From fadushin@ecs.syr.edu Wed May 23 12:13:03 2001 Return-Path: Received: from mailroom.ecs.syr.edu (ecs.syr.edu [128.230.208.14]) by minbar.fourfold.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f4NGD3N00862 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 12:13:03 -0400 Received: (from fadushin@localhost) by mailroom.ecs.syr.edu (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f4NFATr11494 for fadushin@www.ovlr.org; Wed, 23 May 2001 11:10:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from syr.edu (syr.edu [128.230.1.49]) by mailroom.ecs.syr.edu (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f4NFASW11491 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 11:10:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from works.team.net (IDENT:root@[216.35.192.58]) by syr.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA04493 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 11:10:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by works.team.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f4NExB723208 for lro-gone; Wed, 23 May 2001 10:59:11 -0400 Received: from kabru.pinn.net (kabru.pinn.net [198.252.201.11]) by works.team.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f4NEx9623204 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 10:59:09 -0400 Received: from sandygri (orf-max-4-21.pinn.net [216.9.74.85]) by kabru.pinn.net (8.11.3/8.9.1) with SMTP id f4NEpVq17956 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 10:51:32 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.32.20010523105712.0068ae5c@pinn.net> X-Sender: rover@pinn.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 11:02:03 -0400 To: lro-digest@works.team.net From: "A. P. Grice" Subject: LRO: Thanks Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-lro@works.team.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: lro@works.team.net X-Subscriptions: http://land-rover.team.net/majorcool/cgi-bin/majorcool.cgi Just got the most recent edition of Land Rover Enthusiast magazine. Nice piece on the MAR, Jeff. Thanks Cheers *---jeep may be famous, but LAND ROVER is Legendary---* | | | A. P. (Sandy) Grice | | Rover Owners' Association of Virginia, Ltd. | | 1633 Melrose Parkway, Norfolk, VA 23508-1730 | | (H)757-423-4898 (W)757-622-7054 (FAX)757-622-7056 | *-----------------------------------------------------* From fadushin@ecs.syr.edu Wed May 23 13:37:47 2001 Return-Path: Received: from mailroom.ecs.syr.edu (ecs.syr.edu [128.230.208.14]) by minbar.fourfold.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f4NHblN01264 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 13:37:47 -0400 Received: (from fadushin@localhost) by mailroom.ecs.syr.edu (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f4NGZD414050 for fadushin@www.ovlr.org; Wed, 23 May 2001 12:35:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from syr.edu (syr.edu [128.230.1.49]) by mailroom.ecs.syr.edu (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f4NGZCW14047 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 12:35:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from works.team.net (IDENT:root@[216.35.192.58]) by syr.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA24068 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 12:35:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by works.team.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f4NGNio25812 for lro-gone; Wed, 23 May 2001 12:23:44 -0400 Received: from barebones.com (mail.barebones.com [204.107.232.35]) by works.team.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f4NGNg625808 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 12:23:42 -0400 Received: from 204.107.232.114 ([204.107.232.114] verified) by barebones.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.3.1) with ESMTP id 1027267 for lro-digest@works.team.net; Wed, 23 May 2001 12:23:33 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:25:48 -0400 From: "David G. Russell" Subject: Re: LRO: sighting To: lro-digest@works.team.net X-Priority: 3 In-Reply-To: <200105231549.f4NFnJJ24600@works.team.net> Message-ID: <20010523122549-b01010701-52e026b9@204.107.232.114> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-lro@works.team.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: lro@works.team.net X-Subscriptions: http://land-rover.team.net/majorcool/cgi-bin/majorcool.cgi On 23/5/01 at 11:49, "N Forbes" wrote: > Anybody see "Motor Week" today on Speedvision? I turned it on partway > through and they were at some Land Rover training course. First thing > I saw when I switched to it was a SIIa (I think) leading a bunch of > Discos and a Range Rover on a trail. It was pretty tame stuff but it > was still cool to see. Wish I'd seen the whole piece. Speaking of which, has anybody ever seen _any_ video footage from the 2000 British Invasion at Stowe? There was a two person crew (who had done some Speedvision work, I believe) there that went on the trials course (with Quentin and some others I believe). Although they were filming for the BI video, they said there might be a chance for broadcast. -David From fadushin@ecs.syr.edu Wed May 23 14:07:07 2001 Return-Path: Received: from mailroom.ecs.syr.edu (ecs.syr.edu [128.230.208.14]) by minbar.fourfold.