Nope! It's a Lockheed England in the side cast lettering with a 7/8" bore.
Cylinder bore is like new until you reach the end where the half sheared off and
cocked rubber seal to the clutch rod due to some idiot installer be it factory or
stealers.
They left off the exhaust manifold locking clips, bolts back out monthly after a engine replacement, the left motor mount heat shield missing hence cooking the rubber mount until I ripped the mount apart. Then add to this the thick fender washers under the motor mount studs to cover the frame mount alignment slots were missing, I pulled the nut half way thru the left slot. Then add a tranny jack against the body quarter panel scratching the paint plus 3 big boxes weighing over 40 pound of Rover parts while parked in the shop I complained and saw them drag the boxes across my black hood causing paint scratches then deny it in front of me that the scratches were there from before they did it. If I had a gun then I would be up for ******. I wanted my Rover towed out of this Stealership. They parked it outside in the rain with the sunroof open hence the interior pouring water in the wifes lap and liner sagging. Black grease in the liner on a sunroof repair, same time double sticky backed scotch taped the rearview mirror back onto the windshield but it fell off 6 blocks away plus they wanted me to pay for the glue kit. "Just a freak in timing it fell off at the dealer" I was told. Removed my spare tire brand new under my Rover cover, found 3/4 worn down and darker gray colored rim only because the tire cover I noticed was crushed in and damaged because of them pushing the Rover outside daily with the electric pusher cart for 3 weeks. Finally when my attorney got them to replace the motor under the 7/100k warranty after pulling the tranny 3 times due to rear main leaking plus the seal spring pounded hard enough to pop out of its groove leaking on a road test big time then the crank shaft removed while motor was still in the vehicle (***? model "T" repair?). I finally get the factory new 4.6 shortblock. Come to pick up the Rover and find no old 3.9 shortblock. It's completly apart pistons crank and rod caps and bearing dumped in a pile on top of the block on a pallet outside. "We'll dispose of it for you". NO FN way, see that Pickup load all my used parts or i'm calling my attorney NOW!. They removed the old motor and installed the new without removing the hood, just over extend it open spring the hinges now the hood sticks up 3/8" higher than the fenders at the windshield, to correct they wanted to bend the tapered ends of the hood downwards to match the fenders. Mind you this is all under the 7/100K warranty my hands are tied plus this by Trained Rover Mechanics. Oh on the factory new motor and within 3 days of my breaking in the motor and my breakin oil change plus adding drain plug magnet at 50 miles I went for a local ride and ruptured one of the old original factory heater hoses that was 7 years old. Stealers installed all the original coolant hoses again. The water pump was 3 days old or less than 100 miles but they installed a new one with the new 4.6 motor when I made them note this was just replaced keep and use it again. Replaced and billed to me with the old one already picked up by the scrap man. Yeah ask me about Rover Stealers. Of 3 1/2 weeks in the shop I had a loaner for 3 days only then told keep it longer but pay them $85 a day to kept longer. They fixed the transfer case
thru shaft "O" ring leak, clunking noise because the transfer to tranny bolts were finger tight. They lifted the hoist while all this waiting for the shortblock, lifted my rover with one lift leg bending the rear radius arm by a 2 " bow, gets better, they also snagged the rear driveshaft with a 1/2" bow, instant vibration at 22 mph driveshaft vibration big time with fresh steel showing in the scars no road dirt or rust. Told "it came in that way we can fix it for a price".
Do I need to go on? The PO a surgeon had this 95 D1 and paid for this 7/100K extended warranty by WESTERN GENERAL in Southern California, what a POS operation getting any approvals from them hence my attorney involved. He planned on the 60K end of lease keeping the vehicle after the major checkup with all work by the San Francisco stealer, new Michelins included plus all fluids changed. Well the brake bleeders still had factory underseal and road dirt on them and I purchased this vehicle 3 days after this full service. He had to sell instead of keeping it as his wife a high tech purchased a car so extra 3rd vehicle Valet Parking at his highrise home.
The diffs drain plugs filled flush with road dirt not changed, tranny, transfer case all dirty with factory black paint and red dry mud not from this area. Swivel drains and fill plugs factory installed only. Mind you all these fluids changed, checked off and billed to the owner. I even called them on this with pictures, I was almost lifted off the ground and removed from this San Francisco Stealership. All the above forwarded to Rover North America Warranty back east. Third Stealer was in Redwood City doing the burnt valve only one cylinder valve replacement and seat dressing, I took the heads away from them to my T/F machine shop and had all 16 seats dressed and all new valves installed after I first polished the backsides and heads to like chrome plus the sticking valve problem was fixed properly not a Rover patch job. Oh this Stealership dropped the "Y" with cats on the cement bending the cat flanges, one cat rattled at startup, oh you need parts department.BS you did the damage. Better yet I installed high flow aftermarket both cats it woke up the motor big time as OEM cats are crap and restrictive. My cost was $63 each and my Tig welding time. Another bad Stealer that lies.
Yup I belive in Sealers like the tooth fairy. Done venting as there is more that make me proud of dealing with Rover Stealers. Sorry i'm venting big time but again on my own thread, not to insult other Rover owners just what BS i've gone thru.
