[ROVERNET - UK] was Rover P6 speedo now Peter Miller's funeral

Sat Apr 21 07:06:12 BST 2007

Good Morning....et al
What a wonderful tribute to a Rover man. That brought
tears to my ears about taking his ashes for the last
ride in his Rover.
A fitting tribute from a long time Rover owner to the
Miller family
God Bless
David Sheuring
Lillington, NC
and owner of 3 running Rover Sedans
--- Eric Russell <p6rovers at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Paul, et al,
> I checked out the speedo on our drive down the U.S.
> highway in Washington State on our way to Peter
> Miller's funeral.  Their speed signs are in mph
> while
> our are in km/h.  Thanks goodness for the Rover
> speedo
> which reads in both.
> 
> Peter's funeral was held in the local Catholic
> church
> in Arlington, Washington.  There were many people
> there.  The Rover contingent was represented by
> Malcolm (President) and Barbara, Adrian (VP) and
> Tracy
> Freisen, Walter (Secretary) Reynolds, Phil Hodge
> (Washington member), Neil Webb (U.S.A. Director),
> Issaquah, Washington, Wayne Beyer (Past President)
> Wash., U.S.A., Eric (Webmaster) and Linda Russell.  
> It was a good thing we had a good showing as Peter's
> Rover interest was widely covered in the service. 
> His
> son-in-law, Paul gave a wonderful presentation and
> pretended to read from "the book of Rover" after
> showing the cover to the congregation.  They brought
> some of Peter's relics to the altar, including a
> Corgi
> model Rover of his car version.  Peter's ashes were
> driven to and from the church in Peter's white 3500
> S
> Rover by his daughter Suzanne.  Suzanne said that
> she
> intends to keep up Peter's membership in the club
> and
> drive her mom to club Rover events just like she did
> with her dad.
> 
> We will be delighted to continue to include Peter's
> family in our events.  They are such nice people and
> we will be able to continue the memory of Peter with
> their presence.
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
> --- Paul Smith <Paul.Smith at auroraenergy.com.au>
> wrote:
> 
> > Must be those short miles...
> > 2000rpm is 60km/h on mine.  Slightly lower speed
> > than yours!
> > 
> > PVS
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com
> > [mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com]On
> Behalf
> > Of Eric Russell
> > Sent: Friday, 20 April 2007 1:37 am
> > To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
> > Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Rover P6 speedo.
> > 
> > 
> > Larry,
> > The speedo heads (ribbon) are interchangeable (I
> > found
> > in practise) as are the right-angled drives.
> > 
> > Have you changed the final drive for a different
> > ratio
> > (ie  one from a 3500 S)?  Have you changed the
> type
> > of
> > gearbox?
> > 
> > On my speedo (4th gear) 6(0) mph on the speedo,
> > reads
> > 30(00) on the Tach.    And.... 7(0) mph reads as
> > 35(00) on the Tach.
> > 
> > Eric
> > 
> > 
> > --- Larry <lewill at ctcweb.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > Thanks James, I've installed the new speedo. It
> > > works great except that it 
> > > reads about 20mph low at 60mph. The gear is from
> 
> > > one unit and that speedo 
> > > is from another spare. Could this cause some
> > > problems? They were in cars 
> > > that I've had for over 20 years. Thanks, Larry
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "James Radcliffe"
> <j_radcliffe at hotmail.com>
> > > To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 10:55 PM
> > > Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] Rover P6 speedo.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> >
> > > >>One more bit of advice, I broke a few speedo
> > > cables quite a few times back
> > > >>in 2000, so I concluded that there must be
> > > something dragging in the
> > > >>instrument cluster somewhere. I took it out
> and
> > > took it to Adelaide speedo
> > > >>and gauge service, and all that was wrong was
> > that
> > > there was a bit of 
> > > >>cable
> > > >>stub stuck in the right angle drive in the
> back
> > of
> > > the unit. You could put 
> > > >>a
> > > >>new cable in, but not very far, hence it would
> > > work briefly, and then 
> > > >>break.
> > > >>
> > > >>James.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > > I just tried to take a Smiths right angle
> drive
> > to
> > > Adelaide speedo and 
> > > > gauge service to have it fixed, and have found
> > > that they have closed down. 
> > > > It was a spare which had sat in my boot for
> many
> > > years, in the hope that 
> > > > one day I would have time to take it there! Oh
> > > Bugger! Where to go now for 
> > > > Rover cables, right angle drive, and speedo
> > > repair?
> > > >
> > > > James.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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