Rover Sports Register Forum

Eric, Don’t be too hard on past owners; few people actually undertake the repairs themselves on their classic cars and rely on local garages or ‘specialists’. In good faith they have probably paid to get work done, but no guarantee it was done correctly! Fortunately these old Rovers are tough and fo...

Eric, It sounds as though you have done all the obvious things and, with the technical information from Luli, you have some other areas to pursue also. From your posts I’m assuming that the steering moves easily from lock to lock with the front wheels off the ground. So the heavy turning only arrive...

Hi Eric, I don’t have a Rover 14 but I expect the situation is similar to my ‘37 12 Saloon which, in turn, is the same as my ‘36 Tourer. The reason you get 3 turns lock to lock with drop arm removed is because that is the maximum travel of the nut within the box. However, the hubs come to rest on sm...

Luli, I have seen your pictures, notes and video of my car before but great to look again. In fact, after watching the video, I’m inspired to face the cold weather and go out for a drive. Almost a year I think since I took Ian for a similar drive and I hope that encouraged him with his Rover project...

Luli, Your post arrived while I was writing mine. You have put my mind at rest that oil flows between box and freewheel so I won’t worry if I decide to brave the Winter and take my car out for an icy blast! I know it’s been said before, but the detailed information on these Rovers that you have coll...

Ian, You have got us all thinking on this one! I’ve looked through the original Rover instruction manual and my Rover Cars maintenance book by VH Watson and neither makes any mention of separately filling the freewheel unit in the text. The exploded view of the gearbox and freewheel unit in the Wats...

It is possible to have badly ice damaged water jackets repaired. Luli has seen my engine and knows that it had a piece of cast iron stitched into the block. It is almost letter box sized! All ok since I've had the car running over the past three years. The seepage of water from the join has almost c...

Rob, I've no experience with the six cylinder engine or this carb. However, reading through the thread, I think it is important that you get the timing spot on before adjusting the carburettor. Everything I've read about tuning insists that the carb should be the last thing you look at when an engin...

A good condition engine going spare is s bit unlikely. You may, however, be able to gather together the necessary parts and get it reconditioned. Do you have anything at all as a starting point? Looking through the adverts on this site there is a 12 engine for sale. Looks rough and is listed as a 36...

Matt,

The sets I referred to in earlier post were pistons and rings, rather than just rings. Apologies for not making that clear.

Tony.