For Sale anybody interested in a Flame red 1995 Rover 214 SLI?

[doubleyeller]

Hi all, as a new member I'd like to see if anybody has any love for the Rover 214 SLI? It has MOT till June and 96500 on the clock. Engine, breaks, clutch gearbox are in good order. It has some rust on the door bottoms, edges of wings, and along rear quarter light. Certainly nothing that's an MOT issue. Underneath is solid! It had a new alternator in March.

 

The bad news? It needs a new exhaust flexi, as it is loud at present! Also the car has either a flat battery or a dodgy starter motor (or both). You could drive it away by bump starting it and it has half a tank of fuel. I'd like £150ish, I believe it would make a good autoshite car for someone with a bit of technical know how, which I lack. Any interest here? I've got my eye on a MK2 Cav!

[KruJoe]

Welcome! Location and pictures would help.

[Cavcraft]

[doubleyeller]

[doubleyeller]

_{Hope this gives you all some idea! It's got plenty of easyish - to - sort issues. The drivers door handle is broken, the passenger side window is off the guides. The rear wiper is intermittent. So it is really a spares and repairs job, but can realistically be driven away with a bump start. For someone with a reasonable technical knowledge it will be an easy project!}

[KruJoe]

Oxenhope! I used to live there, my sister still does.

 

 

That's a 214 I had from her a few years back on her drive. I sold the sawn-off front cut to Bo11ox.

[Lord Sterling]

WANT

 

Cant

 

So, good luck with sale.

[doubleyeller]

Yeah I live a few miles away from Oxenhope, but that picture was taken as I love old fashioned petrol stations - and that one is like something out of the 1960s = a reasonable pump price, and you get served too!

 

So, anybody on here brave enough to take the old girl on? It strangely makes me slightly revered at work when I turn up in the old girl roaring like a panzer every morning! gets some favourable comments as well as negatives  I'm sure you could make it a decent motor for well under £150 spend, and there aren't many still about!

 

I'm just so looking forward to the arrival of the Cavalier!

[doubleyeller]

Yeah, the car is located a few miles from Oxenhope, but what a great filling station that is! Get your fuel pumped for you, and there's even a red phone box on the forecourt!  

[Guest Lord Sward]

Can I just say scrap is about £15 per tonne at the moment.

[doubleyeller]

I'm not going to scrap it - If all else fails, I may spend a few hundred getting it done up myself. Actually when it was running nice, it had a nice little bit of power for a 1.4! Also it is damned comfortable and qualifies for classic insurance @£220 a year! But I noted that there were a few belonging to members on autoshite - and thought somebody might want it for parts if not as a project  

[KruJoe]

You've said it now, you've got to save it yourself!

Thing is, everyone on here has too many cars/projects/wrecks littering every spare space they have, so it's unlikely to find a home unless you're actually giving it away.

 

Save it, and keep us updated as you go, there'll be encouragement and help offers if you need it. 

If you're near Oxenhope, I'm about 30-40 minutes north of you... do you want a free spares car? It has good doors, a rear wiper, and best of all, it's red! 

(Serious offer.)

 

 

That's the only image of it I can find just now. It's less complete now, but has many bits you need.

[doubleyeller]

You know what? Thanks, that would be ideal - but does it have an exhaust and starter motor still?

[KruJoe]

It's a 216, so the Honda engine sadly, not the "K". (Starter - yes, but it won't fit yours.)

Did you see this thread..?

http://autoshite.com/topic/23846-landy-manns-british-tat-214-%C2%A31299-starter-fitted-110-serviced/

 

 

I did have a good exhaust, but I gave that to JohnK with my old white 216.

[vulgalour]

I pilfered quite a few bits off that 216 Krujoe has (which used to be my brother's), here's the most recent snaps I think there are of it taken last year when I'd only just started sorting my 414 out.

 

 

 

 

I'd be tempted by your flame red 214 SLi at the price asked were it not for the fact I still have my flame red 414 SLi and I'm very happy with it.

[Partridge]

_{Hope this gives you all some idea! It's got plenty of easyish - to - sort issues. The drivers door handle is broken, the passenger side window is off the guides. The rear wiper is intermittent. So it is really a spares and repairs job, but can realistically be driven away with a bump start. For someone with a reasonable technical knowledge it will be an easy project!}

I've replaced door handles on Rovers and it's a total arsewank of a job - unless you're an octopus with very thin tentacles - ideal for on here, it will be great for generating sweary threads

[doubleyeller]

That Rover 216 offered looks like just the job to spruce mine up.....and I will take up the kind offer if only I can find a way to sort the flexi and starter motor without a £250 bill!

[JohnK]

Are the K-Series and Honda exhaust parts for these interchangeable?

 

I've still got the exhaust Joe gave me - it's tied to the ceiling in one of my lockups!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I got a cheap front pipe for my 3-dr 214 off eBay for about 30 groat, it wasn't a lot.

[doubleyeller]

Front section with flexi quoted at £60 including welding. But starter motor is at least £140 including fitting for secondhand. Aaaaarrrrrghhhh lol! Just have to keep parking it on slopes I guess hahaha!

[JohnK]

Is there no nearby shiters who could help out with a bit of time to fit the flexi and starter motor ?

[Landy Mann]

If the starter is the same as the bubble shape 214 eBay is your friend, mine was £11.99 used (if is the same search for a rover 25 one, they're are loads available.) Either remove the wheel or place on ramps for access then just use a 13mm socket to complete the change. Don't forget to disconnect the battery (10mm) socket. I did mine in around an hour it is a genuine case of bolt off bolt on.

 

Good luck

 

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[Mr_Bo11ox]

SRSLY man you can diy a starter on one of these in half an hour. You'll be amazed.

[doubleyeller]

I'm sure up for giving it a go if its an easy fix for even a twit like me. I enjoy working on cars, but my mechanical abilities are tested even by things like changing a battery!    

[Mr_Bo11ox]

whereabouts are you located? If you can drive to me (Uttoxeter) I will bosh a starter on for you.

[doubleyeller]

Thanks for the offer, but I guess I'll have to look around for a secondhand one first. I'm up in Yorks, so its do able there and back in a day

[gadgetgricey]

If the weather holds I'll probably be able to get you a starter this week, as will have a 214 breaker car to get rid of stuff from.

Wanted an SEi interior to fit in my 214 SLI, and was cheaper to buy the whole car....

 

Just depends on the weather had enough of working in the rain..   

[vulgalour]

There's no way a starter is going to cost you £140, that's nonsense money.  Get yourself over here: http://www.rover200.org.uk/  there's some really helpful chaps on there and at least one person has a starter motor available.  They know their stuff.

[purplebargeken]

Some brilliant offers of help. Nice one folks 

[Guest Lord Sward]

Benny Ben Adams R61983man or whatever he's called on the internet, he got a new flexi pipe delivered for his 'historic' 214.