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Rover SD1 3500 Update
Well I viewed the Rover this afternoon. All & all it’s in pretty fair shape considering it’s been sitting in the Museums warehouse for over three years it’s seems to be in pretty fair shape. All I can say about the interior is that it is all there and seems like the seats might have been recovered at least once as they seem too nice compaired to the rest of the interior. But man did those Brits have a thing for cloth or what – every square inch of the interior is lined with velour. Doors & hand rails etc. But amazingly enough not a rip or a tear anywhere to be found. The exterior isn’t great – the paint needs a re-blow. But the only rust I can find is along the base of windshield on the passenger’s side.
Mechanically it looks to all be there. Only problem is it won’t stay running. Give it a shot of starter fluid and she kicks over & purrs before she dies. The guy working on it is a Roverphile himself & even had his own personal SD1 3500 sitting right next to it to help troubleshoot the problem. According to this guy a few months back it ran fine and actually ran stronger than his. But now it is acting like the inertia cut-off is blocking fuel to the fuel rails but the switch in question is missing and seems to be bypassed with a jumper. They’ve powered up the fuel pump manually and it seems to be functioning properly but they want to make sure it’s pumping at the right pressure (35PSI they think). Anyway early next week he has another friend (& Museum volunteer) who used to run a Rover service & parts department of a dealership in Pasadena, CA - who has kindly offered his expertise to help de-bug the problem. Recommended that they install a pressure gauge on the fuel rail to confirm the right pressure is on tap then they’ll go from their.
Anybody got any ideas what else might be causing the engine not to work?
Ya know the funny thing when the guy & I and one of his friends started talking the next think I knew I was being quizzed about my 78B and how I got it through the emissions testing. Spent a whole hour talking about one of the guys B’s he’s been having trouble getting through the emissions testing.
Well I viewed the Rover this afternoon. All & all it’s in pretty fair shape considering it’s been sitting in the Museums warehouse for over three years it’s seems to be in pretty fair shape. All I can say about the interior is that it is all there and seems like the seats might have been recovered at least once as they seem too nice compaired to the rest of the interior. But man did those Brits have a thing for cloth or what – every square inch of the interior is lined with velour. Doors & hand rails etc. But amazingly enough not a rip or a tear anywhere to be found. The exterior isn’t great – the paint needs a re-blow. But the only rust I can find is along the base of windshield on the passenger’s side.
Mechanically it looks to all be there. Only problem is it won’t stay running. Give it a shot of starter fluid and she kicks over & purrs before she dies. The guy working on it is a Roverphile himself & even had his own personal SD1 3500 sitting right next to it to help troubleshoot the problem. According to this guy a few months back it ran fine and actually ran stronger than his. But now it is acting like the inertia cut-off is blocking fuel to the fuel rails but the switch in question is missing and seems to be bypassed with a jumper. They’ve powered up the fuel pump manually and it seems to be functioning properly but they want to make sure it’s pumping at the right pressure (35PSI they think). Anyway early next week he has another friend (& Museum volunteer) who used to run a Rover service & parts department of a dealership in Pasadena, CA - who has kindly offered his expertise to help de-bug the problem. Recommended that they install a pressure gauge on the fuel rail to confirm the right pressure is on tap then they’ll go from their.
Anybody got any ideas what else might be causing the engine not to work?
Ya know the funny thing when the guy & I and one of his friends started talking the next think I knew I was being quizzed about my 78B and how I got it through the emissions testing. Spent a whole hour talking about one of the guys B’s he’s been having trouble getting through the emissions testing.
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