Hi Damian - sorry it's taken so long to reply! Nearly 5 years has to be some kind of record... I've not visited the forum for a very long time, as there's not been anything to report on the car for quite some time and there was a long-ish period of time where I didn't really use it. It spent a bit of time in storage too when I moved into a place without a garage - there was no way I was letting it go though! Fortunately I'm now living somewhere with a reasonable sized garage, that I'm planning to expand next year, so back to it.
Glad to hear that you are still keeping busy with projects and it's great to see that you've got another P6 on the go! I need to have a proper read of your thread to see what you've been up to. Your wedding car sounds awesome! The Rover will be used as our wedding car in October - i just have to figure out now if I'm going to drive it or let my mate behind the wheel
To bring things up to date, the diff mounting plate split in September 18, leading to another trip home on the back of a truck. Bizarrely the driver was the same guy who came to collect me the time that the gearbox decided to give up and he remembered the car from the last time. The rear mounts must have been softer than I thought they were, so these were replaced at the same time that the new mounting plate was fitted.
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Ouch.
I've done a few bits to the car over the last few months - rebuilt the carbs as I suspected that the choke O rings and seals were going as the mixture was getting richer. I also had some intermittent running problems, that I now think was a bit of water in the bottom of the fuel tank - a couple of bottles of methylated spirits seems to have cured that one.
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Mid rebuild. I found the workshop manual much more useful than the instructions supplied by Burlen, although I guess that they're more generic HIF6 instructions, as opposed to those tailored to the P6.
The petrol pump also packed in just after having the carbs set up, so have replaced that too. I'm hoping to get a bit of use from her between now and the wedding to make sure she's running well on the day!
Winter plans include a headlight and fuse box upgrade and a heater rebuild. It gets pretty warm in there with the uncontrolled flow of hot air on my legs!
Still a good looking car and the cellulose is holding up well with plenty of wax applied.
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