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13th June 2024, 09:45 | #1 |
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Well now im retired- ive been looking around for a 75 to do up as a project.
Have not been able to find a white one over here (in western australia) ( about the only colour i never owned!!) but ive come across a 2002 connie going cheap with rear blind etc in British racing green. The car has seen better days, has a dent on front drivers fender and bonnet corner and a crack in the bumper BUT the owner has just done a rebuild of the motor (2.5)heads done, new belts, water pump, new thermostat etc Paint on the bonnet, roof and boot clear coat are peeling but the interior is pretty good. Drove the car, felt great to drive but i noticed the temp gauge did not move past quarter even when the coolant tank was warmed up. The owner owner has put a aftermarket 3 speed electric fan which seems to run in and off, owner says he set the fan up that way?? My question, if the engine has warned up why would the temp gauge not show the gauge moving to warming up? |
13th June 2024, 09:59 | #2 | |
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Do you mean 7 o'clock? If so, that indicates a thermostat fault which is unusual. I suspect that the engine has had a dose of the demon K-Seal (or equivalent in Australia).
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I'd urge you to walk away from this one Peter. It's going to be trouble. Simon
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13th June 2024, 10:46 | #3 | |
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a minor bingle denting the front corner of the bonnet and wing and bumper. They dont want to fix it up as their going traveling and dont want spend anything more on it. They have also put a new radiator in also but since having the minor bingle , it has a small leak on the nylon tank. The engine is running well and smoothly. Owner has all the paperwork for the rebuild The owner has also fitted a different coolant tank as he couldnt get an original. As said the coolant tank was warm after a drive so the thermo must be working, just the temp gauge didn't seem to move much after 10 minutes of driving. Its a hard one as it runs well but it does have history. Having said that, my old 2003 had an over heat issue and still went onto 240,000km without issue so not sure !! It would be a project- at $2.5k aud its cheap!! |
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13th June 2024, 11:05 | #4 |
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Would it be possible to take it for another test drive? Or let it idle for a good while? It would interesting to see numerically what the coolant temperature is doing by using the diagnostic mode: https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...ad.php?t=55585
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13th June 2024, 17:39 | #5 | |
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As Simon says, could be a can of worms Strangely enough, was also contacted by a young guy over here that does a bit of wheeling and dealing with Rovers and he ended up with my old Rover 75 and is going to flip it, but i went and had a look at that and the previous owner had really run the cars condition down ie, interior was falling to bits, engine needed a new harmonic balancer etc, also paint clear coat peeling, which is common over here in sunny australia!! Not many cars left on the market here and whats is for sale are mostly not great condition.Unfortunately the cost of doing them up to a decent standard is beyond the value of the car, especially paint!! |
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13th June 2024, 19:42 | #6 |
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Depends if you're worried about resale value or if you want to do it for the hobby side of things. I'll never recoup the outlay on any of my cars but that's not why l do it. My 75 is my daily but also part of my hobby 'fleet' (it's not really big enough to be a fleet).
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