Rover Sports Register Forum

I have now taken the fuel tank off and am cleaning it- about a pound of rusty bits came out with the first 2 water washes and now applied the sludge cleaner stage. I dont think that can all have happened in the last 2 years but I shall certainly be making sure I keep the tank full in future! Also re...

Many thanks- that sounds reassuringly straightforward. Knowing my luck it wont be but I am encouraged.
By the way the parts list shows rubber pads top and bottom of the fixing bracket- is this just to cushion movement or to isolate the tank electrically?
regards Rob

Having failed to resolve my problem getting up hills I have fallen back on cleaning. resurfacing or replacing the fuel tank to eliminate that as a potential cause for fuel starvation- I know it is pretty rusty in there because the new in line filter went brown within seconds of starting up. BUT how ...

Whereas we were unable to find anyone in Cornwall to play with so we went to the beach!

If anyone has any information on refurbishing either the hydraulic jack or the crank handle Bevellift jack I would appreciate knowing anything about them - I am loth to take them apart with no idea of how they are put together. My hydraulic jack is seized anyway so brute force may have to be the fir...

And I hear from Mike Maher that 35 -37 Rover models also had this pattern so no good for my car. Thanks for the information though. I shall put these (there are 3) on Ebay in due course unless any members wishes to collar them first!

I have been trying to rationalise my spares and I note that the spare 8" headlamp lenses - D811 or D611 part no 501598 - do not match the originals (39 DHC). Does anyone recognise these? If I do get round to replacing the original 8" lenses ( I currently have later smaller dipping conversions in pla...

You will be pleased to learn that I finally sourced some rubber grommets for the accelerator shaft - which took a long time to arrive from China. However although they are technically oversized they did fit into the hole. [img]http://s172.photobucket.com/user/RobHomewood/media/Blank%20grommet%20in%2...

Thank you Luli for your ever helpful blog link. Alas you are quite right- when I looked I could see no sign of the buffers at all- they were history and the axle was sat straight onto the chassis! Only when I let the car down off the axle stands could I see the minimal remains of the buffers.[img ht...

I was under the back seat doing some wiring (39 14 DHC) when I noticed that the main front to back brake rod is binding on the chassis cross member ( over) and the rear axle (under). In fact it is bent. Would this be just because the car is up on axle stands and the wheels/rear axle are hanging abno...