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f4NI76N01477 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 14:07:06 -0400 Received: (from fadushin@localhost) by mailroom.ecs.syr.edu (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f4NH4Wo15073 for fadushin@www.ovlr.org; Wed, 23 May 2001 13:04:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from syr.edu (syr.edu [128.230.1.49]) by mailroom.ecs.syr.edu (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f4NH4VW15067 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 13:04:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from works.team.net (IDENT:root@[216.35.192.58]) by syr.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA00783 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 13:04:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by works.team.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f4NFnJJ24600 for lro-digest-gone; Wed, 23 May 2001 11:49:19 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 11:49:19 -0400 Message-Id: <200105231549.f4NFnJJ24600@works.team.net> From: owner-lro-digest@works.team.net (LRO Mailing List DIGEST * * * *) To: lro-digest@works.team.net Subject: LRO Mailing List DIGEST * * * * V1 #382 Reply-To: lro-digest@works.team.net Sender: owner-lro-digest@works.team.net Errors-To: owner-lro-digest@works.team.net Precedence: bulk X-Subscriptions: http://land-rover.team.net/majorcool/cgi-bin/majorcool.cgi LRO Mailing List DIGEST * * * * Wednesday, May 23 2001 Volume 01 : Number 382 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 17:53:22 -0400 From: Gerald Subject: Re: LRO: RE: Vampire: Mission Declassified On Mon, 21 May 2001 17:37:51 -0400, you wrote: >The Vampire and I will be at the OVLR BP. > > Great! I can't wait to see it. I want to film as much of all the 101's >as I can. I'd like to see how the pneumatic mast works. In between running >the trails, drinking, talking with all the friends I only see at the >rally's, drinking, winching, drinking... You are welcome to buy me a pneumatic mast. GPB1500 plus shipping and then you can see it work. I suggest you bargain on the price, can't me much demand for them. - -- Gerald ggg@mediaone.net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 18:09:32 -0400 From: "Scott Wickham Jr." Subject: RE: LRO: RE: Vampire: Mission Declassified You are welcome to buy me a pneumatic mast. GPB1500 plus shipping and then you can see it work. I suggest you bargain on the price, can't me much demand for them. Oh, I thought I read that it had one. Maybe it read "this is where one would go" or something. Have to pass on the purchase Gerald, that's too many beer credits to spend on you. So I didn't get from what I read, why is it called a Vampire? Scooter ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 18:35:37 -0400 From: Gerald Subject: Re: LRO: RE: Vampire: Mission Declassified On Mon, 21 May 2001 18:09:32 -0400, you wrote: > Oh, I thought I read that it had one. Maybe it read "this is where one >would go" or something. Have to pass on the purchase Gerald, that's too >many beer credits to spend on you. So I didn't get from what I read, why is >it called a Vampire? "Had" an antenna as in past tense. I have seen two explanations for the name Vampire. One starts with Vehicle and the other VHF (for Very High Frequency) and the rest is Army Mobile Position Indicating Interferometer Radio Equipment. - -- Gerald ggg@mediaone.net ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 00:10:45 -0000 From: "N Forbes" Subject: LRO: sighting Anybody see "Motor Week" today on Speedvision? I turned it on partway through and they were at some Land Rover training course. First thing I saw when I switched to it was a SIIa (I think) leading a bunch of Discos and a Range Rover on a trail. It was pretty tame stuff but it was still cool to see. Wish I'd seen the whole piece. Niall Forbes 66 IIa 88SW - The Red Zit Dartmouth, Nova Scotia The Nova Scotian Rover - http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/forbes/intro.htm "See the happy moron, He doesn't give a damn. I wish I were a moron. My God! Perhaps I am!" - --author unknown _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 20:32:37 -0400 From: "Lee Jones" Subject: LRO: RE: sighting I think you saw the R.O.V.E.R.S. off road event in VA. Speedvision took pictures of it and it ran about 7 minutes (on a 1/2 hour show). Lee - -----Original Message----- From: owner-lro@works.team.net [mailto:owner-lro@works.team.net]On Behalf Of N Forbes Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 8:11 PM To: LRO@land-rover.team.net Subject: LRO: sighting Anybody see "Motor Week" today on Speedvision? I turned it on partway through and they were at some Land Rover training course. First thing I saw when I switched to it was a SIIa (I think) leading a bunch of Discos and a Range Rover on a trail. It was pretty tame stuff but it was still cool to see. Wish I'd seen the whole piece. Niall Forbes 66 IIa 88SW - The Red Zit Dartmouth, Nova Scotia The Nova Scotian Rover - http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/forbes/intro.htm "See the happy moron, He doesn't give a damn. I wish I were a moron. My God! Perhaps I am!" - --author unknown _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 21:56:31 -0600 From: "Jim Hall" Subject: Re: LRO: Defender 110 on ebay I like that last option on it... 4 wheel drive - -- Jim Hall 1966 88" Elephant Chaser http://www.users.qwest.net/~jimfoo "You know, I never really damaged my Rover 'till I started wheeling with Jim." Mitch Stockdale ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 05:58:38 -1000 From: "Hope Peter" Subject: LRO: Re: RE: EBay 110 fllow up-- Item #589464331 > Nothing like answering your questions, right? > Just received another follow up 70,000 and the truck is yours. Reserve is higher. The truck is entirely built from the ground up. So the miles are about 120 for testing. The odometer reads 51000 because we had to us a used one. - -----Original Message----- From: phope [mailto:phope@hawaii.rr.com] Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 9:41 PM To: Isaac Jacobson Subject: Re: Question for seller -- Item #589464331 Thanks for the reply, but you didn't answer all of my questions. What is the reserve price? How many miles on it? Is it an actual 110? I notice that it doesn't have the standard Defender rear chassis member, but rather an older Series rover one. Thanks, Pete ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 05:58:42 -1000 From: "Hope Peter" Subject: LRO: Re: RE: EBay 110 fllow up-- Item #589464331 > Nothing like answering your questions, right? > Just received another follow up 70,000 and the truck is yours. Reserve is higher. The truck is entirely built from the ground up. So the miles are about 120 for testing. The odometer reads 51000 because we had to us a used one. - -----Original Message----- From: phope [mailto:phope@hawaii.rr.com] Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 9:41 PM To: Isaac Jacobson Subject: Re: Question for seller -- Item #589464331 Thanks for the reply, but you didn't answer all of my questions. What is the reserve price? How many miles on it? Is it an actual 110? I notice that it doesn't have the standard Defender rear chassis member, but rather an older Series rover one. Thanks, Pete ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 06:13:03 -1000 From: "Hope Peter" Subject: LRO: Re: RE: EBay 110 fllow up-- Item #589464331 > Nothing like answering your questions, right? > Just received another follow up 70,000 and the truck is yours. Reserve is higher. The truck is entirely built from the ground up. So the miles are about 120 for testing. The odometer reads 51000 because we had to us a used one. - -----Original Message----- From: phope [mailto:phope@hawaii.rr.com] Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 9:41 PM To: Isaac Jacobson Subject: Re: Question for seller -- Item #589464331 Thanks for the reply, but you didn't answer all of my questions. What is the reserve price? How many miles on it? Is it an actual 110? I notice that it doesn't have the standard Defender rear chassis member, but rather an older Series rover one. Thanks, Pete ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 06:13:14 -1000 From: "Hope Peter" Subject: LRO: Re: RE: EBay 110 fllow up-- Item #589464331 > Nothing like answering your questions, right? > Just received another follow up 70,000 and the truck is yours. Reserve is higher. The truck is entirely built from the ground up. So the miles are about 120 for testing. The odometer reads 51000 because we had to us a used one. - -----Original Message----- From: phope [mailto:phope@hawaii.rr.com] Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 9:41 PM To: Isaac Jacobson Subject: Re: Question for seller -- Item #589464331 Thanks for the reply, but you didn't answer all of my questions. What is the reserve price? How many miles on it? Is it an actual 110? I notice that it doesn't have the standard Defender rear chassis member, but rather an older Series rover one. Thanks, Pete ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 06:26:52 -1000 From: "Hope Peter" Subject: LRO: Re: Re: RE: EBay 110 fllow up-- Item #589464331 Sorry, my mail servewr is going nuts Pete ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 07:46:54 -0400 From: "Alex Maiolo" Subject: LRO: Re: EBay 110 fllow up-- Item #589464331 I can't say I'm thrilled about the color choices these folks have made, but the work on the interior seems pretty nice. I'm sure, like most Defenders in the States, that these things carry a price that would make Donald Trump blush, but they seem to be nicely done, IMHO. Alex "Ah, already gaht wahn. It's a-vera n-i-i-ce" Maiolo Chapel Hill NC - ----- Original Message ----- From: "phope" To: "Lro" Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 12:37 AM Subject: LRO: EBay 110 fllow up-- Item #589464331 > > Just received this info from the sller > Pete > > > > This 110 is absolutely street legal. Title is in hand and reads > > "Reconstructed" "Land Rover 110" "2001". The truck is as new. We built > it > > from the ground up using all new or in some cases new rebuild Land Rover > > parts. We have additional vehicles for sale. Please refer to the link > > http://www.thedial.com/isaac/rover01/new.htm to see another example for > > sale. This is NOT as salvage title. This is a professionally built Land > > Rover, constructed to exacting standards and in