Rover 214 gets a gearbox!

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The Rover 214 is done! The little R8 now has a new low mileage gearbox fitted.
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@bumbleo8993 5 лет назад

Lovely car it deserves to be saved. Well done 👍

@VAX1970 5 лет назад

Those Honda / Rovers last forever when well maintained

@noelondole9071 3 года назад

I've changed the gearbox / clutch a few times on this car which I currently own and maintain. I've also adapted it with a remote thermostat and other alterations to avoid head gasket failure. A really brilliant car in my opinion. I've got 2 to last until I give up driving.

@fatman2570 5 лет назад

Rovers are under rated

@nitrosilvia 4 года назад

Totally agree

@Rover75ConnoisseurSE 5 лет назад

Yay First comment I’m Getting further and further to appreciate older Rovers at their most now. I love the Rover P6 now as a classic it looks so cutting edge for something that was created in 1963 38 Years before I was born and still looked great in 1973 brand new and looking great in the 2006 TV show Life on Mars. It also looks fabulous in 2019 I’d love to own one beside my other dream cars on the list some are the Rover 75 V8 and the Jaguar XFR and a Rover 25 GTi and a 1969 Mustang Boss 302 or a 2017-18 Mustang 5.0 V8 (Bullitt Possibly) Or even a 2020 Shelby GT500 Mustang and if I’m lucky my ultimate dream car the 2006-2012 Aston Martin DBS V12 (the one out of the Fantastic James Bond Films Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace). Glad the R8 got a new gearbox Another rover saved even further. Just a shame that it doesn’t Happen every time when Rovers go to the scrapyard. The R3 Rovers are still my favourite the Rover 25 and 45. Also the Rover 75 and Rover P6.

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

Yes, first comment but RU-vid thought but was spam and hid it, doh! Ironically the 25Gti is probably the rarest car on the list. Its a shame Rover values are so low as lots get scrapped for very little

@richaw11 5 лет назад

I used to own a Rover 420 GSi Sport Turbo. Very rare car now. ☹️

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

indeed it is, a real shame, Id really like one now, and a 400 Tourer. Or a combination of them

@lloydvehicleconsulting 5 лет назад

A gold Rover R8 with a K-series engine and a broken gearbox being put on the road and a UK based Pontiac Fiero with pop up headlights and insane windscreen wiper blades having a cold start. Does RU-vid get any better than this?

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

Im going out on a limb and saying no...

@lloydvehicleconsulting 5 лет назад

@@furiousdriving, I need another Rover R8 in my life!!! Can you help me? Oh wait, we're filming one together next week! Just as well, isn't it...

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

just to be clear you don get to keep it ;-)

@lloydvehicleconsulting 5 лет назад

@@furiousdriving, don't worry, my lady wife won't let me have another Rover at the moment as we have no space on the driveway and she will want her car back after the filming, so there is no danger of that at the moment... I think!

@martinlaver007 4 года назад

Had a 214 si as my second car. Loved it. Although predictably the head gasket went along the way!

@simonhodgetts6530 5 лет назад

I’ve worked with Rainbow International in Coventry, doing house clearances - some really grotty stuff - top blokes, and kudos for sponsoring you for this video!

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

I wouldn't want to be doing what they do, but glad someone does!

@kevinsmith6269 5 лет назад

Really kind of Alan to swap the 214s gearbox for you, what a great bloke!!! Great sense of humour too made me laugh a few times! Love this little 214i :)

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

It certainly was brilliant of him, and those were the bits I could put online :-)

@kevinsmith6269 5 лет назад

@@furiousdriving Great video too :) Glad I found your channel, keep up the good work, you deserve way more subscribers!!!

@domchessh4604 3 года назад

im battling to keep my 214 sei alive..130.000 miles & still no gasket probs. gear box making a racket in first 3 gears but still good on motorway.. had her 6 years & no scrap yard in her future..great car...

@rimmersbryggeri 5 лет назад

Speedo drive? That nice and retro for such a new car.

@phillipmorgan8220 4 года назад

I owned one it was 3years old when i bought it I used it every day for 11years it was areal good buy

@joaofarinha7953 4 года назад

Nice to this Rover running properly now , as it deserved to be in tip top shape 👍💪 well done!

@phillattfield8502 5 лет назад

I think I saw the rover on the A27 heading towards Chichester today(29th June) from Fontwell? Over took me before Tangmere!

@nathanstiller8649 5 лет назад

Glad to see it all done and driving better!

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

Yes, it’s perfect! Really nice ‘box too, lovely action on it

@gosportjamie 5 лет назад

A disaster recovery specialist seems like an appropriate person to be restoring a Fiero as it was rather a disaster for GM...

