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Anything happen with this car Dane? Running, driving? boost level? problems ?

jp Melbourne

Update - sorted out the electrical issue. Adjusted the 3rd brush, but problem persisted. Finally got some emery paper to the cutout points (access ok, but angle bad), and on next run saw a steady 10A of charge. Next. No steering wheel retaining bolt present. Guessed at 7/8x18 - got a 60s Jeep sump p...

It must be a BIG hole for it to be too big to weld up! If the main bearings webs are ok, it should be weldable. Just dont repeat whatever it was that caused the original failure.

jp 26 Rover 9 in resto

I would be looking at the cast reserve unit body, where the pickup pipe enters the casting. You could test by removing the unit from the tank, blocking all but one inlet/outlet and see if it will hold vacuum. Also do the test with and without the reserve unit attached, if possible. Dont forget that ...

Dirk, Thanks for this. Such a lot of differences in details. The original carb on yours has a throttle arm that goes up to open to the right of the throttle shaft, with the idle stop on the front side of the body; mine has idle stop on rear of body with opening arm close to the head,and rising to op...

After a struggle diagnosing the problem, its alive! Magneto drive flange was barely done up, and was out some 70d. Have had several runs now, much easier with a choke cable rigged up. Last run must have been over a minute, as the radiator got a bit of heat in it. Blipping the throttle I saw 50psi on...

Dirk, The brass plate with a chassis no on it matches the engine no (50074), so I dont think its a body no. My maggy is a GL4, with rubbing contact rotor, and the rotor seems pretty tight in the gear. The GA4 on the spare engine has a rotor keyed to a round peg, and a bigger distributor cap. The bod...

Problem starting was ignition timing in the end. Maggy drive flange was almost loose on the shaft, and it does not have any sort of key to locate it on the taper. Once I had that located so points were about to open at SFA (spark full advance) it fired and ran briefly fairly easily.

jp

Trying to start the car today without any luck. Have sparks at all 4 plugs, valve timing seems right (based on TDC mark), sprayed starter fluid directly in each plug hole. Nothing, not a pop at all. Starter makes the right noises, struggles against compression rhythmically, changes behaviour from ad...

I have to recommend this approach to all with parts problems. Rover didnt lightly change components radically in families of cars or engines, so it is likely that another model in a family will have parts that are close to what you need. In the 70s a gent with a 1933 14hp model (met previoulsy) aske...