What did you do to your Rover today?

[JimCT]

winter romp

We will be there, new Detroit locker and all

[Les Parker]

Airportable being loaded

So, the Airportable is on the way to its new owner :-

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[KevinNY]

This.

[tmckeon88]

What I did to the Rover this week...

We installed new Pro Comp shocks on my IIA 88. The old shocks were rusting into bits, so it was time for them to go. It now rides just about exactly the same as before, but I feel better about it. I also found the reason my parking brake doesn't seem to be holding is the clevis pin had fallen out of the linkage and the lever wasn't connected to anything! New clevis pin, and we're back to a kinda-sorta parking brake. Also, after advice from Mike at RN and some other well wishers (including Jeff Aronson) I discovered the reason my fuel and temp gauges both suddenly quit is that their power wire came unplugged from the fuse box. Since I'm such an electrical genius that only took me about a month to sort out.

The other Rover related advancement this week was taking my old slides from my Pan-American Highway trip in 2000 to the digital converter to get them put on a CD. It will be fun reminiscing about that trip. Alaska to Tierra del Fuego in a 69 Series IIA!

Good wrenching, everyone.

Tom

[utahseries]

I finished rebuilding the rear axle assembly, thought I'm waiting on the truetrac and 24 spline axles from GBR. It's nice to have new bearings, seals, wheel cylinders, drums, shoes, pipes, and lines! (I just started the front axle).. I took my tank in to get it cleaned/coated, and I hung the springs.

[CliftonRover]

built an exhaust for my disco, it was cracked and leaking but now it comes out the side of the rear fender above my custom bumper and I built a mount for my hellas on my front bumper getting ready for some night wheeling at romp.

[gudjeon]

Started the ser1, warmed it up. Drove to work. At the end of the day, started it up and drove home. I need to get it out to play.

[vansdonk]

So Embarrassed

My new '70 Wagon has been down for a week due to the starter being bad. Finally got some time off work to drop that off for rebuild. Come home to find my mom had hung damp rugs all along the push bar in front to finish drying. I have got to get her out of the garage. The Rover not the mom.

[rwollschlager]

Today I pulled the intake and exhaust manifold off for the 3rd time in two weeks. All of the gaskets in there are taking their turns blowing and leaking exhaust. By tomorow should have all new gaskets for the manifolds and carb installed.

-Rob

[CliftonRover]

Rob is there something blocking your exhaust that is making the gaskets go bad?

[rwollschlager]

no its my fault completly. The first time i took them off was to replace all the gaskets, but i did not tighten the intake manifold to the exhaust manifold enough, so i started it up and it leaked worse than before i started the repairs.
At the time i couldnt figure it out and i needed to get to school so i just drove it, when i got there i noticed pieces of the gasket blown out, and the four brass nuts were loose. Lesson learned, and should be all fine and good tmrw.

[Blueboy]

made sure the cover was snug.

gave a charge to the Optima.

Blueboy is in hibernation.


JT

[rwollschlager]

today i finally wrapped up my persistent exhaust leak. The square gasket between the intake and the exhaust manifold was the culprit. Installed with new hard ware and some never-seize.

Stepped on the clutch pedal to take it for a spin and shorted out the headlight dimmer switch on the floor with some blue sparks (no... i was not wearing metal shoes lol). 1 30amp fuse later and its good to go. The 109 will be staring in a knock off movie of "man vs. wild" for my friends skit for our school's talent show. He's gonna win

-Rob

[kevin-ct]

Just got my fan motor and heater core for my RRC. So, tomorrow the dash comes out and the fun will start!

[JimCT]

RR heater

I do not envy you, did that job on our 92 RR. Installed limb risers on the ambulance yesterday.