Mr_Bo11ox Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 Seemingly the spare is paggered on this ROVER as well, so I have just chucked £40 at a pair of 'almost' new Michelins off ebay, be interested to see what they turn out like - most part worns on there look like a ridiculous waste of money to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 lol @ hot piss tag Dave_Q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 ROVER 600 News Can't understand why the MOT lot failed it on this. Miserable bastards!!!! I never buy part worns any more as, thanks to mytyres and tyreleader and whatnot, new hoops are so cheap that part worns seem like needless mingebaggery. However I saw a pair of Michelins on eBay with 7-8mm tread, from a supposed tyre dealer on ebay, for £40. I liked the idea of having decent matched tyres on the front of the 600 so I bought em. I had a right war fitting em and it was because they seemed as hard as a bastard. I read up on how to check the age of em. 2001!!!! Flippin 15 year old tyres FFS. They do have plenty tread and no cracks and that, but the rubber is well hard and shiny, I am sure they will have zero wet grip. I chucked em on anyway as I am running oiut of time to get my free retest, but I have complained to the seller who says 'Ok ok I will sort it' but what he's gonna do I don't know. I am not fucking about waiting in all day for a courier to send these back. I guess the lesson is 'don't fanny about buying secondhand tyres' which is a lesson I have already learned in the past FFS. I was annoyed by the dashboard in the 600 as when you press the heater controls the whole control panel wobbles about 4-5mm, it was not fastened in properly. I hate stuff like that so I spent a while taking the centre console to bits to fix it. What I found is that these things have the most horrible flimsy brittle plastic mouldings this side of a Skoda Favorit. The centre console already had about 3 cracks in it and despite being super careful by the time i got it out is had about 4 more and half of its tangs missing that click it into place. It was a cold night admittedly and the placca was mega brittle. All the mounting holes for the heater controls were broken so I drilled some new ones and cable tied the bastard into place which firmed it up nicely. I 'repaired' the centre console cracks with this stuff: 3M '425' aluminium speed tape. Its good stuff this, it is actually a thin metal ribbon with self adhesive on one side. You can repair a bit of cracked trim with it and if you put 2 or 3 layers on its like having a metal bracket or fibreglass repair or somthign as it moulds well to the shape of whatever it is, aand with zero stretch in the tape itself. If you 'polishi it up' after applying it to get all the air out and get good adhesion its pretty sticky too. At work they call it '600mph tape' as you can supposedly use it to secure instrumentation on the outside of an aeroplane and it will hold it on up to 600mph!!!! Anyway its highly reccomended for the shiters toolkit, you can get it off eBay for about £15 a roll. I put a few layers on the back of the busted centre console and 'fixed' the cracks. Also replaced a missing hinge pin out the ashtray lid. I would have preferred not to have any speed tape visible but in the end I did have a few bits showing, I thought it was a price I'd just have to pay to avoid squeaks and visible cracks on the console. Anyway with it back together iit seems much sturdier even if it looks a bit wank. While I was 'on it' with the tape I condemned this coin tray thing too as it was all rattly and broken. Classy job eh? Seriously these things are properly chatty even by Rover's low standards of 'percieved quality'. Anyway Its now back with the garage for a re-test and tracking adjustment - fingers crossed it will finally get that elusive certificate!! RobT, Coprolalia, vulgalour and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Unlucky on the part worns. If it's a beater I tend to buy a wheel and tyre from eBay to stick on the back or have as a spare, been lucky so far. Got a couple of new 'Nankangs' for the Corsa from Black Circles for not much more though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 That's pretty piss-poor to be selling tyres like that. Old Michelins are about as grippy as soapy Teflon. I'm starting to think my 600 was unusual though. Interior felt very solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 My 600 cabin was silent and solid. Must have been a goodun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 I recently got a set of second hand Brdidgestone winters that were only dated 08 but were lethal. As you already know it's a false economy really, part worns are 20-30 each, new ones about 40-50 including fitting for a mid range brand purchased online, provided you're on shite sizes like 185/65/15 etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 I've had a mixed bag with them. I've had really good continentals for £20 each and another time something that looked like it was pulled off the side of a tug boat before it was scrapped in 1981.When I got tyres for the Panda recently they cost £32 each, which means you'd need to be a proper minge bag to put part worns on (I thought about it). Sigmund Fraud and mat_the_cat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 BOOM! Coprolalia, dave21478, Six-cylinder and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Awesome! Shame about the dash being rattlier than a Talbot, possibly a sign of the previous owner's attempts at trim titivation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Winning. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 You passed the test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Hunt Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Flippin 15 year old tyres FFS. They do have plenty tread and no cracks and that, but the rubber is well hard and shiny, I am sure they will have zero wet grip. I chucked em on anyway as I am running oiut of time to get my free retest, but I have complained to the seller who says 'Ok ok I will sort it' but what he's gonna do I don't know. I am not fucking about waiting in all day for a courier to send these back. I guess the lesson is 'don't fanny about buying secondhand tyres' which is a lesson I have already learned in the past FFS. Meeechaalin Understeers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 My Bini had lovely new tyres when I got it, except after two weeks they practically disintegrated. The wheels were in great condition too so I wondered whether the original owner had taken the standard wheels off and pottered around on another set. Car built 2001, tyres made 2001, car bought 2011 so ten years old when I got it. Car drove very strangely and all kinds of odd noises emanated from it on the motorway. When I fitted new ones at vast expense, the noise went away and by 'Eck it didn't half drive better. Quite paranoid about tyres now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort1977 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Good work boll and top tip on 600mph tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 I just SORN'd the Gooner. As of tomorrow night I am Rover 623 powered! I hope I don't slide off at the first corner on my 16-yo Michelin Sk8rboize! Sigmund Fraud, RobT, BorniteIdentity and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 Well after 2 years off the road, most of which was spent sitting in a Lincolnshire field, this old heap is back on the road!!!!! It seems to go pretty well, gearbox behaves well, engine is lovely and smooth and most stuff seems to work apart from the drivers window whch is a bit haphazard. CD changer, cruise, electric seats, roof all do the biz and the heater is good. It 'feels' alright, certainly doesn't feel like its going to cough to a halt at the side of the road any time soon and has good visibility with its slim screen pillars etc. The engine is really lovely despite its 146k. I like it!!! I would say it has quite good 'car park appeal' in that I don't think 'oh, no' when I see it across the car park at the end of a day in the office. The seats are nice and the colour/wheels/interior really make it. I do have too many cars though, so I think I am probably gonna rumble round in it for a month to make sure its all OK and then see if I can re-home it, if anyone wants to give me £425 for it I'd let it go, failing that I might have a crack at a roffle at the end of March, £7/ticket. Lets see how we get on! Coprolalia, 320touring, Sigmund Fraud and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Still a bloody lovely car to look at, even if I didn't exactly fall in love with mine. I got slated on YouTube for saying I reckon the 600 is more attractive than the 75, but I stand by it. cort16, phil_lihp and Lacquer Peel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colino Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I always liked the 600, pity about the chronic rust in the wheel arches and the drivers window regulators made out of cheese though. Should have kept my last one. (Just like every other car I've owned that turns into a classic three minutes after I've fixed and sold them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 I would buy a new regulator for this if I could find one cheap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 That is nice! Would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I think the 600 is a looker too it's a nice simple design. The 75 is trying a bit too hard for my liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Badger Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Aye the 600 is a clean unfussy design, light and airy inside as well, 75s are just cluttered both inside and out. 600s really are the only late Rover after the R8s were phased out that I would really want to own, I have no need for this car and nowhere to keep it but I bet i know how much it will be to insure tomorrow...... Hows the Honda 2.3 in comparison to the other Rover engines you have owned Mr Bollox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Aye the 600 is a clean unfussy design, light and airy inside as well, 75s are just cluttered both inside and out. 600s really are the only late Rover after the R8s were phased out that I would really want to own, I have no need for this car and nowhere to keep it but I bet i know how much it will be to insure tomorrow...... Hows the Honda 2.3 in comparison to the other Rover engines you have owned Mr Bollox? I'm led to believe the 2.3 powertrain is silent as a fish, and it pulls like a great. Lacquer Peel, RobT, Alexg and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 I would buy a new regulator for this if I could find one cheap!Have you tried a Honda breakers, or even a dealer? Should be the same as a contemporary Accord I would have thought. I did an Accord one in about 2005; cost around £40 from the dealer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Enough Rover nonsense. When are we going to get some LDV 200 porn? Or have I missed it? Sigmund Fraud and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 Just waiting for the RAC as the Rover 623 will not start this morning. Engine spins over but no hint of a fire. Don't get it as it was working perfectly last night. Do these have some sensor in the distributor that fails without warning or something??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Did you unlock it with the fob? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 I never use the fob, don't think it does owt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Only ask because a lot of Rover stuff from that time doesn't deactivate the immobiliser unless you use the fob. What I can't remember is if the immobiliser kills the starter or the ignition circuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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