My Rover 75 Tourer Upgrade

[rashi_g_h]

The car looks great.
Its a real pleasure to drive it too!!!

[rashi_g_h]

Was on the school run and felt a smell of burning engine oil...
took off the engine cover to find out that the nut on the rocker cover near oil filler cap is came off with the nut of the engine cover....
was loaded of oil.... It was a mission to clean everything out...
Custom made a nut and a covering for the hole it created on the rocker cover.
Cleaned and degrees the hole, put some gasket sealant and fit in the nut.
Waited to dry and took it for a test drive. No More Leaks!!!

PS. took the opportunity to change the breather filters too, they were soo filthy and oily that i think it was never changed!!

Engine feels smooth and prompt for power when required.
Very silent even at 100 MPh
Love driving my Tourer.

[rashi_g_h]

Thanks to Chris a member here I bought the power fold mirrors.
will be installing them as soon as i get some time

[Leyland Worldmaster]

Originally Posted by rashi_g_h

After a long time in saving money I finally managed to further Upgrade my 75.
Got the xenons fitted.
At the moment they work with the manual leveling from the switch pack.
Will be working on the auto leveling sensors soon.
still not decided on the washers though....
Must admit they look great.
I actually got a MG ZT xenons, (black surrounding). It does look good with the Royal blue bumpers.

Hi Rashi, how are you? Car looks resplendent; the HID 'lamps look excellent and really do make night driving so much easier don't they! Oh and no more skinned knuckles changing dipped beam bulbs!

[rashi_g_h]

Hi Leopard.

Im good.
Yea the Xenons are great.
Need to put the power fold mirrors on, still didnt get time to get round to it....
I just got to put the 2din player with center console, the tracker and the walnut interior kit to declare the upgrades done.
Im also working on a rear spoiler. The design is a bit complicated but should look good at the end.
Will keep posted.

[arjan_m]

Have done that earlier... I had bought an Audi A6 rear spoiler lip, and fitted that on the rear window:


But at the end I didn't want a 4-ringed brand on my English ride, it's off now...

I'm curious at your solution.

[rashi_g_h]

Cool but im working on the a original type one.
But with a slight modification so that you can open the boot window

[rashi_g_h]

after a break from the rain during the bank holiday weekend I managed to fit my Power fold mirrors.
It was until the job was completed I noticed the "new" mirrors were the bullet ones!!
They look great!

[rashi_g_h]

Last night I was enjoying the drive when returning from London till suddenly my clutch pedal go stuck all the way down in 2nd gear with out warning...
I mean I knew there was a leak in the system because I had to top up some fluid in the master cylinder a couple of times before. Hence i had the fluid. the syringe and the tubing at the bottom ob the boot.

Im not sure what exactly broke... when i put fluid to the master cylinder i saw it over flowing... when i try bleeding the system it bleed fine but could not get any pressure to make the pedal go up...

Managed to drive home by shifting gears at the right RPM while the pedal was stuck at the bottom the whole time...

Just got a quote for the potential parts I might have to change.

£110 + Vat Master Cylinder
£200 + Vat Clutch Kit (Disks, Bushes, Plates and Slave Cylinder)
£287 + Vat Duel Mass Fly Wheel

So worst case scenario im looking a parts bill off £716

The car has 132.000 on the clock.... so its kind of ok....

[arjan_m]

That's a typical 75 problem indeed...
All 75's, and especially the diesels, will need a new clutch. Around the 130.000 miles is the "normal" mileage.