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by P3Steve
Mon Sep 09, 2013 6:58 pm
Forum: I want and I 've got..
Topic: p3 75 temperature problem.
Replies: 16
Views: 14058

Re: p3 75 temperature problem.

When I fitted a new water pump I unscrewed the whole rear drain cock and back flushed the block using a piece of wire in the hole to break up some scale and crud it was surprising just how much muck came out and it helped the car to run about 5 degrees cooler so was well worth the hour spent back fl...
by P3Steve
Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:28 am
Forum: Early post WWII, P3 the original Rover 75 and 60
Topic: parts for 1948 rover 75 p3
Replies: 2
Views: 4007

Re: parts for 1948 rover 75 p3

Allways worth trying the clup spares dept first or Meteor spares http://www.thersr.co.uk/meteor-spares-ltd They have always managed to help me out in the past but for the brakes these might be worth a try http://www.powertrackbrakes.co.uk/index.html not had to use them but they seem to have a good r...
by P3Steve
Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:25 pm
Forum: Early post WWII, P3 the original Rover 75 and 60
Topic: Engine goes bang
Replies: 11
Views: 10944

Re: Engine goes bang

Good news chaps, I spent this afternoon putting the last bits together on the Rover and took it for a test drive and everything seems fine, just a littlt bit of fetling and fine tuning and it shoud be all done. A slight misfire was traced to a broken plug lead cap in which the wire had pulled apart ...
by P3Steve
Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:24 pm
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: 1947 Rover 10 , LHD, launching
Replies: 4
Views: 3849

Re: 1947 Rover 10 , LHD, launching

Out standing job well done.
by P3Steve
Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:26 pm
Forum: Early post WWII, P3 the original Rover 75 and 60
Topic: Engine goes bang
Replies: 11
Views: 10944

Re: Engine goes bang

Hi Neil Ive had an offer for the manifold from a closer sorce but thanks for the offer - my wife has had bad knees for a long while so she wasnt very mobile any way but this has been an extra blow on top of that. I've been doing some prep work ie a good decoke and a set of new exhaust valves which I...
by P3Steve
Sun Jun 09, 2013 12:18 pm
Forum: Early post WWII, P3 the original Rover 75 and 60
Topic: Engine goes bang
Replies: 11
Views: 10944

Re: Engine goes bang

Hi all i've only just had a chance to look at the Rover as I've been workinh away then my wife broke her leg so have been a bit busy but as I was cleaning up the manifold where the dowels sat my screw driver went right through into the water way below meaning the manifold is only good for scrap the ...
by P3Steve
Sat May 04, 2013 5:26 pm
Forum: Early post WWII, P3 the original Rover 75 and 60
Topic: Engine goes bang
Replies: 11
Views: 10944

Re: Engine goes bang

I’m beginning to wonder if the “flap” was added as a late modification for production cars with out having to redesign the whole manifold after they found that having the manifold open under the carb was causing a swirling turbulence of the air fuel mixture a bit like having both car windows open on...
by P3Steve
Sun Apr 28, 2013 6:33 am
Forum: Early post WWII, P3 the original Rover 75 and 60
Topic: Engine goes bang
Replies: 11
Views: 10944

Re: Engine goes bang

Well I think I’ve had a lucky escape. Took the head off fearing the worst, straight away though I could see it was No. 5 piston as there were a couple of bits of chewed up metal laying there and a few marks on the piston crown but all the valves were intact. At first I couldn’t figure out where the ...
by P3Steve
Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:16 pm
Forum: Early post WWII, P3 the original Rover 75 and 60
Topic: Engine goes bang
Replies: 11
Views: 10944

Engine goes bang

Just what you need at the start of a season, Took the Rover out for a pre seasion run today as Ive been off all this week and have been local so have been using it all week as my daily just to make sure every thing was all right. Parked it on my high street and when I came back to it about an hour l...
by P3Steve
Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:49 am
Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
Topic: Wiper spindle rubbers
Replies: 4
Views: 3679

Re: Wiper spindle rubbers

I fitted mine on my P3 with out removing the spindle but the P2 could be differant, give it a go if not you can remove the spindles