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george_chick

Thought I was clutching at straws, to be honest.
Memories of 827 and Vitesse power.

Sooner I get LPG on it the better, I'll rev the nuts off it and row it along on the gearstick then.

george_chick

As fitted to a 200 3 door. Where's the grunt supposed to be in this lump, when does it climb on the cams? I've been turned over more than once and struggled the other day vs a 'cooking' Focus. Bleedin lights up the front tyres for fun if suitably provoked. i.e. I don't back off once it loses tractio...

george_chick

I'm guessing the top hat bushes are those at the bottom of the lever.
Rubber mount where it bolts on the gearbox, big dished washers IIRC.
Checked the pin at the universal joint, those can wear and slop about, could be your problem.

george_chick

97 420 GSI saloon, manual. 5 spoke alloys 4 good/legal tyres if you take the spare wheel into account. Front bumper, bonnet (flipped up @ 50mph) windscreen, passenger side headlights all guffed. Leather seats, need a good clean and leather polish to make reasonable. New back box in Dec too good to t...

george_chick

What do you want for front bumper n Grill, by Courier, cheaper than petrol there and back from my end of the world.

george_chick

You're right, had a look at the back and the 200 sticker.

I'm really a 800 man, don't pay much attention to the other models.
Right, I can find out what it's supposed to do according to the book.

george_chick

Can't seem to find specs for this online anywhere.

R reg, R25 IS, 3 door manual 1.8 non-vvc lump.
The specs I can find, it should be either a GTI with VVC lump or Non VVC with the step gearbox, I presume that's a semi auto jobbie.

george_chick

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george_chick

No longer for Sale.

Just got the Tin tack, so I'll have to fix and keep it for a while.
Sick of the bleeding construction game, sick of getting the Tin tack as you're getting changed to go home.

george_chick

Won't part it out, either it goes as a whole lump by the end of the month or it gets squished. I'm going to buy a Honda Legend Coupe and attempt not to break various funcions for a change :) R reg 4 door 420 GSI manual 100 ish K on the clock, usual T16 oil leak. Basically rear ended another car and ...

george_chick

Yes we know that.

george_chick

Oh dear you've changed the picture and made things worse. Posing next to a supercar. 1) If it's yours, makes you look like a xylophone, you'll find female company generally of the completely useless kind who'll take no end of joy from ripping the pee out of you and your wallet until you're skint. 2)...

george_chick

Don't be silly it's not Dave, he looks like he's had a "hard life" anyway.

Oh that reminds me the dirty fecker (not Dave) cops off with barmaids, I've
always wanted a Barmaid, never had one, feck, feck, feck.

ohhh big Alison ohhh maaaate.

Time for the thousand yard stare...

george_chick

George chick wrote: Danny baker and frankie howerd story... ''would you like me to tease your wig '' WIG WIG get me the producer !! '' "get me the other makeup artist, the bloke with the beard" "he's the cab driver Frankie, he drove you down here" there was H to P. Only thing I ...

george_chick

Jesus christ I've just logger the bed! :oops: :sorry: A toupee would be a start :P Ohh deary fecking me. Got a fecking headache I've just laughed so hard. Almost as good as Danny Baker and the Frankie Howerd syrup story this afternoon. I'm a misanthrope can't help with getting hold of some jack n d...

george_chick

self levelling shockers and the springs to go with them was only factory fit on the MKI Sterlings, so your one was messed about with at some point.

george_chick

I can't cancel the policy as i'll have to pay around 80% of the insurance, now my sisters getting a car it means one has to go, fiesta or Rover. Since the fiesta is insured, im afraid the Rover will have to go! I'll get a turbo when i have some NCB... Its not over for Rover yet, don't worry. Phone ...

george_chick

They're only losing so much money because idiots will sell them for buttons, I've seen people selling post 96 cars for less than I've sold a M and L reg car's with 130K plus miles. I'd have a damn good chat with the insurance co and say you want everything in writing how they're not going to insure ...

george_chick

The number of flashes is likely to be a code, count the flashes and the gaps between them and let us know. 'fraid not Rover SRS/Airbag system was programmed by the CIA, strictly need to know basis and you don't need to know. Go to stealer and touch your toes time or about Â£30 to reset it if the st...

