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  1. Someone already got a shagged Land Cruiser, it’d be great to have some Rover company too!
  2. Thank you and welcome to Autoshite! Edit: Do you have the same username over on the MG Rover forum @rovik88? I've got vague recollections of seeing that name aside posts regarding K Series engines/cars?
  3. So for an update: It's still there Had no communication from the "buyer" either I've not been round to it I have though found the folder that's meant to have the wiring diagrams for it. I have Friday off to sort some house stuff out in preparation for the Lada work which will be starting next week. I think, possibly, I am going round Sunday but I'm waiting for my wife to dictate tell me if we're going somewhere or not. If not, then I'm going to the Rover. If I am going there then I'd like to think somewhere between Good Friday and Easter Monday I'll have an opportunity to go and tinker with it. I'm going to look at the folder this week, so I may tap you up for this @Mr Pastry if I think I'm reading gobbledegook. I am trying to write down a list of jobs for the Lada, concentrating more on the bodywork side first then mechanics will happen after that, but that's Friday's job really so I can properly poke and prod it. It's looking like I'm going to have gaps in weekends where there wouldn't be enough work to warrant a full day on it, or I'll be waiting to raise cash for bits or waiting for delivery of them which will stop work. These aren't a lot of days, and they are just single days. So that would possibly allow me "full" days to sort the Rover in to some sort of condition that is better than what it is now.
  4. It's in Dutch but you can kind of get the gist of it. "I'm a mad cunt who put a V6 in it. It has perfect weight distribution as I had to put the gearbox in the back. It's hard to get insurance on but it's possible. But when you see it in action, it doesn't feel mad, it feels right".
  5. No idea. Think it has something to do with cold starting that it benefits from having the two batteries rather than one. EGR cooler?
  6. So the Main relay has two relays inside it. One for the pump, one for the ECU. It had shown signs of being wet before. I think a friend said the fuel relay looked to be a bit sticky, but there is also a "spare" fuel pump in the boot. I'm inclined to think, especially with bogging down issues it had before I bought it, the pump is FUBAR. I think the VIN based EKA is total bollocks too. But it's no harm to try either. I found that company I think that would provide the EKA code, think it was £20 to get it. I don't imagine there would be an immobilizer on the vehicle though as there is no indication as to one being primed either. You know, like a light on the dash that flashes. That's my assumption really. Thing is, this month anyway, I've no money to put towards it. It's all budgeted on the Lada in terms of getting steel for it and building a welding cart to actually weld it.
  7. Fairly sure I did. I'll have to find them again though. I started with the main relay. Took that out, resoldered it, I think the fuel part of it doesn't work as it doesn't prime the fuel pump but that's an aside. The ECU light had remained on before the resolder, and it was dangling down so it has been fucked with before. The ECU was checked for dry joints and it returns no fault lights or codes. The ECU light on the dashboard goes off. So as far as the ECU is concerned everything is fine. So it's from the ECU onwards, which would either be the stuck starter or neutral switch on the gearbox. I've twatted the starter several times and it's not done anything. I've not tried jumping that either. So, maybe, I will give that a go if I remember to put whats needed in the car before I go to see it again. The neutral switch, I think, is the only thing that hasn't been properly removed and checked. But like I said it's buried in the center console and it was being a prick. I don't like it when things are being a prick and I'm in a bad mood, shit gets broken. Yeah I saw that and I tried it based on the VIN. Didn't really do anything if I'm honest but I don't think the EKA applies to the Mk1 or this middle of the gap version.
  8. There's a lot to reply to here. I've not sent the money back, and he hasn't been in touch either. I don't particularly care where it ends up or who wants it. The problem here is it needs a trailer. You could well be the lucky fucker who puts the key in and it starts first time but if you feel that lucky then do the lotto first and then get a trailer with the winnings. I suspect that the neutral selector (not the Parking thing) would probably be the cause of this. It's the one thing I've not really looked in to properly. It's buried in the center console, I made an attempt to access it but couldn't work out how to get the massive plastic thing off without breaking it. Brittle plastics, 80's plastic, and me with a temper aren't conducive to a great working relationship. All I could do was wiggle it and move it back/forward. What doesn't help is that the car falls between the Mk1 and Mk2 versions. The neutral selector on a Mk1 should be under the battery (according to the books), but on this one it's missing. Which would mean it's located in the Mk2 position of being under the gearstick. Also the ignition coil you'd think it would have is the wrong sort for what you would think it's on. It just needs to run, and if it ran I could move it and park it and through a tarp over it and and come back to it when the Lada is further along or done. But even now I still can't be fucked with it to the point it almost hurts. I've put it up on the for sale section.
  9. The buyer hasn't messaged me since last Thursday with just an "OK". Went on the banking app to refund him but that's going to take time as it doesn't show his details and I need to involve the bank to refund them. Can't remember if I said this before (CBA looking either) but someone messaged me a month ago about buying the car, or offering more for it to get it. I messaged them yesterday seeing if they're still interested. I think it's somewhat cooled down from "I'll give you more for it now M8" to "well can I send a mate to look at it and see if it's worth my time". Think I'm as well to tell this clown to fuck off too. I went on cartakeback and they'll give the huge figure of £228 for it. It's a kicker. But then part of me feels this might be a better way to go as the exhaust alone would recoup the difference. Issue there is while I do have somewhere to store stuff, I currently have the seats to my Lada and the various bits from the ZR I broke for the Lada. So I think really, realistically speaking, I'm back to either just calling the scrap man and taking the haircut or investing more time in to getting it started and running.
  10. Metro subframes if I recall correctly? Front and rear... How big is the engine? Is it VVC?
  11. It is what it is. I’ve learned a lot, more about my head than the technicalities of a Rover.
  12. I thought that too. But then maybe he thinks because he has that deposit he can pick and choose when to collect it to suit him. Which is fair enough if I was explicit that the thing needs to go. My problem here is I think everyone is like me and when I say I’ll buy it I hand the cash over and don’t take the piss. What I should’ve done was tell all the interested parties the address and whoever showed up first with the cash and trailer could take it. I won’t entertain this deposit bullshit ever again. Fairly sure I’ve tried that, several times. Listen whoever turns up with £500 and a trailer can have the fucking thing.
  13. I still have the car. It’s still on the driveway. I’ve given this wanker two deadlines (the last one is today). I’ve given him Ceri’s number to facilitate moving it, and I’ve had nothing concrete from him. Other than a £100 deposit. He messaged me on Thursday 2pm asking if he could pick it up “now” basically. Ignoring how I’ve told him to give me an idea as to when I would expect him with plenty of notice as the car is miles away from me. I said no, but Friday afternoon I’d be there. He said no as his work is unpredictable. Fed up of this shit, I told him in no uncertain terms the car needed to go by the 18th Feb. Which is today. It’s 12:35pm and other than an “Ok” on Thursday to my message - I’ve nothing from the cunt. I will message the two others who showed interest in it and see if they still want it and it needs going. I hate people. Genuinely.
  14. I don’t know what age you should be but that is absolutely pornographic. i love it.
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