F**ked Black Rover 827 SLi - The Mistake Machine

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Any updates on this grumpy old slab of Grate Brittan? 

[St.Jude]

  On 10/02/2025 at 17:02, Dick Cheeseburger said:

Any updates on this grumpy old slab of Grate Brittan? 

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Nope.

Had an operation on my arm at the beginning of November affecting my hand, that’s not gone right. If you see the Land Cruiser thread you’ll see I can’t break off a 12mm screw. Anything requiring a level of dexterity I can’t do properly either.

However, a friend has a unit somewhere near Malvern and he’s offered the Rover a place there. Just requires a van to be shifted at their end (long story) and the Rover can be a grumpy cunt there.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

  On 10/02/2025 at 18:03, St.Jude said:

Nope.

Had an operation on my arm at the beginning of November affecting my hand, that’s not gone right. If you see the Land Cruiser thread you’ll see I can’t break off a 12mm screw. Anything requiring a level of dexterity I can’t do properly either.

However, a friend has a unit somewhere near Malvern and he’s offered the Rover a place there. Just requires a van to be shifted at their end (long story) and the Rover can be a grumpy cunt there.

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Ah, sorry to hear the operation hasn't gone to plan. I haven't seen the L/C thread for ages tbf. 

Hope things look up for you soon. That's a stroke of luck with the Rover though - another stay of execution!

[St.Jude]

  On 10/02/2025 at 18:17, Dick Cheeseburger said:

Ah, sorry to hear the operation hasn't gone to plan. I haven't seen the L/C thread for ages tbf. 

Hope things look up for you soon. That's a stroke of luck with the Rover though - another stay of execution!

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We will see about the storage, I do hope it comes off because my mate and his mate are in to old shit too. The other lad has an 80's Cavellier and a Nova, and a Herald that they're welding up.

[vaughant]

Now catching up with this 😬😬😬, but great news on getting it working to a point and showing how it certainly deserves to live again as it's such a fucking handsome looking car.

[St.Jude]

Thanks @vaughant - if my week couldn’t be worse I’ve now remembered I’ve got this thing to sort too 😂

[Lankytim]

Can an aftermarket high pressure pump with regulator be used instead of the original pump? I’m sure the banger boys do this with some success. 

[St.Jude]

  On 01/03/2025 at 12:14, Lankytim said:

Can an aftermarket high pressure pump with regulator be used instead of the original pump? I’m sure the banger boys do this with some success. 

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Yeah probably, but genuinely think it’s the throttle body that’s problematic. It doesn’t respond to the accelerator at all then struggles to keep idle.

[yes oui si]

Really hope you get this sorted. Feels like you're on the cusp of it. 

Please resist the temptation to do laps of the street windmilling when it happens. 

[St.Jude]

Slight update, ever so slightly good news hopefully too.

I mentioned previously a friend and a friend of his have storage. My friend suggested it'd be ideal for the Rover, but his friend's mom's ex had a truck there and was being a silly cunt and not moving it. Well he's just text me saying the space is free now and is ripe for a Rover 827 to take it's place. Just finding out the finer details in terms of rent, as I don't want it stood anywhere for free. 

It's looking promising. I'll have to find a method of transport for it too as I had intended to rent a trailer when I had the Land Cruiser and shift it myself and I don't think the Subaru is going to be capable of hauling the Rover and a trailer. 

We'll see. 

[grogee]

  On 07/04/2025 at 17:47, St.Jude said:

Slight update, ever so slightly good news hopefully too.

I mentioned previously a friend and a friend of his have storage. My friend suggested it'd be ideal for the Rover, but his friend's mom's ex had a truck there and was being a silly cunt and not moving it. Well he's just text me saying the space is free now and is ripe for a Rover 827 to take it's place. Just finding out the finer details in terms of rent, as I don't want it stood anywhere for free. 

It's looking promising. I'll have to find a method of transport for it too as I had intended to rent a trailer when I had the Land Cruiser and shift it myself and I don't think the Subaru is going to be capable of hauling the Rover and a trailer. 

We'll see. 

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Good news, hopefully will give you some breathing space and allow you to think about what to do next. 

(Ps you're a twat) 

[St.Jude]

  On 07/04/2025 at 20:44, grogee said:

Good news, hopefully will give you some breathing space and allow you to think about what to do next. 

(Ps you're a twat) 

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Yeah we will see hopefully!

And your face is a twat.

[St.Jude]

Rental of sorts is agreed. It'll be moved at the end of the month to a new place in Malvern. Ish.

It will now be costing me real money to store. But my mate and his mate are there too so at least there's more eyes on it. And I'm told it has a pit. So it's probably the best place for it.