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I can make a rod - but as I probably need the entire pedal assembly, I was trying to see what was out there parts-wise first. I had no idea the dual-line brake system was so uncommon. :)

Attached image shows what's happened to mine. The bit of the brake pedal that's supposed to rotate as the rod moves in and out of the master cylinder seized solid - this meant that over time the rod weakened and eventually snapped. It's missing its last two inches - ie, the entire threaded part...

Jag 420 uses a similar setup; I have one. The rod used there is about half the length and isn't threaded. However, the master cylinder is *exactly* the same. :)

Looking for a brake actuator rod for a P6 3500 auto with dual-line brakes. It's #572695 on this diagram: http://www.rover-classics.co.uk/images/reference/thumbnailv8/brakes/gallery/pages/Master%20Cylinder%20&%20Reservoir_jpg.htm I don't need the entire pedal box... just that rod. Mine's...

Not anymore it isn't. :) Geoff @ Wins has got one for me. Thanks for the ref - half my cars have parts on from him... and he's taken one or two basket cases from me too.

Hopefully I'll manage to attach something successfully today. You never know. :) Long story short.. my 2000SC hasn't had a working speedo since I got it. Having tested the (strip-type) speedo head and found it to be working, I pulled the access cover on the trans tunnel and found... a mystery...

The roadtest was rather enlightening. GPS-timed 0-60 took about 16 secs, and it still had pull at 75. Now, if only the speedo worked.. I wouldn't have to tack my phone to the dashboard. :) I have both the US workshop manual and the original US handbook.. both say 8 degrees BTDC for 97 octane...

Well.. I do have a twin-carb head sitting on the shelf.. I actually had a complete 2000TC engine/trans sitting spare, but I sold the long block and 4-speed a few years back. I didn't actually realise the TC exhaust manifold was different, so that's useful to know. The good news is.. I think...

Thanks for the feedback, guys - it's *really* useful. :) 1) I've yet to fiddle with the timing. I checked it with a timing light and it's spot-on per the book.. but running a little more advance doesn't sound like a bad idea. 2) I do have a holed exhaust - right under the centre of the car is...

Well, I did my homework.. there's a busted bushing on the throttle linkage, but it doesn't seem to be affecting movement all that much - I've got the full range of throttle travel available. The shift speeds equate to what it says in the workshop manual - they're right in the middle of the range...

Harvey, thanks for the speedy follow-up. My only experience with the BW35 in non-v8 cars is in the mk1 Triumph 2000.. where it's also a bit of a dog, but nothing like as slow as this! I'll check the shift speeds. To my unscientific ear, they sound and feel just fine - but I haven't done a stall...

I'm working on a '67 2000SC automatic which has recently come out of hibernation. I'm used to the v8, but I couldn't pass up a chance to give a good home to a near-immaculate earlier P6. However.. after a good tune-up, it runs just fine.. but it's *so* slow to pickup, and I'm wondering where...

Well, wouldn't you know it.. I've actually found another BW35 'box out of another P6 less than three hours away. After reading the forum a bit, I must confess that the 4HP22 swap is an attractive option.. and they're practically two-a-penny round here. That said, I'm going to follow the earlier...

Yes, that's correct - if you engage R, it creeps forwards if you blip the throttle. Park does the same.. if anything, it's noisier in Park though. It feels to me (in P at least) like it's trying to engage, but not quite managing it - that's why I initially thought it was the selector rod(s)...

I've come to pick this forum's collective brains again.. my 1970 3500 is agonisingly close to being back on the road; in fact, last week it made it almost a mile without doing anything bad. Thing is.. it then sat for about a week, and last weekend's planned tuning/adjusting/carb balancing...

I'll have a go at taking some pictures.. but from what you've said and what I've read.. I've got a "correct" NADA sump, with one threaded filler hole at the rear. Mine has a hack job made up of various plumbing fittings to get it to stay sealed, which is where my problem came from in the first...

Finally got hold of the correct filler tube + dipstick to do this job last week. Discovered a minor problem.. my filler tube is on the *rear* of the gearbox sump, not the front...! So.. is the sump reversible - has someone just put mine on backwards? Incidentally.. the filler tube mine had...

I've come into a set of HIF6 carbs off a '72 3500, and was planning on fitting them to my '70 3500s (previously had HS6's, auto choke w/AED). It doesn't look like the throttle linkage fits - the lower balljoint fouls on the manifold (not the rod between the carbs - the other one). My HIF6's came...

Havent' managed to dig one up yet.. the filler boss on mine just has the breather, no filler pipe.. and no sign there was ever one there. Does the 2000/2200 autobox use the same filler? They're a lot easier to come by for "spares" over here...!

I know it's kind of bad form to reply to one's own post.. but: http://www.rover-classics.co.uk/images/reference/thumbnailv8/autobox/gallery/images/Oil%20Filler%20Breather_jpg.jpg Mine has the breather shown in this pic.. but no filler tube.. and the L-shaped pipe on mine sits where the sight...

I wonder whose idea that was - that sounds exceptionally stupid/inconvenient/annoying. Did they assume people weren't capable of checking more than one dipstick - or were they afraid of claims from people who'd cleverly filled their gearboxes up with 10/40? I'd imagine the chances of finding...

Interesting.. I didn't know about that as an option.. maybe that is it. I've never seen one, and it isn't mentioned in the workshop manual.. it exits from the rear of the sump on the right-hand side.. there's no sight glass in it that I can see, it just looks like an L-shaped piece of brass pipe...

Can someone please convince me I'm not going mad? I can't find the gearbox filler on my P6... I can find the looped breather hose (just behind the air cleaner, on the right at the back) but there's no oil filler or dipstick to be seen. So I put the car up and looked at the gearbox from...

I think that's what I'll be going for.. I'll start keeping my eyes open on eBay for a change. :) I'm actually quite surprised how easily the car starts with the AED completely "off".. it normally catches after 3-4 turns.

This is the car "as it stands".. after 6 years of outside storage. Colour is Burnt Grey.. even though it looked brown, that turned out to be rather a lot of dirt. It's got a red leather interior.. which is in good nick apart from the rear seat backs.. electrically, it seems OK except for the...