[ROVERNET - UK] P6B Rover tools . again

[Chris J Wilson]

I've got exactly that same problem with getting the spark plugs out of my NADA spec P6B, and it's driving me nuts - bad pun, I know ;)


The annoying thing is that it's only a problem on my export model '69 P6B. My '70 P6B Estate and '74 UK spec P6B are all fine and I can use a standard socket. If it wasn't for the love of these things, I'd gas torch the lot of them..


~Chris


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> Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:51:53 -0500
> From: phing <phing at videotron.ca>
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> Hi
>  The first  nuts I undid on my P6B ,sump plug , wheel nuts and the plug on top of the filter for the AED ,  all  needed BSF wrenches 
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> Can any one tell me if there is a commercially available version of the Rover " special plug spanner "??,Mine has gone AWOL . I 
> can't reach the V8 plugs with a standard thin wall socket plug spanner . I would guess that the head was originally designed for 
> 10mm plugs , and the Solihull engineers decided to fit British 14 mm plugs when they anglicised the engine
> Cheers
>  patrick 
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> Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:00:02 -0700
> From: "LANCE G LACERTE, LANCE G LA CERTE" <lacpsyd6 at msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] P6B  Rover tools . again
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> If you've got a grinder in the garage you'll be in business.  I encountered 
> the same problem so I took my standard socket plug spanner and ground down 
> the walls until it slipped easily into the socket wells.
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> Hope that helps.
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> Lance La Certe,  '70  P6B