Took the plunge - got some pics now
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The electrician arrived today, with the builder, when I was out.
They needed Sparky moved so my wife gave them the keys.
Now, I must admit it was nearly dark and as I left all of the doors wide open to dry out the dampness the other day, I had removed the interior light bulb to stop it discolouring the lens. So they were in the dark in a strange car.
After 15 minutes or so, they pushed it out of the garage as they could not work out how to start it, mentioning to my wife that it had two igntion keys?
When I put it away again I realised that the drivers side glove box was open :shock:
It then dawned on me that they had tried to start it with the glove box lock :roll:
They needed Sparky moved so my wife gave them the keys.
Now, I must admit it was nearly dark and as I left all of the doors wide open to dry out the dampness the other day, I had removed the interior light bulb to stop it discolouring the lens. So they were in the dark in a strange car.
After 15 minutes or so, they pushed it out of the garage as they could not work out how to start it, mentioning to my wife that it had two igntion keys?
When I put it away again I realised that the drivers side glove box was open :shock:
It then dawned on me that they had tried to start it with the glove box lock :roll:
unstable load
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I hear you there, Richard!
I built myself a monster garage that could at a push hold 3 cars and can barely fit one in thanks to 'er indoors' "stuff".
I built myself a monster garage that could at a push hold 3 cars and can barely fit one in thanks to 'er indoors' "stuff".
unstable load
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Part of the unstable home extensions included a "her's" garage, but I overspent my welcome on the job so as a pennance my stuff is in storage and hers is in my garage.
Logical?
Logical?
unstable load
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Dave,
Fortunately for me she's actually a good driver. Critically, hers would be for HER stuff and the car if any space is left over, whereas mine is for rebuilding my Rover and my Moto Guzzi.
Fortunately for me she's actually a good driver. Critically, hers would be for HER stuff and the car if any space is left over, whereas mine is for rebuilding my Rover and my Moto Guzzi.
Had enough waiting - have made my own makeshift door and am now getting with the job in hand, ok 17 jobs in hand.
I have removed the front bumper (need to remove fog lamps (hate them) and re-install over riders)
Also removed front valance, both front wings and anti-roll bar.
This is what the OS engine mount looks like erm.. D'oh :?
And this is the old and new anti roll bars.
So I am going to be: -
1/. Removing and dewiring the fog lamps
2/. Replacing both engine mounts.
3/. Putting the new 15" Vitesse alloys on.
4/. Fitting the Over Riders.
5/. Painting the silver bits on the grill.
6/. Fitting the uprated anti roll bar. (Thank you Classeparts)
7/. Changing the NS full beam bulb (Bought some sealed beam units from ebay only to find it has halogen bulbs! :roll: )
8/. Work out why and fix the wiper parking problem.
9/. Fitting my new ET's (done that one)
10/. Change the thermostat to the 82C one.
11/. Clean out cooling system and change anti freeze.
12/. Fit passenger side Winguard door mirror.
13/. Clean out breather pipes and re route.
14/. Check the tacho wiring.
15/. Find out where the boot is leaking, and fix it.
16/. Check for any rust, and sort it.
17/. Repaint front valance and refit.
I have removed the front bumper (need to remove fog lamps (hate them) and re-install over riders)
Also removed front valance, both front wings and anti-roll bar.
This is what the OS engine mount looks like erm.. D'oh :?
And this is the old and new anti roll bars.
So I am going to be: -
1/. Removing and dewiring the fog lamps
2/. Replacing both engine mounts.
3/. Putting the new 15" Vitesse alloys on.
4/. Fitting the Over Riders.
5/. Painting the silver bits on the grill.
6/. Fitting the uprated anti roll bar. (Thank you Classeparts)
7/. Changing the NS full beam bulb (Bought some sealed beam units from ebay only to find it has halogen bulbs! :roll: )
8/. Work out why and fix the wiper parking problem.
9/. Fitting my new ET's (done that one)
10/. Change the thermostat to the 82C one.
11/. Clean out cooling system and change anti freeze.
12/. Fit passenger side Winguard door mirror.
13/. Clean out breather pipes and re route.
