£1500 4x4. Me again, Would a P38 Range rover be in range...

[silverback mike]

I'll keep you posted....

[edo]

Mine was a compressor. Abut 300 IIRC. Good luck!

[0a]

It only took 13 days to break, at this rate that's 28 breakdowns per year! All the best though...

[silverback mike]

[kooky guy]

edo said:

Mine was a compressor. Abut 300 IIRC. Good luck!

WHAT? Less than £20 to DIY. How did you manage to spend that much.

It's unlucky, but don't let it put you off. My P38 was my daily driver for 3 years without any serious issues. Ok, it's SORNed now until I get around to repairing the HG but it's managed 160k, most of it on lpg, so I'm not complaining.

[Mr2Mike]

Major Fallout said:

I changed the rear bags on mine yesterday and it took about 5min a side.

Its so easy to do:
...
I really don't see why people are frightened of the air suspension.

Because changing an airbag is a simple and cheap exercise, but there are many more expensive and complex things that can go wrong.

[edo]

kooky guy said:

edo said:

Mine was a compressor. Abut 300 IIRC. Good luck!

WHAT? Less than £20 to DIY. How did you manage to spend that much.

It's unlucky, but don't let it put you off. My P38 was my daily driver for 3 years without any serious issues. Ok, it's SORNed now until I get around to repairing the HG but it's managed 160k, most of it on lpg, so I'm not complaining.

A new compressor for £20?

[jacckk]

Not a new compressor but a seal kit can be obtained for that amount of money which will fix 99% of problems.

[edo]

jacckk said:

Not a new compressor but a seal kit can be obtained for that amount of money which will fix 99% of problems.

My compressor was f*cked it wasnt just a seal.

[silverback mike]

I'm fully expecting odd stuff to go wrong. And yes the air suspension is marvellous but it's a dog carrier, and I live in the middle of no where so I'm tempted to whip some coil springs on.

I'll investigate this snag and take it from there, The lead and softward allegedly arrive on Monday....

I do like it though, it's a lovely old thing..

[_Batty_]

silverback mike said:

I'm fully expecting odd stuff to go wrong. And yes the air suspension is marvellous but it's a dog carrier, and I live in the middle of no where so I'm tempted to whip some coil springs on.

I'll investigate this snag and take it from there, The lead and softward allegedly arrive on Monday....

I do like it though, it's a lovely old thing..

Air shouldn't be that difficult to sort. Bags are quite cheap now. Perhaps youve a small leak that caused the pump to run flat out, killing it?

[edo]

The thing I hated about my P38 (which was a very low mileage, well maintained example) was every time you went to start it you were waiting to see which warning light(s) would come on this time.

[silverback mike]

_Batty_ said:

silverback mike said:

I'm fully expecting odd stuff to go wrong. And yes the air suspension is marvellous but it's a dog carrier, and I live in the middle of no where so I'm tempted to whip some coil springs on.

I'll investigate this snag and take it from there, The lead and softward allegedly arrive on Monday....

I do like it though, it's a lovely old thing..

Air shouldn't be that difficult to sort. Bags are quite cheap now. Perhaps youve a small leak that caused the pump to run flat out, killing it?

I think that's probably the case as the compressor isn't that old. The local garage is the sort of place where duelling banjo's is the modern tune have lots of these P38's and land rovers through so know what they are doing which is a bonus, I'll let them have a gander and see what happens.

And yes, warning lights are amusing. For the previous three days it was telling me the ignition key was in when quite clearly it was in my pocket.

[Major Fallout]

silverback mike said:

For the previous three days it was telling me the ignition key was in when quite clearly it was in my pocket.

Mine is doing that.

[edo]

Major Fallout said:

silverback mike said:

For the previous three days it was telling me the ignition key was in when quite clearly it was in my pocket.

Mine is doing that.

wd40

http://www.rangerovers.net/forum/7-range-rover-mar...

[kooky guy]

Just curious, but why are you assuming it's the compressor? They don't usually just fail suddenly and I don't think it would generate a hard fault, even if it had.

You should be able to clear the hard fault with the software once you've got the lead and the error code will tell you what it thinks the problem is.

[silverback mike]

Yes, I'm just assuming really from the comments on here. I'll plug it in and see what happens..

[Leptons]

Watching with interest.

[Major Fallout]

edo said:

Major Fallout said:

silverback mike said:

For the previous three days it was telling me the ignition key was in when quite clearly it was in my pocket.

Mine is doing that.

wd40

http://www.rangerovers.net/forum/7-range-rover-mar...

Thank you

[silverback mike]

Thank you also

Edited by silverback mike on Friday 17th January 14:21