Rover Sports Register Forum

Which ones ? On the car or Meccano ? The Meccano ones are steel. By the way, the tapping size drill for 5/32" W is 3.2mm.

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One of the problems of today are metric sized screwdriver blades in imperial size screw slots. However, for it it's worth, here's how I've found these. You get one good go at the screw heads but they may be past that point. A good tool to try is the biggest screwdriver blade in cheap 1/4" socket set...

Thank you, yes, I know those pages from the post war brochures and it is good of you to have looked them out but was there a post war price list for options, maybe kept by the dealers? I think I remember seeing one in the paperwork with a previous car but it would be 30+ years ago. I always remember...

A chance conversation last year brought up the subject of a 1947 14 six light saloon I used to own. The car had the twin horns and central pass light of a sports saloon and my recollection was of details with the car that it had been supplied with these from new. This, I was told, was fanciful but i...

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It is a few years now since I bought one of these. It seemed a great concept. I had had various Smiths/Jaeger clocks repaired over the years by JDO and Carl Haworth among others. Carl's was probably the best, still working 23 years at least later although only used when needed. He also repaired the ...

Just personally, I think having a separate filtration system is both a waste of money, space and adds an extra complication to go wrong. What you have written says it all. The sump was clean. A full flow system (as I understand it - all oil filtered before being pumped)on these would not be possible...

I think the following is what we know: 1) Your Petrol gauge works therefore the gauge and wiring to it all work . 2) When the gauge is connected to no earth, it will show full 3) When the gauge is connected fully to earth it shows empty. Therefore: 4) When the gauge is connected to a working resista...

Lucas No. 256 , 3 watt originally. There are fancier LED things available today but those No 256s are the originals.
Item no 283869923324 on eBay is an example.