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Post by Colin McA on Jan 5, 2009 1:08:38 GMT
I think that the answer to this will be no going by posts that I read but there was no firm answer.
Would a 1970 coupe have wires in the loom for the otter switch and warning lamp?
My car was fitted with AED from new so obviously has no warning lamp on the dash board. Did all coupe models come with AED?
It is not a big deal as I am going to be doing re-wiring a few items but would obviously save me a bit of work.
Colin
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Jan 5, 2009 9:36:01 GMT
The revised 1968 edition parts supplement only gives one part number for the coupe loom RHD 565987 Colin but this will be before they changed to manual choke so someone with a later parts book should be able to compare  long live the AED  |
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Post by norvin on Jan 5, 2009 12:03:55 GMT
According to James Taylors book Cassic Rovers 1945 - 1986, the aed was fitted in 1968, but he says its reputation was destroyed partly because supply difficulties forced the factory to fit a number of cars with manual chokes, also the device was not as reliable as Rovers would have liked, by 1974 Rover offered a manual choke kit which many owners would have fitted.
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Post by Colin McA on Jan 5, 2009 12:16:02 GMT
Thanks John,
My parts catalogue shows that part is up to suffix 'B' with additional part numbers from Suffix 'C'. I suppose that means that it could have been deleted from the loom.
I wonder how the manual choke was retro fitted by rover to such cars, maybe they ran the choke in without the additional lights. I don't recall seeing wires for the otter switch but will have a look in behind the clocks and see.
Hope you had a nice christmas John.
Colin
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Jan 5, 2009 17:07:21 GMT
The conversion did not use the Otter switch as the console was not drilled for the warning light and neither did the looms include the wiring or the cable warning light switch
I have done this on mine though!
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Post by Colin McA on Jan 5, 2009 18:19:47 GMT
cheers Phil I thought as much.
I will do a neat wiring job for the otter switch and lamp.
The choke fitted currently doesn't have the otter switch or lamp but I want to fit them. I feel it is the small touches that make the difference to a restoration.
Cheers
Colin
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Jan 5, 2009 22:43:36 GMT
Yes but it is not original!  Only very early 1967/68 "3.5 Litre" cars used a manual "Cold start" T handle with the dual bracket under parcel shelf (next to Fuel reserve pull) and the lower Right lamp on the console - the top one of the triangle being the red Ignition light and labelled as such "3½ Litre" cars only used the bottom row so the ignition light went in place of the yellow Cold Start |
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Post by miguel on Jan 5, 2009 23:12:41 GMT
Well mine is a 1969 Saloon and it has the cold start in the layout you have mention. Its an export model though...
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Jan 5, 2009 23:31:24 GMT
Supply difficulties and reliability problems made the change over very vague and as you say export models may not have had them fitted till later on. Think yourself very lucky!! By 1969/70 most were being fitted with them as mine was. Some owners specified the manual version as well before the "official" kit was introduced after production ceased to counter waranty and customer complaints - these customers were influential persons then  |
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Post by norvin on Jan 7, 2009 15:35:03 GMT
My car is late 68 and has manual cold start with the warning lamp, i had trouble with the cold start cables, so i bought some from rover parts of London, he had them made up, the two cables went back to the handle so pulled the two together, but you end up without the T handle which is a shame, it cost £35 with VAT, which looking back may have been over the top.
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Jan 7, 2009 19:44:26 GMT
Wadhams does the T handle business but no provision for the switch
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long live the AED 