many areas exceeds the > > original. > > > > We have invested considerable money and time to legitimately bring in our > > components and register this vehicle. This project has been 3 years in > the > > making, passing all DOT, EPA and Customs criteria. > > > > Please call 435-445-3333 for further information and pricing options. > > > > > > > Hi I was wondering what the reserve price was on the 110? > > Also, why does it have a new fame and rebuilt axles? > > How many miles on it? > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 07:47:49 -0400 (EDT) From: "Tom Rowe" Subject: Re: LRO: Re: 300TDI (ridiculous) prices? Just going through my archive and found the comments about how "ridiculously" expensive 300TDI's are. 12k *is* a bit much, but I think the kits from RN aren't all that bad, when you consider it also includes a new transmission (still too much for me though). That's why I was loking for just and engine from the UK, hoping to get the price down. Back last year when I was about to buy an IH 1 ton crew cab dualie (ended up with a good deal on a Disco instead) I was looking around for a diesel to put in it. I thought what better than keeping it 100% Binder and put in a Navaistar 7.5L. 10k for a reconditioned one. Admittedly you get more bang with a 7.5 turbo than a 300TD, but the Rover engine would suit my Disco better. I converted the AntiChrist to a 2.25 Rover diesel (which is fine for it) and have a Perlkins 4203 for my 109 truck. Obviously I'm not into speed ;-) Anyway, my point is, Diesels are cheap, new ones especially. Cheers Tom Rowe Atlanta, GA Four wheel drive allows you to get stuck in places even more inaccessible ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 07:19:58 -0400 (EDT) From: "Tom Rowe" Subject: Re: LRO: 24v bulbs On Wed, 2 May 2001 18:42:23 -0500, Andy Pease wrote: >Does anybody know of a source to find 24v bulbs [headlights, taillights, >turn lights, etc.] for a 74 SIII Lightweight? Thus far I have found Rovers >North. Is there anybody else? > Andy, No bulbs, but I do have a 24v turn signal flasher shipped to me by mistake. Need a spare? Tom Rowe Atlanta, GA Four wheel drive allows you to get stuck in places even more inaccessible ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 13:01:58 -0000 From: "N Forbes" Subject: Re: LRO: RE: sighting >I think you saw the R.O.V.E.R.S. off road event in VA. Speedvision took >pictures of it and it ran about 7 minutes (on a 1/2 hour show). > >Lee Thanks Lee. I think you're right. I was pretty sure the trucks had Virginia plates but it was hard to tell. 7 Minutes wasn't enough. They should have used the full half hour ;-) Niall Forbes 66 IIa 88SW - The Red Zit Dartmouth, Nova Scotia The Nova Scotian Rover - http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/forbes/intro.htm "See the happy moron, He doesn't give a damn. I wish I were a moron. My God! Perhaps I am!" - --author unknown _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 15:39:47 +0200 From: Peter Thor=?ISO-8859-1?B?6Q==?=n Subject: Re: LRO: Seal in Timing Cover 01-05-21 13.29, skrev Garrick Olsen på gbolsen@hotmail.com följande: Rik, My timing chain broke two years ago (S3 2 1/4 diesel). When taking the cover off I could see that the pad actually had come loose and that the bolt holding it had got stuck in the crankshaft chainwheel with interesting results... I highly recommend you to use Loctite or similar when refitting everything. Peter - ---------------------------------------------------------- Peter Thorén 1996 Discovery Tdi ES 1975 109" Stationwagon 2.25 diesel member # 1379 Swedish Land Rover club Norrdals gård, Myssinge SE 747 93 Alunda Sverige 0174-121 06; 070-249 34 77 - ---------------------------------------------------------- > I am down to carving out the seal in the timing cover. It seals around the > front crankshaft. > > 1. Is there anyway other than picking it out with a screwdriver? Solvent > (Dot 3?) or Fire? > > 2. Any one else not find a timing chain tensioner pad on replacing the > timing chain? There just wasn't one there. Was this SPOT or Sollihul? > > -Rik > Getting it together > 1960 SER II SWB SW > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 09:54:15 -0400 From: "Tackley, John" Subject: LRO: Liftgate/Lid question... This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0E2C6.B00F7960 Content-Type: text/plain Anyone with a Liftgate/Lid + Tailgate setup on a Series...I just installed my first and only have one stay/prop rod. While you can still buy a new Lid, you can't buy many of the individual parts...so I either have to fabricate a new stay or change over to modern gas cylinders to support the Lid when open. Has anyone replaced the two rigid stays/prop rods with gas cylinders? If so, please respond off-list with lengths, p/n if known, installation tips, etc. TIA John Tackley Richmond, VA - ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0E2C6.B00F7960 Content-Type: text/html
Anyone with a Liftgate/Lid + Tailgate setup on a Series...I just installed my first and only have one stay/prop rod.  While you can still buy a new Lid, you can't buy many of the individual parts...so I either have to fabricate a new stay or change over to modern gas cylinders to support the Lid when open.
