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After 7 or 8 months in the garage getting "open heart surgery" I was able to get the Rover out and take a quick trip to eastern Minnesota, along the St Croix River Valley and into the Nemadji State Forest. Just a little trip, camped for one night and headed back to Minneapolis the next day.

I think when most people rebuilding the shaft they use the greaseable CV joints. That is what I did. It is a pretty easy job with the right tools.

I guess I'm used to seeing a beautiful light honey color when peeking under the valve covers of my other cars. I supposed it is good to know that it doesn't look abnormal for a Rover V8! I've found the simplicity of these motors to be a thing of beauty in its own right. I had never dug into a...

Hi Palmer!

I'm not expecting any miracles! Just a slightly slower rate of fluid loss would be nice. It ran well enough as it was, but with the amount of slack I found in the timing chain makes me wonder how it ran as well as it did. Plus, that nice brown varnish on all of the aluminum? Ish. It sure...

ABout two years ago I bought a 2003 Discovery that somewhat of a neglected past. I got it for cheap with several known problems, and as it turns out a many undisclosed or unknown problems as well. I didn't buy the truck out of necessity, more out of the fact that it was a cheap project and I...