Rover 827 update.... Front suspension fiddling.....

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33 minutes ago, mercedade said:

I've actually got two filler necks - I should probably let one of them go - although is it the breather that's knackered on yours, or the actual neck? I need to see what's up with my two as they're both spares. Let me work out a price, as I'd like to see yours stay on the road.

The issue is mostly that I made the neck/breather out of  a Subaru neck (the original was rusted beyond repair with massive holes in it), I think my creative urge sover took my actual fabricating skills! I don't think its really breathing properly because filling it is virtually impossible at  a petrol station and it burps fuel if you get to eager filling from a fuel can. 

Ideally I just need a filler neck in solid condition/breather that does the job properly, doesn't need to be show winning in appearance! 

If you are willing to let one go I am happy to hand over cold hard cash for it or possibly swap it for a knackered very broken Reliant Scimitar (only needs a new rear axle and an engine rebuild!).

 

 

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Btw. did you manage to access the Rover docs on dropbox @Marina door handles?

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56 minutes ago, mercedade said:

Btw. did you manage to access the Rover docs on dropbox @Marina door handles?

Err no, I wasn't aware of this? 

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14 hours ago, mercedade said:

Right @Marina door handles, I think I've done Dropbox correctly. But let me know if you can't see these docs.

I've got a few more kicking around, including the Rave system.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/cw04zcm5chvtapmb3h529/ACbGXqdhDJAFHrccAjoWH9k?rlkey=ezzkvrdt3cai905kh79tcedn2&st=8k3v6yh1&dl=0

 

Here @Marina door handles

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Thanks!

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For 827 and possibly Honda Legend 2.7 V6 owners out there here are your LED blinks for the PGM-FI system...

 

 

 

 

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I have been getting very bored of filling the Rover from fuel cans, so I decided that maybe I could modify the current fuel filler to make it work properly. 

My suspicion is a breather issue, I think my fabrication may have been a bit clumsy causing restrictions. So I have pulled it off the car and have made a change....

That right angle bend seems like an obvious issue...

So I chopped it out and replaced it with a bit of bendy rubber...

Just ignore the mystery toothbrush, that is for smoothing my eye brows....

Since then, I have cleaned and painted it and re sealed any welding pin holes with chemical metal.

I just need to put it back on the car and test it......

 

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This has progressed some what, I offered it back up to the car and realised that when you attach the main hose to the filler neck the  positioning flattens out what should be a curve in the hose. This may also be a filling issue so I  decided to get radical.

Not the happiest shape...

Its flatter than it looks in the picture..

I chopped the end of the filler off, splayed out the remaining end and the played around with re positioning the end so the hose would curve properly. 

Once I was happy with the position I tacked and tested the fitment.

Yes it looks horrible!

Then welded up the re positioned end.....

I then smothered it in chemical metal to fill the pin holes and re fitted it to the car.

Today I actually tested it at an actual petrol station. I couldn't remember the last time I had put some fuel in (the gauge is still useless) so on the way back from work I ducked into a petrol station and decided to actually try putting fuel in like a normal person...

Well.... It actually worked, mostly, the fuel went in, it didn't click off like it did previously which is great. What wasn't so good was a small puddle it left behind after taking most of thirty litres of Super....

So all I need to do now is find the leak, oh and fix the fuel gauge but this is definitely heading in the right direction!  

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After failing to drive the Longship to Rustival due to the fuel leak. I rolled my sleeves up and got back on with fixing the Rover again.

I had already traced the leak the afternoon before Rustival but  my attempts to fix it in situ failed, it was my freshly re jigged neck that was piddling petrol through some weld pin holes. I ended up removing the filler neck to carry out the repair. I cleaned off the chemical metal that I had applied and then re sealed the filler neck with Isopon fuel tank sealer. This time the fix succeeded. 

So with this in mind I felt it was time for a mini road trip so today we took the 800 all the way from Audlem in Cheshire to........ Loton park which is just outside of Shrewsbury, a whopping 40 whole miles!  

Had a jolly time watching VSCC hill climbing...

Even the spectator car park was pretty interesting.

Also spotted some unexpected antler wearing critters in the parking area....

It wasn't all good, because I forgot the Rover sits pretty low compared to my normal dailys I managed to knock the front splitter/spoiler thing off on a divet in the parking area.  I had also forgotten my cable ties but thankfully Mrs MDH had some yarn on her (actual hand spun, that she had spun by err you know hand) and rescued the situation with some cunning knots......

Yep she cheated by turning the car upside down...

looking a bit deeper it appears that this part has seen some action and this was possibly the final straw, so I shall have to either remove it or try and repair and secure it better than it had been done previously.

Other technical issues I still need to sort are the fuel gauge, the issue is it some times works but quite often it likes to pretend the tank is empty and its quite odd!

I believe it needs a new O2 sensor or two.

Finally and possibly most importantly new dampers are high on the list. I have managed to source some fronts but rears (which are handed) are proving trickier..

Thats all for now......

 

 

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New damper time (yep time to stop playing with the Jag for the mo) and re focus on the Viking... 

The front suspension bottoms out and it feels like the damping has pretty much gone.. The two issues may not be related but you have to start some were, so first of all get the car airbourne and get the spring and dampers out..

Ta da...

It all looks a bit grizzly but I think the springs are okay. Having said that it wasn't all plain sailing, the passenger side one had a stuck nut on the top mount. I ordered a top mount (found 2 NOS units for sale on Ebay, none any were else). Good job I did as I couldn't get the nut off the top mount without some unintended butchery! 

Next issue my spring compressors just will not fit between the tight coils...

Errr, oh well, I definitely wont be finishing the job this weekend, I will have to take these into work and see if they have a spring compressor that will be fit with tight coils...

I am rather keen to get this old bus back on the road...