14/. Check the tacho wiring.
15/. Find out where the boot is leaking, and fix it.
16/. Check for any rust, and sort it.
17/. Repaint front valance and refit.
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harveyp6 said:
I know, but I will be driving it a lot more in the summer so I am fitting the summer one. You never know, it might just help a little with overheating problems now that I have found that the three row rad my car was advertised with, is actually a standard two row, and as I found out yesterday an Auto one. :evil:
I have changed a few P6 engines in my time, but have never changed engine mounts with the engine in situ.
:shock:
What a job that was.
Firstly the ronnied mount in my previous post is actually intact, but has a packing washer under it, hence the gap. What is that all about? and it is a lot smaller than the original mount - anyone know (or would like to guess) why anyone would fit a smaller mount?
It also a little thinner, hence the packing washer I suppose. The NS mount doesn't have a packing washer though?
My best guess is that it is closer to the manifolds and the smaller one gives a bit more room. I will have to make up a heat shield for that.
Or.. There are two types of engine mount for the Rover P6 V8 and I have got the wrong one?
New mount is now in and looking good, although I havent put the nut on the underside yet - took three hours to get both the new ones in :?
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testrider
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I've found that even stupid little jobs seem to take three hours or more though sometimes so you've not done bad.
I'm interested to see how you get on with the new anti roll bar as it looks like a good value upgrade.
Also, can you tell me what type of electric fan is fitted to your car please? Kenlowe have recommended a huge two speed thing for mine which won't clear the fron of the water pump and say that the Thinline ones are only auxilary fans and not meant to replace the fixed fan.
I'm interested to see how you get on with the new anti roll bar as it looks like a good value upgrade.
Also, can you tell me what type of electric fan is fitted to your car please? Kenlowe have recommended a huge two speed thing for mine which won't clear the fron of the water pump and say that the Thinline ones are only auxilary fans and not meant to replace the fixed fan.
There are indeed two types of ingine mount for the P6B. Early cars - not sure of the changeover date, but I think it is coincident with the change to S2 - have the same mount as the P5B which is smaller and causes the engine to sit lower in the engine bay. Very handy if you want a Weber carb!, but probably restricts the exhaust space slightly.
Chris
Chris
chrisyork said:
I found them in my parts catalogue, but they just refer to different engine numbers and as my engine is not the original one, difficult to tell which one I should have.
I will stick with the larger ones and just make up some heat shields. The smaller one in the pic looks like it has been damaged by heat and has 'slipped.' You can see that the studs now come out of it in different places, causing the leaning of my engine. Coincidently, the larger ones (in circumference) are slightly thinner than the others and these are the ones which sit the engine a little lower.
I'll sort it soon :?
Why is nothing ever simple?
chrisyork said:
AFAIK the early type engine mountings and brackets were only on the very early cars, and were changed to the later type long before the series 2 was introduced, but I can't pinpoint the exact time either, and as a lot of cars will have had engine changes, engine/chassis numbers don't help much either.
I can only look in the book:
early bracket 563689 & mounting 555494
late " 572854 & " 572855
Your brackets are the later type and so need to be used with the later rubbers for it to sit at the correct height, the early rubbers should be used with the early brackets, which although it doesn't show it in the books ISTR that the brackets were totally different type. You can use the later type on any engine as it was a modification, as long as you use later (thicker) rubbers and later brackets together.
At a guess early rubbers being thinner were the same as P5B, because if you use the thicker (later) P6B rubbers in a P5B the fan sits too high and can foul the fan on the top cowl.
HTH.
early bracket 563689 & mounting 555494
late " 572854 & " 572855
Your brackets are the later type and so need to be used with the later rubbers for it to sit at the correct height, the early rubbers should be used with the early brackets, which although it doesn't show it in the books ISTR that the brackets were totally different type. You can use the later type on any engine as it was a modification, as long as you use later (thicker) rubbers and later brackets together.
At a guess early rubbers being thinner were the same as P5B, because if you use the thicker (later) P6B rubbers in a P5B the fan sits too high and can foul the fan on the top cowl.
HTH.