A Rover tyre tester: date?

Dorchester2 · 6th April 2021, 07:50

And the little goodie of the month: a Rover tyre tester with dual graduation (KGS / LBS).
But I bet it's older than the 75/ZT, possibly made earlier for SD1, P6, P5?
Has anybody any clue?
I must add that it doesn't look working: every tyre I can test, it reaches the max at once!
Just as a souvenir...

BRG75 · 6th April 2021, 08:54

I can well imagine that it was from the tool tray in a P4.

I have two or three of this type of gauge, and think that one of them is engraved Dunlop.

Mike

Yes, I've just googled P4 tool kit photos, and it is in them.

Could of course also be older.

Dorchester2 · 6th April 2021, 09:18

Is it this one?
The tyre tester looks the one at the bottom, but not exactly the same as mine, as far as I can see...

At the second sight, it looks like a kind of cap is missing at the right end of mine, which could explain why it goes at once at the max, the weight of that cap may just equilibrate and play as a counter-weight.

N.B. Sorry for the width of the page but I can't manage...

BRG75 · 6th April 2021, 09:54

Yes, that looks like one of the photos that I found.

The missing part is almost certainly a valve key, for replacing a faulty tyre valve (not uncommon, in those days)

There was a fibre type washer at the inner end of the valve. A spring loaded brass tube was meant to push against it, but after time it left a groove in the washer - and leaked air pressure.

Mike

bl52krz · 6th April 2021, 13:42

Looks And sounds like the one I have from my grandfathers old Morris TenFour 1930s era. Mine still works and still has the little valve key with it.My grandfather wanted me to have the car to stop me having a motor bike, but I turned it down. It was the motor bike for me. The person he sold it to shortly after only had it a couple of weeks and crashed it, a complete wreck. Often think I could have saved it if I had accepted it from my grandfather. That’s life.

The Rovering Member · 6th April 2021, 14:37

P4's 5's & 6's all came with these in the tool kit.

Dorset Bob · 6th April 2021, 19:01

I think it is from a P4, as the Rover Viking logo is like the ones used on these cars.
The P5 and certainly the P6 were quite different.

Here is a P4 hubcap badge that has a similar logo:-

But, I might be wrong!

.

Dorchester2 · 7th April 2021, 07:56

Many thanks to you all for those very learned pieces of information.

RoverP480 · 9th April 2021, 09:25

The tyre gauge was standard in the tool kits of all Rover products including Land Rovers in the 1960's & early 1970's .

COLVERT · 9th April 2021, 19:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dorchester2

Is it this one?
The tyre tester looks the one at the bottom, but not exactly the same as mine, as far as I can see...

At the second sight, it looks like a kind of cap is missing at the right end of mine, which could explain why it goes at once at the max, the weight of that cap may just equilibrate and play as a counter-weight.

N.B. Sorry for the width of the page but I can't manage...

It's the piston seals inside that are worn.---
The cap at the end unscrews and has the valve remover on it.--There are no counter weights and nor are they needed. It's just the air pressure that moves the sliding section.---The tiny hole at the business end is calibrated to let a certain amount of air flow through the gauge.---

6th April 2021, 07:50	#1
Dorchester2 incurable Rover addict Rover 75 Saloon V6 2.5 1999 - Rover 25 1.4 2002 - Rover 214i cab 1994 - Rover P5b coupe 1968 Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Bioule. South West of France. Posts: 1,643 Thanks: 612 Thanked 385 Times in 223 Posts	A Rover tyre tester: date? And the little goodie of the month: a Rover tyre tester with dual graduation (KGS / LBS). But I bet it's older than the 75/ZT, possibly made earlier for SD1, P6, P5? Has anybody any clue? I must add that it doesn't look working: every tyre I can test, it reaches the max at once! Just as a souvenir... __________________ Rover 75 V6 2.5 Auto Connie born 1 July 1999, 24 kOhms resistor, 10 kOhms manual starter, full E85, modified airbox, full derestricted SS exhaust line, power & torque remap -> 202 bhp This vehicle was the 7,517th 75 to run off the production line, out of 112,381 This vehicle was the 1,190th 75 2.5 V6 Contemporary to be made out of 8,214 This vehicle was the 2,032nd 75 in Atlantic Blue Pearlescent (code: JEY) to be made out of 2,572 Atlantic Blue Pearlescent 75s Last edited by Dorchester2; 6th April 2021 at 07:53..

6th April 2021, 08:54	#2
BRG75 Gets stuck in Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer, 9th & 10th Rovers Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Sevenoaks Posts: 973 Thanks: 670 Thanked 290 Times in 195 Posts	I can well imagine that it was from the tool tray in a P4. I have two or three of this type of gauge, and think that one of them is engraved Dunlop. Mike Yes, I've just googled P4 tool kit photos, and it is in them. Could of course also be older. __________________ Presently 2004 75 CDTi auto Connoisseur Tourer - White Gold 2001 75 2.5 auto Connoisseur Saloon - White Gold Previously 2002 75 1.8 auto Club SE, 2000 75 1.8 auto Classic SE (Company Car) 1997 420 (Company Car) 1996 216 cabriolet, 198? 213 VDP 1986 SD1 V8 VDP, 1968 2000TC, 1966 2000. Last edited by BRG75; 6th April 2021 at 09:04..