george_chick

most likley cause would probably be the swivel ring behing the steering wheel. Quick clue to that one is, does the horn still work? If you've been chuffing around with the steering rack then it's the ring. Apparently if you're triple handy with the soldering iron you can repair the internal ribbon ...

george_chick

This matter of principle is why Rover got into this situation. Various people wanted Rover years ago Ford and GM IIRC and they were told to bog off. Cut your nose to spite your face. Suspect the blokes who are now on the rock n roll and using their collection of tools to put up yet more shelves indo...

george_chick

We've been down the enthusiast route with the Phoenix four.

We need someone with a shedload of money for new models or a market like China, where you can sell old Rover models until you've made enough money to develop new models and emerge on the world stage with something to sell.

george_chick

If they (whoever gets MG-R) are going to succeed they really need to produce a credible and modern looking successor to the 45. Rightly or wrongly the current R45 is seen as prehistoric...a new one must at least "appear" to be a clean break rather than an extensive revamp. Sorry, unless MG is to be...

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IrishRover wrote:Ok well I got a set (non klinger) from Fordimus Prime. Cheers Pete.

If anyone can answer Ross's question as to why the set is dearer than all the parts separately we'd still like to know. Does the set always include the head bolts?

Nope bolts are seperate from the head set.

george_chick

steb9780 wrote:Cheers George what is that link it only takes you to an empty search screen.

Don't know what happened there, very old thread in any case.
http://www.rt2468abcd.r8technology.co.uk/viewtopi ... sch+dealer

Never tried them myself, haven't had a scrappy sourced sensor go dead on me yet, so no need to spend Â£50 when I can spend Â£10.

george_chick

http://www.rt2468abcd.r8technology.co.uk/search.php?mode=results
Bosch dealer about Â£50 for the 800's, probably the same for yours.
Can be a pain getting a Bosch dealer to serve you though.
Try the bloke in Lincoln one of the 800 guys got two off him before.

george_chick

Good catch with the oil there chap.
It's 10/40 or MTF in all the books, don't know where they got the gear oil reference from.
Where did this gearoil thing come from I thought it was only the Tomcat racers who used that in the boxes.

george_chick

Some of the over achievers on here have done it. I just pull them off and thats enough for me. I'm too old and weak for that sort of giggle now. Pretty sure there's a CM article on the SuperCD about their clutch swap on a MKI 820. If its not on there Bill will probably have a copy, I think I sent a ...

george_chick

Kinda on this subject I shall be pulling the head off my 735 tomorrow morning, I'll park it in the council estate a couple of streets away and play. My roads too busy with buses going past all day, plus my neighbours drive AMG SL55's and the like, get nothing but scabby looks when you play with your...

george_chick

Shame no one was close enough to help, if you were closer I would have leant a hand, as would others no doubt. I certainly won't be helping anyone ever again, I've offered before and won't do it again, anyway... If the choice is walking, buses, trains, etc or fixing my car so I can drive, I'll pull...

george_chick

Minter, from what I can tell you swapped a lump because of a blown HG, a HG swap is about Â£350 top whack (assuming everything else is OK). Did you actually get your original lump opened up or compression tested? IIRC you also got properly turned over on the engine swap, blokes couldn't finish it in...

george_chick

Ebay is no place to look for the price of anything. I absolutely, positively would not sell a car on Ebay, might as well give it away, lowest of the low as far as prices are concerned. Local autotrader etc will give you a better idea of prices. As has been said there's always someone being silly and...

george_chick

Got to agree with Malcolm on pretty much all points. John you're behaving in the same way as you accuse the Media, biased 'I know what a Rover/Program about Rover is going to be about therefore I don't need to test drive it/watch it' I suppose it's the media's fault the Rover had cack productivity t...

george_chick

Can't quite blame the Phoenix four on their own for the death of Rover it was on the cards for a long time. Depending on how you look at it they asset stripped or split off the profitable bits and ring fenced the bit that was losing money so the profitable bits could carry on independently. I did he...

george_chick

Pointless giggle, if enough idiots sign up the blokey can retire to somewhere warm with all their money.

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