Thread: P38 w/front end damage

Originally Posted by mtb_gary

I see there's another p38 on Gumtree with a blown motor. $3500 this time.

What's with all the blown motors?

Gary

Summer is starting, and I bet those cars had not had their cooling system etc serviced....

Ok, the car is almost out of the panel shop.

Have some bits on order from Britcar.


Still looking for the following:
Front grille - AWR1617 ($85.36 plus postage from UK)
Air cleaner housing ESR2948 ($237.68 plus postage from UK)

Hoping to find them a bit cheaper than this, possibly locally, as the above prices are before postage. Also I can do without them for now, as my current broken bits will still fit, but long term I would like to have them replaced.

Would anyone have anything or suggest any places to try for a decent second hand part or something?

I bought an air cleaner housing from amv in Ringwood, second hand a lot cheaper than that.

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I've seen heaps of air filter boxes 2nd hand on ebay from breakers. Nothing special about the plastic box - providing you get the right one.

The grill sounds a good price. There's plenty of "blinged" up grills around if that's what you fancy. Once again, there are many 2nd hand one's - but they tend to have the bottom strip colour coded.

I tend to log on to ebay as a UK or USA user. It throws up lots more P38 options.

Jeremy

AMV have an air filter housing on ebay for $98 with free delivery. I'm pretty sure Linnrover also have an air filter housing at the moment although I'm not sure on the price.

Gary

Originally Posted by mtb_gary

Jeremy

AMV have an air filter housing on ebay for $98 with free delivery. I'm pretty sure Linnrover also have an air filter housing at the moment although I'm not sure on the price.

Gary

Have checked it out, seems reasonable. Will wait until I have the car back before I order, just to confirm it is the right one.

I have called Linn Rover about the parts, they will be getting back to me. Will see how they compare!

Got the P38 back on friday. Will pop some photos up when it comes out my garage next.
Replaced the ABS accumulator while it was parked outside the panel shop.
Such an easy job, makes a lot of difference in the braking department too. Lucky I did, because I got cut off twice on the way home.

She's got the early orange front indicators and I think the headlights don't match either, but I will replace them with later model offerings if the opportunity presents itself.

The suspension is still terrible, the springs in it are too high and too hard for my liking. Was thinking of putting gen2 air springs in cheaply(>$300) and make sure everything else in the system works before shelling out $1000+ for some gen3's. Thanks Wayne for the link. Not sure, but I may need new shocks too? The Bilstein ones in there might be to suit the heightened springs...I will need to investigate.
The dash needs to be pulled out to fix the HEVAC display, dash lighting and blend motors. Then the filter at the bottom of the windscreen needs to be replaced as it is broken and full of debris.
The steering wheel isn't centered, maybe as a result of the collision, but I need to get on top of that also.
Still need the grille and air cleaner box as Linn Rover did not have any.

Certainly have my work cut out for me, but if a 2001 P38 is worth up to $14-15k, I've only spent about half that so far to get to where I am That's what I'll keep telling the missus anyway!

Check Rave for centralising the steering wheel. There is a specific and easy way to do it. Good to hear the car is back on the road.