Rover Sports Register Forum

Hi Tont Thanks for your sage and calming advice. I have booked into the platinum rally and am very conscious of the elapsing time especially as I have other issues on the car to attend to beforehand. Anyway you are right the floor panels do come out although the chassis framing remains. But it could...

A frustrating day. Having successfully separated the freewheel housing on the spare gearbox without issue I started on the box in the car. But it turned into one of those jobs that at each stage another factor has to be dealt with. I removed the gearstick remote unit and the restraint strap for the ...

Thanks for your latest thats great news, just in time for me to get out there and get on. I must admit I was procrastinating rather.
Onward and upward!

PPS After further sleuthing I see the type of gearbox mounting strap which I have is illustrated in the Manual Plate D on page F6 as for 38-46 models. So I appear to have a 39 mounting on a 47 gearbox (47 because it has the reverse switch) but my spare gear change mount must be the different 47 mode...

Wow! You have gone to a lot of trouble taking photos and giving info. Thank you. Its all useful stuff. I had the freewheel working fine before and the set up seemd OK. But I have only just clocked the inner shaft (which you call a plunger) in the freewheel shaft where it pokes out of the rear of the...

Hi Steve Hyslop again. I have started opening up my spare gearbox and am looking for this long spring which is supposed to be in the reverse shaft. I have the cover off and can see the shaft but cant workout how to get the spring out. Unfortunately I cannot undo the ferrule on the end of the shaft a...

Thanks for reminding me about the gearbox support rubber but I think it is fine. I don't have problems with other gears just reverse and clutchless change works fine for instance. It seems my gearbox mount is different to the Parts book in that the top part has been replaced by a steel strap with ru...

Well thanks for that info. The plot thickens. I havent discovered this spring yet. What I have realised this am is that there seems to be 2 shafts end to end (reverse shaft and freewheel shaft) and the cable passes through both. The spring I have found where the end of the cable exits the box is onl...

After lying awake last night worrying at this problem I have convinced myself that the amswer lies in the freewheel interlock. I am not clear how this works but it is supposed to take the freewheel into fixed mode when reverse is selected. Why it should also affect my gearbox when in fixed mode alre...

Advice requested please. I am having problems with engaging reverse gear on my P2 especially when hot. The gear stick will go into the reverse position OK but just whirs gently when I lift the clutch pedal. Randomly it sometimes works perfectly (eg 1 in 12 or more chance). It feels as it would if so...