Rover 200 & 400 Owners Club Forum

The honda engines talk to you after several weeks too - the noise does not seem to use battery power particularly. The battery issue we had was fitting a new radio which whilst looked identical was a vauxhall one and uses the other polarity to say memory so was never actually off properly and used t...

Dead easy to remove and makes a huge difference to the rot characteristics of the front corner of the sill if you remove this mass of rubbish which seems to build up - both of mine were the same when we first had them - enough to fill a good sized flower pot each size. The only thing we have found i...

is it a regular noise or just on acceleration? I had a cracked exhaust manifold which made a similar chuffing noise but it was at higher revs and working hard or just blipped accelerator at tick over to hear it. Hairline crack only down the centre of the join between the two pipes but it made a blow...

The sealant is special and took me a while to get but if you search on ebay for "sealant tape car body" you will get a few responses for the right stuff - it is like sticky plasticene which does not dry out except for about 30 years of use like the original will have done. You can chip the old stuff...

Whats wrong with one of the these solar powered battery trickle chargers I use both powered AC mains ones and solar ones. You can extend the bell wire charge lead so the unit can be put on the roof of garage and leave the cable inside to hitch to the car. All my cars are battery isolated the moment ...

£4487 for 107K since 2005 plus £60 purchase works out at 4p per mile for the one £2048 for £30 since 2012 plus £250 purchase (inflation!) works out at 6.8p per mile for the new scrap one However I dread to think what the time I would have to charge in this as this is only all parts from spares panel...

I have bought one of the Washington ebay based ones new but when they were a little cheaper - they have shot up over the last year or so. I wanted one that did not have sealed holes on the OS end of the rad as mine were leaking/weeping. But mine was £35 but then it was bought in 2016 - how time flie...

Am I missing something? My R8 saloon 5 door vents (thin slit ones on the opening front doors by wind down window) on both cars seem to never (and never have) blown air. Even on number four fan. Got frustrated with it today and tried every combination of the controls I could and never got a response....

I have a 252K car which has not had any major bush work all round but has now had all four shocks replaced fronts were about 210 and rears about 230 but neither were leaking. However they were not leaking even then but just felt flat. I have had to replace the rear D bushes on the rear anti roll bar...

we have been daily using both our G reg R8 saloons one since 2005. One has done 252K and other approaching 200K. Do not get any real issues other than servicing and other consumables except for the body work rebuild - even then it is only sills and rear arches and front wings changed which you only ...

Still coming - washed and waxed the car again today and coming with convoy of Allegro and Triumph 1500
Looking forward to it.

Probably count me in bringing the newly resprayed one.

I have done this too. The foam degrades and the material comes loose around the edges. Mine had nylon units holding the panel in which you can easily pop out. I replaced the foam and hoovered the old material thoroughly. Reassembled with fir tree fixers in the holes as the old nylon fixtures were to...

I've got one that does not touch the bonnet at all (190K) and one (250K) that does so low mileage or age does not seem the be the issue as both are coming on 30 years old now. Always thought it was the worn wiper mechansism but the one that does have been touching for at least 100K and not got any w...