Rover Sports Register Forum

You were right Tony, When I replaced the rubber mountings there were no part numbers on the items and I put the thicker ones on the bottom, looking back at my video I and see that the new ones are significantly thicker and that is the cause of the air filter rubbing on the bonnet. The solution is to...

Thank you for your thoughts Tony, you have given me some thing to check, the engine did go back to the correct height etc, the odd thing is that the starter handle now touches the radiator, again, it didn't do that before, the old girl is putting up a fight but I will win, (eventually) All the parts...

I have just finished decarbonising the head and put everything back together again, no problems there but in order to clear the wiring loom I had to lower the engine as the loom got snagged on a stud on the coolant manifold on the back of the head, no worries so far. Now I have driven the car for a ...

I have posted a short video about my eperience of removing and replacing the engine suspension rubbers on youtube, just in case anyone is interested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uXaRVXbaM8

Will

Thank you for your memories Tony, I have had her up to 70 mph, quite fast enough as far as I am concerned. There is a file with the car that also has a photo of the second owner, (son of the first one) and David Moseley managed to track down a family member of the original family and she wtote a let...

Hi Tony, Thank you for your advice, I did remove the waterpump and a few other bits, supported the engine and loosened the bolts on the engine and the 4 bolts that hold the engine suspension assembly, I would think that to get the job done properly it is neigh on impossible to replace the rubber mou...

Thank you for that David, once the bits are in after the New Year I'll have a go, the access is not the greatest but I'll figure something out.
Will

Hi David, did you manage to change the mounting rubbers with the engine in situ? I have found that the moounting rubbers have completely disintegrated, getting the bolts out is easy enough as is removing the top rubber, the bottom one is a bit more of a challenge. The workshop manual suggests that i...

Ah well, clutch repair it is then... what could possibly go wrong..

Just to clarify, the bottom of the gearbox housing does have 2 holes in it, with a screwdriver you can push from the back towards the front aout 2 1/2 inches in so I assume to the front of the casing.
Attached is a photo with a screwdriver in one of the holes, looking towards the front of the car.