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    Thanks to you all, and ( more or less ) goodbye

    Sadly , this is a farewell, as tomorrow my S1 2000TC is being traded for a 3.5 Coupe . I have enjoyed my re-acquaintance with the 2000 after a gap of 43 years, but now I am older I have found it too heavy for me, particularly the clutch and also to some extent the steering when parking. Thanks...
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    P5B Coupe

    Off on Monday to view a Coupe, midnight blue and birch , off the road for some years but now back on it after some mechanical work and quite a lot of body/chrome/paint work . Any comments or advice welcome please ( I have read the standard advice on what to look out for )
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    S1 2000TC water pump

    My water pump has just started leaking since I topped up the antifreeze. Are these repairable or is it an exchange job come what may ?
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    Rover 2000 at MIRA

    This "Look at life" film has quite a lot of interesting stuff from about 1964, including from about 2:20 details of wet and dry testing with a white E type FHC at the RRL at Crowthorne . Also at about 7:30 mins is quite a lot of footage of MIRA tests in which the lead car is a 2000 - it...
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    Number Plate Size

    Can anyone tell me what the correct size for a P6 is please ? The boot plinth appears to measure 575mm x 120mm
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    Rover V8 engine is powerful

    A scammer ?
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    Ball joint play at steering cross shaft

    I am not sure whether I am using the correct terminology here, but on examining my steering - which feels fine and produces no knocking noises - I find that with the steering on full right lock there is perceptible play at the joint where the top arm joins the cross shaft to the steering box on...
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    High handbrake lever

    I realise that Harvey and probably others will groan, but I have developed this problem after hard use of the brakes uphill and downhill in the Borders . The handbrake still works well but is now on the last notch. May I be directed please to an idiots' guide to the solution of this problem, as...
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    S1 Manual pedal rubbers

    I have searched the net extensively for these ( it's clutch and Brake that I need especially ) but with no sign of supply. Does anyone know of a source please ?
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    2000TC slave cylinder

    I have a very heavy clutch, and I am wondering whether the slave cylinder is the problem. Mine is not the correct one, being hung on an angle bracket rather than having ears which bolt to the bellhousing. Does anyone know the correct diameter of the slave cylinder please ?
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    2000TC First motion shaft play

    Having extracted my gearbox ( which in driving seemed fine ) and cleaned it up , I found that the input shaft has ( measured at its very front end ) about 30 thou / 0.75mm of side to side and up and down play , i.e. about 15 thou in any direction from the centre position. There is no...
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    2000TC Valve springs and valve guide seals

    Two questions if I may : 1. My existing valve springs are all between 1% and 2% shorter than the nominal free length for the outer ones , and all between 3.55 and 5% shorter for the inner ones. Is this such as to require them changing ? 2. I have a complete set of new seals . Do they go...
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    Rover engine paint

    Please can anyone a. identify the duck egg colour and b. recommend a source for a close match. I have looked at Paragon Paints colour Sky ( BS381/210 ) and also their Willow green ( BS4800 / 12B17) but neither seems quite as close as I would like
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    Uneven compressions

    On my newly acquired 2000 TC, 82000 miles probably genuine , and engine apparently untouched, I noted poor idle. The engine has not used any appreciable amount of oil in 350 miles and there are no apparent signs of blowby into the crankcase . The inlet tappet clearances are all within limits...
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    External window rubber replacement

    Series 1 2000TC : My 4 new horizontal weatherstrips for the outer side of the windows arrived today . Do I have to remove the windows and frames to remove the old and install the new, and are there bits of advice that anyone wishes to give me please ? Also, I would like to remove and clean up...
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    2000TC Air filter box

    I need an air filter box for 1 1970 2000TC ( HS8s) . Anyone selling ?
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    2000TC Joining from Wirral

    I have just today bought a Davos White with Red interior 1970 2000TC. It is my first P6 for 43 years ! I had a Zircon Blue 1965 SC from about 1968 to 1971 when I traded it in for the first of three 2.5PIs, and sadly missed it. This car looks presentable ,( rear bumper apart ) but how long the...
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