Rover Sports Register Forum

I am investigating getting the brake shoes on my 1939 Rover P2 relined with Kevlar compound in order to improve stopping/reduce brake fade. The Kevlar reportedly has maybe 50% or more improved friction and resistance to fade. I wonder if any other owners have gone down this route and could offer adv...

Luli is probably right but how instantly does the engine die when put under load? If the problem is dirt in the carb jets being pulled into a position where it blocks the flow say, the effect would be almost instant. If however the needle valve is sticking the engine would presumably have a whole bo...

David
I have taken it from the other carb temporarily (and the ball and spring) but I want them both to be complete and usable. Is that too greedy? If I decided to sell the spare then the purchaser would almost certainly expect completeness
Rob

Hi Richard Your comment about the mounting flange made me stop and go back and look. Its true that the top of the mounting flange looks distorted in the photo but in fact I bought this carb as refurbished and it appears as though the mating face has been planed down to flat and so that isnt the prob...

Hi David I have to say that my rewiring took a lot more than one day! Admittedly I did not dismantle the car at all except for removing the dash, I was single-handed and a novice but it took me any number of days (OK not full days). I had certainly spent many more days drawing up diagrams of the wir...

Forgot the pics!

Could anyone help in identifying these 2 boot handle locks which I dug out from my spares? They dont match my '39 14 nor apparently a 38 sportsman saloon. I wondered if the single handed one was from a tourer? They are marked as follows: single handed one shows 'FM558/3' double handed one shows 'H47...

Back in July I was greatly encouraged by David's report of his succesful european tour when I was struggling to get my DHC fit for travelling on holiday. I had to spend a lot of time but I got there - just. The new rocker cover gasket arrived broken in 5 places. The new drip tray arrived just before...

sorry typo - not 'water' unit but 'fuel' unit of course

This sender type is available from Holden and maybe others. It is quite easy to change the float if you wish to keep the metal one (new ones are plastic). You may find that only one side of the yoke is connected on the new unit but it doesn't seem to matter. There are two types listed- one for top a...