Man oh man, it has been a while! My Rover has been in storage since december 2015 and since has only run once to be moved to a different garage. She started right up, after 1.5 years of sitting. Didnt even have to charge the battery!
Why did I store the Rover you might ask? It had some issues I wasnt fully able to resolve at the time begin. Due to a lack of time and working space, but mostly due to a lack of motivation and funds. I quite recently finsihed university and now that I'm working the funds problem is slowly but surely resolving itself. The motivation part, well since I'm posting here again you could conclude that I'm interested in the old girl again!
There are a couple of issues that will need sorting out before I can get her on the road again, but in the long run she will need major major major work... First of:
- Run through all the electrics. The headlights aren't working right now but the electrics of this car always have been rather... bad.
- Rebuild the carbs. They're leaking and old, probably never been touched.
- Give the engine a good tune up. Change the distributor, spark-plug cables and pulgs themselves. Set the valves, change the filters, change the fluids etcetera
- Check the braking system. Part of it I already did (rebuild the master cylinder and install a refurbished calliper) but it will need a good going through for the MOT
- Fix the shifting linkage. A common P6 problem, but I've never been able to shift my car properly. Eventually I would like a 5-speed in it, but for now just making it shift will do the trick.
Well, plenty to do! Don't know when and what I'll tackle first, but we'll see. Might start up by removing the carbs and rebuilding them since it's a workbench job, not too big a problem to handle and generally rather satisfying. Are there any full-service kits for the SU's on the P6 out there?
The good part about this car is the base unit, which has had extensive welding done to it a couple of years ago. It's a solid car and a good starting point!