gulp" 

Insured it fucking joke prices of course. 🤮

 

New wipers.   

 

 

 

Hopefully get 'er on the road next week.. 

Looking forward to it.

[Cooper1]

Mot passed, few advisories but she did me proud.. 

 

well happy!!!

[Cooper1]

managed to catch 135135 almost got 135135.5 but alas i wasn't to be..... 

 

Mpg is improving too, from the 9mpg to the dizzying heights of 16......  

 

gotta love a v8. 

 

 

Cat approves, 

 

[Cooper1]

Old girl doing me proud  

 

  

She's proving quite the dailying machine, no issues........... 

 

ahem... 

 

I'll reget that.. 

[Cooper1]

 

 

The old bus is doing relatively well doing daily duties  it's haunting the local petrol station. 

 

Few fixes have taken place.. 

 

1) I've had an ABS pump on the shelf for 2yrs waiting to be fitted as it has an intermittent fault with the pressure switch on the body of the pump, a 2nd hand sensor is £150 or a 2nd hand pump assembly with all the trimmings is..... £150 so i went for that.. 

 

Swapped my "new" accumulator sphere on to the new/old pump and thankfully the lights haven't come on since  

 

Then immediately it shat an abs sensor...... - so replaced that...... 

 

and then a week later another abs sensor... ha ha ha fucking thing... 

 

 

Since then i've just driven it. 

It's really filthy at the moment, I usually like to keep my cars clean but she hasn't had a wash since the MOT 

 

still love it though drives a dream just needs endless tinkering, part of the fun if yer in to that  

 

Its now got a pulley bearing on the engine screeching to itself so got one ordered will fit that when it comes. 

Needs a tank of fuel... 

 

All standard RR things really

[Cooper1]

spotted another out in the wild... 

I do remember spotting these years ago and they were quite common, 10-15yrs ago when I wer a lad. 

Now not so much..... 

[Cooper1]

It's been a while... 

 

the old girl looks a bit different now.. 

Ever since the last MOT she has had a vibration through the car at around 60mph definitely annoying, i initially thought it was driveline related however the MOT lapsed in September and I just parked her up.. 

Weather however is getting shit again and I missed my RR so i totted up a list of things for her to pass an MOT. 

1) the tyres were hanging. 

2) ABS sensor. 

 

1) tyres were expensive however FB marketplace came good once again and I found a set of 18" hurricanes with a new set of insa turbo tyres.. 

at a bargain price. 

 

b4 

After. 

 

 

 

compared to the old ones which after driving her with the new tyres it was the old ones causing the vibration, definitely got my moneys worth out of the old uns. 

 

New abs sensor is a breeze to fit i lubes the shyte out of them to ensure they slip in/out easily, future proof for when I have to replace the chinesim shyte every other month.!

 

 

Another slight improvement came in the shape of some new radius arm bushes as the old ones had gone down the shitter and the centres had come free from the rubber and the arm was knocking on the axle.. 

not good. 

 

 

  

 

As she sits now after passing new MOT a few days ago, 

 

 

 

The new tyres really have changed the character of the car, the old ones must of been square.. 

Oh and the radis arms, much better she doesn't wander around nearly as much  

 

[Matty]

Those wheels have transformed it. Fit before but gorgeous now 😍 

[andy18s]

I got money off my last P38 as an abs sensor had shimmied loose in the hub.

Bit of Locktite had it sorted soon enough

[Matty]

@Cooper1 I've a p38 sat up on a farm near me. Parents of childhood friends. Late model v8 thats not moved off the spot for ten years. Fancy a heroic rescue?

[Cooper1]

So it's been a while.

 

I still have her but i've added a new pile to my P38 collection in the shape of a slightly shite epsom green 2.5. 

 

Make no mistake it was absolutely hanging inside fucking disgusting full of snotty tissues and fag ends

 

almost says 69 giver

 

 

I've cleaned it, and gotten rid of the door pocket that was full of snotty bloody tissues.. 

The boot is simply disgusting so i'm going to have to formulate a plan on how to clean it, if i ever can,

The bodywork whilst filthy is surprisingly straight no major dents or corrosion of note and after a good polish it has come out alright.
apart from the bonnet! 

Engine wise there are a few main issues.

1) the glow plugs don't seem to work, no symbol on the cluster and it has 6 new ones in the glovebox and it takes a few cranks to start when cold
2) it has a major fuel leak from the engine I imagine it's the leakoff pipes. 
3) it needs a service..
4) it is slow and seems a bit too gutless even for one of these.

Good bits

engine sounds lovely and it starts on half a crank when hot 
gearbox is smooth as silk and there is no backlash in the box or any whining which is surprising considering the mileage 190k

New air springs all round but it's arse is on the floor EAS FAULT lol
the OBD port is green and nothing connects so out with the soldering iron then..

the headliner is sagging "typical" but it has no sunroof!!! nice.. 

it has an MOT surprisingly and it very good.. 

 

apart from the rotten bonnet. 

 

 

more to come i'm sure!!

 

definitely shite!! lol