My wife decided I needed yet another project.
We purchased a 70K mile project Rover. It just needs.....well....a ***** load of work. I knew I was going in deep at the beginning of this. I knew it had a major transmission issue. Like putting it in drive, revving engine and barely movement if any. Not to mention electrical, can't pass smog!, previous owner must have lived in it for awhile. (presuming)
Actually not a bad looking vehicle.
First thing, I knew it needed a full trans rebuild. I decided to do the auto trans service first to see if I could actually get it to move on it's own. Yup! That worked. But! There was no way I would make the 40 mile drive to the transmission shop with a quarter inch stream of transmission fluid coming out of the bell housing.
While the trans was out it was time to fix a complained about problem from when the car was bought new. Exhaust leak. Apparently the dealer could never locate the leak. Rigggght! A blind person could not have missed this! Exhaust fixed, four new 02 sensors, all eight coils replaced, new plugs, and an air filter. Still no joy in the smog department. Throwing P1170 nand P1173 faults. My next step is replacing the MAF sensor.
The ROVER FORUMS pretty much suck! Little to NO information. Contradicting at best! Pre-cat, Post cat, Bank 1, Bank 2. Crap information!
My wife has spent the last two weekends doing interior (defunkafy) detail, scrubbing. No pics of that yet. At least you don't feel like you are sitting in a gas station toilet anymore.
More to follow.