Rover 200 & 400 Owners Club Forum

StubbornPatriot wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:36 pm

Not sure I'm going to make it this week but will try.

Did you get there? I looked the vehicle up again to day to help another enquiry - it's still listed as available!

T16-Tomcat wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 05, 2020 1:46 pm

Why do some people have their names in blue?

It's just one of the bonuses of paid-up Club membership!

Despite your reservations, it looks a lot more presentable than many!
That paint shade looks like 'White Gold'. As it's not particularly common, I think you'd have trouble finding a replacement wing which didn't need a repaint.

I'd say the car's lucky it found someone so able to tend to its needs.
Your work really shows it off to its best!

It would amount to discarding the moisture barrier. As 3-door door cards have a tendency to go soggy anyway, I wouldn't want to risk accelerating the process.

RoverTD wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 23, 2019 1:07 pm

Are the connectors beneath the under bonnet fuse box known to be venerable?

I have experienced people on their knees beside their Rovers, but whether worship was involved I could not say.

Here on my MacBook Pro, Firefox displays fine, Safari does not. Safari's developer tools reveal that the images are downloaded, but they don't get rendered.

Not sure I'm going to make it this week but will try. Does anybody know if the 414 front sub-frames will be the same as my 1.6 K series Tourer? At least the bonnet's a 4-bolt job, quicker than any of mine were! I'm not sure you'll find a better one. The subframe is plain i.e. devoid of any stabilis...

Strange that I recalled that a Nightfire 400 was in play last year, but forgot it was me who started a thread about it here! I paid it a visit today, spent 5 1/2 hours with it, so it no longer looks like its previous photos! I've had the wings, which have localised rust bubbles, but thankfully solid...

Wings and most of the interior for me, plus bits and bobs around the engine. Engine bay looks mint, so quite likely enthusiast-owned and I wonder why it hasn't been recognised by anyone here. I'm solo, so can't satisfy my hankering for subframes, though hate to see them lost. Stuff needs to be dropp...

Just phoned them. It's on the yard awaiting its first vultures.

I'm going up tomorrow morning, hoping it's not rainy|windy|frosty. Anyone else going to be about?

That had been on their 'Future Breakers' list for over a month now. I enquired about it and all they would say is that it was awaiting an insurer's decision. Days are even shorter now to get there and pull what I want! (Manual door cards.) Their Rovers don't hang about long. Hmm. Wonder if the weath...

First move would be to take the arm off, clean out any debris and reassemble.
If that failed, then a new arm would be simplest - if you can find one!

It's unlikely that the spindle is worn, since that is steel, and the arm is die cast alloy.

An instance has been recorded of a HG being replaced, but forgetting the hollow dowel the pressurised oil uses to get to the head...

They are part of the demister ducting, so only work when the output knob is set to demist.