Asimo Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Mmm - saloons! Hatchbacks just aren't as Rover as saloons. Split_Pin, CGSB, tooSavvy and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Nice. Got floor mats for it? Might have some somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin-Rover Posted August 11, 2022 Author Share Posted August 11, 2022 On 8/9/2022 at 9:47 AM, lisbon_road said: Would appreciate knowing what you stick the headlining material on with, and any tips like do you stretch it as you put it on. I've three sagging headlinings to fix sadly! High temperature spray adhesive is what you need. You don't stretch the new fabric as such, just smooth it over the contours as you lay it over the glue. It gets easier the more you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin-Rover Posted August 11, 2022 Author Share Posted August 11, 2022 On 8/10/2022 at 11:03 PM, Lord Sterling said: Nice. Got floor mats for it? Might have some somewhere. Yes it still has the floor mats. I do need the fuel filler flap release mechanism if you have one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin-Rover Posted December 30, 2022 Author Share Posted December 30, 2022 Progress is slow on the grotbags 800. The scabby bit on the offisde sill turned in to holes, bigger holes, inner sill repairs and a home made repair section for the back 1/3 of the sill. Take a look; We've managed to spend a bit of time on it this week, and we're now close to the point that the sill will be British Racing Green again soon. The stonechip coating was replaced on the new section of sill today; Also, what's really important at the moment is to make sure the wing mirror cappings are the best part of the car! 😄 CGSB, BeEP, Skut and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motown Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 I remember this car from the owners club some years ago its definitely ex demonstrator. I wish you all the best with it the car has certainly come along way since i last saw it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin-Rover Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 Sills and wing mirrors are BRG again now, but no pix of that, as I forgot when the car was briefly out of the garage today. In other works, the brand new fuel filler release motor was fitted (megabucks from Rimmer Bros); Someone previous to me had made a catch out of a flat piece of metal and screwed it to the car with a wood screw through the middle hole where there should be a rubber stopper. They then opened/closed the flap by applying force to bend the plastic catch over the piece of metal. Thankfully the flap and hinge have survived this muppetry and everything now works as it should. Also today was a flush out of the old 'coolant'. This is on the cards again in future as the expansion tank will need to be replaced with a new Volvo sourced item. Finally, down the driveway for a much needed wash, turned around and back in to the garage for the next round of jobs... timolloyd, Pat Earrings, AnnoyingPentium and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin-Rover Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 The past couple of weekends have involved fabricating and fitting some new mountings for the front and rear wings, to hold the sides of the bumpers in place. Original replacement items are made of unobtanium, and for good reason - because of their design, over the years they rot and become distored, meaning they don't hold the bumper any more, which causes them to flap in the breeze. See below! So a tenners-worth of steel, cut, drilled and painted sees some suitable replacements ready to go! The front end went back together today, with a replacement front bumper in lieu of the knackered original. It was a bonus to find the fog lamps weren't completely rotted, so the backs have been rubbed down, treated and painted so they will live again (the fog lamps are also NLA!) Back at the other end of the car, the bumper is off for its new brackets. Hopefully by the end of next Sunday it'll be ready to come out of the garage! stuboy, CGSB, Split_Pin and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Nice progress on this. I love the bumper brackets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Can I just say - Britischer Arkitekt. Austin-Rover, The_Equalizer, ProgRocker and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2flags Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Looking good. I had an 820 auto. Really should have gone for the 825 as I felt is was a bit heavy for the 2.0 in auto form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin-Rover Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 It was out of the garage a few weekends later than planned as someone decided to remove the boot seal to discover yet more rust. The seal was removed to see if it was responsible for water getting in to the boot. Anyway, it wasn't - its the rear light clusters (new gaskets to be cut for these!). Crusty bits; Now not crusty; And painted; Top tip; Make sure your project cars are a close match to the Hammerite 'Smoothrite' paint range. The chance discovery of an old tin of green paint has saved a lot of work masking and spraying here! 😄 So the weekend just gone, everything was reassembled and the driveway cleared so it could be extracted from the garage and washed. We even got as far as running a clay bar over the panels before it was turned around and reversed back in to the garage. Now it is clean and back under cover the next weekend will see it attached with the machine polisher followed by lotions and potions to try and get it looking a little more loved. Progress then will slow down again as my mechanic can't fit it in for some much needed attention until the middle of April. I had hoped it would be ready for the Pride of Longbridge event, but it looks unlikely now. Anyway, a couple of pictures of it out in the open at the weekend; Lacquer Peel, Six-cylinder, montytom and 25 others 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin-Rover Posted March 27, 2023 Author Share Posted March 27, 2023 The outside is machine polished and it has come up great - well, it'll pass the five yard test anyway. I've even fitted my set of reproduction number plates created by Retro Plates on Facebook. The finishing touches are always some of the first things I buy! 