What did you do to your Rover today?

[martindktm]

Humm Today I went deeper in the gearbox. Worked only a few hours on it. Everything seemed fine till I pulled the shaft from inside.

Looks like the shaft that sit under the input/mainshaft is worn out on one of the machined gear on it. Its the Layshaft cluster...Rover part 576686.

Anyone has one in good condition that they don't need??

Martin

[siiirhd88]

I've had a spare 2.25 cylinder head at the machine shop for a few weeks for unleaded seats and a valve job. The machinist called today to tell me the head already had hardened exhaust valve seats..... He just wanted new valve seals since everything else was in excellent condition. Hmmm..... This head was off of the wife's SIIA 109 ex-amby, which had under 30K original miles when it was wrecked. I dropped off the seals and took a look at the head. Whoever had installed the hardened seats had left a 1/16" to 1/8" visible flat step where the seat rests on the head. I can't imagine the step would be good for flow, so the machinist is going to smooth out the step and clean up the guide area.

This head is going on my 109, to replace the head that needs valves adjusted every two weeks or so due to valve seat recession.

Tomorrow I install new plugs, wires and coil packs on the '02 Disco II to hopefully solve some damp weather misfires.

Bob
'02 Disco II SD
'80 SIII 109
'75 SIII 88 V8
'68 SIIA 109 V8

[Lalo88DK]

Removed the Roof Rack, It will be put back on later this summer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ1wbQkprj8

[luckyjoe]

Starter R&R

Hmmm, about to bolt-up the new exhaust, so I decided I'd pull the original starter to have a look-see while access was easy. Looked great inside, only a little surface rust, even the brushes were plenty tall! Blew out the dust, cleaned-up the copper, sanded the casing a bit, top coat of POR-15 (outer casing). Looks great!

Hope to have everything bolted-up and push the button by Sunday...

[txffjim]

I finished painting!

[cachinfool]

What the heck is this thing?

After replacing both foot wells, door pillars and the transfer case I'm finally getting the insides put back together and in my pile of stuff I came across this, and for the life of me I can't figure it what it is, maybe it was a part that was in a box when I got the truck but I don't know.

[greenmeanie]

Its a GM clutch cover for one of their cast aluminium bell housings. This coves the lower front of the flywheel. That part has been modified to remove the starter motor opening on the RHS. My guess is it was once part of a Scotty's conversion.

[rwollschlager]

On Wednesday my scout troop and i drove it through the mickey D's drive thru:



And on Thursday I actually drove it for the first time since December, killing of the mosquitoes within a ten mile radius:

-Rob

[Jim-ME]

Looking excellent Rob!
Jim

[NickDawson]

Today I rigged up some tailgate "chains" using some rock climbing prusik cord. I'm pretty pleased, it is strong enough to support me sitting on it, although I don't think I'll put that to the test too often




I also got my new brake booster sorted out, and tidied up a few lose ends from other projects.

[Tim Smith]

Removed the Roof Rack, It will be put back on later this summer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ1wbQkprj8

Cute video. The music kept me thinking it was a magic trick.

[Lalo88DK]

Cute video. The music kept me thinking it was a magic trick.

thanks

[siiirhd88]

I swapped heads on my 109 to a fresh unleaded head yesterday, and found the water pump to be badly leaking. I'm going to clean up an old used spare today, while I wait for a new replacement.

Bob
'02 Disco II SD
'80 SIII 109
'75 SIII 88 V8
'68 SIIA 109 V8

[feildpickedrover]

I was running the rover with a hose into a gas can until tonight, just got done scraping the tank clean inside, when i first got it running it ran for 5 min and filled the sediment bowl with crud, so i siphoned and filtered the gas(tried the drain plug but it was so full of 25 year old laquer it was plugged) and tonight i scraped about a pound of rust and old gas, and strandely what looked like mud(go figure) out of it with an old curtain rod, after an hour i sloshed gas around in it, drained it and filled it, ran the truck at idle for an hour and it never plugged though the trucks backfireing when romped on now, wasnt doing it with the filtered gas from the tank

[mongoswede]

Disco motor mounts:







quick ugly frame modification to allow a Series III gearbox to fit a Series II frame.