6th April 2021, 09:18	#3
Dorchester2 incurable Rover addict Rover 75 Saloon V6 2.5 1999 - Rover 25 1.4 2002 - Rover 214i cab 1994 - Rover P5b coupe 1968 Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Bioule. South West of France. Posts: 1,643 Thanks: 612 Thanked 385 Times in 223 Posts	Is it this one? The tyre tester looks the one at the bottom, but not exactly the same as mine, as far as I can see... At the second sight, it looks like a kind of cap is missing at the right end of mine, which could explain why it goes at once at the max, the weight of that cap may just equilibrate and play as a counter-weight. N.B. Sorry for the width of the page but I can't manage... __________________ Rover 75 V6 2.5 Auto Connie born 1 July 1999, 24 kOhms resistor, 10 kOhms manual starter, full E85, modified airbox, full derestricted SS exhaust line, power & torque remap -> 202 bhp This vehicle was the 7,517th 75 to run off the production line, out of 112,381 This vehicle was the 1,190th 75 2.5 V6 Contemporary to be made out of 8,214 This vehicle was the 2,032nd 75 in Atlantic Blue Pearlescent (code: JEY) to be made out of 2,572 Atlantic Blue Pearlescent 75s Last edited by Dorchester2; 6th April 2021 at 09:27..

6th April 2021, 09:54	#4
BRG75 Gets stuck in Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer, 9th & 10th Rovers Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Sevenoaks Posts: 973 Thanks: 670 Thanked 290 Times in 195 Posts	Yes, that looks like one of the photos that I found. The missing part is almost certainly a valve key, for replacing a faulty tyre valve (not uncommon, in those days) There was a fibre type washer at the inner end of the valve. A spring loaded brass tube was meant to push against it, but after time it left a groove in the washer - and leaked air pressure. Mike __________________ Presently 2004 75 CDTi auto Connoisseur Tourer - White Gold 2001 75 2.5 auto Connoisseur Saloon - White Gold Previously 2002 75 1.8 auto Club SE, 2000 75 1.8 auto Classic SE (Company Car) 1997 420 (Company Car) 1996 216 cabriolet, 198? 213 VDP 1986 SD1 V8 VDP, 1968 2000TC, 1966 2000.

6th April 2021, 13:42	#5
bl52krz This is my second home Rover 75 cdt club + Rover 2.5 KV6 Conni SE Join Date: May 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 11,387 Thanks: 6,587 Thanked 2,262 Times in 1,729 Posts	Looks And sounds like the one I have from my grandfathers old Morris TenFour 1930s era. Mine still works and still has the little valve key with it.My grandfather wanted me to have the car to stop me having a motor bike, but I turned it down. It was the motor bike for me. The person he sold it to shortly after only had it a couple of weeks and crashed it, a complete wreck. Often think I could have saved it if I had accepted it from my grandfather. That’s life. __________________ Great Barr, Birmingham. Last edited by bl52krz; 6th April 2021 at 13:44..

6th April 2021, 14:37	#6
The Rovering Member I really should get out more....... Rover 75 saloon Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: London Posts: 2,953 Thanks: 263 Thanked 538 Times in 431 Posts	P4's 5's & 6's all came with these in the tool kit. __________________ Reducing the size of my Rover fleet by adding a 75 to it.

6th April 2021, 19:01	#7
Dorset Bob Senior Citizen Rover 75 2.5 Connoisseur SE,Chrysler 300C,124 Spider, Daytona 955i,Honda XL250 & Royal Enfield 650GT Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Kingdom of Wessex Posts: 6,976 Thanks: 2,391 Thanked 2,685 Times in 1,686 Posts	I think it is from a P4, as the Rover Viking logo is like the ones used on these cars. The P5 and certainly the P6 were quite different. Here is a P4 hubcap badge that has a similar logo:- But, I might be wrong! . __________________ Let the good times roll............

7th April 2021, 07:56	#8
Dorchester2 incurable Rover addict Rover 75 Saloon V6 2.5 1999 - Rover 25 1.4 2002 - Rover 214i cab 1994 - Rover P5b coupe 1968 Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Bioule. South West of France. Posts: 1,643 Thanks: 612 Thanked 385 Times in 223 Posts	Many thanks to you all for those very learned pieces of information. __________________ Rover 75 V6 2.5 Auto Connie born 1 July 1999, 24 kOhms resistor, 10 kOhms manual starter, full E85, modified airbox, full derestricted SS exhaust line, power & torque remap -> 202 bhp This vehicle was the 7,517th 75 to run off the production line, out of 112,381 This vehicle was the 1,190th 75 2.5 V6 Contemporary to be made out of 8,214 This vehicle was the 2,032nd 75 in Atlantic Blue Pearlescent (code: JEY) to be made out of 2,572 Atlantic Blue Pearlescent 75s

9th April 2021, 09:25	#9
RoverP480 Gets stuck in None at the moment Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Hereford Posts: 501 Thanks: 1 Thanked 165 Times in 146 Posts	The tyre gauge was standard in the tool kits of all Rover products including Land Rovers in the 1960's & early 1970's .