Thanks Dave!
In oktober and november me and my friend agreed that my Vanden Plas would get the maintenance it deserved. It is quite a list but it is quite an old motorcar. And i worked hard for it on the ship so...
This was the original list.
New radiator.
New cooling fan.
New viscous clutch
New waterpump
New belts
New gaskets and seals for the engine
New crankshaft seals
Rebuild transmission.
New rubbers in front suspension.
New rubbers in rear suspension.
New rear shocks.
Install new fuel tank.
New stainless steel rear silencer.
New tail lights.
New air hoses under the bonnet.
New cooling fluid.
New engine oil.
New diff oil.
New engine mounting rubbers.
New gearbox mounting rubbers.
Rimmer Bros parts came in.
Prior to the pick up i treated the rubbers and tires to a new coat of creme.
Mid oktober i let my Rover Vanden Plas be picked up and brought to a friend of mine who will do the maintenance. I could have drove the Rover Vanden Plas but the seals of the transmission were leaking badly and so was the engine. I don't want any oil on the road so i choose the safe way and asked professionals to transport my Rover.
The tow truck pulled the Vanden Plas out of the underground car park.
First sun in about a year!
Photographed from my dad's 827 Si.
Arrived safely. Good job by the tow service.
November 2017
My Rover SD1 Vanden Plas is in fairly good health again! As said the credit of the work has to go to a friend (who i paid of course). He also made some pictures.
This has been done:
1 Automatic gearbox rebuild. Even though the car has low miles (110.000 kms) i wanted to be sure it was oke.
Cleaned and rebuild!
2 New sensor that communicates with your starter motor and reverse lights.
No rust anywhere!
3 Rebuild the radiator to be sure. The old one was a bit tired.
4 New engine mounting rubbers.
Engine in the lift to replace the mounting rubbers.
5 New gearbox mounting rubbers.
6 New cooling fan.
7 New viscous coupling.
8 New waterpump.
New waterpump and viscous coupling in the Rover.
Rebuild radiator and new cooling fan installed.
9 New belts.
10 New rocker cover seals.
11 New inlate manifold gasket.
12 New gasket distribution chain cover (front of engine)
13 New crankshaft seal front and back.
An old crankshaft seal.
14 New rubbers front suspension.
15 New rubbers rear suspension.
16 New shocks in the rear.
17 New springs in the rear.
New shocks and springs installed in the Rover.
18 Replaced the petrol tank.
19 Replaced the fuel filler pipe.
20 New stainless steel silencer mid section.
21 New stainless steel rear silencer.
22 New air hose for under the bonnet.
Arrived in a piece of two meters.
23 New coolant fluid.
24 New engine oil.
The oil sump has been removed to check and clean. Re-installed with new gasket.
25 New differential oil.
The diff has been opened, cleaned and checked. Looked fine! New seal put in and new oil.
26 New fuel filters.
27 New filters for engine oil breathing system.
28 New distributor.
29 New rotor
30 New spark-plugs.
31 New spark plug kabels.
After this i collected my like new Rover.
32 New tail lights.
Nice and easy job to do myself. Makes a huge difference in looks and people will see you better. Left one is the old one.
Then i wanted to take it for a short drive to visit my brother. As you saw a lot of attention has been spend on a lot of systems and parts but not the alternator and by Murphy's law.......yeah.
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33 New alternator.
After a wash and pampering.
New parts do make it look a lot better but the black parts like the air filter box have to be repainted.
Dash looks pretty good in the sun.
On my way back home from visiting a friend a made a nice pic in the shopping mal car park at night / late evening.
I adjusted the cable on the transmission to make it even better in shifting.
Almost winter time so time for hibernation prep.
Filled up the tank, drove the Rover up to temperature and a proper wash.
Took out the battery and attent to details with creme.
Old bed sheets to prevent the cover from scratching the paint.
The cover.
1989 Rover 827 Vitesse.
1982 Rover 3500 Vanden Plas.