Rover Sports Register Forum

David Mosely did a very neat bypass filter conversion using a modern "Kleenoil" filter, though the pictures in his thread have expired. The traditional reason for not using a multigrade oil was that in an old dirty engine that had been run for all its life on old-fashioned monogrades there would be ...

Is it just me, or does this seem just a tad pricey?

http://www.prewarcar.com/classifieds/ad54492.html

Must be time for us to rip all those boring original bodies off our Rovers and build replica Kitchers; but perhaps it is only 'real' Kitchers that are worth that sort of money!

Did you have the oil/petrol change-over switch in circuit when you tested the system on the bench, Ray? As Rod suggested above, this seems to me a very likely cause of the problem.

Definitely a bargain - but you'll be needing that MIG! A sports-saloon too, which is a nice looking car, and on wire wheels.

Spotted this in a piece of WW1 archive film in "A Time to Remember" on BBC4 a few days ago.

It doesn't really need to be absolutely perfect! Engineer's blue and a surface-plate may be rather an over-sensitive test for an engine block. It will show up errors of half a thou or less, which are really of no consequence when the head gasket is as thick as it is on the Rover. If you try it you w...

The length of the bolts might not be a reliable guide to whether they are stretched or not. The best test is to use a thread gauge, but you can often detect a stretched bolt by running your finger and thumb lightly along the top of the thread near the plain shank. If the bolt is stretched you may be...

I have about 3 full sets of original head bolts (also for a 12). Every single one is badly stretched. I don't think there is a lot of thread to spare at the bottom of the threaded holes in the block and it is possible for the bolts to bottom out, particularly if the head has been skimmed, as most pr...

Quite a few of the better cars of the period used the Marles-Weller box so parts specialists for other makes would be worth a try. Certainly Alvis used Marles-Weller, and Red Triangle do a pretty comprehensive spares service; also MG (see http://www.barrywalker.com/cat.asp?cat=12 ). By the way, if y...