Black Efi resurrection

[Jeff Turbo]

Came out not too bad there John, nice work

[Doctordiesel77]

Came out not too bad there John, nice work

Cheers! I should have taken a before picture...next time maybe....

[Jeff Turbo]

Cheers! I should have taken a before picture...next time maybe....

Next time? You only want to do this once

[Doctordiesel77]

Next time? You only want to do this once

Very true, but just once per project still leaves a few next times....

[Doctordiesel77]

This weekend's work looks like I've been busier than last weekend, even though I haven't! I added plenty of white paint pointing to the timing marks, which aren't always easy to see. My spare cambelt tensioner turned out to be one of the harder to find early ones when I opened the box, so I've ordered one of the correct ones to put on next weekend.

[Doctordiesel77]

Got a bit more done today, the Borg & Beck clutch alignment tool is one of those tools that looks crappy, but ends up being indispensable. The tool holds the driven plate central on the pressure plate, so just a case of sticking it onto the dowels and torqueing the bolts up.

[Doctordiesel77]

New cambelt tensioner on, the Haynes and early Rover workshop manuals don't give tension figures for use with the Rover belt tension gauge, but the later Rover book does, 5 to 7 is the acceptable range, so I set it at 6. Not quite ready for the PAS drive belt yet, but I got one out ready. The correct part is GCB 50765, which is a belt 765mm long and 11.9mm top width with high ride out, you can see it sitting proud of the pulley in the photo. If you get a belt that doesn't sit proud of the pulley it is certain to slip, which is why I made a point of getting a genuine one. The RH engine mount was the subject of a technical bulletin, the bush was prone to wandering out of the housing, fix was a self tapper, or pop rivet, I used a self drilling screw which should be a bit stronger. Now to work out the breather hoses...

[Jeff Turbo]

Coming on a treat that John. Will you have it finished by the next show season ?

[Doctordiesel77]

Coming on a treat that John. Will you have it finished by the next show season ?

I hope so, just been fitting the breather bits that I got from you, so next bits are the fuel, electrical and gearbox, just need to decide what ratios to use....

[Jeff Turbo]

John, how did you get the dust shields to go in on the calipers? Ignore that as I sussed it

[Doctordiesel77]

Finally got the engine back in, the first couple of photos show a couple of mistakes that I had to rectify, a few more bits put back on, throttle pot set, still plenty to do, but shouldn't be toolong before it is running

[Jeff Turbo]

Connect up the rear water pipe to the thermostat housing before putting the engine back in as it's much easier. Looking good there John, later engine too so parts not readily available, but you should have most of them

[Jeff Turbo]

I saw your post on facebook. This any good to you?

[Doctordiesel77]

Yes, that looks like exactly the thing I could do with, I was convinced that I had one, but am now convinced that I haven't!

[Jeff Turbo]

Pressure reg looks the same as a Jag but different part number https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/306813736...Bk9SR7Dx0YbNZw