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Good stuff - but this is just the sort of job that makes me glad that my car is half a century newer!

I wonder if there should be a dedicated tech section where the posts can become a kind of reference library?

Don't be bashful - post it all up! One day, 5 years from now, someone browsing this forum will need that information.

Thanks Stewart, I'm pleased to say that it has been useful to a couple of people on rover800.info - as has the cambelt change one.

Half the time a job looks worse in the manual that it is in practice - these sort of "How to" threads can demistify the process.

There's a fair bit of discussion on the Yahoo group about the relative merits of this forum vs the Yahoo group format. One big advantage of this forum is that when Yahoo groups are (frequently) unavailable, this forum remains active. I've not seen any downtime here yet but yahoo groups are (as I wri...

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This also covers much the same ground as a track rod end change. First, chock the rear wheels, loosen front wheel nuts, raise car and support on axle stands. On removing the front wheel, the problem is obvious: the rubber has perished, the end has come off and the inner track rod joint is exposed to...

As most 800 owners will know, the bottom suspension balljoints are a bit of a weak area. Not having any idea of what the ones on my mk1 Sterling were like or how old they were, I decided to change them both "just in case". Warning: please read your workshop manual before doing this job and use the c...

The PG1 and PG2 gearboxes suffer from a wobbly gear linkage, which was making the gearchange rather vague. I've seen people replace the universal joint with one from the steering column of various Rover group cars (a very popular mod on Rovertech), but I reckon that many of them are missing the real...

Please note: do not attempt this task without the aid of a workshop manual for checking torque wrench settings. I tend to do bolts by feel. Jack car up on driver's side, support on an axle stand, remove OSF wheel and remove the auxilliary belt cover (3 x 10mm bolts). http://i179.photobucket.com/albu...