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Not much happening on the '38 front at the moment. It continues to cart me hither and yon as required. Reliable, see?
My brake modulator repair kit has arrived so I'll probably pop over to see my mate Fritz for a couple of days to get that bit of preventative maintenance done. Bleeding the brakes on one of these is a definite two man job.
I've got some TREs to throw on as well.
Yesterday I met a fellow '38 owner here. He was driving past Adriatico, saw the motor and stopped for a chat.
Interesting, in the light of a current Range Rover thread on here that a Filipino is prepared to get stuck in to one of these "unreliable" shouldn't be touched with a bargepole motors.
Perhaps I should have warned him off? No, previously I'd pointed him in the direction of my radiator supplier and he has a Nanocom on the way. No myths, no scare stories, just practical help.
Happy Sunday.
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Jan 31, 2016 12:44:23 GMT
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What do you MEAN you helped a fellow retro-motorist who happens to have the same vehicle and would likely be going through the same problems as you?!
THAT'S NOT HOW IT'S DONE!
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Jan 31, 2016 20:37:30 GMT
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Ah sorry. I shall consider myself admonished!  Forgot to mention, she turned 21 yesterday as well. The '38, not Madam! |
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Jan 31, 2016 20:53:37 GMT
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Thought for a moment that you meant the other P38 owner was a 21 year old woman.
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Last Edit: Jan 31, 2016 20:53:56 GMT by igor
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Thought for a moment that you meant the other P38 owner was a 21 year old woman. I'm not that lucky!  |
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A reliable P38?
Good grief, you must have the one, and only one, that they built properly!!
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Steady on there! I do have a theory though... As it was the early days of production, i.e. month 4, they were still learnin' and I have this vision of a silent work-force, tongues stuck out of the side of their mouths in concentration, as they lovingly pieced it together. Even more so as being an export model, it would demonstrate the pride and hope of the UK around the globe. Putting the"Great" back into Britain. A bit more experience and a couple of disputes later would see them return to discussing the charms of the local barmaid and how their footy team did on Saturday whilst they just boshed them together any old how. Could be wrong though |
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Funny old world, isn't it?
On Range Rovers.net there's a guy who's just had a steel winch bumper made for his motor and it's one of the best I've seen. Anyway, his location was down as Sweden so I thought no more about it.
A couple of posts back he put some photos of the finished article up and what's this I see? He'd masked the plate number but below it were the unmistakable letters, "NCR" which to those of us in the know stands for National Capital Region or, in plain English, Manila!
A quick PM later and not only has he passed my details on to the guy that made his but even better, he still has the near mint old ones. And even betterer than that, they are the right colour!
Methinks a deal will be done.
So yeah, funny old world, isn't it?
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I no longer own anything FWD! Or with less than 6 cylinders, or 2.5ltrs! :)
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I read that thread and as soon as I saw the photo I thought is didn't look much like Sweden and you sprung instantly to mind, particularly as the next reply was from you! |
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www.Auto-tat.co.uk'96 Range Rover P38 DSE (daily driver) '71 Reliant Scimitar SE5 GTE 3.0ltr Jag V6 Conversion '79 Reliant Scimitar SE6A 3.0ltr 24valve Omega Conversion '85 Escort Cabrio 2.0 Zetec - Sold '91 BMW 525i - Sold '82 Cortina 2.9i Ghia Cosworth - Sold '72 VW Campervan - Sold '65 LandRover 88" - Sold
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I read that thread and as soon as I saw the photo I thought is didn't look much like Sweden and you sprung instantly to mind, particularly as the next reply was from you! Once I'd spotted the plate I then started to notice the palm trees in the background of most of the pics. It just hadn't struck me previously it was most unlikely to be down-town Gothenburg! Anyway, just waiting a price from him and I still have the steel option. I don't want a winch bumper but the lines of this one are good, rather than the squared off boxy ones you normally see and it should be doable to re-fit the skirt with the front spots as well. However, I'd rather have the proper ones if they're in good nick. In the meantime, having finally got the brake modulator repair kit out of the hands of the Philippine Post Office, I decided that whilst we are in there, we best fit some of these...  as it's likely the ones on there are as it left the factory, so I've just ordered a set. In addition, whilst I've got all the brakes in bits, I'll fit a new accumulator.  For those not aware, Range Rover brakes are different (of course) in that they work off high pressure fluid charged by a pump, with the energy stored in the nitrogen filled accumulator. This is one reason you don't check the brake fluid before starting the engine, as it gets pushed back into the reservoir by the accumulator when switched off, so looks overfilled. Anyway, over time these lose their effectiveness which leads to the pump running more than it should, with consequent, and expensive, failure. It's okay at the moment (you can generally tell by how long it takes for the brake warning light to go off after first start-up) but it won't hurt to get replaced. Strange that Rimmers won't ship outside of mainland Britain because of the pressured nitrogen, but Island 4x4 will quite happily throw them on a plane to Manila. So that's what'll happen. Having done pads all around recently and knowing the calipers and lines are in fine fettle, once this lot's installed, that should be the brakes of the worry list. |
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Methinks a deal will be done. That'll teach me to speak too soon. At the moment he wants US$1,500 for twenty year old bumpers. New, they are $1,300 including delivery from Rimmer Bros. Of course we still have to add the dreaded customs charges, but even so. |
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Feb 10, 2016 12:41:27 GMT
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steel bumper it is then......
