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Hi. My usually reliable Elegant Thirsty Dinosaur (75 3500) has started misbehaving following a bit of a lay-up. It was off the road for about 9 months. Now, there is an intermittent fault with the ignition. Large hesitations occur. They are abrupt and the tachometer jumps down to zero and back...

The song`s clearly about my P6, of course! Skip forward to 50 seconds if the song is too much to bear!

A question for you all. When you switch to main beam (rather than just flash the lights) , should all 4 lamps be on? On my car, all four are on when I flash, but just two when I switch to main beam. Thanks

Hi I have been trying to source a choke cable for a late model 3500. Does anyone know where I can get one? Thanks James

Unusual.

I saw this article in the NZ Herald, one of NZ`s main rags: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/motoring/news ... d=11368922 They have featured a P6 owner in the past as well.

A man was crushed when working under his car. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=11349814 A New Zealand article but can and does happen everywhere. Not a lot of detail about 'the jacks' the car slipped off but a timely reminder about secure lifting and jacking of vehicles when...

Hi Does anyone know if you can determine what source car a V8 was from. I`ve acquired and v8 long block with the following code 38531936E and wondered if anyone could tell me its origin. It has the tall oil filler on the rocker cover. Isn`t the the SD1 variant? Thanks

Hi Just about to fit a replacement camshaft (3.9), followers and timing chain to my 75 3500auto, along with resealing the timing case and ancillaries and I`m a bit confused. I`m working on the basis that the 3.9 cam is a drop-in replacement for the stock item. Will i render the mechanical...

Hi I am planning to rebuild the front suspension on the Elegant Thirsty Dinosaur this winter (Southern Hemisphere). I am in the process of trying to work up a parts list. The main reason for this is due to various clonks from the front and general slop. Plus, the rear end has been rebushed ...

If anyone is interested this is happening this Sunday (23rd) at Wanganui CIty College, St Hill Street . Display entry free from 7.30am , public entry from 10.00am ($10 entry fee). Wellington Rover Car club will have 6 -7 cars there. Cheers

Hi All Just a quick shout to any Lower North Island types who are interested. British Car Day at Trentham Memorial Park in Upper Hutt is running from 10 am until 4pm on Sunday 9th February, this Sunday. The Rover Car Club of Wellington will have a few vehicles there. It generally gets a very...

Hi When chasing a starting issue on the Elegant Thirsty Dinosaur a few weeks ago, I managed to pull one of the tangs out of the inhibitor switch! I bypassed it for a while but now I have no reverse lights. I pulled the pesky thing off the car and opened it up last night. It is basically a load...

.. to make a post about kitchens!! Only kidding, the new forum is much speedier than the old one. Not wanting to jinx it but good work techies!

Hi Was greeted by a tidy looking p5 as I arrived at my office on the The Terrace in the Wellington CBD this morning. Any Kiwi`s know who it was? Nice to see one prowling around during the rush hour. Cheers

Hi. Discovered the other day that a colleague of mine has the classic car bug. When he mentioned his "restoration centre" my curiousity was piqued. Sorry, it`s not a Rover but it turns out he`s NZ`s most significant collector of Borgwards and associated marques and a jolly nice chap to boot...

Saw this today. http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-ca ... 089536.htm Washbottle + wiring and fuel filter connections look anything but original? Good price though. Hope mine goes for that once I lay new carpet in the cabin.. Cheers

For those of you that enjoy tv with lots of 70 British motors thrown in, someone has kindly posted full episodes of The Sweeney series one onto Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... ktFivcTJSw Cheers

Hi. Does anyone have one of these for an S2. I managed to snap the old one when cleaning the contacts(!) i`m in New Zealand and me and "The Elegant Thirsty Dinosaur" would be forever grateful if someone has one they can sell. Thanks James

Does anyone know where I can get the four clinch nuts used to hold the fuel filler cap to the rear decker panel? I have all the fitting but had to drill the old ones out when stripping the Elegant Thirsty Dinosaur for her repaint? I can`t find any listings / part numbers anywhere? It would be...

Hi I have the situation where the wipers do not work correctly. The following behaviour is observed: Switch position -1 = labelled as delay but doesn`t work Switch position 0 = off (I`m happy with that bit) Switch position 1 = does nothing Switch position 2 = does slow wipe Push= wash...

Does anyone know where I can get hold of the 3/4" AF nut that holds the valance down against the windscreen wiper posts? I have all the parts apart from one nut? Thanks in advance James

Hi. Found this guy online, he`s good some good tips for us amateurs.. http://www.youtube.com/user/restolad Cheers

Hi all I have been busy lurking and asking the odd question over the last year or so since I introduced myself. I though I`d give an update on progress. The car is a 75 3500. Assembled in Nelson, NZ, it was first registered to a company director then spent many years registered to his wife...

Hi all I am finally making good progress on the respray of my '75 NZ 3500. I have one door left to prime then all the steel panels will be rust free. I have got to the point of being ready to strip and prep the bonnet and boot. Both have a number of areas of white powdery corrosion where the...