04-07-2014, 02:58 PM
well since I swopped over the electrics on the red one 6 years ago, from the metro electrics to the later R100 electrics, Some thing really bugged me, and that was the clocks. The Rover metro had a light symbol on the clocks , that lit up when the lights were on, but sadly I lost that when I switched to the R100 electrics, as the R100 had the hazard warning triangle there instead. So when I put the hazards on the light symbol would flash, so this time. With the new car, I have decided to iron out that problem.
here is the Rover metro clocks, with the said symbol.
so after keeping my eye out on the bay of e for a cheep set of clocks,
I managed to buy these.
with the hazard symbol in
the metro hazard switch used to flash instead, where the R100 one pictured here doesn't
so I stripped the R100 clocks for the piece I needed, and robbed and binned the rest.
then made a start stripping mine clocks out,
I carefully took mine to bits, and made sure I didn't damage anything.
the little piece removed,
new one swopped over,
clocks going back together,
all back in and working
So another step in ironing out something that I wanted to do with the old metro!
I could have tried to get hold of a set of R114 gsi clocks, but I am not paying daft money for them, for the sake of a symbol! Also no way am I going to buy the piece brand new either! for daft money from rimmer bros!
when I have just bought a basic R110 clock set for £12 quid posted! ( costed about that to post them anyway, and it was 30min job all in anyway.
I want this car to be better than the 1st one was.
here is the Rover metro clocks, with the said symbol.
so after keeping my eye out on the bay of e for a cheep set of clocks,
I managed to buy these.
with the hazard symbol in
the metro hazard switch used to flash instead, where the R100 one pictured here doesn't
so I stripped the R100 clocks for the piece I needed, and robbed and binned the rest.
then made a start stripping mine clocks out,
I carefully took mine to bits, and made sure I didn't damage anything.
the little piece removed,
new one swopped over,
clocks going back together,
all back in and working
So another step in ironing out something that I wanted to do with the old metro!
I could have tried to get hold of a set of R114 gsi clocks, but I am not paying daft money for them, for the sake of a symbol! Also no way am I going to buy the piece brand new either! for daft money from rimmer bros!
when I have just bought a basic R110 clock set for £12 quid posted! ( costed about that to post them anyway, and it was 30min job all in anyway.
I want this car to be better than the 1st one was.