Oil / Fluid extractors

[Alex Crow]

reminds me of the black cabs i used to work on, rivetted ladder chassis, leaf springs and those dampers look just the same.

 

[dieselman]

reminds me of the black cabs i used to work on, rivetted ladder chassis, leaf springs and those dampers look just the same.

Lever dampers were used for pretty well all Austin and Rover cars right into BL times, even the Austin 1300 had them.

I'm surprised to see a rear anti-roll bar though...quite some sophistication for it's day.

 

[Frontstep]

Theres a Bentley Spec garage at my house lined ceiling heater pipes etc and full of Junk, can't swing a proverbial cat in it, hey ho when we move.
My house isn't as clean as that garage !

 

[Alex Crow]

I'm surprised to see a rear anti-roll bar though...quite some sophistication for it's day.

me too, looks quite a modern design too - i wonder if this is another mod from the original?

 

[47p2]

The ARB is original and Vauxhall bushes fit the drop links.

There is almost nothing fitted to the Rover that is not from the period. The electronic fuel pump would originally have been a points operated pump, the radio has been converted to FM although it retains its period look....Everything else is as original

 

[Dosco]

Fantastic wedding car

 

[dieselman]

Fantastic wedding car

Nah. It's built far stronger than most marriages..

 

[Dosco]

Nah. It's built far stronger than most marriages..

It will certainly out live them that's for sure

 

[grober]

Does it have the dreaded oil Luvax-Bijur system for chassis lubrication or has it been converted to grease nipples?

 

[47p2]

Fantastic wedding car

It's outlived most marriages already

Does it have the dreaded oil Luvax-Bijur system for chassis lubrication or has it been converted to grease nipples?

Yes the Luvax-Bijur lubrication system is fully functional. The Rover was never designed to have grease nipples and tolerances did not lend itself to greasing the joints.

The oil container for the lubrication system can be seen in the picture below

 

[grober]

It's outlived most marriages already




Yes the Luvax-Bijur lubrication system is fully functional. The Rover was never designed to have grease nipples and tolerances did not lend itself to greasing the joints.

The oil container for the lubrication system can be seen in the picture below

Glad to hear the original system is intact. Many were "converted":cry: when they went wrong I believe.

 

[47p2]

It's really a simple device that works off the engine vacuum. There reeally isn't that much to go wrong with it

 

[st4]

Nah. It's built far stronger than most marriages..

So are 80's Lancias, thats why so many are dissolved...

 

[Number_Cruncher]

and sorry to get off the off topic, but....

i used a vacuum extractor to remove the oil from a 271 engine in a 171 last monday. i also removed the sump plug to see if any further oil could be drained - not a single drop was to be had!! so subject to tests on other engine types i am now a convert and believer.

I too was fairly sceptical at first, beofre I tried one.

However, I know that being able to do an oil change and filter entirely from above while wearing smart clothes has enabled me to fit the job in around other "duties" where if the car had to be jacked up, and I had to get into working clothes to wriggle around underneath it, the job simply wouldn't have been done on time.

I think the ease with which an extractor allows particularly those DIYers without lifts and hoists to do quick oil changes is worth much more than the really academic argument about getting every last drop out - as the oil galleries and perhaps an oil cooler are still quite full of old oil, it's not something I can get too excited about.

 

[Alex Crow]

indeed NC, it seems they get even more oil out than draining, but as you say it is a little academic really - i note your lack of excitement.

 

[S80]

With Main Dealer service rates being what they are, I reckon they're pretty much the experts in 'fluid extraction'