Oh and no. You can’t adjust while the engine is running like on a petrol. You have to crack all the injector pipe nuts each time you adjust the pump. The engine would stall anyway. 👍

The chuff is a combination of…… the engine runs smoothly on tickover for a few rotations then has a little wobble and returns to a smooth tickover. The sound on its wobble sounds like a little steam engine and the white smoke appears like steam. Yours can’t be that far out if it clears once...

Then adjustment is the way to go. It’s only the same as rotating your distributor cap to time a petrol engine. Just a bit more faff with the pipes. In fact the engine itself was only designed as a petrol. It was adapted to diesel rather than redesigned when Rover realised farmers would only buy...

It’s white. Blue would be much much darker. If you get close to your white smoke it smells of raw diesel and makes your eyes sting 🤣. The slots in the pump are there purely to adjust as you go along. No need to worry about the chain until 1. There is no more adjustment left and 2. The sun is...

I could bore everyone all day on this 😳 Due to the formula one type tolerances and thoroughbred performance of the rover diesel it’s quite achievable even with poor injectors. Get it the best it can be ‘as is’ (even if not perfect) then improve on things with an injector overhaul. If you have...

Oh and the burble is classic timing out. Known as the chuff. 👍 There used to be a site with a whole section on diesel smoke and the whys and warefores. White smoke is unburnt fuel. Advance the timing. Black is normal under hard acceleration but should stop when up t’hill. Blue is oil.

I’ve managed to snap one. Before I knew better it was one of the first things I replaced with an eBay purchase. 😳 it now has a Turner Engineering offering with a full engine rebuild. I may as well while in there 🙄 First thing to tinker with is always the cheapest and easiest. Have a look at the...

The big question is….. what do I make out of mine 🤔

He explained that. He already has the bit I have. We need someone with the other bit to come forward. If they dare 🤣

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Particularly fantastic diff guards off a series. No idea if they fit any other marque but worth having just to say you have a pair. Delightfully emblazoned with laser pierced insignia denoting their roughy toughy heritage and guaranteeing the owner larger dingley dangleys down at the local mud...

All the brake springs I’ve ever fitted are a complete mare to get on. I would suggest if it isn’t or you havnt lost at least a pint of blood your doing something wrong. They should be under ridiculous knuckle skinning pressure at all times.

Blue. Do I win a prize?

It’s going to affect future classics more than those of us that have one. Anything upto 40 years is just an old car and hardly worth keeping going with full tax and insurance. Many more will be scrapped with fewer getting historic status. I don’t give a hoot for adaptations and upgrades. If you...

These issues usually depend on how much you want to. You could never just live with a series. You have to want to. They are cramped for everyone and width is usually as big an issue as length. More room in a 109 than an 88 and because your high up, looking down through the ‘windshield’ is less...

Still none the wiser what bit it is 😳

Found it.