 
Has anyone replaced the two rigid stays/prop rods with gas cylinders?
If so, please respond off-list with lengths, p/n if known, installation tips, etc.
 
TIA
 
John Tackley
Richmond, VA
- ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0E2C6.B00F7960-- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 10:19:50 -0400 From: "Alan Richer/CAM/Lotus" Subject: Re: LRO: Liftgate/Lid question... John, just put together another prop rod. THe ones I've seen aren't much more than a piece of bent bar stock with a flat-metal flange on the end to attach to the liftgate prop mount. The thing I like about them and the different design I have on my '58 is that you can lock them in place with a bungie to take up the slack. This way, you can drive with the gate up if need be (think large loads in truck...). Can't do that with gas cylinders... ajr ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 16:55:47 -1000 From: "Hope Peter" Subject: LRO: Email issues and landrovers Aloha, sorry about all the multiple posts yesterday. Our mail server had a hiccup or something. Anyway, Honolulu All British Car Show was this past weekend. 40-50 cars present, 7 of em were Rovers. Pretty impressive turn out. I stuck up a few photos at www.aloharovers.com Met some new people which is always great. We are planning another expedition out to east Range. This time do the route from top to bottom. Pete ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 07:57:00 -0700 From: SJH Subject: LRO: Dennis McCullagh address needed urgently I bought an item from Dennis on ebay a while ago. We have dealt before so he sent the item to me in advance of payment. I sent payment out, but it just came back to me as undeliverable becasue of insufficient postage (D'oh!!) with a yellow sticker over his address so I can't resend it!! Does anyone have his email or real address? If so please mail it to me directly as I am in digest mode. Thanks. Dennis, if you read this I'm very sorry for the delay. Simon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 11:14:03 -0400 From: Easton Trevor A Subject: RE: LRO: Liftgate/Lid question... Can do, if the cylinders are set up properly and strong enough. Be sure to get struts with proper ball joint ends though or they will rattle if driven in the open position. > The thing I like about them and the different design I have on my '58 is > that you can lock them in place with a bungie to take up the slack. This > way, you can drive with the gate up if need be (think large loads in > truck...). Can't do that with gas cylinders... > > ajr > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 12:38:58 -0400 From: "Tackley, John" Subject: RE: LRO: Liftgate/Lid question... ajr said: John, just put together another prop rod. THe ones I've seen aren't much more than a piece of bent bar stock with a flat-metal flange on the end to attach to the liftgate prop mount. The thing I like about them and the different design I have on my '58 is that you can lock them in place with a bungie to take up the slack. This way, you can drive with the gate up if need be (think large loads in truck...). Can't do that with gas cylinders... I reply, Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, the lid end of the prop rod attaches to a steel plate riveted to the ally lid proper. The 'hinge' part of that plate is awol...so it means re-fabbing the plate w/ hinge as well as the rod. For as much work it seemed feasible to me to just stick in 2 gas cylinders, retaining the good prop rod for locking-while-driving. ...and Trevor said: Can do, if the cylinders are set up properly and strong enough. Be sure to get struts with proper ball joint ends though or they will rattle if driven in the open position. ...and I say, Its the 'set up and strength' I was concerned about. How does one tell what weight a gc will support (from p/n , catalog etc.), other than manually testing it? JT/ric ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 13:19:49 -0400 From: Easton Trevor A Subject: RE: LRO: Liftgate/Lid question... Catalogue works well if you are buying new struts and the supplier will even calulate the size and geometry for you, but as a true LRO you are probably going to obtain a couple of struts from the wreckers. In this case what you want to do is look for something that is supporting a similar weight. This means most likely a strut from a small hatchback. Now you need to layout your system so that the struts lift the gate the correct amount and also keep it closed by going slightly overcentre when the gate is down. Do this you need to know the open and closed length of the strut. It's a good idea to get the closed length before you take it off the donor vehicle. With the gate propped open where you want it to "park" position the strut with the rod end close to the bottom of the gate and adjust the position of the cylinder end so it is just high enough for the strut to be not quite fully closed when the gate is shut. Make drawing of the end