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Nov 17, 2023 18:18:52 GMT
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The heater in mine was adequate. Not brilliant, but pretty good for the period. A good flush through may well make quite a difference. Given the state I found the feed line to it to be in when it was replaced I'd be surprised if it's not well sludged up, so hopefully a good flush will get it going again. -- -- -- I definitely need to do something about the exhaust again as this car is definitely trying to asphyxiate me. This was an issue back when I got it, but was pretty much solved when I bodged together a hasty repair to the exhaust silencer. The exhaust paste I splodged on there did last a lot longer than I expected but has clearly flaked off again. For the sake of £125 I'll probably just cough up for a new silencer. The rest of the system looks fine, just the end plates on the silencer itself that have gone. If I take it off and try to weld it up I'll most likely just end up blowing more holes in it and making things worse - ending up with me buying a new one AND wasting a bunch of time. I also absolutely *despise* messing with exhausts, so having a solution which involves me only having to fight with it once definitely is favourite. Trying not to spend money on a car I'm planning on selling...but equally maintenance needs to happen. Which reminds me it's also due an oil change - given that means buying 10 litres of oil that will sting a bit too! |
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Current fleet: 73 AC Model-70. 75 Rover 3500. 84 Trabant 601S. 85 Sinclair C5. 06 Peugeot Partner 1.6HDi.
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Had a chance to look into the lack of heating in the P4 today. Initially couldn't get any water through the heater core. Poking a screwdriver into the feed immediately revealed the reason for this.  The valve itself was also well and truly gummed up. Eventually, after a good 15-20 minutes digging and generally faffing about with it I managed to get a decent flow through it. Turned out that the linkages were also adjusted wrong, so the valve wasn't opening when the heat control was set to high. I then faffed about for a while getting it bled - there's no proper provision for bleeding the system on these and the heater is the highest point on the system so it's a bit awkward. We now have...some vague suggestion of warmth. I suspect I may need to bleed it a bit further or poke the linkages a bit more. Progress though. I also want to see if I can get hold of the cable and get the flaps for the windscreen demisted vents open. I'm not inclined to dismantle the whole control assembly to try to reconnect it, but if I could just get the demisters open and just leaving it that way would make sense at this time of year. As Abby was in the office today so I didn't have the Peugeot on hand it drew the short straw for daily duty today.  Still enjoying this car. Hopefully I can get it equipped with more or less a fully working heater tomorrow. |
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Current fleet: 73 AC Model-70. 75 Rover 3500. 84 Trabant 601S. 85 Sinclair C5. 06 Peugeot Partner 1.6HDi.
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Are you thinking about doing some sort of coolant system flush, if only with clean water at full engine temp? And does the coolant that’s in there have any smell of combustion gasses?
Best, John
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Nov 29, 2023 15:06:52 GMT
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Are you thinking about doing some sort of coolant system flush, if only with clean water at full engine temp? And does the coolant that’s in there have any smell of combustion gasses? Best, John The coolant doesn't smell at all and there's no tell tale skin of oil in the radiator. I think this is just a case of many years worth of gunge and leak stop products having concentrated around the tightest bottleneck in the system. Especially if the heater was turned off over summer when I'm sure a tiny amount of coolant would still seep through the valve. It's been on my to do list to back flush the radiator itself, though I'm somewhat hesitant to mess with the engine itself given we know that there's a crack in the block which is causing a tiny, tiny weep of coolant at the moment - I really don't want to encourage that to become more than a tiny weep. Especially as the cooling system seemed entirely capable of keeping up even when we had the really hot weather in the summer. |
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Current fleet: 73 AC Model-70. 75 Rover 3500. 84 Trabant 601S. 85 Sinclair C5. 06 Peugeot Partner 1.6HDi.
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i just picked up a 95, so following with interest
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Those Smiths heater valves are all too capable of stopping almost all flow in all positions while outwardly appearing to work. Check carefully. Copies are available new. The pretend rubber used in the diaphragms is not long-lived.
Also, if both inlet and outlet stubs go into the same tank, there must be (have been) an internal baffle to direct flow through the matrix. If this goes missing, you’ll get very little heat.
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1967 Triumph Vitesse convertible (old friend)
1996 Audi A6 2.5 TDI Avant (still durability testing)
1972 GT6 Mk3 (Restored after loong rest & getting the hang of being a car again)
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Sadly I won't have much more to add to this thread as this car will be moving on to pastures new tomorrow. I'd been expecting it to stick around until the Spring, but an interesting car has popped up which we're doing an old fashioned swap for.
I will let the new owner know this thread exists, and will provide a link to their thread if they make one so you can continue to follow the ongoing story of this car.
I definitely wouldn't say no to owning another P4 down the road - massively underrated cars in my view, and one which has left a very positive impression with me.
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Current fleet: 73 AC Model-70. 75 Rover 3500. 84 Trabant 601S. 85 Sinclair C5. 06 Peugeot Partner 1.6HDi.
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good news
swapped seems so old fashioned but in reality probably the easiest way to do a deal
good news
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Dec 10, 2023 23:15:43 GMT
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 Bought one of these recently myself. I’ve had to do the clutch already and the fuel pump has packed in. Lovely old thing to drive though. Planning to lower it a little and band the wheels. I should probably start my own thread. |
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ovimor
North East
...It'll be ME!
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..... That would be 'Bands on the Run', eh?
These cars always look mean, with rimz 'n a whack with the 'lowering stick' 👍
I'm in 😉
OVIMOR
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Last Edit: Dec 11, 2023 8:29:01 GMT by ovimor
Knowledge is to know a Tomato is a 'fruit' - Wisdom, on the other hand, is knowing not to put it in a 'fruit salad'!
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I saw this Rover (thought it looked familiar at the time & just been looking for this thread to confirm!) earlier today at an old car meet in Selsey  |
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Hi, just got my P4 110 a couple of weeks ago and my door seals look like this too!! Is removal just a case of carefully digging out the old solid rubber with an appropriate tool? Any advice greatly appreciated.
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Apr 11, 2024 18:04:47 GMT
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Hi, just got my P4 110 a couple of weeks ago and my door seals look like this too!! Is removal just a case of carefully digging out the old solid rubber with an appropriate tool? Any advice greatly appreciated. Yep, just a case of digging and patience. Biggest bit of advice? Wear gloves! The old rubber will have turned to a tar like substance which is nigh on impossible to get off your hands. |
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Current fleet: 73 AC Model-70. 75 Rover 3500. 84 Trabant 601S. 85 Sinclair C5. 06 Peugeot Partner 1.6HDi.
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