cort16 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 it's not the water pump making the noise? They have a lot of strain on them as they're driving the fan and do fail reasonably regularly. Mine seized solid while I was driving it but was squeaking quite badly before that.You have to take the timing belt off to change it anyway so it's worth checking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 I don't think it's the pump as the tensioner has play in it, you can feel it move when you wiggle it and the noise came from the top of the engine where it is, I hope it's not the waterpump as they are over £100! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Things have changed I think I paid 16 quid for mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 British Leyland scene tax innit Christine, dougiefourspeed, Slartibartfast and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 15/40 or 50 is good for these.Try cleaning all the breathers out first before taking the thing to bits. trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Time to drop a V8 in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Time to drop a piano on it.*D'oh, wrong Leyland. Fill it with water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Just catching up on this... "Clunge vent." rofl spartacus and trigger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 If I owned a spaceship it would have an interior like yours! That looks really good. trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 I thought I'd make a small update, sorted the cambelt tensioner in the end, the Pinto one took some modifying and I had to change the bolts so they didn't foul on the belt but looks good now. The down side is that the noise is still there, it wasn't the tensioner squealing but the water pump after all! Yeah yeah I know... I could only find one on eBay for £116 but Angrydicky now works for a well known classic car parts provider and has found me one for £85 so I'm going to have to bite the bullet and buy it. Meanwhile I've changed the oil again and spent some time sorting some more rusty bits out, it's pretty much there now. Have some new photos to fap over. danthecapriman, Angrydicky, Shep Shepherd and 28 others 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 *D'oh, wrong Leyland. Fill it with water? Nah, can't do that. At least the door cards aren't on strike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled_Tat_Gatherer Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 It's looking fabulous fella - I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of mine this weekend at 'some' point. The rear drivers side door (LHD here) is fubar'd on the bottom too.... I'm hoping I can get mine to look half as decent in the light!Great job! trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Looks spot on. trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 It really looks great. I love it in red it's an unusual colour for one of these. Two things: 1: Have you been polishing the strut towers? 2: Re the water pump trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 It's looking fabulous fella - I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of mine this weekend at 'some' point. The rear drivers side door (LHD here) is fubar'd on the bottom too.... I'm hoping I can get mine to look half as decent in the light!Great job!What have you purchased? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 It really looks great. I love it in red it's an unusual colour for one of these. Two things: 1: Have you been polishing the strut towers? 2: Re the water pump I know, I know! I was trying to save myself some money but thankfully the cambelt is such a easy job that it isn't too much of a hassle. Well spotted on the strut tops! There was a scab in the same place both side so I thought I'd tidy them up before it got any worse. cort16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 I think I've failed to catch up on this thread until now. That really is winning! trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat_the_cat Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Somehow the engine looks more modern than the carb'd V8! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Time to drop a V8 in it. No, not that old relic. 150 bhp at the spare wheel and 22 mpg? BMW 2.8 straight six M52 and an E60 six speed manual, 193 bhp, 30 mpg and it sounds like a proper Rover should. V8 indeed. Tut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled_Tat_Gatherer Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 What have you purchased? Apologies - missed this earlier....... SD1 - carb'd V8 - tank has a few holes so either brazing and check or a 'good' second hand one I have a lead on over here. Fuel pump dead too so another 'good' one sourced while I wait for the new one......... it should be delivered tomorrow. Can't wait!!!! Thread will be started as soon as I have decent photo's... on purchase I failed miserably to get any decent ones. Bren and trigger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon-Fonte Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 sounds like a proper Rover should. But a proper Rover sounds like a V8... mat_the_cat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 But a proper Rover sounds like a V8... A proper Rover isn't related to ze germins either. Bren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon-Fonte Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Don't tell the 75 owners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Nice car I always liked the looks of the series 2 cars more than the earlier ones but I never had any luck with them when they were current. Series 1s always had swimming pools in the dashboards and the door trims DID dro off at frequent intervals while all the S2s I had blew up! Had a 2600 SE in black that looked great and ate its engine in a most expensive way. Always wanted a 'twin plenum' V8 but never got round to it - too pricey now! You have done a great job, it looks really clean trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Just magnificent. I thought of you on Saturday evening - I was most of the way around a 29-mile walk when a Dolomite passed me on the road out of Nacton Village. trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 No more talk of this V8 nonsense I've heard this Six hurtling across a showfield and it sounds proper meaty The four fat blokes in it however, perhaps helped trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 T series turbo if it goes pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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