What did you do to your Rover today?

[mongoswede]

I removed the old junk hacked up wiring harness from the 109 2A last fall....I did leave the distributor hooked up though so today when I went to do some exhaust work I was able to power the distributor and jump the starter. So today I pulled the intake and exhaust manifolds and set to changing the exhaust. I ended up painting the exhaust manifold and cleaning the intake a little. I had to drill out the 3 exhaust manifold holes and retap with a 10-1.50 as the old holes were toast. I also painted all of the exhaust pipes with gray POR 15. Figured I'd see how it holds up on exhaust. The intake and exhaust manifolds are back in place and tomorrow I hope to hang the new pipes and muffler.

[SafeAirOne]

Mark - nice work. you can eat off that engine.

Thanks--My only hope is that it stays leak-free for at least 3 weeks. Asking anything more is getting a bit optomistic in a Rover!




Friday, while the wife was at work--Baked the exhaust manifold in the oven to cure the paint. Amazingly, the house didn't smell up and the oven still smells like burned food.

Yesterday and today--Installed intake and exhaust manifolds and engine/chassis ground strap and oil dipstick tube:




On the other side of the engine, installed vacuum pump, injector lines and injectors and fuel pump. I'm holding off on the oil filter manifold till I can fill up the new oil pump chamber with oil to prime it:

[martindktm]

Removed the rear tub and removed more and more parts....

[JackIIA]

transmission work

another bit of a 'redo' on some transmission work of my IIA (but not too bad). i'm getting close to the point where i can assemble blindfolded! still, at least i'll know what any bits are in future oil changes.

[mongoswede]

2 days, $100 in tools and hardware, hours of aggravation....price of having a quiet rover....moderately priceless to the right person . Well it was a PITA but I put the new exhaust on....er well its all on except for the muffler hangar which was too much of a pain to put on without a lift. The truck is quiet but the exhaust still needs some alignment before its considered done. I did go the extra mile and painted all the pipes and hangars with POR 15 to see if they will last any longer. I had to redrill and tap the flange on the exhaust header as well and installed nice new 10mm 1.50 pitch exhaust studs. The issue now is that the engine smokes....I suspect it has a lot of ring blow by and its coming out 1 or both of the breathers. So short term I'll have to come up with some better routing for the breathers. Long term its either an engine swap with my good one or a bore, hone, rering...or engine swap to something else. I also started using brake fluid to speed up the paint stripping process. The brake fluid works very well at dissolving the black spray paint while not damaging the original white enamel. Trying to decide on what sort of paint to use on the rover interior. The POR 15 gray is a little too dark I think. Considering using the white Hard coat...or the industrial version of the rust oleum.

Will take some pictures tonight.

[mongoswede]

Removed the rear tub and removed more and more parts....

you are cranking right along on this. Its good to see someone is making progress.

[amcordo]

Progress! All that's left is wiring and putting the wings back on. Then maybe doing the doors if I'm in a good mood.

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[NickDawson]

Progress! All that's left is wiring and putting the wings back on. Then maybe doing the doors if I'm in a good mood.

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Looking good - love those seats, what are they from? Do they take up too much room or are they comfortable?

[amcordo]

Looking good - love those seats, what are they from? Do they take up too much room or are they comfortable?

The seats are AWESOME. Super comfortable, if a little worn looking. I got them off of a 2003ish GMC Sierra 1500 at a junk yard for $40 total. They came with sliding tracks, but that made them too high in the vehicle. As it stands they're still a little high.

Get ready to make fun of me.

You have to remove the steering wheel to get your legs in and out.

It fits perfect though once you put it back on. And it gives me incentive to remove the wheel every night as an anti-theft measure.

IF you get these seats you could fabricate a way to make them sit lower by cutting into the seat box. I don't have many metal working tools (just a grinder that I've used a TON during this work) so I'm just going to deal with it as is.

The benefits of the seats: they're comfortable as hell, have lumbar support and can lean back, and the big thing is the safety belts both lap, inertia, and buckle are all built into the seat's frame. So now when the aluminum seat box rips out in a crash the seat will come flying with me through the windshield!

Also: there's a ton of aftermarket seat covers for these seats so you can make any color seat match your truck with ease.

[mongoswede]

the seats i'd like to use in a rover are the Corbeau GTS II's. They cost about $350 new but are nice, reclining, low profile and looks like they would fit nicely in a rover....especially with a rear bulkhead removal bar.

[crankin]

the seats i'd like to use in a rover are the Corbeau GTS II's. They cost about $350 new but are nice, reclining, low profile and looks like they would fit nicely in a rover....especially with a rear bulkhead removal bar.

A guy on LRRforums had a set for sell a few years ago...

Installed on a D90

[SafeAirOne]

FINISHED!!

Today: Put the timing front cover on, cleaned and installed starter and alternator. Installed water pump and thermostat housing. Primed oil pump and installed oil filter housing. Other than installing the engine mounts and building a new engine wiring harness, this engine is done.



Tomorrow: Pressure wash inner wings and strip them. Paint inner wings white. Wait for new clutch bearing to show up.

[mrdoiron]

Tired of the "drips"...Reseal time

Thought I'd do my garage floor a favor, and replace the seals on the transmission and the differentials, couple before pics here from today :

Let you know if everything comes back together ok....


mike

[mrdoiron]

Thought I'd do my garage floor a favor, and replace the seals on the transmission and the differentials, couple before pics here from today :

Let you know if everything comes back together ok....


mike

Few more pics :

[masonater]

When it got below 90 degrees today I took my axles, springs, and wheels outside for a coal slag blast. Got all the rust, gunk, and undercoating off and they look really nice. I broke down and got the full Waxoyl kit from RN (thanks Greg) and that should be in this week then I can try it out and see what all this hype is about! I now just need to do some fab work on my frame then ill have a waxoyl day. Very excited