Rover Sports Register Forum

Stuart Thanks for sharing your video of your damper refurbishment. I had not understood how these worked previously nor about the inclusion of friction material. But it sounds like this knuckle was packed with grease and so the friction action would be compromised. Have I got that right? How often w...

I am about to have the footwell vents reinstated on my '39 14 DHC. They were previously removed/sealed over decades ago and I think this may have been becasue there was some corrosiion where water was getting in. Would there have been a rubber seal on the outer flap originally? If so anyone know the...

This thread has caused me to look up how to fill the freewheel oil on my 47 P2 becasue I have never considered it necessary on the assumption that there was a free flow of oil from the gearbox. The handbook does not mention filling the freewheel anywhere although the gearbox is listed in regular tas...

The first vacuum measurements I did were aborted because the carb flooded fuel from every orifice quite alarmingly. Turned out there was dirt under the needle valve. Having cleaned this up the retest showed the vacuum at about 18" Hg or about 0.61 bar whereas I had read to expect only 0.55. This rea...

Hi Luli I can certainly try and take a vacuum reading on the inlet manifold. I seem to remember there is a fitting there somewhere. What would be a reasonable figure to expect? I have taken the air bleed jets and pilot jets out and they look clear but they are difficult to blow through with the orif...

Surely if there was a leak on the manifold the engine would run weaker not richer? Or have I got my head on the wrong way this morning?

Well it doesnt look like the mixture problem is the float level. I added 2 fibre washers to the float valve but the car wouldn't start until I removed both of them - leaving the 3 shims already there. Trying the mixture screw adjustment again I found the optimum setting still seemed to be with the s...

Thanks Luli I dont think the shaft should be leaking as the carb has been refurbished, The fuel pump pressure is throttled down with a valve and I checked this with a pressure gauge recently and it is set at 1.5 psi so that shouldnt be the problem. I think maybe I shall fit an extra fibre washer or ...

I have been trying for some time to reduce the rich running of my 16 P2 engine. I replaced the carb a while ago but failed to get it tuned right I think whilst concentrating on other issues so it remains running rich - and I mean rich - it leaves a large soot stain on the ground when I start it up, ...

Thanks Tony I appreciate your advice but my measuring the heights was to establish whether the nearside spring was maybe weaker than to offside ie sagging and the figures certainly suggest that. However I am loathe to replace springs etc if that is not the problem. I want to check the shock absorber...