Well an update on the pursuit 827.
Had the following done by the chaps at my friendly Rover garage.
1/ Change all fluids including gearbox fluid and filter cleaned
2/ 4x New gas shock absorbers all round. The front springs apparently were different to a civilian model and must have been a police upgrade.
3/ Dent in front wing knocked out
4/ New mid section and back box exhaust
5/ Plugs,air filters oil filters and fuel filter
6/ All belts changed (water and Cam but not seat)
7/ N/s rear brake hose app was completely blocked and had to be replaced.
What a difference it has made. The car actually goes round corners as it should and the gear change is a lot smoother.
Also,after the bill,with the weight I will loose living on wild berries and rain water it should be more fuel efficient
The mechanic said he found a lot of rat poisen all around the engine bay. Probably from when it was stored by the film company in their warehouse.
I will have to get rid of this for reasons I will explain later.
When he drove it, bearing in mind he trained on these cars when they first came out, he said it was like a rocket ship and had the police done anything to the engine/ECU. To the best of my knowledge I didn't think we did. But it does seem to be extremely rapid compared to my KV6 and getting back in the 820SE it feels like I'm driving with the hand brake on.
Since getting the car back I have had a stab at giving the wheels a good clean
Before
after (a different wheel I didn't strip the paint of the Rover badge)
I also plucked up the courage to have a go at the broken passenger door handle today.
This is the template I made using an old piece of cardboard to make sure I put all the screws back in the right place
Read the instructions in my Haynes and Rover manual and they said to remove the circlip from the handle to remove the barrel before removing the handle. I found it impossible to get in to the circlip so removed the handle bolts first and this made getting to the circlip a doddle.
The finished result
Every thing clunks and operates as it should. I'm quite pleased with myself really.
I know it is probably a small job to all you advanced ninja mechanic men out there but I was a little anxious about taking things to bits and either breaking them or not being able to put them back together again. But it all worked
Next job the fuel filler cap cable then a full engine strip/ cam shaft re bore
Kate
