Rover Sports Register Forum

I had got the rubber seals and a new set of springs from Mike Couldry. For details see here https://wp.me/pXLKy-1l8 and here https://wp.me/pXLKy-pR

Yes they are the same type of the 4 cylinder cars but shorter. See here: https://lulis.org/2018/09/07/51-%D7%92% ... ering-box/

What you need is a 80-90 gear oil. Note that up-to-date gear oil of grade GL-5 contains an additive which attacks "yellow metals" and therefor not suitable for the lubrication system. Use oil of grade GL-4 or less.

Thank you, Tony, for your nice words. My visit to you was a pure Joy, and your work had been inspiration to me. Have you seen my impressions? and the video of that drive? https://wp.me/pXLKy-2Xp
P.S. I always use the freewheel and enjoy turning the knob to 'fix' when necessary!

A common trouble is oil leak from the rear oil seal of the free wheel. If oil leaks from there it is a sign that it has got into there. The rear bearing of the gear box has enough "gaps" in it to let the oil pass through. The same is for the rear bearing of the freewheel. Removing the square plug ma...

Just pull out the tail shaft and turn the gearbox so that the freewheel points down.

Is your rover P2 wanders around? Do you experience wheel wobbling? Or tramlining? The cure for all that may be increased castor angle. What is the roll of the wedge between the front axle and the spring? How to increase the castor angle, and why you better have electric assisted steering with large ...

I drove my 1946 Rover 10 for the last 51 years. Not only traffic conditions have changed during these years - me too. Now parking the car in a limited space is a challenge. Is an electric assisted steering box the solution? See an answer here: https://wp.me/pXLKy-4iD

The vacuum gauge can be used for ignition timing by using the distributor's micrometer and adjusting it to maximum reading. However, I doubt that a better reading can be achieved.. If you like to use strobe for timing just paint yellow the FA mark on the flywheel. See here an example: https://wp.me/...

The vacuum reading indicate that the idle path is OK. Is the mixture too rich on open throttle, high RPM? One way to verify that is to use colourtune, see here: https://tinyurl.com/sc4v74w