Rover SD1 V8-S Triton Green Barn Find Part 4 More tinkering, and learning whats what

[@stephenchecksfield632]

Always thought the rover SD 1 was a good elegant car personally speaking I liked how they look even though I can't drive myself if I could drive I would like to own a rover SD 1 very good cars

[@stephenjones4699]

Just happened to see your channel and as an ex mechanic and classic car and motorbike tinkerer I find it absolutely fascinating keep up the good work

[@nitrosilvia]

Thanks Stephen, I do occasionally do motorbike videos as I did race an fz600

[@paulhorgan6152]

The colour reminds of my 1981 beautiful second hand 13 cc Ford Capri I wish I had the money and the talent along time ago to restore her. She's in Ford Capri heaven now🇬🇧😥🤗🤗

[@mikeuk4130]

That's a really tiny engine! I wonder if she's friends with my 1972 3000GXL, AHK847L.

[@philtucker1224]

I love the fact that your battery charger is also period correct ha ha! 😁👌

[@philtucker1224]

I’m already loving this car. I loved them when they were launched and I still do now 🙏🥰

[@markevans2280]

You make hubnut look like a Formula 1 mechanic 😂😂

[@terrybutler1231]

We have a working V8, ladies and gentlemen - what glorious words to hear

[@terminallygray]

The Rover SD1 has been one of the most fascinating cars I've known about since I saw Jeremy Clarkson drown in one on Top Gear (or try to drown in one), A V8 with a carb that was designed in the 1950's. All these unusual solutions for situations. It's nothing like ANY of the V8's I've worked on. All these strange styling cues and a Hand Choke... on a "Luxury Car" yet. Most cars I worked with had an electric choke. Dude, I am loving this series. Lots of good stuff here. I wish you the best of fortune to getting this rust bucket back to it's former glory. Best wishes from across the pond.

[@nitrosilvia]

Thanks Steve. Yes the engine is basically a 1950’s Buick small block. But it’s alloy with liners so a fair weight saving. The year after this car was built they went to auto choke.

[@jamesarculus9657]

I bet your neighbours love you!!😄

[@whitee1992]

Been really enjoying this series. Thankyou for going to the effort of sharing it with us. :)

[@chriss2761]

Great work James that V8 sounds really healthy looking forward to the next video 👍

[@stever2168]

Just happened across this car and your channel a few days ago - absolutely loving it! When I was a kid this was the car my dad drooled over more than any other (well the vitesse mostly, but I think the mk1 V8 S is an even cooler car - just love it). Can't deny I was moderately horrified by the dizzy cap refurbishment tool, but that was more than offset by your intent replacement of the cruddy old oil. As an oil change fanatic I'm always appalled by old dormant engines being forced to run and rev on ancient oil - makes my arse twitch. Really great stuff, can't wait for the next installment, thank you!

[@nitrosilvia]

Thanks Steve. Yes so many people doing barn find/first start videos dont even put oil in the bores or check for oil pressure. Im always curious to see what they do with the cars long term. Oil change is covered in next video. To be honest the old oil wasnt even that bad!

[@johnmoruzzi7236]

@@nitrosilvia The old owner did care for the car… until he didn’t…. Run some coolant flush in the system… can’t hurt !

[@terryatkinson899]

Brilliant channel.... and no ads either🤗

[@TheMaccatakker69]

Fabulous! Next stop, small mortgage to restore and run the beast! Mac in Stafford.

[@nitrosilvia]

Something like that yeah

[@nigelbarradell2265]

SHES SLOWLY COMING BACK TO LIFE ENGINE SOUNDS VERY NICE NOW

[@kevinnye5132]

Nice work James and what a bonus working air conditioning would be 😂 and so impressive that engine runs let alone sounds pretty good 👍🏻

[@TheDoodla]

I admire your determination! That green colour is sweet too 👌🏼

[@LawnMowersThingsThatMakeNoise]

She sounds beautiful !!!! 🙂

[@depletedisotope]

this has become my favorite yt series, looking forward to new videos

[@DrKeith2024]

I would swap/test the spark plug on cylinder 8.

[@StevensPaul]

One should ALWAYS have a Squeeze Fuel ⛽ Pumpy thing in the Toolbox 🧰. One step 🪜 closer. Not many people know of the Wire Drill attachment in the Dizzy 🧢 Cap 🎓 trick .... 🤪👍.

