liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 16/10/06 at 06:37 PM |
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Friday afternoon Rover
I have a P reg 216 k engined Rover (first bubble shaped one)
I'm sure it was thrown together with the bits they had left over 1 day
I previously found out it had the front discs and calipers from the old honda engined 216,
also today I find the rad is the one from an automatic.
I'm sure this sort of thing isn't unusual just wanted to share my experience
[Edited on 16/10/06 by liam.mccaffrey]
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 16/10/06 at 07:05 PM |
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Your lucky its not French as Renault sometimes use brake shoes that are not even listed for the model they are fitted to
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 16/10/06 at 08:27 PM |
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I came across a Fiat city van once that the dealers (or anyone else come to that) didn't make carry or have the spec for the front discs. Had to
buy in a pair of the closest fitting discs and have them machined down by 2mm on the inboard face just to clear the caliper carrier.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 16/10/06 at 09:21 PM |
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I think that all amigo's and cityvans had twin leading shoes! A disc brake model must be the abarth variant
Back to rover quality control, look at this track control arm - spot the deliberate mistake
 
Rescued attachment Rover QC.JPG
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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stevebubs
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| posted on 16/10/06 at 10:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
I have a P reg 216 k engined Rover (first bubble shaped one)
I'm sure it was thrown together with the bits they had left over 1 day
I previously found out it had the front discs and calipers from the old honda engined 216,
also today I find the rad is the one from an automatic.
I'm sure this sort of thing isn't unusual just wanted to share my experience
[Edited on 16/10/06 by liam.mccaffrey]
Nope not unusual. My dad had one of the first 800s from new c. 1987. Apparently the 820i had 7 (or some daft number like this) of different exhaust
systems in the first 9 months or so....
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NS Dev
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| posted on 17/10/06 at 08:51 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
I think that all amigo's and cityvans had twin leading shoes! A disc brake model must be the abarth variant
Back to rover quality control, look at this track control arm - spot the deliberate mistake
you are joking????????
I assume this was taken inside the rover plant or a subcontractor?
If that left the plant, with bushes pressed in etc, then no wonder they went to the wall!!!!
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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NS Dev
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| posted on 17/10/06 at 08:53 AM |
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having said that, I did hear from a mate that worked at massey ferguson in coventry, that on day on the rolling road in the plant they had a tractor
on test that had a pretty poor sounding gearbox (apparently not that unusual) when it was stripped to be sent back down the track they found that one
of the gears was an "ex metallurgical test sample" one, that had had a 20 degree segment removed for testing!!!!
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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ned
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| posted on 17/10/06 at 12:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
Back to rover quality control, look at this track control arm - spot the deliberate mistake
is it missing a hole?
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 17/10/06 at 08:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by NS Dev
quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
I think that all amigo's and cityvans had twin leading shoes! A disc brake model must be the abarth variant
Back to rover quality control, look at this track control arm - spot the deliberate mistake
you are joking????????
I assume this was taken inside the rover plant or a subcontractor?
If that left the plant, with bushes pressed in etc, then no wonder they went to the wall!!!!
Taken out of the box in my office, they obviously check stuff very carefully at the factory - the parts guy laughed and said the balljoint hole was
extra, he would send one down for us to fit!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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