Rover stepper motor

[CHIMV8]

Chaps I take it this will be ok for my Chim?

https://www.britishparts.co.uk/products/10149-step...

Don't want to pay the £100 plus vat from a well known source

[bobfather]

Pays your money and takes your chance. My guess is that this is a £10 Chinese copy marked up to make it appear to be a very cheap genuine motor, however it doesn't look anything like the genuine motors. Many of the Chinese copies are wired differently so if you buy it I'd suggest you check the plug pins are in the right place

[Danblez]

I have got a 14 quid eBay special on mine which has been fine for the last 12 months/8k miles. The spindle was a little longer which can catch folks out with many of the cheapies but I just had to add an additional fibre washer. I reckon a lot of the mid priced ones are the same as the cheapies!

[N7GTX]

It comes with a 12 month warranty so some reassurance there.

[CHIMV8]

Spoken to the supplier and there is full warrenty,assured me not a china product,and he has code matched the unit to the one on the Chimaera parts list.

So lets see how we go

[bobfather]

Have you got Rovergauge? I found it useful to be able to see that my stepper was operating mid stroke. Some stepper stems are longer so the motor only has a fraction of the intended travel

[ianwayne]

Danblez said:

I have got a 14 quid eBay special on mine which has been fine for the last 12 months/8k miles. The spindle was a little longer which can catch folks out with many of the cheapies but I just had to add an additional fibre washer. I reckon a lot of the mid priced ones are the same as the cheapies!

You were fortunate. I bought a £13 ebay special in Dec 2013 and the engine would idle at about 2k rpm. So embarrassing at junctions! Bit the bullet and fitted a £90 one. Been fine since.

[blitzracing]

As said, you might get lucky. Ive had two pattern ones, one had an airleak around the motor, and the seconds shaft was too long to work correctly. Having removed the shaft and cut about 4mm off it it was OK.

Genuine on the right.

[CHIMV8]

Will compare and take pics when it arrives

[mk1fan]

blitzracing said:

As said, you might get lucky. Ive had two pattern ones, one had an airleak around the motor, and the seconds shaft was too long to work correctly. Having removed the shaft and cut about 4mm off it it was OK.

Genuine on the right.

Could you not have just swapped the shaft?

[blitzracing]

Look closely- they are completely different.

[CHIMV8]

blitzracing said:

Look closely- they are completely different.

Take it shafts are pictured wrong way round then compared to units above?

Edited by CHIMV8 on Saturday 23 July 10:12

[CHIMV8]

CHIMV8 said:

Chaps I take it this will be ok for my Chim?

https://www.britishparts.co.uk/products/10149-step...

Don't want to pay the £100 plus vat from a well known source

Well here we are,they didn't have the Lucas reference but they had the Land Rover one, Lucas part 73312 or Land Rover Part ERR5199


When i parked the car up she was idling badly,note the shaft is full out in the pic,we came to the conclusion the other day that the stepper was all over the place resulting in bad idling issues throughout a run out,from not holding idle at all,to fluctuating issues from 200 to 800 revs when idle.

The new one came with its own sealing gasket as you get see in pic below


Once fitted she idled well,ran her for a mile then had to rest idle on plenum as she was holding at 1200,due to the issues previous and trying to sort the issue with the old stepper.

All i can say is she ran like a dream,in fact as you are all aware i've been having issues for ages on this,she ran the best i have known,she picked up instantly on every occasion......i was like a kid in a sweet shop to the point, aguy in a flash Merc pulled up next to me at the lights and asked what i had under the bonnet LOL as he struggled to keep up with me over the last few miles.

Including delivery the stepper cost £43,a lot less the £80 to £100 plus vat from TVR specialist suppliers

[blitzracing]

CHIMV8 said:

Take it shafts are pictured wrong way round then compared to units above?

Edited by CHIMV8 on Saturday 23 July 10:12

You got me there!

[semaj]

I fitted £12 ebay job last year and no probs.