OK, so if any of you are paying attention to my whining, you may remember that I've owned my Series for about 4 years now. I had owned it previous to that, since about the year 2000. But that's a different story. Since I bought it the second time, I've been working on rust, brakes, paint, engine stuff. And I've really had a devil of a time just keeping the thing on the road.
Is this typical? This is only the list of actual running components that have gone wrong, things that make or break it as far as being able to drive it. Of course there is actually a never ending list of things to do, leaks to address, etc...
I guess I just need to know if anyone has ever been able to keep a mid-1960's Rover on the road for... what?... a month? That list represents about $1500 worth of going in circles on stuff that was "fixed" but didn't work. And I mean fixed by professionals, not me. All I do is install the stuff once it is fixed.
The truck is running well now, but I'm sure that knock is going to get worse, I feel like I'm sucking the life out of it by asking it to get me to work in the morning. And I can't drive for more than a week or two without pulling the radiator... again...
- Brakes went out, so I decided now was the time to put new lines in and to switch it over to a boosted system. Done, but then the new cylinders I put in started letting air in, so most of it had to be redone. This results in more money spent than should have been, and more time in the garage than should have been spent.
- I also replaced all the seals on the exterior of the engine, set the valves, pulled all ancillaries off and refurbished them.
- I pulled the radiator and heater core, had those both refurbished.
- Put it all back together.
- Two weeks = engine needs a rebuild. Bearings basically exploded, main shaft is shot, and oil pressure is virtually gone.
- Find a replacement engine for $600.
- Install replacement over the winter (it has now been 2.5 years since step #1)
- Runs for one month, same issue as first engine, bearings going out.
- Back in the shop.
- Get the truck back yesterday and the engine feels better, but I still get the knocking sound on hills under high torque.....
- And while on the way home I notice that my refurbished radiator has sprung leaks -- 6 now. Before I had it refurbished it had two. The radiator has about 20 hours of run time on it.
Is this typical? This is only the list of actual running components that have gone wrong, things that make or break it as far as being able to drive it. Of course there is actually a never ending list of things to do, leaks to address, etc...
I guess I just need to know if anyone has ever been able to keep a mid-1960's Rover on the road for... what?... a month? That list represents about $1500 worth of going in circles on stuff that was "fixed" but didn't work. And I mean fixed by professionals, not me. All I do is install the stuff once it is fixed.
The truck is running well now, but I'm sure that knock is going to get worse, I feel like I'm sucking the life out of it by asking it to get me to work in the morning. And I can't drive for more than a week or two without pulling the radiator... again...
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