Rover Sports Register Forum

The car has always crunched in too gear from neutral but seemed to have got worse lately. I found the withdrawal arm had worn at the cam that pushes the withdrawal bearing. So adjusted the clutch pedal to take the some of the play. So a little better.

My 1931 Rover Meteor 20hp has a problem when trying to engage a gear at standstill. Seems like clutch is not disengaging fully so a crunch . I now always start the engine with a gear selected. Is there some type of brake which is supposed to stop the drive shaft from rotating when the clutch is dise...

I watch the Abandoned engineering TV series. There is an episode on the Rover underground factory. Well worth watching. Known as the Drakelow tunnels which have this web site.
https://www.drakelow-tunnels.co.uk/rove ... actory.php