Recent content by TimBC

The 2000 has proven to be a real PITA, and now sits sad in the garage with no head on. The motor is hopelessly seized and I'm now looking at my options for its future and whether it'll be economical to do anything at all with the car. I did advertise it for sale recently so the car may be sold...

I am in Surrey - almost at the USA border

I'm just having a look now - inspiring stuff :) your car looks great. As for the breather, I am not sure either. I know it's never been restored or interfered with in a big way so not sure why someone would have re-routed them. It's quite an early North American model so it may just be different ..

brief update: The attempt to free up the pistons has not gone well, after 24 hours the diesel is still visible in no.2 plug hole so if it has still not drained by tomorrow the head will have to come off to examine the damage.

thanks, Pilkie, I will definitely try the diesel - never heard that one before! I tried some marine oil of some sort but then remembered the huge dish in the pistons which would stop the oil getting where it should. fingers crossed... I'm not sold on the V8 conversion, as much as I loved my...

Just a brief update to convince myself I am making progress! After having stripped a complete '67 TC for parts I now have a shedful of spares but still no working engine. I swapped the starter motors just before Christmas in the hope of getting her spinning but it has become clear the engine...

Thanks to both of you!

I've quickly learned not to make ANY assumptions about Rover matters, so I have to ask what for some will be a simple and rather obvious question: Are the BW type 35 and 65 transmissions externally the same or at least interchangeable? I have access to a later 65 (it might in fact be a 66 so...

My spare TC engine number is 4151****B, would that indicate an earlier model with HD8 carbs on it? I'm not convinced it really matters all that much, but it's something I'd like to know if I ever wanted to sell them!

Thanks for all the input, it's looking like keeping the original setup will be the best option. It has a HS6 now, the HIF is from a Mini and has been rebuilt but sounds like it would be more trouble than it's worth to set it up, for no real gain (other than the knowledge that it's rebuilt and...

I have a TC head and a twin-carb setup to be fitted to my 2000SC, but my problem is that this is not going to happen for some time, since I'll be converting it to a manual at some point as well. I have the HD8's, and also have a HIF6 just lying around, so I'm wondering if a carb swap would be...

I thought I'd start a topic to document my P6 project. It was delivered this morning and so far very impressed by it's condition. Apparently it was stored underground for a number of years. A mouse appears to have recently moved in, he hasn't chewed up much so far but seems determined to keep...

Well spotted! The ZV plate indicates a recent import, usually from the UK during Ireland's economic bright spot. I grew up in Waterford and I remember in the early 80s seeing P6s running around, usually that *lovely* hearing-aid-beige colour or brown. Never any V8s, we were a very base-model...

Greetings from Surrey, B.C. I had a late model 3500 when living briefly in Cape Town and in the short time I owned it, it became one of my favourite cars of all time. I had been hoping to find another P6 since moving here five years ago, when I stumbled upon this 1968 2000 auto locally and...