Thread: '95 - 96 HSE price guide

Congratulations on adopting a P38

Originally Posted by stapla

Car seemed to drive ok. Wasn't game to test many things as I just wanted to get home. Temp gauge was just over half.

About right... bit under half is better though. Check radiator for blockages, and/or condition and colour of the coolant.

Originally Posted by stapla

Faults I noticed already include
odo display not lit,

easy fix to replace the globes

Originally Posted by stapla

radio display stuffed,

maybe not so easy. Probably the Clarion. I think Ron (P38arover) found a fix for this.

Originally Posted by stapla

fuse warning on dash, drivers seat buttons don't work

might be related?

Originally Posted by stapla

bonnent release not releasing on left

Little plastic lug thingy on the catch has probably broken off. Pull the kick panel off RH footwell to expose the two cables and use a small set of multigrips to pull the LH cable until the catch releases. I got by with doing this for about a year before replacing the cable.

Originally Posted by stapla

cruise buttons on steering didn't do anything.

Commonly... check/replace the vacuum hoses at the LH rear of the engine bay behind the EAS box... or the CC ECU needs replacing. A diagnostics unit (FaultMate, Testbook etc) will not help with pre-99 CC units.

Originally Posted by stapla

Expected fault of srs light appears to work ok.

a sarcastic person might say "check the globe" but the warning will also pop up on the message centre if it is in fault.

Happy travelling and keep in touch.

Originally Posted by jsp

Well I just got back from a 2400k trip to the airshow and the old P38 chugged without a single fault. amazing. Even with the 4 tonnes of locusts stuck to the front.

Car looks clean from the outside, hope you got yourself a nice bargain

they are great to drive

Agreed JSP, my round trip from Canberra to Greendale over the weekend was a mere 1600Km compared with your 2400Km, but with some added interesting off-roading with some other folks from AULRO.

Covered in smelly mud and locusts, my p38 with it's lifted suspension, 33" muddies and 4.1 diffs happily cruised along "near" the speed limit all the way home last night

Cheers, Paul.

All part of the fun. I was lucky in respect that when i bought mine that all the items were working. But the occasional thing will pop up every now and again i.e Fuel Pump.