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[Nium]

I'd argue that oil pump is the most important system on the engine. Before you get carried away making sparks and trying to start it you want to make sure you have oil flowing where it should. Starting an engine after that length of time without priming the oil system is going to lead to some nasty wear at least and terminal destruction at worst.

Pull the valve cover and dizzy, buy or make a tool that runs on a drill and turns the oil pump shaft. Look for oil coming out the rocker shaft.

If you feel adventurous it doesn't hurt to pull the sump which is probably leaking anyway and then inspect the bearings.

There's plenty of info out there about bringing an engine back from extended hibernation but, of course, if you already know it....

Yeah, that would be more important good point.

[NickDawson]

Great looking rig Rich - congrats! Looking forward to updates as you get deeper into the project.

[Rich Lambert]

Thanks for the input, but I should have been more specific. The PO said the throttle stuck wide open while his his daughter was driving it and the engine started making metallic sounds. He said it's probably just bent valves, pushrods, and maybe the timing chain skipped a tooth. If I was the optimistic type, I'd believe him. When I delve into that, the first thing I'm going to do is to drain the oil and see if there's any important looking things in there. I'll also pull the pan and the head and see what's going on. I'm hoping for the best, but...

When I bought my last project, the owner said it ran good one minute and bad the next. I hoped for the best that time too, but found a big hole in the #5 piston caused by the valve head breaking off and banging around between the head and the CC about a thousand times. I think the PO failed to mention he pulled a money shift from 3rd to 2nd and over-rev'd the engine.

I did find why the throttle on the LR stuck open:
One of the bolts on the many pinch clamps was turned the wrong way and the nut was wedging itself into a bracket at WOT.

That would have been okay, but one end of the return spring was connected to the wrong place, so that when the nut was wedged into the bracket, the fully extended spring pulled one of the many rods into a binding position.

None of that would have happened if the clamp that connects to the pedal hadn't been adjusted so that the linkage could reach that binding position. At WOT the throttle plate in the carb was opening about half way. No wonder she floored it.

Could they have made that linkage any more complicated? I suppose once it's set-up you never have to touch it again, but some PO touched it.

[South Larry]

Beautiful starting point for a restoration!! My first sat outside for close to 20 years. We had to cut down some big trees that grew around it just to move it!! Heck it was hard to move it in one piece onto the trailer!

Congratulations on reaching a new mental state. We Rover fanatics believe we are whimsical, luminary, aloof, intuitive, curious, perplexing, sultry, scholarly, amorous, rabblerousing dreamers.......what we really are is just plain crazy.

Welcome aboard.

Larry

[Rich Lambert]

Beautiful starting point for a restoration!! My first sat outside for close to 20 years. We had to cut down some big trees that grew around it just to move it!! Heck it was hard to move it in one piece onto the trailer!

Congratulations on reaching a new mental state. We Rover fanatics believe we are whimsical, luminary, aloof, intuitive, curious, perplexing, sultry, scholarly, amorous, rabblerousing dreamers.......what we really are is just plain crazy.

Welcome aboard.

Larry

Thanks Larry...I don't know, it's going to be a stretch to see myself as "sultry".

[GaryBaxter]

65 SIIA 88 ex-Dutch Military

Finally got things to where I want them. This one has some interesting features like the bumpers with outriggers and d-shackles, screw on glass beehive lamps, and convoy light receptacles. I added sliders from Ike Goss, a tailgate from Rocky Mountain, some old badges from the UK, and had it painted bronze green.

You will notice there's no fuel filler tube and I was quite embarrassed to call Matt Browne and ask him how to fuel it up. This was after I attempted to pick it up one night and didn't know how to start it with the choke, starter button, etc. And to top it off, my wife had to drive it home since I'd never driven a standard and she learned to drive on a Series III.

It's been fun poking around with it and I have since taught my son to drive it. Not sure what to do with it now. It wants to be driven but there's not a lot of time for that.

[crankin]

A little update on the rebuild...
This is a few months old...pictures not seen (yet) painted panels...will post those soon....

1972 SIII Album

[LaneRover]

Finally got things to where I want them. This one has some interesting features like the bumpers with outriggers and d-shackles, screw on glass beehive lamps, and convoy light receptacles. I added sliders from Ike Goss, a tailgate from Rocky Mountain, some old badges from the UK, and had it painted bronze green.

You will notice there's no fuel filler tube and I was quite embarrassed to call Matt Browne and ask him how to fuel it up. This was after I attempted to pick it up one night and didn't know how to start it with the choke, starter button, etc. And to top it off, my wife had to drive it home since I'd never driven a standard and she learned to drive on a Series III.

It's been fun poking around with it and I have since taught my son to drive it. Not sure what to do with it now. It wants to be driven but there's not a lot of time for that.

Very nice! Don't worry about the learning curve, no one here knows everything by any means.

[RoverTrails]

1971 Series IIA 88

New to the Rover World but I do know that a "little wax on wax off" can make a big difference. :-)

Sure enjoy Rovers North.

[KevinNY]

What color is that?

[crankin]

Is that not just "brown?"

[Moose]

Same colour as my 88... Sand.

Brett

[TeriAnn]

I still love my truck and sometimes like a proud Mom, I just gotta show pictures. Even though my baby is 49 years old and has been in my care for over 30 years.

The Green Rover
1961 Dormobile












Sept 2009

[crankin]

I love your truck, too. I wouldn't mind dating her...

[bmohan55]

TeriAnn, just wondering, how many miles do you think you've put on your truck in 30 years?
BTW, it's beautiful, your pride is justified.