We were accompanied to a Lancia meet by another Lancia owner who is afflicted with a variety of Rovers from a Range Rover on back. Our 83 300SD was performing well as expected. All I heard from the back seat was admiration that it didn't clunk when downshifting and questions several times if I wasn't worried about it overheating. Of course we weren't worried,we felt good about the car and realized what it meant to own a Rover. That was last week. Today I noticed the directionals weren't working and opened the hood to check the fuses. At that point one of the hood hinge bolts sheared and almost caused one end of the hood to go through the windshield. I had been through a hood hinge change on a 300D and wasn't looking forward to the surgery involved. Luckily when they did the 300SD, they redesigned the mounting so that the bolts can be reached by pulling the inner fender liner and dropping the vacuum tank. I still have to fab a new pivot and weld it in place but at least getting the hinge out was relatively painless. The fuses were good so I'll have to check the flasher and possibly the warning light and directional switches. Any suggestions? In any event that's what I get for being a little too smug about the car.
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