Rover Sports Register Forum

i WILL HAVE TO CHECK WHEN i GO AGAIN ,The snow is quite bad here at the moment Len

Im still helping a friend with his engine.A couple of push rods became slightly bent ,which I think is sticking valves The car is immaculate but he has only covered 359 miles in 11 years !!! proof it doesn`t do a car any good to stand .We`ve removed all the head studs and the ones at the front and r...

I forgot to add the Rover is a 1947 12hp Len

Im helping to repair a friends Rover,on which three of the pushrods have been slightly bent We are at the stage where the head can be lifted off to see whether any other damaged has happened .The car is which is immaculate ,is hardly used which isnt a good thing and Im hoping its a case of sticky va...

Is the timing the same for a 1947 Rover 12 ,which is the car my friend own and Im looking at Len

Thanks for the reply ,is it possible to see if the cam shaft and crank pulleys are in alignment there are usually marks on them .There were three pushrods that I could see and the thing is the owner went a run i the car a few days earlier and it was fine I can now get the head off and check it.I tak...

Hello the friend who I helped with his 1947 P2 went a run the other day and it was fine .However a couple of days later he tried to start the car and there was quite a noise. I had a look and 3 push rods are slightly bent and there is no compression on a couple of cylinders. I nearly have the head o...

Sorry I meant to add,since I`m doing this work on a friends car I wasnt sure what spanners to take with me I have unbolted all the manifold ones and all the head bolts,except for the two nuts at the front and rear nearside corners of the head I`m not sure if a ring spanner will fit over the bolts as...

Good afternoon I`m helping a friend,who has a 1947 P2 .He went a run in it the other day,then next time he started it it sounded awful I` ve had the rocker box off and started to remove the head as three of the push rods are slightly bent. I can`t see this just being due to one valve more like the t...

Hello the car is immaculate,but in the 10 years he has owned it he has done 339 miles!!! He also has a Rover P4 which has just started to miss fire and blow smoke out .Supposed it will be my next job. So it shows standing doesnt help.I was surprised on the rocker box cover it says tappets 10 thou wh...