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I've tried it a few times and it works well. I haven't looked to see how it's connected to the Classic. The ECUs are much the same as the P38A so if it is plugged into the P38A, one can easily reset it. I think you have to disable the delay timer on the Classic.
Thats handy to know, the problem with mine seems to be a dirty contact on the l/h/f sensor. I just cleaned all four and reset it, so far so good. just off topic slightly i was wondering what your impressions are of driving and living with the p38. I am well aware of the common problems and these dont phase me at all but its hard to get much info of the joys of owning one, just wondered what your thoughts were ron.
cheers
neil
G,day Neil.
What basically are the P38 common problems ?
Me Bro just bought one.
Tar.
G'day olbod,Quote:
Originally Posted by olbod
The best place to go is RRNET forums, its a wealth of great info and has stickys on the common probs. there is the usual problems of liners, becms, heater "o" rings etc. My opinion for what its worth is that the people who bag them for being "electronic" dont invest the time to understand how they work. if they do they would realise that its not that they are complicated at all it just needs a different way of fixing them. So instead of taking loads of spares out bush with you you take a multimeter and soldering iron. The other thing to remember is that someone paid a fortune for it new and then paid a fortune in dealer servicing for years and unless you could afford to pay someone else to fix it which will never be cheap then you need to fix it yourself which isnt hard if you learn new things. Just my opinion but i think when people come to realise this then more p38s will be used as they were intended. Sorry about the rant but have a look at RRNET its a great place. Hope your bro has a great run with his :D when are you getting yours? :D :D
Thanks Neil.
I have started reading up on the Rangie. net site.
I am looking forward to getting into me Bro's P38a, with the faultmate and computor and sorting it all out and understanding it all. Its very interesting.
I am sure that he would prefer not to have any problems tho and that I remain ignorant. Its a Landy tho, eh.
If he has too many niggling problems I think he would sell it, unfortunately.
He is not yet a Landy buff.
I wanted him to get Disco 1, v8i and experience it all with a simple to
work on and repair vehicle with limited electronics. I was surprised when he phoned me and said he bought a P38a. Personally I thought, bewdy,
I get to learn a new area of electronics and expertise, with him footing the bill !!!
I have no thoughts about getting one myself, tho I have it in the back of my mind to get a D3.
I would never sell the Disco that I have, I love it. With it, I am working on
spending the next year or two out in the western deserts on bush bashing trips. I was hoping that the Bro would also spent some time out there
with me but now I dont know. Depends on how he feels about scratching the thing !
Cheers.
sounds like some great times ahead mate, really hope your bro has some good times ahead with it. your right about it being interesting learning new things, if i could pass on some lessons learnt from 20 yrs fixing european trucks and buses it would be to have a good understanding of what inputs and outputs a certain ecu has, where they go and come from and why, all this info is on the rave cd manuals (great investment). It helps as well to know how different sensors work so you can measure the values ok. this really does speed up diagnostic time a lot. from my experience its very very rare for a ecu to be beyond repair unless its been fried. Its usually a bad connector or dry solder on the printed boards. please share any tips or tricks you find. you know you want one :o ;) like the sound of the D3, reading the landy mags they seem to be very good and very reliable, a rare combo!! the sport seems the same although i believe they share the same platform. cant wait to see the pics of your D3 mate !!!