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Uncle of the year award goes to......
....someone else. As I have just shown my nephews how to do this....
...gone in sixty seconds eh?
After the worlds most disappointing Merc' and my keys being taken I hotwired the car for some retail therapy....
..I'll be looking at Montego/Maestro Rover 200/400/600 locks and barrels to see if they'll fit.
....someone else. As I have just shown my nephews how to do this....
...gone in sixty seconds eh?
After the worlds most disappointing Merc' and my keys being taken I hotwired the car for some retail therapy....
..I'll be looking at Montego/Maestro Rover 200/400/600 locks and barrels to see if they'll fit.
That VDP looks worth saving. Being a pre-facelift one they're aren't many left out of the 160-odd series one Rover 200s left in the UK. The barren looked salvagable until I tried to straighten it and it cracked.
Bought one of these for now.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...
Bought one of these for now.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...
Swaped wheel cylindars today. 
Remove the wheel and drum as normal.
Take the cap off the brake fluid reservoir and push the pistons away from the shoes with screw drivers.
Undo and remove the retaining bolts and brake line from the back of the cylindar and tap loose.
Once removed inspect the backing plate for damage and rust.
Put the new cylindar in place and push the pistons in the same was as before. This reduced the amount of air in the system to save bleeding later.
Reconnect the brake line and bolt the cylindar in place.
When you remover the screw driver spacers the pistons shoud withdraw slowly to mee the shoes.
Replace the drum and bleed the brakes as normal.
This is why they needed changing....
...the one that didn't leak was siezed.
Finally I was prety pleased with myself and bought some Jaffa Teacakes.
They're rubbish.
Adding this photo for my other forum.
Remove the wheel and drum as normal.
Take the cap off the brake fluid reservoir and push the pistons away from the shoes with screw drivers.
Undo and remove the retaining bolts and brake line from the back of the cylindar and tap loose.
Once removed inspect the backing plate for damage and rust.
Put the new cylindar in place and push the pistons in the same was as before. This reduced the amount of air in the system to save bleeding later.
Reconnect the brake line and bolt the cylindar in place.
When you remover the screw driver spacers the pistons shoud withdraw slowly to mee the shoes.
Replace the drum and bleed the brakes as normal.
This is why they needed changing....
...the one that didn't leak was siezed.
Finally I was prety pleased with myself and bought some Jaffa Teacakes.
They're rubbish.
Adding this photo for my other forum.
Edited by Liquid Knight on Tuesday 1st November 12:01
CDP said:
Liquid Knight said:
That VDP looks worth saving. Being a pre-facelift one they're aren't many left out of the 160-odd series one Rover 200s left in the UK. The barren looked salvagable until I tried to straighten it and it cracked.
Bought one of these for now.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...
Looks like 44K miles. May well be a scrapage car..Bought one of these for now.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...
Needs to be more orange flavored. At least with a normal teacake you can taste the jam.
Another Rob with another old Rover that's three of us now. 
Just been to the local scrappy for a barrel. All the Rover ones either didn't have keys or were the wrong type. I did see this while I was there though.....
...2.2 carb engine, manual box and a very cool set of retro wheels for £250 (pity I'm broke eh?) all the conversion parts I'd need and I could weigh the shell in for half my money back (£200 per Ton for scrap at the moment).
Just been to the local scrappy for a barrel. All the Rover ones either didn't have keys or were the wrong type. I did see this while I was there though.....
...2.2 carb engine, manual box and a very cool set of retro wheels for £250 (pity I'm broke eh?) all the conversion parts I'd need and I could weigh the shell in for half my money back (£200 per Ton for scrap at the moment).
I am fed up with music in my car sounding like it's being played trough a Whoopie Cusion. Found the cause....
...and the solution.
The "yeah but no" speakers from my Fiat fit stealthily (like in-it)...
...behind the factory door trim.
The door speakers took a mater of seconds to fit because it's a simple pop the trim off, unscrew and fit process. The parcel shelf however is a pain in the cheeks and requires the kind of skill it would take to perform open heart surgery with a local anasetic to pull off. After all that because the car dates from a bigone era where in car entertainment involved the goings on in a village called Ambridge (I had to google that) only silly little speakers (as you can see from the first photo the same size as the door ones) will fit without fouling the rear seatbelts.
So I'll have front speakers only until the payday fairies come to visit next week. Still a hundred times better than (4.08)....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UMedd03JCA
...and the solution.
The "yeah but no" speakers from my Fiat fit stealthily (like in-it)...
...behind the factory door trim.
The door speakers took a mater of seconds to fit because it's a simple pop the trim off, unscrew and fit process. The parcel shelf however is a pain in the cheeks and requires the kind of skill it would take to perform open heart surgery with a local anasetic to pull off. After all that because the car dates from a bigone era where in car entertainment involved the goings on in a village called Ambridge (I had to google that) only silly little speakers (as you can see from the first photo the same size as the door ones) will fit without fouling the rear seatbelts.
So I'll have front speakers only until the payday fairies come to visit next week. Still a hundred times better than (4.08)....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UMedd03JCA
I wave at "boyracers" now if I had an efi "O" Series I'd deploy a cloud of oil smoke as I did. I used to have a blue 216SE and every time I went round a roundabout (enfusiasticly) oil would surge into number 1 cylindar and would take a mile to burn through the exhaust.
Just like this chap.
http://youtu.be/iM6trhD6avU
Nearly bought a set of those wheels though. I think they were Metro ones though because they had stupid Metric tyres on.
Ran out of polish half way through spring cleaning the car today. I had lent a nearly full bottle of Auto Glym to someone and got half a cars worth back. Grrrr!
So half the car is Auto-Glym (allegedly) super high gloss the other is triple wax (that I bought years ago and found in my shed whilst looking for something else).
I'm not buying that Auto-Glym crap again.
So half the car is Auto-Glym (allegedly) super high gloss the other is triple wax (that I bought years ago and found in my shed whilst looking for something else).
I'm not buying that Auto-Glym crap again.
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