Jon carried out repairs on our 1972 Rover P5, removing the driver’s door panel and giving the armrest to our trimmer, Rachel, for finishing while he investigated the stiff opening action and failed locking functions. He removed the inner door handle mechanism, cleaned and lubricated it, then tested and refitted it before drilling a clearance hole in the door and leaving the lock lubricated.
Jon then stripped the lock from the door, cleaned away the old grease, lubricated and operated it repeatedly, and repaired the door pocket elastic while cleaning the door panel. Once the lock had soaked, he refitted it and confirmed all functions were working correctly before refitting the door panel and armrest and testing everything again.
He then drained the radiator, removed the bottom hose, refitted it with a new clip, cleaned underneath, gave the car fresh coolant, ran it up and topped up the automatic gearbox.
Continuing the repairs, Jon fitted a new bulb to the nearside indicator repeater and tested it, then found the wiring had broken from the nearside front repeater and could not be pulled through while the car was on the ramp. He investigated the inoperative front fog lights, confirmed the fuse and feed were both sound, removed the switch panel and checked the switch with the ignition and lights on, finding power in and power out when operated.
After cleaning the connections, he removed the offside front fog light, cleaned its earth, tested it successfully and refitted it. Jon also investigated the failed dash lights, slackened the binnacle to inspect the wiring at the switch, checked the feed into the rheostat and found the lights worked in one position, leaving it set there so they illuminated when the lights were switched on before refitting the binnacle.