[@davidcoleman7674]

Excellent work! Looking forward to the next update

[@een705]

well done James

[@hoddy121john]

That austin powers Swedish pump came in handy, great work james

[@nitrosilvia]

Hahaha love that scene in austin powers

[@DiecastPowderCoating]

Great channel and brought back memories. I had three SD1s back in the eighties. Two 2.6 MK1 and MK2 and a 2.3. Never had a V8 though. Loved them all, but do remember having to keep a cup in the glove box as it used to fill up every time it rained. Keep up the good work. Take care, Jeff

[@richardsutton01]

Please correct me if you disagree but, in my experience, if fuel is leaking out of the carb bowl overflows then in means that the float needles are not sealing properly. Even the rubber bulb should not be able to generate enough fuel pressure to overcome a correctly sealing needle. You usually have a better chance of achieving a good seal with the viton tipped needles you referred to in the previous video. 👍 Richard

[@everard600]

I somehow stumbled upon this and really enjoying it. I used to have an SD1 VDP 3.5 V8 and now I wish I still did.

[@nitrosilvia]

Is that a 75 in your sign picture? Get an sd1 too! They would be great stable mates

[@everard600]

@@nitrosilvia Yes well spotted. 75 still going strong.

[@simoncarney9944]

Excellent work James! Great to hear it running. Nice burble.

[@charlesmurdoch7206]

That drill 😮

[@markpunt9638]

Chinese-ium! Love it😂. Sadly too much stuff these days is like that.😢

[@GeorgeEI7KO]

Not so bad. Always look forward to your videos James. Binge watched dotty last week. Great series.

[@hydorah]

Congrats mate! Sounds ace. And your suspicion around fuel pressure confirmed. That hand pump bulb thing was a smart suggestion so kudos to whoever came up with that!

[@philtucker1224]

Yes that was a brilliant suggestion by that subscriber 👍

[@t._._._.]

Awesome car, and sounds just like i remember my Grandads V8

[@nitrosilvia]

My Gran had one!

[@markcarter9476]

The condition of the Rover is ideally match by the state of your tools. I still feel that investment in a tripod would contribute immensely to the quality of the visual images. However, loving your dialogue.

[@stevesrover]

Really great! Sounds sweet.

[@nigelsears7191]

yea your right dont do that you only need to scale the tips thrashing it with a rotary wire brush will wreck it and likely add track lines in the cap for the spark to follow hence why they are smooth inside ht will follow any easy path ! and dont file a rotor arm just rub the contact surface on your tyre

[@nitrosilvia]

Yeah it was a bit aggressive. it’s for the bin anyway. I think it was original to the car. Getting harder to find genuine quality dizzy caps now, or they are big money ☹️

[@neillee1792]

That car will be a credit to you mate

[@curtis8516]

Would love to know where your passion and knowledge of Rovers came from. We need a bio video or something!

[@michaelbolt4530]

Im a beer or 2 in, so ‘polishing’ the dizzy cap improves running

[@michaelbolt4530]

That engine sounds glorious even though its not on song yet

[@nigelrudd670]

More it's a Rover 👍🔨🔧

[@zoidberg444]

I would have been interested to see the state of the oil and filter that came out of that engine. Considering how long its sat and the state of the car it really doesn't seem bad.

[@nitrosilvia]

Don't worry, its covered in next video. And you are correct, the old really want bad at all.

[@marksmith-ew7ir]

Now you had engine running check a reset each value on each cylinder number 8 was adjust on my mum's rover it might take an hour to to burt get a better idea on the tuning the engine better. Like you said the engine needs love as it was treatment was not good to start, replace the vacuum pipe as well.

[@a11csc]

great guns james

[@In_memory_of_Dad]

Sounds sweet 👍

[@andunabu3238]

Thought you were going to say ‘someone suggested I remove the moss and wash the Rover’. But no my ocd is killing me still…

[@samsdadalways888]

Great job James 🎉

[@michaelbolt4530]

Fascinating video again

[@adamwort7160]

Series 1 have nicer features than the series 2 Dash, choke, ignition key on left, front lights set back in bonnet Also like the way lights when flashed go off slowly I've owned 10 all V8 One efi vdp One V8S 3500se Some manual Some i converted to manual

[@1984FordCapri]

Great vid, keep them coming

[@davidgeater5]

Sounds sweet mate can’t beat a v8 rover great videos

[@nitrosilvia]

Thanks 👍

[@ShaunMurray63]

Excellent.

[@vincentsmith8345]

Keep going James 👍

[@michaelkilbride2927]

Put the fuel can up on the bottom of windscreen let gravity help the engine get fuel

[@nitrosilvia]

I’m paranoid it will tip over. I did that with Dotty and had the can ratchet strapped to the roof as I drove around lol

[@richardw64]

DON'T DO THAT to your dizzy cap. There, I said it. Yes I was cringeing when I saw that.🤨 The rotor contacts are a certain distance from the rotor for a reason. If you wear away the contacts the spark won't jump across. Gently use a small flat blade screwdriver to lift the corrosion off the contacts.

[@joeedwards627]

Pull the ht leads from the distributor end not the plug end and you won’t get bitten

[@nitrosilvia]

Genius! I feel like such a tard now.

