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Re: Rover HG - is it HG?
« Reply #165 on: 19 January 2007, 23:11:27 »
Very glad to hear it TB....  1 bazillion brownie points should be deposited in James's Swiss bank account I reckon.....  

which rather echoes the whole thing we talked about the other day....  

I for one have just put a virtual pint " in behind the bar" for both of you.....  and would be proud to convert it into real beer some day.

as it happens i was on the phone to a mate this evening... who's almost identical rover suffered a very similar fate about 2 weeks ago (unbeknownst to me at the time)

his solution, as it turns out... was to scrap it and buy a Pug instead....  

his solution cost about £3K....


I reckon yours might be a more economical solution  ;)



enjoy a well deserved bath and stella.


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Re: Rover HG - is it HG?
« Reply #166 on: 19 January 2007, 23:25:54 »
Great job, guys! :y

It's been a really good thread - indeed, possibly one of the Top 10 OOF threads. (Maybe we should run a Top 10?)
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Re: Rover HG - is it HG?
« Reply #167 on: 20 January 2007, 08:28:57 »
Well done you guys :y
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Re: Rover HG - is it HG?
« Reply #168 on: 20 January 2007, 09:21:54 »
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Great job, guys! :y

It's been a really good thread - indeed, possibly one of the Top 10 OOF threads. (Maybe we should run a Top 10?)

I was almost tempted to delete this post.... ;)

You will give certain members ideas.... top 10 lists... :-/

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Re: Rover HG - is it HG?
« Reply #169 on: 20 January 2007, 09:25:59 »
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I was almost tempted to delete this post.... ;)
I'm sure I could restore it from backup...   ::)
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Re: Rover HG - is it HG?
« Reply #170 on: 20 January 2007, 10:06:27 »
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It's been a cracking day..

Clear run so far..

I'm now in Gloucester and have just called into work to sort out some time off.

Next and final stop - Cardiff.

Leaving now, can't be arsed with the long way so I'm gonna go over the severn bridge..

I'll drop a post when I Get back  ;D


M5 is the long route I thought - well I went via Lydney to Chepstow from Gloucester and beat the MWay group - but then they were all slow
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Re: Rover HG - is it HG?
« Reply #171 on: 20 January 2007, 10:41:52 »
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It's been a cracking day..

Clear run so far..

I'm now in Gloucester and have just called into work to sort out some time off.

Next and final stop - Cardiff.

Leaving now, can't be arsed with the long way so I'm gonna go over the severn bridge..

I'll drop a post when I Get back  ;D


M5 is the long route I thought - well I went via Lydney to Chepstow from Gloucester and beat the MWay group - but then they were all slow

Sorry can't resist but at least your doing the run in an Omega James, rather than a Rover  ;) ;D
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Re: Rover HG - is it HG?
« Reply #172 on: 20 January 2007, 10:43:59 »
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It's been a cracking day..

Clear run so far..

I'm now in Gloucester and have just called into work to sort out some time off.

Next and final stop - Cardiff.

Leaving now, can't be arsed with the long way so I'm gonna go over the severn bridge..

I'll drop a post when I Get back  ;D


M5 is the long route I thought - well I went via Lydney to Chepstow from Gloucester and beat the MWay group - but then they were all slow

Sorry can't resist but at least your doing the run in an Omega James, rather than a Rover  ;) ;D
Ah, but my Rover is much quieter than JamesV6CDX's Omega  :P
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Re: Rover HG - is it HG?
« Reply #173 on: 20 January 2007, 14:18:52 »
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It's been a cracking day..

Clear run so far..

I'm now in Gloucester and have just called into work to sort out some time off.

Next and final stop - Cardiff.

Leaving now, can't be arsed with the long way so I'm gonna go over the severn bridge..

