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[Roverron]

Anybody recognise what these are(or were)? They are from my... Rover
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[Penman]

Hi
Could you take the photo from a bit further away, so they are in focus, or is it that part of the challenge?
Like those "recognise this from an unfamiliar angle" quizzes.

[peppiB]

The way they are there, they look like spent air gun pellets!!

[Roverron]

If they were less fuzzy it would be too easy
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[Phil - Nottingham]

Which Rover?
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Rover P2
Rover P4
Rover P5 & P5B
Land Rover S2 & S3
Morris Mini Traveller Mk2

[62rebel]

i'll hazard a guess that you found these in a very bad place; inside the combustion chamber? i'll then hazard that they are the missing washers from your air cleaners; the nuts possibly too heavy to be pulled into the carb throat, but washers light enough?
if not, then i'm scuppered as to what they are.

[Roverron]

Here is a better picture for those of you who are still puzzled. The big clue is the line which can be seen on the l/h one The Rover is a '46 ten
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[pigtin]

The remains of a small end and its bush?
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[47p2]

The head of a slotted bolt, or self tapping screw
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[47Jag]

Is it valve heads?

Art

[Roverron]

Well done Art, they are indeed valve heads (both exhaust). The slot on the l/h one is for a screwdriver for grinding in the valve. The head broke off its stem, once in 1987 and another in about 1998, different cylinders. The inlet valves and the pistons hammered the heads into these shapes before I switched off/pulled up. On neither occassion was I going fast, both times about 45-50mph. I found the valve heads in the sump each time. Here is the piston from the first time which happened on the A1 on the way to Cambridge. Guess what I said at the time.

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[buzzy bee]

Hi

I expect you said something like I just did when I saw your last picture, not to be repeated in public however!

Cheers

Dave