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From my late Father's estate is this 1969 2000TC with, I'm pretty sure, an accurate recorded mileage of 72000. The car hasn't run in 5 years and now needs welding to the four sill corners. The car was immaculate when Dad used to run it - it was his pride and joy and won a prize at the Woodvale...

Hallo, I had 80s some years ago and drove them for many miles. They always needed lots of turning over to start when hot, but they always started reliably enough and I don't remember float bowls drying out, even in the hot summer of '76! As I recall there should indeed be an aluminium heatshield...

Many thanks for the answers and advice everybody, so I'm thinking I'll go with a relay, plus an inertia switch, powered from the white coloured ignition wire mentioned above. I'll report back when I've made some more progress. There's also some welding to do on the corners of the car, not as...

I'm sure I'll find a point in there somewhere to take some electrons from, a double bullet connector should do the job alright - it's been so long since I messed about with old cars and wiring I'd forgotten they existed! Many thanks for the helpful suggestions and advice - very much appreciated.

I would immediately forget, you're right, best to go through the ignition. I'll look for power where you suggested - is there a cable colour I should look for? I read another thread that suggested taking power from fuse 19-20 (gauges, stop lamps, reverse lamps flashers) - not sure if that would...

I need to connect an underbonnet Facel electric fuel pump (see pic). It's already connected to earth, so I need to find a handy positive connection somewhere under the bonnet if possible. I'd kind of like the pump to have its own dedicated switch inside the car, rather than it coming on with the...

It turned out to be a 1/4 bsw - many thanks all for the help and suggestions.

If you're a car guy I think you'll like it - there's nothing quite like a p6.

I'll be sure to take some pics when I begin welding in earnest, won't be for a while yet but everything's ready to go when the opportunity comes along. I don't suppose anyone knows the size of the bolt I mentioned above? It's preventing me putting the steering wheel and lock back together, so...

It's entirely possible of course - I don't know quite how far it will go when I start to strip it down in earnest! Fingers crossed though... Are these your videos Stue1972? I've watched quite a few of them and if that is you, you've done a very nice job of those repairs! Makes me wonder what...

I'm in East London, near Ilford - good to know there's at least one other p6 owner nearby! I'm so looking forward to using this car - a few bits to do first though!

Well, I've owned a few P6s over the years - a '69 2000tc, a '77 2200tc and most recently a '73 2000sc, I've finally got the one I always wanted - the defining car of the P6 range, a 3.5 V8. If ever a car had my name on it, this one did. I first saw it for sale about 15 years ago and bid on it -...

Thanks for the link - just need to get them fitted now. As for the wheels, I haven't looked at them closely but aren't they the same fitting on both the p6 and sd1?

Hello all. I haven't posted on here for quite a while, I sold my previous p6 (a 2000 sc) as it had rather more rust than I thought and the engine, once I got it running, proved to be at the end of it's life. Apart from that it was fine though! However, just last week I bought a 1972 V8 in...

There doesn't seem to be any water ingress; I think what I've found is fairly old damage from when the car was last used (it was taken off the road in '92 and dry stored since). Although this area looks a little tricky to weld due to lack of space in which to wield a torch I think it can be...

It's pretty good on the passenger side, slightly less good on the driver's side (where the hole is). The car has been off the road since '92, and has been dry stored since, which I think has kept it in a reasonable state of preservation. I think it's worth repairing, as generally speaking it's a...

Ah, now that's interesting. I'll check the reverse and stop lights.

The latter is the case - the light stays on when the engine is running, no light when engine switched off. Looks like the alternator is kaput then?

Hello there While poking around under the rear seat squab today I found that the well had some surface rust. After some prodding with a screwdriver to test for strength, while most of the well is intact I found a small hole in the wall of the well, towards the rear of the car, such that I can...

Many thanks all for the replies and advice. Well, I've made some progress today, swapped the flasher unit inside the driver's side glove box for a spare that came with the car, and I now have flashing indicators, so I'm one step nearer to Rover motoring. As regards the ignition light, I...

Hi Peter Thanks for your reply. I have checked fuses visually and all seem okay, but I will make sure they are all conducting power. The pic of the opera house and harbour bridge takes me back by the way - I lived in Sydney for a year in the early 70s and had a look around the then newly...

Hi Colin, thanks for your reply. I will check connections behind speedo as you suggest. The regulator/relay thingy is actually mounted on the passenger side inner wing, not the bulkhead as I said earlier, and is listed on the JR Wadhams website as an alternator relay - it looks like this (see...

Hi there Hoping someone can help out with some electrical problems on my 73 2000 sc. The car has been off the road since 1992 and I'm currently recomisioning it. Problems are as follows (electrics are not my strong point, so an idiot's guide would be much appreciated): 1. Ignition light is...

Although there’s no sense looking back, the current situation is lamentable. We let our last major manufacturer slip through our fingers, rather than address the issues and bring out some great new models. I know there were lots of issues, not least public perception of the brand, but surely...