Hello All,
I've been lurking on this board (this wonderful, wonderful board) for a few weeks now. Two weeks ago I took the plunge and purchased my first Rover. She's a 84' RHD D90 with the 300tdi and the R380. She's only been in the States since Feb and is from Scotland. I've been taking it easy on her till I could get her into my mechanic. I told him to look over everything and let me know what I was into. He hit me with a whopping $86 bill. I was thrilled, expected to pay big $$$$. The feeder lines on the top of the motor had to be replaced, that's why you can see the drips in the pics. I've already ordered new tires after reading a bunch on this site and I need to replace / remove to muffler. I have a short list of the other mechanical items that need to be address and I've been trying to do as much research as I can. First thing I'm trying to figure out is what the gasket is called that is located where the water-pump mounts to the block, I've attached photos. I have a slight coolant leak there. I'm also trying to locate an air-filter housing, as you can see mine is pretty messed up. I've looked at roversnorth, rovahfarm, roversdownsouth, but I can't find one. The speedo isn't hooked up, but I was wondering if the speedo in my dash can even be hooked up to the R380 trans? If so what do I need? I was under the impression that the one I have is mechanical and the one for the R380 is electronic? I also need braided diesel fuel line, but I imagine that should be easy to find. Any help would be great. And thanks to all of you for such an invaluable stockpile of information and expertise!
I've been lurking on this board (this wonderful, wonderful board) for a few weeks now. Two weeks ago I took the plunge and purchased my first Rover. She's a 84' RHD D90 with the 300tdi and the R380. She's only been in the States since Feb and is from Scotland. I've been taking it easy on her till I could get her into my mechanic. I told him to look over everything and let me know what I was into. He hit me with a whopping $86 bill. I was thrilled, expected to pay big $$$$. The feeder lines on the top of the motor had to be replaced, that's why you can see the drips in the pics. I've already ordered new tires after reading a bunch on this site and I need to replace / remove to muffler. I have a short list of the other mechanical items that need to be address and I've been trying to do as much research as I can. First thing I'm trying to figure out is what the gasket is called that is located where the water-pump mounts to the block, I've attached photos. I have a slight coolant leak there. I'm also trying to locate an air-filter housing, as you can see mine is pretty messed up. I've looked at roversnorth, rovahfarm, roversdownsouth, but I can't find one. The speedo isn't hooked up, but I was wondering if the speedo in my dash can even be hooked up to the R380 trans? If so what do I need? I was under the impression that the one I have is mechanical and the one for the R380 is electronic? I also need braided diesel fuel line, but I imagine that should be easy to find. Any help would be great. And thanks to all of you for such an invaluable stockpile of information and expertise!