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 Expert Posts: 4458    Location: Jelling, Denmark | I bought a non working rover 400 1.6 in order to use its engine to make a new one for my metro. The 400 had a cracked wind-shield because some one had thrown a brick through it as you might see in the first picture. The engine didn't work though, but I knew that. The guy had driven the car dry for water with out noticing until it was seized solid. I took the engine apart and noticed that it was only seized in brown sticky cooked oil and that it wasn't anything that couldn't be fixed with new piston rings, head gasket etc... so since the car was in really good shape body wise and had little to none rust I decided to keep it instead of robbing its engine. any way, here are some pics        Edited by DotMatrix 4/12/2012 8:52 PM | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | So today I changed the windscreen to a new one. damn what a job cutting the old one out and vacuuming all the glass pieces up.    Edited by DotMatrix 4/12/2012 8:55 PM | ||
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 Metro Mad Posts: 7653   Location: Tamworth, Staffs | Not bad for an old bath tub  I scrapped my old 400 back in 2006 as the rust was starting to show on the roof and rear 1/4's and I found it more cost effective top replace it with my ZS than to fix it up | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | R119GTA - 23/9/2012 9:45 PM Not bad for an old bath tub I scrapped my old 400 back in 2006 as the rust was starting to show on the roof and rear 1/4's and I found it more cost effective top replace it with my ZS than to fix it up the zs i also a nice looking car cleaned the two top corners prior to fitting the new windshield, gave them a lick of rust removing stuff and rust primer, so hopefully it will be some time before the water gets in do have to do up one of the rear arches aswell though. | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | did some more work on the 400 this weekend, cleaned and painted the block and the crank frame and put the block and crank back together with new waterpump and gaskets. also stripped the head for cleaning all the old brown dirty slime out and got the head ready to have it pressure tested.       Edited by DotMatrix 4/12/2012 8:58 PM | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | got a lot done on the engine this weekend, so now I'm waiting for among other thing an oil pump gasket, but they should arrive before next weekend so I can continue with it and hopefully get it back into the car soon.         Edited by DotMatrix 4/12/2012 9:02 PM | ||
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 purple_metty Posts: 2165 Location: leicsestershire | Looks brand new! Its going to look funny bolted to that dirty gearbox  | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | redgrave66 - 30/10/2012 7:21 PM Looks brand new! Its going to look funny bolted to that dirty gearbox you are right. I will have to clean the gearbox a bit but still, have to start somewhere with the tidying up. | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | did some work this weekend again and got the engine into the engine bay with almost everything fitted. something isn't right though as it wont start, but I will figure this out next weekend hopefully.     Edited by DotMatrix 4/12/2012 9:06 PM | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | No pictures today, but it is now alive! had it started and drove it. All it needed to start was fob syncing and having the clutch held down while starting. I dont knop which of the two that did the trick but it drives realy well. It only ran on 2-3 cylinders at first but a bit of running cleaned the injectors and it now runs well. Sounds nice to. Not tapping at all. All i need now is bit of rurt work in the corner of one arch. Fitting the last plastic bits in the engine bay, fixing a snapped anti rollbar bolt, fixing a hole in the exhaust and having the brakes checked and it should be ready for an mot | ||
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 Transport Guru MP Moderator Posts: 4947 Location: Bromley, Kent | good news! Get some alloys on it, will look so much better! I always have liked the Rover hair pin type wheels personally.  | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | Yeah i know. And there is also a very cheap set of the standard alloys for sale in denmark now. It is just that i have already spend a lot of money on this car lately and i think the wheels will have to wait. But i was looking at a set of those 15 spoke 17" wheels and think they would look great on it Edited by DotMatrix 12/11/2012 7:40 AM | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | did some work today. changed a broken anti rollbar bolt, started clearing off rust flakes for rust proofing, removed the side skirts underneath which I found some rust that need to be repaired. also cleaned and greased up the front brakes. I will continue this work next weekend with the rear brakes, rust proofing and painting the welded places and the places that is rusted on the visible parts of the car. by the way. what a stupid design, there was no end to the amount of dirt collected behind the front inner wing, side skirt and in the bottom of the wing          Edited by DotMatrix 4/12/2012 9:12 PM | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | this weekend I cleaned the interior as it was a bit dirty and smelly after being sat for some time getting damp inside, bit it turned out looking very nice I think after doing this I removed the rear bumper to see what kind of rust was behind there and to fix the two bumper mounting brackets in the rear inner wings, painted a few spots where I sanded down some surface rust, cleaned the underneath and started applying undersealant. also found this plug in the drivers foot-well. anybody know what its for?   Edited by DotMatrix 4/12/2012 9:18 PM | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | Had a couple of rust holes behind the plastic side skirts that needed to be patched up. One of the two sides were done in this weekend, so now the other side needs to be done which is much nicer, no wing-work needed, and only half as many holes in the sill. Other than that the two rear bumper mounts in the rear wings need to be welded on as they have rusted away and a small hole in on of the jacking points, but its very near MOT ready now Also took a picture of a spare wheel and jack I managed to find used for £30 here in denmark     | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | Metromartin - 11/12/2012 8:09 PM That engine cleaned up like new! Nice work, glad your saving it! thanks I hope it turns out to be a very reliable and long-lasting car that I can keep while fixing the gti engine. The plan is that my girl friend gets it when my gti is fixed again. | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | here you have some pictures of the progress since last. I sanded down the filler and painted a couple of places. the result turned out to be ok although I'm not that good at making the transition from the freshly painted to the original paint. neither am I that good at applying just the right amount of paint to match the darkness of the existing color, but imo the sanding down and edge between the old and new turned out quite good anyway. this is as far as I got this weekend         | ||
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 Admin Posts: 1576  Location: Burnley, Lancs | Nice work! Think I want your workshop  | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | Pietaster - 23/12/2012 2:55 AM Nice work! Think I want your workshop yes it is nice surroundings to work in but its not mine, my dad has a garage where I come and work on cars. | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | finished painting the welded bits, but didn't take any pictures, will take some later. I gave the car a cavity wax and waxing of spots needing in various places and also changed the exhaust from the cat and back as it had several holes in it. As car is now very close to complete I took the car for an MOT unfortunately the mot guy said that one of the headlamps was foggy (which I managed to polish away using some turtle product) and that some of the brake pipes were corroded so I changed them, so the car is now ready for an other MOT check of the fixed things and a new set of number plates as soon as a MOT place is open    | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | petrol_head - 29/12/2012 7:40 PM its hard to believe someone would do so much work to a 400! so far it drives nicely and is very comfortable, in good condition, the newest car I have ever had, looks nice and it was cheap Edited by DotMatrix 29/12/2012 8:34 PM | ||
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