Re: 1972 Rover P6 3500- Rescued! (It Begins)
Thanks guys! Some great news today:
My brother and a friend came along today to have a nosey. We decided to whizz the battery off my other car and stick it on the P6, just to see what would happen. All dash lights came on, guages stirred into life...... All looked promising. Then we decided to crank her over, just to see if she was siezed. Well she cranked over willingly, and after some cranking over and a few pumps of the throttle she coughed and spluttered into life!!
She sounded amazing! Even on 8 year old fuel she settled into a decent idle on choke, blasting almost a decades worth of crap out of the exhaust. We let her run until she was warm enough to come off the choke and she purred like a kitten. I was over the moon!
She happily ran from then on without any problem, and the only thing stopping me from taking her for a drive around the car park was the slightly iffy brakes which i'll be overhauling soon. So i'm going to change the oil, air filter and put the new leads on along with some new plugs (although part of me is thinking "if it aint broke...") and then as far as the engine goes she'll be sound.
A rad hose was leaking from a crack near the jubilee clip but I have a replacement hose which i'll fit next time i'm playing with it.
All in all, very pleased with this car! At this rate she could be ready for her MOT by the end of the month
Thanks guys! Some great news today:
My brother and a friend came along today to have a nosey. We decided to whizz the battery off my other car and stick it on the P6, just to see what would happen. All dash lights came on, guages stirred into life...... All looked promising. Then we decided to crank her over, just to see if she was siezed. Well she cranked over willingly, and after some cranking over and a few pumps of the throttle she coughed and spluttered into life!!
She sounded amazing! Even on 8 year old fuel she settled into a decent idle on choke, blasting almost a decades worth of crap out of the exhaust. We let her run until she was warm enough to come off the choke and she purred like a kitten. I was over the moon!
She happily ran from then on without any problem, and the only thing stopping me from taking her for a drive around the car park was the slightly iffy brakes which i'll be overhauling soon. So i'm going to change the oil, air filter and put the new leads on along with some new plugs (although part of me is thinking "if it aint broke...") and then as far as the engine goes she'll be sound.
A rad hose was leaking from a crack near the jubilee clip but I have a replacement hose which i'll fit next time i'm playing with it.
All in all, very pleased with this car! At this rate she could be ready for her MOT by the end of the month