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by RobHomewood
Sat Apr 01, 2023 3:12 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Not engaging reverse gear
Replies: 35
Views: 119884

Re: Not engaging recerse gear

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!
by RobHomewood
Sat Apr 01, 2023 3:09 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Not engaging reverse gear
Replies: 35
Views: 119884

Re: Not engaging recerse gear

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...
by RobHomewood
Sat Apr 01, 2023 1:05 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Not engaging reverse gear
Replies: 35
Views: 119884

Re: Not engaging recerse gear

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...
by RobHomewood
Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:51 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Not engaging reverse gear
Replies: 35
Views: 119884

Re: Not engaging reverse gear

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...
by RobHomewood
Thu Mar 30, 2023 3:53 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Not engaging reverse gear
Replies: 35
Views: 119884

Re: Not engaging recerse gear

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 It seems my gearbox mount is different to the Parts book in that the top part has been replaced by a steel strap with ru...
by RobHomewood
Wed Mar 29, 2023 4:00 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Not engaging reverse gear
Replies: 35
Views: 119884

Re: Not engaging recerse gear

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...
by RobHomewood
Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:17 am
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Not engaging reverse gear
Replies: 35
Views: 119884

Re: Not engaging reverse gear

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...
by RobHomewood
Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:50 am
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Not engaging reverse gear
Replies: 35
Views: 119884

Not engaging reverse gear

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...
by RobHomewood
Sun Mar 26, 2023 6:32 pm
Forum: Veteran/Vintage Rovers
Topic: Wiltshire registrations
Replies: 1
Views: 8724

Wiltshire registrations

I cant believe the level of detail in this archive book- it seems to list most of the cars registered in Wiltshire between 1903 and 1914 including about 100 Rovers, giving names and addresses for owners etc. It was published in 2006 but I have only just stumbled across it. Serious hunters amongst ma...
by RobHomewood
Thu Feb 23, 2023 4:00 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Kevlar brake shoes
Replies: 5
Views: 4300

Re: Kevlar brake shoes

Since I last posted I have been engaged in refurbishing the compensators on my rod brake sytem to see how that improves the braking. Well today I have finally got the brakes back together with rebushed compensators with new yokes and in the short test drive around the block the difference is amazing...