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"The White Van is strong with this one...."
Chris "Chesney" Allen 1976-2005 RIP
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Feb 10, 2016 21:56:17 GMT
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George, make sure you coordinate well with Island 4 x 4 with regards to the invoice, they were always very helpful with me, but I sometimes had to ask a few times to get the invoice from them, to start 'negotiations' with Customs, all the while being charged storage by the Courier.. For some reason the hard copy never seemed to arrive with the parcel, so it was always a soft copy emailed over.
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Feb 10, 2016 23:31:29 GMT
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steel bumper it is then...... Maybe not. remember the same guy is involved in that as well and they've come back with a price of $3,200 for those! I've just been in touch with my mate down in Las Piñas and he reckons he can get my existing ones glassed up from behind, which is what I wanted in the first place. George, make sure you coordinate well with Island 4 x 4 with regards to the invoice, they were always very helpful with me, but I sometimes had to ask a few times to get the invoice from them, to start 'negotiations' with Customs, all the while being charged storage by the Courier.. For some reason the hard copy never seemed to arrive with the parcel, so it was always a soft copy emailed over. To be honest, I've had a couple of bits from Island without any issue, but I'll keep an eye out, thanks. Don't know how it works in Peru, but if your stuff comes via courier, you have no dealings with customs at all. You pay the duty, after you've picked yourself up off the floor, to whoever brings it in. |
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Feb 11, 2016 18:06:06 GMT
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Can you guy who made your radiator weld you up a nice alloy winch style bumper?
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Feb 13, 2016 12:55:09 GMT
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What a wonderful thread, you have the correct writing style for a book....love your threads
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Can you guy who made your radiator weld you up a nice alloy winch style bumper? It's a possibility, but I'll try the glassing route first for what it'll cost. What a wonderful thread, you have the correct writing style for a book....love your threads Thank you very much indeed. I'd actually love to write one but time, as ever, is the enemy at the moment and I'm not sure there's enough of interest to fill one anyway! |
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Perhaps writing a book is something to fill time in your retirement years George. I'm sure you have at least a couple of volumes worth of interesting experiences in foreign parts.
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It kind of amazing how the whole Car, kids,school, wife,work etc of life can be so very very different!
Fascinating thread.
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Perhaps writing a book is something to fill time in your retirement years George. I'm sure you have at least a couple of volumes worth of interesting experiences in foreign parts. Living with three Filipinas, retirement is a long way off! It kind of amazing how the whole Car, kids,school, wife,work etc of life can be so very very different! Fascinating thread. Glad you are enjoying it. How's the recovery going? I think it's safe to say that the only thing the same here as the UK are the chips, and only when I make them! On the bumper front, I fired off an e-mail basically saying, very politely, that for what he was asking for his surplus bumpers I may as well get brand new ones that hadn't been sitting in the sun for twenty odd years. Had that been me, I'd have dropped the price to something reasonable and got shut of them, but his response was basically, "Oh, okay then". So he'll be looking at those for a while to come I think. Off out to a meeting soon so I'll do a little video of the run to Tutuban and stick it in my other thread. |
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