😄 It's now time to tidy the interior, and deploy the wet and dry vac; Lacquer Peel, Shite Ron, sdkrc and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Austin-Rover Posted December 12, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 12, 2023 Forgotten thread update time! The green 800 disappeared to my mechanic back in May, along with a list of jobs that culminated in a fresh MoT. The biggest problem standing in the way of being able to use the car was it pissing power steering fluid everywhere. After a week or so, the garage called to advise the high pressure rail for the power steering was NLA, had been for some time, and stopped the job. The next update I was advised a pipe had been sourced from a Turkish seller with a number of MG and Rover parts - and he'd bought from them previously with success. To cut a long story short, it took MONTHS for the pipe to make its way to the UK, and... it was the wrong part! By now the car had migrated to one of the dreaded 'long term' parking spots outside the garage and it took a long time to see it extracted from there and back in the workshop. A local company were able to fabricate a new pipe with the correct fittings. Funnily enough, once work restarted, it was all turned round in surprisingly quick time. In total its had the timing belt done, cam cover gaskets, a Volvo header tank fitted with a bracket made to hold it, a new power steering pump, the power steering pipe, CV boots and the alloy wheels replaced with a slightly less scruffy set. After washing seven months-worth of muck off it over the weekend, its now on the road for a bit of 'running in' with a view to some longer trips over the Christmas period if there's no drama. So sixteen months after we started, I guess this completely pointless resurrection of a worthless car is pretty much done! wesacosa, tooSavvy, jon.k and 53 others 55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 It's when you see it parked up amongst modern tat you realise how overbloated modern cars have become. Congratulations on the work though. tommytwo, Tenmil Socket, N Dentressangle and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N Dentressangle Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Not pointless or worthless, obvs - a really nice, satisfying job to have something a little bit different. Makes more sense than umpteen PCP payments, anyway. tooSavvy, timolloyd, Austin-Rover and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Excellent work! I'd have a random... Austin-Rover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiggy Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 They are a very good looking car. It looks like new, a real credit to you. Austin-Rover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxb1l Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Good stuff, cars looking great. I've seen the PAS pipe issue before when you wait weeks and the part arrives and it's for a lhd model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 I might have something more suitable than your washer tubing on the scuttle http://www.hadlowmarine.com/Pages/Seals indiarubber.html (I've only just caught up with this excellent thread) Austin-Rover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Utterly brilliant work. My 800 didn't even make it onto the road this year. I drove it up and down the drive a few times just to hear it, though and I've sat inside it a number more times just to smell it. Next year, I might even MOT it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin-Rover Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 The 800 has been in daily use for a month-and-a-bit now and it has not been without issues - none of which took it off the road though, so there's something positive. Problem #1 was the discovery that the sunroof tray was letting water in to the cabin. The driver's footwell was wet as was the top corner of the headlining. Dropping the headlining down showed the metal stub that the drain tube attaches to it rotten. I've effected a repair which was to stuff a grommet in to the drain hole, and avoid parking the car facing down hill. Success! This is one to investigate further in the warmer months. For now, crisis averted. Problem #2 is the actuator for the boot release which now does half a job. Press the release button and the boot opens, but the arm on the actuator does not return and you can't shut the boot. A bit of head scratching and poking round in the boot lid with a screwdriver found the problem, and I can push the actuator's arm back in with the tip of the screwdriver. Thankfully the boot can be opened and closed without problem if you open it with the key. Of course new parts are unobtainable. I found a NOS Rover part on the internet, but had my money refunded today as they don't actually have the part in stock. Problem #3 was the n/s/r wheel bearing which went out to lunch over New Year. New bearings are cheap enough on eBay and come with two nuts to allow fitment to either side. Earlier this week I parcelled the car up and sent it to the garage. Later that same day, the news was that someone had been here before and totally trashed the bearing carrier through their unfamiliarity with left-hand threads. Guess what... parts are unobtainable! Amazingly someone in Dewsbury had recently stripped a car and had the required part on their shelf! It was cleaned up, a new bearing pressed in and we're back on the road! All being well, we'll be at the Rustival with it at the start of March. Mrs6C, mercedade, High Jetter and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2flags Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 We had one of these, an earlier model. These were a large and luxurious automobile when new, definitely senior management. These were to tell your neighbours that you had made it! Now the humble Fiesta and Corsa dwarf it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 12/12/2023 at 23:22, Austin-Rover said: fine looking beast motorpunk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Papped at the weekend @Austin-Rover Is this still in your ownership? JMotor, danthecapriman, motorpunk and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin-Rover Posted Thursday at 17:17 Author Share Posted Thursday at 17:17 On 16/04/2024 at 21:25, mk2_craig said: Papped at the weekend @Austin-Rover Is this still in your ownership? Absolutely! That was its first ever Rover gathering amongst its siblings. We did the 'part two' of that show the next day also, at the Churnet Valley Railway. It's still the daily driver and racking up the miles. I don't want to tempt fate, but its been a reliable and very comfortable way to get around! JMotor, Marina door handles, motorpunk and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted Friday at 19:27 Share Posted Friday at 19:27 On 19/02/2023 at 18:50, Austin-Rover said: ....t was a bonus to find the fog lamps weren't completely rotted, so the backs have been rubbed down, treated and painted so they will live again (the fog lamps are also NLA!) I discovered today that Mk2 Rover 800 front fog lights are the same item that were fitted to – of all things – the Renault 5: Potentially a new source? MantaGTE85 and Austin-Rover 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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