positions and use this to fabricate the end brackets. The strut ends and hinge pin locations should be such that when the gate is shut the line of force from the strut acts through a point "outside" the hinge pins. Hope this makes sense. You'll probably find that using two struts there is plenty of spare force to lift the light LR tailgate so be sure to make the overcentre geometry work or you'll be losing teeth as the gate opens itself as soon as you release the latch. > Its the 'set up and strength' I was concerned about. How does one tell > what > weight a gc will support (from p/n , catalog etc.), other than manually > testing it? > > JT/ric > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 13:41:33 -0400 From: "Alan Richer/CAM/Lotus" Subject: RE: LRO: Liftgate/Lid question... Sorry, John - didn't realize. Dumb question - are you sure it had 2 prop rods? Somewhere I seem to remember lids w/only one.... I like the design on Miss Jessica - instead of the swing-out rods that drop into forks it has sliding barss that latch in tracks. No-hands latching is so nice - if a bit awkward to drop down again. ajr ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 01 10:55:55 -0700 From: TeriAnn Wakeman Subject: RE: LRO: Liftgate/Lid question... >Dumb question - are you sure it had 2 prop rods? Somewhere I seem to >remember lids w/only one.... Lift gates come with two. Defender lift gates evidently come with hydraulic rods so you do not need to manually set them. TeriAnn http://www.overlander.net The world's most complete set of links connecting Rover 4X4 owners with Rover parts, service, accessory & sales companies world wide. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 14:18:12 -0400 From: "RON WARD" Subject: RE: LRO: Liftgate/Lid question... Good grief! Do like my Dad did and carry a broom with the end sawed off and wedge it between the bumper and the lift gate to hold it open. >>> Alan_Richer@Lotus.com 05/22/01 01:41PM >>> Sorry, John - didn't realize. Dumb question - are you sure it had 2 prop rods? Somewhere I seem to remember lids w/only one.... I like the design on Miss Jessica - instead of the swing-out rods that drop into forks it has sliding barss that latch in tracks. No-hands latching is so nice - if a bit awkward to drop down again. ajr ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 15:25:53 -0400 From: "Tackley, John" Subject: RE: LRO: Liftgate/Lid question... Dumb question - are you sure it had 2 prop rods? Somewhere I seem to remember lids w/only one.... Yup, and it needs it too, if you were to drive with the lid open, it really needs support on both sides...plus I can see where the hinge was ripped out of the corner plate. I like the design on Miss Jessica - instead of the swing-out rods that drop into forks it has sliding barss that latch in tracks. No-hands latching is so nice - if a bit awkward to drop down again. I'd like that too, but then the arms stick into the rear compartment, don't they?(...oops, no, you did say tracks) JT ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 16:13:45 -0400 From: "Robert A. Virzi" Subject: Re: LRO: RE: Vampire: Mission Declassified > >I have seen two explanations for the name Vampire. One starts with Vehicle >and the other VHF (for Very High Frequency) and the rest is Army Mobile >Position Indicating Interferometer Radio Equipment. And I thought it was because it had a light-proof cabin, perfect haunt for a vampire. - ------------------------------------------- Verizon Laboratories bob.virzi@verizon.com or rvirzi@gte.com +1 781.466.2881 You can observe a lot by watching. -Yogi ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 18:07:08 -0400 From: Easton Trevor A Subject: RE: LRO: RE: Vampire: Mission Declassified > >I have seen two explanations for the name Vampire. One starts with Vehicle >and the other VHF (for Very High Frequency) and the rest is Army Mobile >Position Indicating Interferometer Radio Equipment. Surely the best explanation is that in true LR fashion it sucks blood (and money) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 21:05:16 -0700 From: "Gerry Elam" Subject: LRO: parabolic springs? Fact or fad? What's the collection group opinon on parabolic springs? This is for a Dormobile that I ultimately plan to hang an extra water tank onto also so heavy duty would probably be necessary. Thanks! Gerry Elam PHX AZ '63 LR SII A Dormobile.... Humty Dumpty: It may take all the King's men to put Humty Dumpty together again. Any volunteers? :-) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 00:18:28 -0400 From: Jeff Berg Subject: RE: LRO: RE: Vampire: Mission Declassified >Surely the best explanation is that in true LR fashion it sucks blood (and >money) I did leave a little blood sitting on one of the pulleys... jeff ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 00:18:49 -0400 From: Jeff Berg Subject: Re: LRO: parabolic springs? Fact or fad? >What's the collection group opinon on parabolic springs? This is >for a Dormobile that I ultimately plan to hang an extra water tank >onto also so heavy duty would probably be necessary. I like mine... jab ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 20:56:07 -1000 From: "Peter Ogilvie" Subject: Re: LRO: parabolic springs? Fact or fad? I've got an 88 and a 109 pickup with parabolics. Best thing I ever did to them. Ride is significantly improved and so is articulation. I'll never go back. 109 has RM 3 leaf springs that work great. The four leaf rears should work on the dormie. Aloha Peter >From: Jeff Berg >Reply-To: lro@works.team.net >To: lro@Works.Team.Net >Subject: Re: LRO: parabolic springs? Fact or fad? >Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 00:18:49 -0400 > >>What's the collection group opinon on parabolic springs? This is >>for a Dormobile that I ultimately plan to hang an extra water tank >>onto also so heavy duty would probably be necessary. > >I like mine... > >jab _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 10:12:53 +0200 From: "FJA van Zijp" Subject: LRO: short question Hi all, Just a short question from a list-lurker; whatever happened to the list- archives on http://www.land-rover.team.net/? cheers Ferenc ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 08:06:01 -0400 From: Easton Trevor A Subject: RE: LRO: parabolic springs? Fact or fad? I'm happy with mine on the 88. TI Console provided good service, prompt delivery, reasonable shipping cost and suitably reduced invoice with package (Customs man commented how "It's the shipping that kills you, on items like this" :-)) > >What's the collection group opinon on parabolic springs? > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 09:01:08 -0400 From: "Martin Rothman" Subject: Re: LRO: short question They moved to someplace on www.fourfold.org. You may have to dig a bit to find them, but they are there. Regards, Martin Rothman - ----Original Message Follows---- From: "FJA van Zijp" Reply-To: lro@works.team.net To: lro@Works.Team.Net Subject: LRO: short question Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 10:12:53 +0200 Hi all, Just a short question from a list-lurker; whatever happened to the list- archives on http://www.land-rover.team.net/? cheers Ferenc _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 01 07:46:38 -0700 From: TeriAnn Wakeman Subject: RE: LRO: Liftgate/Lid question... On the other hand, you can always do what I ended up doing to keep from hitting my head on the lift gate getting in & out. I side hinged the lift gate. It works quite well. There are pictures in the green Rover galler page. http://www.cruzers.com/~twakeman/LR/GRrearliftgate98.htm If you look at the picture you will notice I used two lower hinges. THe lift gate didn't want to open levelly with a top & bottom hinge There is a galvanized strip along the bottom of the lift gate. I put a gradual taper in it so I could drop the tail gate without opening the lift gate past straight back. I used a nylon strap pinned in place by the lower door latch as a stop. The door is held in place via the two hinges and the rods of the latch. This works well under all conditions if the latch is completely shut and the pocket brackets are properly adjusted. If the pocket bracket is out of adjustment or the latch not completely home the door will open under severe washboarding. TeriAnn http://www.overlander.net The world's most complete set of links connecting Rover 4X4 owners with Rover parts, service, accessory & sales companies world wide. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 11:02:03 -0400 From: "A. P. Grice" Subject: LRO: Thanks Just got the most recent edition of Land Rover Enthusiast magazine. Nice piece on the MAR, Jeff. Thanks Cheers *---jeep may be famous, but LAND ROVER is Legendary---* | | | A. P. (Sandy) Grice | | Rover Owners' Association of Virginia, Ltd. | | 1633 Melrose Parkway, Norfolk, VA 23508-1730 | | (H)757-423-4898 (W)757-622-7054 (FAX)757-622-7056 | *-----------------------------------------------------* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 11:21:13 EDT From: Landrover88@aol.com Subject: LRO: Brakes Again - --part1_34.1575e799.283d2f69_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi to all on the list: I am still having brake problems most all parts have been replaced a new problem has surfaced. I have been on the "double pump" for some time just put new shoes and cam adjusters on last weekend now I lose pedal off and on but the latest the reservoir is spouting out the top through the vent hole. Any ideas? Thanks in advance Dave Walls IIa 88 - --part1_34.1575e799.283d2f69_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi to all on the list:

I am still having brake problems most all parts have been replaced a new
problem has surfaced. I have been on the "double pump" for some time just put
new shoes and cam adjusters on last weekend now I lose pedal off and on but
the latest the reservoir is spouting out the top through the vent hole.

