EssDeeWon Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Nice one. My 75 is 'COA' HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Looking at the link on Tam's post, there are a group of people even more smitten with the 75.Apparently one of them owns the" Midsomer Murders Car" which must be worth as much as Regan's Consul, Bodie's RS2000 and the feckin Batmobile put together, or not..But it made me wonder about any 75 celebrity connections.I'll start the ball rolling , I once saw The Countess of Wessex driving a 75 into the Quadrangle in Buckingham Palace. I was opening the boot and bonnet for searching and had to have my passport inspected, she just whizzed past with a little wave. Seems 75's are more prestigeous than Arnages. Just found this , is it a pre-production . Don't think it was this one, I'm sure it was a Wedgewood Tourer. ( Would , by the way. Not a 75 either) HMC and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roverageous Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Gulp... NorfolkNWeigh, HMC, oldcars and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Top work that man!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Gulp...Damson red? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Do the launch and pre-prod. cars have anything that makes them sought after? Or is it just interesting to the MG-R "lickers"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roverageous Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Damson red? Indeedymouses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 By the sounds of it, they get all the toys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 foem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 Gulp...Relax... alcyonecorporation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 We will soon have out own 75 meets on here, growing collection now. Love reading about these early ones. Brodders, HMC and 0ldCh0d 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 SFQ, but the tourers are relatively late, are they any good or in the eyes of the cognoscenti stripped out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roverageous Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I appear to own a damson red rover. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk greengartside, oldcars, alf892 and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Winner, might have a drink this weekend and see what happens on ebay 0ldCh0d, Roverageous and HMC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roverageous Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Winner, might have a drink this weekend and see what happens on ebay Do it. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Do it. Sent from my Pixel using TapatalkDo you have pics of the new winner waggon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roverageous Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Do you have pics of the new winner waggon?Only the ones that were on the auction. I can't collect for a couple of weeks yet when I may be able to have a day off work! Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Checked levels for the first time this morning.  (Embarrassingly, I just didn't have time or daylight last week) Oil is good.  Only 2000 miles old but 18 months in there and it's quite oily.  I'll be getting that out at some stage soon.Coolant is low.  Annoying really, as I've no way of telling if it's gone down or has been low for ages.  I've bought some new OAT and will monitor.Obviously I'm soiling myself over HGF prospects, despite it being very rare in the V6 cars.  I think it's just expense that I'm allergic to. (!) alcyonecorporation and alf892 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roverageous Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Checked levels for the first time this morning. (Embarrassingly, I just didn't have time or daylight last week) Oil is good. Only 2000 miles old but 18 months in there and it's quite oily. I'll be getting that out at some stage soon.Coolant is low. Annoying really, as I've no way of telling if it's gone down or has been low for ages. I've bought some new OAT and will monitor.Obviously I'm soiling myself over HGF prospects, despite it being very rare in the V6 cars. I think it's just expense that I'm allergic to. (!)Wouldn't worry overly about the coolant. May well need a new thermostat though as the housing becomes brittle and cracks - hence lose water! Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 It'll be fine...  Mine took quite alot of water when I bought it, and the old boy used to carry water in the boot so  did start thinking HGF, but it was fine, I had the thermostat housing done, now it requires a small top up every month or so, but only a slight weep from one of the coolant rails. Have you checked the fan works?  Carried out the demist test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Excuse my layman's terms... But you mean the fan that comes on when stuck in traffic etc? Yes it kicked in the other day. From memory there's a test I'm supposed to do involving the demisters tho yes? Sorry to sound thick AF. I'm actually quite bright. Honest... (!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Yes, the engine cooling fan. It should have the old 3-speed unit on there unless its been upgraded to the 2-speed gold resister mod at some point. What happens is the copper brushes wear down inside the unit so you lose the lower two speeds hence leaving you with just the high speed fan that kicks in after 120oC which is abit too late! The demist test checks you have a lower fan speed which kicks in after around 96oC  Start the car and from cold and press the demist button (with aircon off) you should see the fan operating in lower speed. Also, run the car using the onboard diagnostic temp mode, ignore the actual temperature gauge on these cars, they are heavily dampered and stay in the middle in nearly all conditions  i.e. Useless!  Want to know how to know the 'actual' coolant temperature?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Step 1.  Press and hold in the mileage trip reset button until the screen clears....(after about 10 seconds)  Step 2.  Press the button in '19' times until you get to number 19 on the screen... Step 3.  You will then see it flash up ON / OFF and so on and repeated every few seconds, with 'OFF' displayed press the button in once only... Step 4.  Then repeat step 2 by pressing the button 7 times until you get to '7.0' You will now see your coolant temp displayed like below, where this car is at 76oc oldcars, BorniteIdentity and HMC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 Thanks so much mate. I will check the coolant tempt next time I'm driving the car. Sadly the fan doesn't work on low speed, so it's going to need attention. Is it DIY or best to get someone who knows the cars to do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 You got a bargain, check this one out  http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C827843 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roverageous Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 The stuff above is really useful and IMO something all 75ers should be made aware of. Number "9" is battery voltage which can be useful too! Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk EssDeeWon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roverageous Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 The stuff above is really useful and IMO something all 75ers should be made aware of. Number "9" is battery voltage which can be useful too! Sent from my Pixel using TapatalkAlso if you want to use this without resetting the trip counter, press the button in before you turn the ignition on  Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 The Bini had a similar setup, quite useful finding all these features. In car Easter Eggs if you will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Is there a basic, simple model that I'd understand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Thanks so much mate. I will check the coolant tempt next time I'm driving the car. Sadly the fan doesn't work on low speed, so it's going to need attention. Is it DIY or best to get someone who knows the cars to do it? Get it tested properly first, ideally by a Rover friendly garage with a T4 or some decent diagnostic kit.  It is probably worn brushes in the fan but sometimes it can be a sender unit fault that tells the fan when to come on. i.e. My 75 is odd because the demist test works 'But' the fan does not kick in when it should i.e. at 100oC. Your Rover does not always need the fan so this is fine for normal driving but if I do ever hit traffic and using the on board digital temp gauge I stick the fan on if it goes past 96oc, How do I do that??  Basically by triggering the air con on 'LO' and with 'econ' off triggers the fan to spin, hey presto, temp soon comes back down again in no time.   Not ideal I know, but fan replacement with all the gubbins is a front bumper off job. Don't worry, I have a list of jobs to get done on mine somewhere and it looks like a new loo roll, the fan replacement is on there somewhere near the top!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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