New to me P38 ....

[Rextheute]

I joined the forum to hopefully find all the answers on a 'nice series 2 ' ....

This became problematic as all the good ones are 'keepers' and the others need full Restos .

So I went to my fallback position - wanted a full size comfortable touring vehicle capable of towing either my camper or caravan .

P38 fitted the bill , bought a well kept , and maintained 1995 Range Rover HSE , all the good stuff is done , Eas - Arnott airbags , Hvac - refurbed , cooling system - hoses and radiator replaced .
Everything works and it goes well , economy is averaging 13.5 - not bad for a heavy lump !
Will give it a test over the next couple of thousand kms and report back .

Want to do all the oils , pollen filters and air filters

So far , it's a belter , a comfy capable touring couch !
Pics to follow

[Keithy P38]

Welcome to the family mate!

Good to hear you've bought a keeper! Sounds like you're the full carton and will keep up the upkeep. Your efforts won't go unrewarded!

Cheers
Keithy

[davidsonsm]

Welcome aboard. Strap yourself in.

[finallyrangie]

welcome to the madhouse, lots of very knowledgeable people here so it's the place to be, and a p38 working well is a wonderful thing, well worth the effort to keep it up to scratch, and it sounds like you have a good one,


looking forward to the pictures

[TheTree]

Welcome to the fun and games ... sounds like you scored an excellent beast!

Steve

[daf11e]

13.5....that's great, mine runs at 17 which I thought was not too bad. Welcome to the "love hate the P38" world......good luck!

[benji]

Yes.... welcome (a bit late up the uptake as I've been burying myself in the shed under spare parts :O)




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[Rextheute]

Cheer chaps !
A short update , have done just over 900km towing my camper to the Grampians for 4 days , back home to check on the animals , then down to the seaside to camp for a few days .
All goes well , could do with more power .... But I'm moving a couple of ton at least over the car and camper . We chug along at just under 100 and the economy is averaged out at 18l/100 - via a calculator !
The temp gauge is a it weird - but I bought a thermal gun in Ararat and it runs at 79.9 , the hottest I got it to was 90.9 after a long pull uphill . The connection is dicky also as if you wiggle it the gauge goes mental .......
A slight leak from the passenger side axle seal also .
Apart from that it seems , well , okay .

Hasn't used any oil or water , so my test is going well .

Will update in a few days when returning home and back to work .

[Rextheute]

Hmmm upside download......

[TheTree]

Is that part of your camper trailer attached to the back of the Rangie mate or an awning of some kind?

Steve

[Rextheute]

It's my camper !

[TheTree]

Nice setup, though I had to stand on my head to view the pic properly :p

Reminds me of a deefer I have seen a couple of times at the LR Expo, it has an upside down banner across the top of the windscreen which says something along the lines of;

"If you can read this, please turn me over!"

Steve