1994 Rover 820

As do margarine tubs!

Keep up the good work!

Thanks hernerover, thanks Chris, I have seen those filler pipes at £170 which is probably a very fair price. Working on mine I realise there are several pipes, size changes, bends, vents and tricky parts involved and all to fit in a wheel arch recess not an easy part to make.

I hope to get more done to the gearbox mount this weekend and the rear suspension turrets are away for modification, might have those back v soon.

What are those blue bolts? They can’t be ally?

Bearing cups welded to the adjuster plates





Spherical bearings fitted



and a coat of paint for the gearbox mount

Plan is to have it back together and MOT'd for 1st May. I really wanted to apply for RR weekender at Goodwood but it is cutting it a bit fine. Currently the exhaust is too loud for track use, so I ordered a very nice tailbox from America, should have it here early March this will reduce the noise but not sure if it will be enough on its own, it might also need the current rear silencer moving to mid system. One way or another it will be out and about in May.

Not much to update other than camber adjusters fitted to the turrets ready to go back on the car.

Couple of small but satisfying jobs to update.
The steering wheel horn push roundal is fitted to complete the new steering wheel



Fuel filler pipe is pretty much ready to go back on once I de rust the area it sits in, a job I have been putting off because it is going to be so awkward to get to.



I polished some steel shock absorber washers for zinc plating as bit of an experiment to see how they look rather than the usual sand blasted finish. Quite pleased as they have a gold and blue tint to them now.

Polished steel



Yellow zinc plated



my late Christmas present turned up this week. I went for this as it is similar to the standard exhaust in that it is twin straight tailpipes, just a bit bigger than original, really nicely made it is by Vibrant

The dreaded filler pipe, I did one on my old Sterling Coupe and it was a massive pain in the harris.
So tight especially if you have big hands and then there are loads of fiddly pipes to mess with.

Can also vouch for the filler neck being a pain. I bought one of those re manufactured ones off ebay. Its already rusting

Rusty update. The seized fuel pipe union would not come apart while attached to the car so I had to remove the tank to engine bay metal pipes, 3 long pipes that run the length of the car to engine bay fuel filter, fuel rail return and to where the charcoal canister used to be.
Once in the vice I was able to crack the union apart easily.



Bit if a clean to check condition and they look fine, I will try to get two rubber hose sections on this pipe replaced.





The tank metal breather/vent pipe assembly cleaned up ok and is currently getting a coat of Hydrate80





Made fuel pump and sender blanking plates for when I clean and treat the tank interior



This vent valve is proving tricky to remove without damaging the bracket, may have to grind the nut and stud off.



Not much on this car still has the original electronic systems but for the air bag reset I dug out the old Rover Microcheck to reset the SRS while I mess about finding the correct resister for the light.