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15th February 2019, 16:05 | #1 |
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If it’s not one thing................
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Banana is still off of the road, waiting on the cam sensor delivery. Redfive has a paddling pool in the interior but only on the drivers side but more to the rear. No idea where it is coming in as the boot is dry. Plenums are clear, no sunroof fitted. Ok not end of the world but on the way home this afternoon I notice that any speed over 69.9mph the steering wheel was vibrating. Providing I kept at about 50 it stopped until I braked then the vibration was back. Nursed the car home and as I reversed in there was clouds of smoke coming off the o/s/f wheel. The disc was glowing so I assume the calliper has jammed on. Did think about setting light to the car but with all the water in I doubted it would burn. Spoke to Matt Darke who talked me out of setting it alight. Bless him. Will run it up to Matt’s next week to get the brakes and the soggy carpet sorted out. That’s what I love about this club, that help is on the other end of the phone. (( I remember Ian saying that he had both the rear callipers sticking on in the past )).
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Only on one side on the rear Bob (N/S I think) and that was replaced with new by ATS at Attleborough, probably covered some 10s of 1000s miles since then I suspect. Only issue I ever had with water ingress was via the side body trims when I first got the car. Cheers |
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15th February 2019, 16:35 | #4 |
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as rev says all cars not just the rover75 are all sent to try us, what else would you spend your money on ? keep the the faith and keep that chin up ! get them both sorted and do em proud rgds mark
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15th February 2019, 16:37 | #5 |
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They will both get sorted out. I still have the V8 to fall back on.
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15th February 2019, 16:43 | #6 | |
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Rear light seal
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More than likely rear light seal The water runs down the strengthening folds In the boot floor pan and under the back seat to the foot well area I've had a very similar issue and the water doesn't enter the spare wheel well Worth a look Steve Last edited by steveo; 18th February 2019 at 18:18.. |
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15th February 2019, 17:17 | #7 |
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In that case the boot carpet would be wet, and mine is not. Rear light seals were replaced at the same time as Banana’s.
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It's Bobs car not mine anymore mate
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I've known water to gather in the plenums and actualy run into a car via the bonnet release especialy if the centre drain is blocked, try putting the wheels up on the curb one side at a time Bob and then checking the plenums. Cheers |
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15th February 2019, 18:09 | #10 |
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With a bit of luck Bob, the caliper sticking could well be just a seized slider, rather than the actual piston. If so, they can be a bit tight to shift, but once apart a clean up and some coppaslip will have it working smoothly again at no cost
If it is that, it's worth doing the others as well, as they may well jam so better to catch them before they do. And a bit of preventative maintenance is always a good thing. Regarding the leak, could it be the plastic drip shields behind the door cards ? If one has come only slightly adrift somewhere, it can allow water to get in.
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