[@pit_stop77]

I see your subs have jumped up recently. About time too, well deserved 👏 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@timbo19751975]

Got one pot out by the sounds.

[@JimF500]

Anytime I see these vehicles, I think of "the liver run" 😶‍🌫

[@Guzzlinggas]

#8 dead means flat camshaft. Always the first to go.

[@nitrosilvia]

Yeah I think you are probably correct. It’s approaching that sort of miles

[@williamwoods8022]

Excellent stuff James and you are right re Lucas. I always laugh at the idiots who spout the Lucas Prince of Darkness rubbish as they probably used cheap crap parts in their cars and then blamed Lucas/BL when they failed or didn't last very long. I always used Lucas or Unipart stuff in my BL cars because I knew the cheap stuff from the Motor Factors etc was rubbish and wouldn't last long - I know that the classic Mini experts used to tell people not to use cheap points etc in these cars because they would burn through them in no time - probably the same for all BL cars. I always looked after and serviced my own cars so that is probably why they were always so reliable and no cheap parts on them like would happen if they had been serviced in a local garage etc.

[@KoolDude100]

I'm enjoying your posts and have watched from the start.this car is definitely worth saving just seen a lad do a MK3 Cortina took him two years hell of a job gotta be worth the effort

[@ihguy2113]

looks like a lot ford in that V8

[@newblackdog7827]

Would have liked to have seen the oil change to see how bad the old oil was.

[@nitrosilvia]

Dont worry its covered in the next video

[@curtis8516]

Outstanding!!!

[@jonathaningram4672]

Rotor arm removal = anti vehicle theft tee hee. I'm more of a motorcycle guy. Cringing on the Rotor cap cleaning, you'll need a new one now.

[@Roverturbo]

Quick test on ac, feel the ac pipes inside engine bay, one should get hot, the other cold.

[@nitrosilvia]

Good tip, ill do that. At the moment the compressor has decided to seize

[@Roverturbo]

@@nitrosilvia ah..!

[@dangerousandy]

Good evening James

[@nitrosilvia]

Evening Andy hope all is well

[@dangerousandy]

@@nitrosilvia it is indeed! Victory is yours! Oh, I’ve just bought an E61

[@jonathaneastwood2927]

Shame be nothing to run it on in a few short years

[@donnysweekendvanlifetravel7854]

Sounds like a good running v8 once missfire sorted just shows how robust these old engines are better to put antifreeze in this time off year been cold ❄ did you get any snow today had a few flurries in Northfleet think tomoro is the big snow day if they got it right all the best donny

[@nitrosilvia]

Yeah can’t believe it, woke up and snow everywhere

[@donnysweekendvanlifetravel7854]

@@nitrosilvia same here James happy Christmas 😂

[@carlrobson5745]

good old v8s bomb proof what a shame the bodywork on the sd1 was skimped on.

[@markbyram5941]

Cheers James's, loving all this SD1 porn 👌

[@jamescoleborn6568]

Good video but why don't you wash your car would not be able to work on a very dirty car l had a rover P6 and a 1983 SDI

[@mikeuk4130]

I hope you'll soon find ten minutes to pick off the worst of the moss colonies, leaf mulch, etc. This will make for much less stressful viewing and slow down the rotting of the remaining bodywork.

[@nitrosilvia]

Im leaving it deliberately. If the diesel isnt finished ready for the NEC show then im taking this as a barn/yard find, hence im not cleaning it. Its super tempting to pick off all the moss, but for the minute it stays.

[@mikeuk4130]

That's a good answer, thanks. Just watched the Dotty video and look forward to seeing this car heading towards a similar result. Have a good show with whichever car you take.

[@UberSynth]

Perhaps use a go pro and mount it to your head so you have both hands free to work on the car. 🤔

[@rhys180606]

That's not radiator cap

[@RandyDarkshade2]

Shocked, not electrocuted. If you'd been electrocuted you'd not be here

[@deltoid4]

Sounds ace. Looks like shit, but I love it. :)

[@Shadowmosesarea51]

Please remove the mods on the car 😂 it’s all I can look at regardless of the crusty bonnet 😂

[@iandennis7836]

Magnificent.

[@homelessEh]

id have cleaned the moss off episodes ago..

[@homelessEh]

or is that just all natural sound deadening?

[@nitrosilvia]

Hahaha it probably would work as sound deadening, but would add to aerodynamic drag, so ultimatley it will have to go. The reason i havent cleaned it is that it is acting as a stand in car for the NEC classic show end of March. If the rover sd1 2400 diesel isnt painted in time, then i will take this and it will be in a barn find/yard find state, so it needs to retain the moss. SO it looks like a genuine barn find, not ones of theses staged ones that some peple produce

[@davethevicar88]

Excellent