Recent content by Peter Sampers

Yes I checked the caliper again by testing without any brakepads in between and the disc removed. The piston comes out when operating the foot & handbrake multiple times and the ratcheting mechanism all seems to work fine. I rewinded the piston back into the caliper and leaving it a bit further...

I removed the brake pads and tested the ratcheting mechanism of the left hand caliper. I tried to see if the piston builds up pressure to the inner brakepad. What happens is the following: When the brake pedal is pushed the inner brakepad moves but doesn’t move further towards the disc. I hear...

Thanks Harveyp6. I will try if more braking improves the situation, otherwise I might have to sand the inner left hand brakepad a bit more to see if that improves it.

Almost 3/4 of a year later i pickep up the work on my rover p6 again. I ordered revised brake calipers at Mark Gray’s and brake hoses and have new brake pads and managed to put everything in place. And yes it is a dark art, but thought i did a great job on it. Everything seems to work fine. No...

Hi thijs I was not in this forum for quile a while. So i didnt see your message. Was busy with another classic car:) My rover still didnt pass the APK because of the rear brakes of which the rear calipers need to be replaced. Didnt have time for it yet. So that is still a challenge. But would be...

Thanks for the description. All not very easy to do to my opinion, but don't have much choice I guess. Will not start right away due to lack of time. Will let you know how It goes

I expected something like this. To remove the calipers, does the final drive need to be removed completely? Or what's the easiest way?

I have seen several issues about the rear brakes in other threads which I read but decided to start a new one. My still beautiful P6 didn't pass the periodic vehicle inspection recently because the rear brakes didn't work at all including the hand brake. I decided to first start changing the...

One other thing which i never mentioned. When I put the car in reverse, and driving backwards the engine has the tendency to stall. Sometimes the coupling comes in a bit harsh in reverse, engine idle speed is fine I would say, but when I go backwards the engine speed seems to drop too low, the...

Yes that's right. For me the difficulty was that it is a complete new experience for me and In the beginning I was totally not familiar with the car. So I had no clue how much RPM the engine makes at all at certain speeds. And I fully agree it is very difficult to do a remote diagnoses without...

I should add, that I highly appreciate all the help you gave me. I couldn't have done anything to the gearbox without it at all.

To be honest, it is alway a bit frustrating when you spend quite a bit of work and especially time (because that's what is lacking mostly) and hope to get the right result and than it doen't happen. In this case it is not so bad, because the adjustment of the downshift cable already gives quite...

Hello back Since i own the car i drove maybe 150 miles with it, merely test driving. Always very short distances. I had to fix a pushrod and a rocker first and after that i had to pay attention to the ignitin which needed a new vacuum unit and had to replace parts of the lumenition ignition. So...

I was wondering. Because the car hasn't driven for a while and now with the new oil and governor, could in time the problem not solve itself when driving more regular with it? so that the second gear comes back by itself?

hi harvey The number on the dataplate is 6708. I found the adjuster of the front band. The rear band adjuster is on the opposite side of the box a little bit more to the back of the car. The front band adjuster locknut isn't loose. What is your suggestion?