I have just joined this forum as I bought a P3 (1948 6 cylinder) late last year (2010) - it needs a complete restoration, especially its interior, plus I will do a complete repaint!
So far I have stripped the car almost completely as it needs to into a welder to get a new sill made & welded on, plus some metalwork in the sunroof where the sliding rail has rusted. Your note (below) mentions a 'shop manual' that details how to do a P3 restoration. I am fascianted by this & would love to get my hands on a copy as there are some parts that stump me right now (like how to get glass out of the door windows).
Can you please tell me how I can a copy of what sounds like gold?
Thanks Neil
patrick hiron wrote:Hi Moshe
I rebuilt a derilict P3 and chronicled my adventures in the RSR magazine " Freewheel " Ask the RSR librarian to print out a list of articles under the heading of "Isambard Kingdom Brunel " or "Patrick Hiron" , this will give you a list of how not to do it and how to get it right afterwards articles !!
The original Rover manuals are full of advice of the " Return the motor and defective component to your Rover dealer , who is uniquely equiped to deal with this problem "type . Translation ,Gentlemen do not get their hands dirty !
You should get the RSR parts list and the latest version of the RSR P3 shop manual, which deals with the reality of rebuilding and maintaining a 60 year old classic car . The shop manual has a detailed section on how to strip , rebuild and set up the the weird, Rubik's cube ,P3 clutch actuating mechanism
Cheers and good luck ,
Patrick [RSR P3 75 Technical consultant ]