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

I was going to make a pun about Rover but thought better of it...

@gosportjamie 5 лет назад

@@furiousdriving Yes, for some people it's still too soon. To be fair, Rover wasn't a disaster, really, it was a victim of circumstance in not being able to find investment in a time of challenging financial circumstances. I mean GM nearly went pop during the same period...

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

@@gosportjamie And poor planning from a few years prior - they should never have bought the SV project when they needed to replace the 25/45 which was almost ready. They needed an MG halo car but not as badly as a bread and butter money maker, but thats a whole other thing its still sad the company died just on the cusp of turning around

@richaw11 5 лет назад

Going to Le Mans and spending crazy amounts of money didn't help either.

@gosportjamie 5 лет назад

@@furiousdriving Yes, bringing out the SV before the replacement for the 25/45 was a bad mistake. I can understand why the management felt the need to have a halo vehicle, but they didn't have to have one right then. If they'd held project SV back until after the new mid-range car was on sale it wouldn't have hurt anything and by then the financial environment had improved enough that they might have actually sold SVs in numbers required to make it viable. I don't really think they needed a halo car, there was enough affection left from the old days in the UK and more development work on the V8 ZT and Rover 75 could have made that an M5 killer...

@SuperFIFTHGEAR 5 лет назад

You mentioned something about different ratios in another video. How does this affect the Rover when driving? Generally higher rpms, I'd assume being from a Metro?

@paul1153 5 лет назад

I've been waiting for this to happen.Good work.

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

It was worth the wait, the car is transformed now

@ash7990 5 лет назад

Great to see it got a new box. Have the bumpers been painted? It looks like shiney grey paint rather than textured

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

It is painted, some versions got that over plain plastic

@ants9230 5 лет назад

I had 2 of these years ago. I had to check coolant levels every week as both would randomly lose coolant. They could be fine for months, then in the space of a few days, the expansion tank would go from max to empty. After a top up, they could be fine for months again with no sign of coolant loss, then suddenly the expansion would be empty again. Both had exactly the same issue. So...keep an eye on the coolant!

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

My Tomcat does that as well, and thats a T Series, not a K, must be the Rover cooing system

@Pfirtzer 4 года назад

Big respect for the guy who put a new gearbox and did the work. What happened to this car, still on the road?

@keithe8449 5 лет назад

Great to see a Rover saved 👍

@paultaylor9652 5 лет назад

Lovely Jubbly, very nice work.

@davidfos84 5 лет назад

Another really good car channel I just found and love. Exotica is so dull! Also, I want this Rover more than a little boy wants a Ferrari.

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

Its for sale if you are interested - message me or email bodyintheboot@gmail.com - we'd all love to see it go to a caring owner and I just dont have room at the moment

@Trikogias15 4 года назад

Amazing job guys....one question.... how much transimission fluid did you put in? Thanks in advance

@furiousdriving 4 года назад

Thanks but sorry I cant remember!

@Trikogias15 4 года назад

@@furiousdriving Dont u worry....i found it....its 2 litre.

@jamesnickless4909 5 лет назад

Great video - keep them coming! 😁

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

Thanks!

@johnmoruzzi7236 5 лет назад

Did you check the gearbox and diff ratios for compatibility ?

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

Its close enough not to worry, and at £20 we arn't worried!

@dicktaylor2600 5 лет назад

This family of honda rovers all had quite high ratios.

@cross-axled 5 лет назад

Most Metros used a 3.5 ratio diff, unless it was a GTI which used a 3.7. All R8's orginally had a 3.9 diff. Gonna loose a bit on acceleration, but the longer gearing will make it more relaxed at higher speeds. Can tell what diff ratio is in the box from the label. 5C = 5 speed 35 = 3.5 diff 37 - 3.7 39 - 3.9 From 1995 on Rover made an upgraded box (which PSA never did), and the gearbox code got a U to identify this after the ratio info.

@gosportjamie 5 лет назад

Nice, so the Rover now has a 5-speed gearbox rather than a 1+3. Very nice...

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

Yup, a full set!

@waynetetley584 4 года назад

The best R8 in my opinion

@jaggass 5 лет назад

An autopsy on the knackered box would be good.

@dicktaylor2600 5 лет назад

Main shaft bearings have eaten through the soft aluminium housings,filled the box with swarf and eventually removed teeth or parts of.used to fit a lot of hose boxes,later ib5 ford box was a better box with stronger diff bearings than the earlier variants.

@fatwalletboy2 5 лет назад

Dont help ya mate at all let him struggle on his own........alan even had to pump the trolley himself with a spare leg......least its only Alan that needs to wash his hands.....

@admiralalcatraz6080 5 лет назад

I want that Rover!

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

Weirdly everyone seems to!

