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- Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:44 pm
- Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
- Topic: Fuel Starvation?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2868
Re: Fuel Starvation?
I thought it was maybe worth adding a recent experience to this topic. A newish addition to the fleet, a 1934 car, was starting and running ok in the garage but when going uphill (and not a biggish hill) the carburettor emptied of petrol and it came to a stop. Examination and replacement of all the ...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:22 pm
- Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
- Topic: P2 tourer at Brightwells
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1358
Re: P2 tourer at Brightwells
Dear David, That's super that it has gone your way, it looks like a very do-able proposition. If you should want a recommendation for someone who has done two Rover interiors for me "as new", send me a message and I'll pass on his details, although it looks as if yours will sort up quite nicely. It'...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:03 pm
- Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
- Topic: P2 tourer at Brightwells
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1358
Re: P2 tourer at Brightwells
An interesting project, so that makes at least 6 of these post war tourers for sale at present? Almost one for each day of the week. The estimate is probably a good reflection of the dismally depressed state of the market at present, recent auction sales of most pre war or pre war looking cars avera...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:30 am
- Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
- Topic: Timing, points gap etc.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1251
Re: Timing, points gap etc.
Something I have encountered from time to time is that if the contact set is of recent manufacture, it can be that the fibre heel that is moved by the distributor cam can be fractionally too long. This prevents the points from shutting completely yet they can be set with the correct open gap, but no...
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 5:36 pm
- Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
- Topic: Rover 14 - 1935 - spark plugs - standard or extended reach?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4129
Re: Rover 14 - 1935 - spark plugs - standard or extended reach?
Dear Chris, One of the supposed advantages of forums and websites is that you can find out things quickly. On that basis, I'm writing this and hope that others who know more than me can tell you more in detail but this is what I think I know. The plugs in your 14 would originally be 1/2" reach plugs...
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 8:18 pm
- Forum: I want and I 've got..
- Topic: Rewinding a fuel reserve solenoid
- Replies: 6
- Views: 29228
Re: Rewinding a fuel reserve solenoid
I've been hoping there would be a reply to this as I too could have done with one being repaired. Having failed to find a repairer, I did find a new old stock P5 unit which uses the same general arrangement but has a bend in the pipes but it should be possible to remodel it into the same configurati...
- Tue Nov 14, 2023 10:45 am
- Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
- Topic: UK P1/P2 cars
- Replies: 0
- Views: 22463
UK P1/P2 cars
Last January or thereabouts, I was sitting one wet afternoon thinking of something to do inside in the relative warmth and I thought it would be interesting to have a picture of what the dispersal pattern of these cars (1934-1947) is in the UK, from the member's handbook information. At the time, I ...
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:28 pm
- Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
- Topic: New(ish) 1938 P2 owner with several questions.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 15865
Re: New(ish) 1938 P2 owner with several questions.
Dear Richard, Welcome aboard, I can't answer all your questions but do hope this may be the first reply you have and that you'll have the information, and parts, you need soon. Water temperature gauge, none, that is correct (I think) for these models up to the 1940 season. I'm basing that on a 1939 ...
- Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:46 am
- Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
- Topic: Recent travels
- Replies: 10
- Views: 39259
Re: Recent travels
Dear David, I saw your post a little while ago but was away on holiday. Having returned, I see you haven't had a reply but hope the following may be of some interest and possibly use. I'll tell the story first then tie it in with the specifics in your question. Firstly, I should say that I have a 19...
- Tue Aug 15, 2023 8:11 pm
- Forum: Wilks' cars P1 and P2, thats cars up to 1947
- Topic: HRH294 - 1947 16
- Replies: 0
- Views: 26481
HRH294 - 1947 16
I met up recently with the owner of this car from 40 years ago. We were both students at the time and it was my first encounter with a P2 Rover. Parked up in the middle of Park Circus Place, Glasgow, surrounded on a weekday by Mk 1 Vauxhall Cavaliers, Austin Maxis and Datsuns, it was a handsome mach...