I'll drop a post when I Get back  ;D


M5 is the long route I thought - well I went via Lydney to Chepstow from Gloucester and beat the MWay group - but then they were all slow

Sorry can't resist but at least your doing the run in an Omega James, rather than a Rover  ;) ;D
Ah, but my Rover is much quieter than JamesV6CDX's Omega  :P

But your supposed to start the engine........
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Re: Rover HG - is it HG?
« Reply #174 on: 20 January 2007, 15:02:56 »
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It's been a cracking day..

Clear run so far..

I'm now in Gloucester and have just called into work to sort out some time off.

Next and final stop - Cardiff.

Leaving now, can't be arsed with the long way so I'm gonna go over the severn bridge..

I'll drop a post when I Get back  ;D


M5 is the long route I thought - well I went via Lydney to Chepstow from Gloucester and beat the MWay group - but then they were all slow

Sorry can't resist but at least your doing the run in an Omega James, rather than a Rover  ;) ;D
Ah, but my Rover is much quieter than JamesV6CDX's Omega  :P

That's because I've got a hole in my exhaust the size of the grand canyon ;D
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Re: Rover HG - is it HG?
« Reply #175 on: 20 January 2007, 15:12:01 »
In Summary, it was a very productive day.

Looking on the bright side, we performed a head gasket change in a day, and the car now runs with a working cooling/heating system. We also changed the water pump and thermostat just to be safe.

Depite this we did hit a few snags as TB has mentioned,

1) Wrong gasket kit was supplied. Hence, we needed to re-use a couple of gaskets short term. (Inlet manifold, rocker cover).

2) Wrong timing belt kit was supplied. Although the belt was the same, the tensioner was not, so we decided to wait and fit a whole new kit.

3) This one's my fault. Working in the dark, the light must have slipped and has melted a patch on the outer timing cover! I'm going to try and get one out of the scrappy in the next few days.

Next week TB, I'll come over and we'll get the new timing belt kit and those couple of gaskets fitted, and the job'll be a good'un.... :)

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Re: Rover HG - is it HG?
« Reply #176 on: 20 January 2007, 16:28:48 »
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In Summary, it was a very productive day.

Looking on the bright side, we performed a head gasket change in a day, and the car now runs with a working cooling/heating system. We also changed the water pump and thermostat just to be safe.

Depite this we did hit a few snags as TB has mentioned,

1) Wrong gasket kit was supplied. Hence, we needed to re-use a couple of gaskets short term. (Inlet manifold, rocker cover).

2) Wrong timing belt kit was supplied. Although the belt was the same, the tensioner was not, so we decided to wait and fit a whole new kit.

3) This one's my fault. Working in the dark, the light must have slipped and has melted a patch on the outer timing cover! I'm going to try and get one out of the scrappy in the next few days.

Next week TB, I'll come over and we'll get the new timing belt kit and those couple of gaskets fitted, and the job'll be a good'un.... :)

Replacement cambelt kit on order - more expensive though :( - should be here by Tues. The belts are different as well by 2 teeth.

They are going to try to sort something out with the rocker and inlet gaskets as well.
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Re: Rover HG - is it HG?
« Reply #177 on: 21 January 2007, 10:37:25 »
So Jamie, any future projects wil be rover based ?  :-/

You may find theres one or two lying about ebay with HGF  ;)
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« Reply #178 on: 21 January 2007, 10:49:01 »
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So Jamie, any future projects wil be rover based ?  :-/

You may find theres one or two lying about ebay with HGF  ;)
Unlikely.

This was Mrs TheBoys car, we've had from new, has been fairly trouble free, and she likes it (as do I).  Hence worth repairing.

I keep toying with getting a little 25 or 45 diesel for daily use to work to keep fuel bills down.  Tyey are nice and cheap now, and fairly good performance and mpg for a diesel at that sort of money...
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Re: Rover HG - is it HG?
« Reply #179 on: 21 January 2007, 16:20:22 »
After a short spin today, the coolant turned quite dark...

Presumably, this is just the crap that is left in it when HG went?

I have dropped the coolant out again, and refilled again with Vx's finest.

Still seeing droplets of oil in header tank, presumably again residue from the original failure?
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