by Richard | Saturday, 7 February, 2015 | BGU 122G Diary |
Painting the Rover P5B Intake Manifold. Once the temperature sender (transmitter) thread was repaired I set about painting the intake manifold. Originally the factory painted these a mid-grey colour, along with the rocker covers and air inlet ‘elbows’....
by Richard | Tuesday, 27 January, 2015 | BGU 122G Diary |
Fixing a Rover P5B Temperature Transmitter (Sender). As mentioned in a previous post, there are a number of jobs that need fixing in the area of the intake manifold, which I’ve left to do at the same time: Faulty temperature transmitter / sender. This is well...
by Richard | Saturday, 10 January, 2015 | BGU 122G Diary |
Into the Valley-Rover P5B Intake Manifold. The time has come, whilst the roads are covered in salt, to fix a few mechanical issues that need fixing. Main ones are: Faulty temperature transmitter / sender. This is well and truly stuck – I’ve tried lots of...
by Richard | Saturday, 13 December, 2014 | BGU 122G Diary |
Fitting a Radio to a Rover P5 or P5B. I’ve spent some time trying to sort out the bodged mounting for the radio, which looked to be using a child’s Meccano kit to hold the radio. Not very Rover. The Rover P5 and P5B has a single speaker in the centre of...
by Richard | Sunday, 30 November, 2014 | BGU 122G Diary |
Rover P5B Engine Tune-Up. When I bought the car earlier this year the engine ran OK-ish, but not exactly smoothly. Being new to the P5B, I wasn’t sure how much of that was down to a 46 year old design, how much was due to wear-and-tear or faults, and how much...
by Richard | Saturday, 20 September, 2014 | BGU 122G Diary |
Classic Car Boot Sale. We’re off to the Olympic Park early tomorrow, to take part in the Classic Car Boot Sale. First time I’ve washed and polished the car – had the help of my son who rapidly go bored. Also found a few rust spots that need attention, but that’s...
