Thread: P38 Show stoppers and recalls

On the very early years - 94ish- there was a recall about the alloy brackets that tie in the rear radius arms as they were cracking. Certainly isn't a problem now.

Originally Posted by Keithy P38

All these round abouts in Australia doing it... Same for left front tyres wearing quicker than the others!

Once I learned to take a RH roundabout with all 4 wheels on the ground instead of just 2, the wear rate on the LHS improved

Yeh just don't blame the wear on the misses in the passenger seat, otherwise you could get into loads of trouble

Fuel pump failure will certainly stop things. I have the access hole cut and can change the pump from start to finish in around 20mins.

Hi

Finally got around to creating this, surprisingly small, page

P38 Show Stoppers and Recalls

I left out catastrophic types of failures and just listed things which need to be looked at and parts which can be carried on board

Steve

Bit of a thread mine, but I guess I'll share my experiences..

So yesterday I destroyed lhf cv whilst in the bush. Initially I thought I had munched the front diff as there was a huge bang and no front wheel drive. No grinding noises whilst driving in a straight line, so limped her home @ <40km/h for about 70km, letting the VC take care of the rwd.

Before I decided to drive, I had a quick search on here, rr.net etc, rang a few people in the know, with mixed results. Some people say its terrible for the VC (overheat then seize) whereas some people (this thread included) say just do it.

How long would you drive in 2wd before biting the bullet and getting a tow/trailer home? How bad is it to basically drive off of the VC? Have I done some other damage that may come back to bite me down the track?

The reason I ask, as I was starting to think (in the bush, getting dark) that I had myself a show stopper.

Dan

I remember someone in a classic rangie driving around with the front tailshaft off for a few weeks and it did no damage.

I think you'll be right.

I'm curious though; how hard did you push it to break a cv?

Benji
My LHS CV went whilst coming up out of a combination of rocks and muddy gully. Around a 35 degree incline up a muddy slope on full lock to the right. I was in low range 1st gear after doing rock crawling in the creek bed followed by hard acceleration up the embankment.
Gary