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Hi Gary,
Thanks for that , much appreciated.

Regards
Jim

Hi Gary, It's for a customer who has imported a P76 into the UK and is restoring it . He supplied main bearings with thrusts and gaskets sets which was good as these are unique to this engine , but when I went to reassemble the unit , I discovered that one of the pistons had a hairline crack in it ....

Hi Gary,
Thanks for the link and I've applied to join . All the measurements I've made say that it should be ok , but it would be nice to talk to someone who has actually done it.
Regards
Jim

Does anyone know if rover V8 pistons can be fitted to the P76 rods and used in the 4.4 litre engine , or does anyone have a spare standard size piston for a P76 V8 ?
Jim

Hi Guys, I have about a dozen of these full circle plates here. If anyone is interested, drop me a message. Regards Jim jrv8.co.uk LOL, you're sitting on a gold mine there Jim! :D Hi Pete, Not sure about the goldmine , maybe just a very small nugget , but they're getting difficult to find nowadays....

Hi Guys,
I have about a dozen of these full circle plates here. If anyone is interested, drop me a message.

Regards
Jim
jrv8.co.uk

Roger,
It's an SD1 efi water pump.
Regards
Jim
jrv8.co.uk

Mark,

Another vote for ARP studs .

Regards
Jim
jrv8.co.uk

DaviesDJ wrote:I shall check the piston once more.

Did you replace the piston with a new one when you were in there the last time ?

Jim

Hi ,
It's more likely to be a sticking oil pressure relief valve than a faulty filter.

Jim
jrv8.co.uk

Pete,
The sizes on the RV8 oil pump can be a combination of 1/4 NPT and 1/2 UNF on SD1 and early R/R covers , or two 1/2 UNF on the later R/R housings.
ETB sender units are 1/8 NPT

Jim

Ian ,
You need to earth the casing on the amp to get it to work when using it remotely.
Jim

jrcast wrote:theres not really much variety of v8s here.

Hi ,
You mustn't get out much !! There's quite a number of V8 engined vehicles in Ireland, both modified and standard.

Jim

Hi Marty,
I have a few of those ballast resistors here , drop me a PM and I'll send one out to you.
Regards
Jim
jrv8.co.uk

Does he have a 35DM8 distributor with the remote amplifier ?

Jim
www.jrv8.co.uk