OK, all you Rover and Land Rover types, please help here!
Hedie Kamoun writes>
>I saw one of your postings on SOL a while back and I saved your email address
>since I think it concerned ROVER.
I used to have a 2000TC back in the stone age. I am replying to you on the
list in the hope that someone else can help you, as I can not.
>I'm a Rover and MG enthusiast and I'm leaving the US to go back to Sweden
>where I'm from. For a while I've been trying to find a couple of parts for
>my '74 Rover 3500: A brake servo cylinder and a water pump.
>The word brake servo cylinder might not be the proper american word,
No problem. Yanks also use the term "power brake vacuum booster"
>It is the cylinder-kind-of-
>looking device on the left hand side or the driver side:
>
> _____
> | \ __ Here are some connections to the brake lines
> | ----- / |
> | | < |
> | ----- /
> |_____/ <
I had a left-hand-drive 2000TC and this unit was on the right side of the
engine bay, away from the driver. In most Yank cars, the vacuum booster is
mounted right on the master cylinder, but I guess Rover used two cylinders., so
they could put the booster somewhere else. The failure I had was that the
brakes would not release. After it was "fixed" by a professional, brake fluid
filled up the vacuum chamber.
>Any help on where to turn to would be very much appreciated
> Best regards
> Hedie Kamoun
> Email: kamoun@caen.engin.umich.edu
Please reply directly to Hedie.
I have reprinted here all references to Rover parts I have. I do not know how
accurate or appropriate they are, so we will need input from current Rover
folks.
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EIGHTPARTS (602-622-1290)
731 South Vine Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85719
Parts for Rover V-8 cars (TR-8 and Rovers)
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Jaguar Cars Inc.
600 Willow Tree Rd.
Leonia N.J. 07605
201-592-5200
201-592-5265 Parts only
Although MG, Triumph, Rover are no longer imported into the USA by
Jaguar Cars Inc., we still provide parts & service. Austin parts and
service can usually be obtained at MG dealers. (I think this place is
what remains of the BMC-BL-JRT evolution. They list a few places like
Moss Motors, British Restoration Parts as "B.L. approved" parts suppliers
for older cars. Their booklet on Jag, & MG dealers. Their catalog ("quick
reference guide") lists engine parts, filters, electrical, clutch
transmission, beating/cooling, brake/wheel parts for 1969 - 1983 Jag,
TR, Austin/ MG, Rover.)
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Rovers North
RTE 128, Westford, VT 05494
(802) 879-0032
Source of FACTORY Land Rover parts & some aftermarket parts as well. Highly
recommended for consistant high quality parts at reasonable prices.
Though by purchasing from Rover the prices may be higher then from OEM
sources.
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Rovers West
Tucson, Arizona
Very reliable parts source. Before I put my Rover 3500S
in storage I only once had to wait more than two days to get a part in New
York State from them. The time I had to wait was 6 months for lower
compression pistons to stop my engine from knocking.
-John D. Boggs john-boggs@uiowa.edu
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Very British
Locust Avenue Extension
Amsterdam, New York 12010
518-381-6033
(518)-843-1358 WHICH NUMBER?
Used british car parts. Very reasonable prices. Run by Dave Furiani who buys,
disassembles, stocks, prices, everything himself. Knows quite a bit about
British cars and is willing to give lots of helpful advice. Has parts for TR,
MG, Jag, Rover, TVR, Cortina, and others.
Specialist in English spares. We are a new business specializing in used,
new, & N.O.S. spares for all british cars. If you have any questions or are
searching for one specific part, please drop us a line. ( Appeared at Lime
Rock Swap meet (Sept 84) with miscellaneous collection of used parts and some
Healey used parts. In particular: knock-offs, Lucas light lenses & sockets,
misc. SU carburetor parts.)
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Phil "I am NOT putting power brakes in my Lotus" Ethier
THE RIGHT LINE, 672 Orleans Street, Saint Paul, MN 55107-2676
h (612) 224-3105 w (612) 298-5324 phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov
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