@admiralalcatraz6080 5 лет назад

@@furiousdriving Ive been driving 11 years I'm around 60 cars and a good 15-20 have been rovers. My particular favourite has always been a 400 with an L-series diesel. Those engines are brilliant.

@admiralalcatraz6080 5 лет назад

Also, could road-test a CityRover? 😁

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

@@admiralalcatraz6080 Thats another "if I find one Ill drive it!"

@lloydvehicleconsulting 5 лет назад

@@furiousdriving, I have driven a CityRover! I didn't film it, but it was quite something....

@t5jerry 5 лет назад

my 1st car was a vauxhall viva with NO reverse gear, had to take me mates with me every time I went out in it to push me backwards if I went into a cul-de-sac !!!!!

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

haha, that sort of thing builds character. You dont really appreciate stuff like reverse until you've tried living without it!

@t5jerry 5 лет назад

@@furiousdriving it not only builds character, but also MUSCLES, but they're well buried now, under acres of fat !!!

@jaggass 5 лет назад

Does this now have a Peugeot gearbox? Rover Metro's did use Peugeot gearboxes.

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

Its badged Rover, don't know the origin though

@cross-axled 5 лет назад

Rover built the PSA MA5 box under license for all the 1.4 K series R8's, and all 90's on Metros. Used them in the 1.1, 1.4 and 1.6 K R3's and HHR's too, until they changed to Ford IB5's in the 2000's. Rover engineers worked to improve the shift change feel over that of PSA cars - thats why the Rover boxes have the large bob weight on the change lever. Boxes in PSA cars dont have them, the lever is much smaller.

@davidfos84 5 лет назад

I believe some Maestros also used boxes from Peugeot.

@vistron888 5 лет назад

Rover 1.4 a lovely free revving engine but the Honda 1.6 unit far better and no less economical. Just changing a thermostat on the 1.4 requires ridiculous dismantling of the engine.

@Simon-ui6db 4 года назад

was that one of them god awful transmech clutch plates?

@RSBritain 5 лет назад

Hey, late comment here, but what is happening with this Rover?

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

Allan bought it back for his partner, but she couldn't drive manual so it went to a young guy a few miles away who's into retros and he's dailying it now. Next time Im in his area Ill call in and pay a visit

@RSBritain 5 лет назад

@@furiousdriving A follow up video would be great! Hopefully the Rover is being looked after well and will last for many years to come!

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

RSBritain I think it’s in good hands, he has another 90s car for company

@RSBritain 5 лет назад

@@furiousdriving Good stuff! Also looking forward to another Tomcat video when you do one :)

@t5jerry 5 лет назад

shame you didn't do a close up of the "special screwdrivers" your mate had for undoing jubilee clips, your viewers might have liked to see them...….

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

I find out where he got them and post a link

@allansmith7948 5 лет назад

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@JuanGarcia-nn4dq 4 года назад

I have a rover 214 si for sale in Uruguay

@graemefisher7014 9 месяцев назад

Whatever happened to this car?

@furiousdriving 8 месяцев назад

sold a few times, was with a young guy who lowered it and changed the wheels last I saw

@wpo2949 5 лет назад

I don't know why some cars are just singled out for the kind of treatment that means they are just looked after forever.?!...Hmm.. About the time Rover went out of business I had an Identical 'looking' 216 Rover. Theoretically it should have been even luckier than the one you are driving in the video. It was of the Honda engine variety with an auto gearbox, a low mileage and.. 'one careful lady owner'.. I owned it for a year... quite fast ? yes.. Reliable ? definitely. Economical ? NO. Very Lucky ? Definitely NOT.. It was broken into twice for no good reason other than sport.. Envious 'British' people took the piss out of it because at the time Rovers seemed worth next to nothing. To top it off I suspected it had been in a big side on smack..It just didn't sit right on the drivers side and the drivers rear wing and door just looked wrong. You will 'love' the last bit.. It cost me £1500 to buy and the year following I got £150 for it... I could have got 'maybe' a little bit more... The guy who bought it was grinning from ear to ear... And good luck to him !....

@furiousdriving 5 лет назад

wow, its the total opposite of this car, could it get any more unlucky? Good to get shot before anything really bad happens!

@wpo2949 5 лет назад

@@furiousdriving Well it's just the way the Cookie crumble's I suppose. I did learn a lesson in heart / head balance and to be generally more sensitive to the cunning of sharky mid. town car dealers that is for sure... In all fairness I think R8's are a good design (if not a little bit stringy) nice to drive and generally all round sensible cars. Don't go throwing it hard into any sharp bends though, the centre tracking has a habit of going a bit wonky and they'll pull to one side... Good on you for tying to keep it alive anyway :)