Stevebrookman

Thanks Roverfolk- will give it a go this week!!

A few jobs done on the old Rover. Lights were polished up. Had a diesel leak from the secondary pump- a few drips -looks like original clip had lost tension. Thermostat seemed to be stuck open -so did the Renault 5 mod. Surface rust on rear suspension components rubbed down, rustkilled and primed today ready for paint. Next job -hand brake adjustment -which could be a pain. MOT runs out in just over three weeks so will book it in next week. Bowls along at 70ish very, very nicely.

Polished the Rovers lights up. Very cloudy when I got it-now a lot better.

Thanks all-sorry for the late relies-but since the update I cant use my old ipad to post or look at photos!! No poo count or breakfast unfortunately-picked car up at 11am - only 13 miles away- using the old trusty sierra. Friend down the buses who pointed me towards this has three of them-he thinks the hot starting after leaving it a few mins is a dodgy injector-he had it with one of his years ago-but can buy good used ones for 20 odd quid and it's plug and play so will have a look. First diesel car I've had and even though its only 115bhp it wafts along quite well- 5 speed auto. Will clean leather this week and passenger window needs a bit of silicon spray. Tyres are Uniroyal and some other good make and seem like new-exhaust still has Klarius stickers on and looks fairly new (I say new but car has done minimal mileage over the last few years). Will tax it today (£390!!) but with man maths the tax and insurance are 3.5 pints of San Miguel a week (I've cut down my drinking to 5 pins every weds where I would also drink one or two bottles every night-gall bladder issues!!). Will have a fiddle this week with exhaust rattling and put it in for MOT in a couple of weeks. It's worth a bit more than £400 in parts.

Picked this up today to give my Sierra a rest. 2.0 diesel auto-Connoisseur SE. 155,000 miles-done very little over the last few years. Bloke I bought it off had it for 18 years. 6 weeks MOT left. Drives well- a few niggles to sort out-exhaust vibrating, headlining drooping , needs a good clean and takes a while to start when hot. Still it only cost £400

Looks very good . Going to try and take mine off the road for a few weeks for a bit of maintainance . At the moment it’s used every day 7 days a week. Keep up the good work!

Interior backs up the mileage. Mines done about 120,000 miles and the drivers seat is knackered. Mines used everyday and usually needs a bit of welding for the mot-I did lots on the floor and inner sills a couple of years ago. Rear arch needs doing and you can see that mine has rusted in a similar place to yours. It's solid on the sills now-but needs treating and painting again. Your looks fine. Ive got Mondeo trims on at the moment- the GLX ones are in the garage.

As long as you keep Invacars out of every other thread on the forum-is that too much to ask for?

Went down to Barry today-swapped over an indicator switch on a Leyland Tiger. A few more photos of the depot. http://i.imgur.com/WImK4CR.jpg

I've been volunteering at Cardiff Transport Preservation Group in Barry for a couple of years. Plenty of old vehicles here-I generally fix the electrics on them. Here's the website if any ones interested. https://www.ctpg.co.uk/ If you want a few more photos of the buses and the work we've carried out-let me know. A few photos

Another MOT for the Sierra-needed a bit of welding on the rear seat belt mounts and a CV boot-cost £270. Couldn't be bothered trying to weld upside down in the cold.

Update. Took the speed sensor out and it would only turn with a bit of resistance one way-other way was totally free. Took it apart and theres a 2mm square serrated shaft that joins the splined end to the gubbins inside. Pulled it out and pushed it back in a bit harder. Put it back in and it now works. Thought I'd get another but they are as rare as rocking horse poo. If it breaks again I'll put a bit of epoxy on the end.

Thanks Bren No trip computer- but will have a go changing the speed sensor.

Sierra has been fine over the last few years until this week. Top gear is failing to engage on the auto box. Some suggest a wiring problem, speed sensor or vacuum leak. Ive checked the wiring-a bit iffy but difficult to change. Have a new speed sensor so will try changing this first.

Cracking car! Had a 3500S 30 years ago. Don’t know if the engine had been breathed on but it was extremely quick and would wheel-spin in 2nd in the dry. Bought it off a bloke in the pub who had blown the original 4 speed box and couldn’t find another. I knew a bloke who had taken a 4 speed out of his and put a 5 speed in so £40 later the 4 speed box was mine. Found a place in Yate that scrapped lots of these and replaced all the rusty doors and panels-ended up multi coloured. Easiest way I found to do any work on the rear brakes was to drop the driveshafts off the discs-10 min job which made working on the brakes easy. They were known for fuel vaporisation and I bought an electric pump from Yate just in case-but never needed it. One solution bandied about if the pump was too hot and no water available was to pee on it-apparently it worked!

I think some folk were looking up the MOT history of some of his purchases and making disparaging remarks. What HMC spends his money on is up to HMC-why people have got to be so petty is beyond me. When he sold them (usually for a bargain price) full details were there. Another fantastic poster driven away by idiots.

Fantastic contributor and a proper Autoshiter. Very, very sad if he’s left.

Where’s HMC gone? Cannot seem to find his thread.

The lack of parts is why I got rid of my Senator. Replacement callipers are non existent as are rear wheel bearings. The other problem with this Royale is that the original 2.8 carb engine and 3 speed auto has been replaced with a 3.0 injection and 4 speed auto from a later Senator-wiring is a bit of a mess. Very quick car when running though.

Pinto is much smoother than the twin cam. This one has always seemed coarse-father had it off his brother in law in 2000 with 30000 miles -I was expecting it to be as smooth as the pinto in my Cortina. Clicked over to 120,000 today.

Not an idiot spotting the model from the wheel trims!

I’ve borrowed a pressure gauge to check the fuel pressure so this might give me an idea if they are both kaput- have run a separate return pipe into a clear container for both and the flow seemed the same.

Spot on Stuboy!

4.6 petrol. Had it 17 years.

I thought that Bren. I replaced the whole injection system with one I had spare which included another regulator-still the bloody same.