What did you do to your Rover today?

[Buster]

a vacuum leak? btw nice truck.

[alaskantinbender]

Raised the spare tire mount on the rear door and mounted my hi lift jack.
The old truck is looking more to my liking now. Still don't have a name, but it will come with time.

[alaskantinbender]

Installed some headlight guards left over from an old jeep years ago and
removed the lower body skirting for more clearance or at least eliminate something
else to bend off road.

[alaskantinbender]

Put the S1 on the road today and took it for the first ride longer than around the block. Runs pretty good, do see I have a carb leak.

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Very nice truck.

[siii8873]

plated the S1 today

Put the S1 on the road today and took it for the first ride longer than around the block. Runs pretty good, do see I have a carb leak.

[AustinK]

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[AustinK]

Basically I took the vinyl off the metal on the dash parts and had them bed linered. I then created a custom switch panel for my Ignition, Hi/Lo switch, engine fan, wipers, and washer. I also added to power ports and a volt guage. I left the speedo and aux guages the same just rebuilt and repainted them. I added a glow plug light and pushbutton. I put my fuses in behind the right side panel and made a custom door to access it. Attached is a pic of the upper dash. I'll take pics of the lower dash tonight.

[amcordo]

I want to see your custom dash!

After 7 months of being un-drivable I opened the garage and backed out my 74 series III and drove it around the block - Power steering and custom tilt column- Check, Dual Circuit Roam Disc Brakes - Check, Parabolic springs - Check, New custom wiring harness - Check, Warn 8274 Winch and custom bumper - Check, Custom Dash - Check, New Seats - Check, Custom Metal Grill - Check, New Headlights - Check, New Marker Lights - Check (almost one seems a little finicky). Doors, Hood and Paint - not check. All in all it went well ran drove like it always should have. Steering was effortless, brakes hard and smooth, Rides like a caddy! Can't wait to hit the trails in MOAB. Maybe Next week I'll get the remaining doors and hood back from the paint shop! I will post some pics when it I get it out again.

[TedW]

Replaced the vacuum advance unit on my Ducellier in situ - a terrifying experience: There's a tiny retaining clip you need to remove to get off the snail cam and disconnect the advance unit, and I was convinced that I was going to drop it into the diz. I put down a bunch of duct tape sticky side out and it caught the clip when I (inevitably) dropped it.

[AustinK]

After 7 months of being un-drivable I opened the garage and backed out my 74 series III and drove it around the block - Power steering and custom tilt column- Check, Dual Circuit Roam Disc Brakes - Check, Parabolic springs - Check, New custom wiring harness - Check, Warn 8274 Winch and custom bumper - Check, Custom Dash - Check, New Seats - Check, Custom Metal Grill - Check, New Headlights - Check, New Marker Lights - Check (almost one seems a little finicky). Doors, Hood and Paint - not check. All in all it went well ran drove like it always should have. Steering was effortless, brakes hard and smooth, Rides like a caddy! Can't wait to hit the trails in MOAB. Maybe Next week I'll get the remaining doors and hood back from the paint shop! I will post some pics when it I get it out again.

[LaneRover]

A friend in California did all the shelves in a work truck he has out of the Zuni rack system - neat stuff!

[stomper]

Built a ladder to go on my custom Zuni Rack. Still need to install some gussets for support. Also topped up all the fluids, Installed tie down tracks on my roof rack and the back of the rover, Lubed the leaf springs with fluid film, and gave it a full tune up before a trip to the North Maine Woods.

[Kiloengineer]

New brake adjusters and installed my hoops and new soft top that has been sitting in the basement for about 12 years. What a great day.

[Buster]

Spent the afternoon cleaning the carburetor and replacing as many parts as I could match from the rebuild kit. I think that did the trick! Runs much smoother, idles smoother. The float chambers had rusty debris in them, the float valve was sticky, and one of the vents was almost totally blocked. I'm amazed it would even crank before. Many thanks to Andrew for the 32/34 DMTL manual. I think maybe now I'll start on the suspension.

[busboy]

He has a 2.5 installed in his 88 and was using the original 2.25 (tiny) exhaust system with his 2.5NAD till his recent purchase.

Ah, thanks, I used to have a larger custom exhaust on my 2.25 but when I did the body off restoration I installed a factory exhaust which looks good but has restricted performance somewhat. Does anyone know if the exhaust manifold is the same on the 2.5l as the 2.25l?