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
Dave Walls
IIa 88   - --part1_34.1575e799.283d2f69_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 08:19:07 -0700 From: "Rich & Lori Williams" Subject: LRO: positive ground radios - no LR content I am posting this for my dad to see if anyone out there can help. He's got a 1959 Jaguar XK150s Roadster and wants to put a vintage radio in it. Trouble is, he can't find any that are 40 years old AND are positive ground. And no, he won't switch. He's a Concours freak - need I say more? So does anyone know where he can find an old AM/FM positive ground radio? Some had a switch in the back that would allow you to pick + or - ground. Thanks, Rich Williams SII 109 SW ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 08:42:38 -0700 From: "Paul Quin" Subject: LRO: Solex Vacuum Advance/Retard Yesterday I overhauled my Solex with new jets and gaskets all around. The performance is much better now. Not really any more power, just much smoother and quieter (the whistle is almost gone...) and a better idle. When I got the SII, the vacuum advance (retard?) port on the carb was blocked off. I've got the neccessary ( I think ) bits to plumb it back in to the distributor now. I ordered a copper pipe from RN last year. It threads into the Solex fine but at the other end is a threaded fitting while on the distributor the fitting looks like it wants to mate up to a rubber vacuum line. Should I cut off the threaded fitting on the pipe and clamp on a rubber vacuum hose from it to the distributor? Also, should the carb end of the pipe (with the olive) be flaired once the olive and nut are on it? TIA Paul Quin 1961 SII 88 Victoria, BC ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 08:46:17 -0700 From: "Paul Quin" Subject: LRO: Re: Brakes Again This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_00AE_01C0E364.D4C21DA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I had very similar symptoms with mine. The steady posts on all four of = my backing plates were loose. This is the post opposite the wheel = cylinder that the other end of the brake shoe rests (and pivots) on. If = these are loose, they will shift under braking load causing all sorts of = ass puckering consequences... Take the shoes off and wiggle the post = around. I had mine welded back on. Paul in Victoria. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Landrover88@aol.com=20 Hi to all on the list:=20 I am still having brake problems most all parts have been replaced a = new=20 problem has surfaced. I have been on the "double pump" for some time = just put=20 new shoes and cam adjusters on last weekend now I lose pedal off and = on but=20 the latest the reservoir is spouting out the top through the vent = hole.=20 Any ideas?=20 Thanks in advance=20 Dave Walls=20 IIa 88 =20 - ------=_NextPart_000_00AE_01C0E364.D4C21DA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I had very similar symptoms with mine.  The = steady posts=20 on all four of my backing plates were loose.  This is the post = opposite the=20 wheel cylinder that the other end of the brake shoe rests (and pivots) = on. =20 If these are loose, they will shift under braking load causing all sorts = of ass=20 puckering consequences...   Take the shoes off and wiggle the = post=20 around.  I had mine welded back on.
 
Paul in Victoria.
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Landrover88@aol.com
 

Hi to all = on the list:=20

I am still having brake problems most all parts have been = replaced a=20 new
problem has surfaced. I have been on the "double pump" for = some time=20 just put
new shoes and cam adjusters on last weekend now I lose = pedal off=20 and on but
the latest the reservoir is spouting out the top = through the=20 vent hole.

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
Dave Walls =
IIa 88=20   - ------=_NextPart_000_00AE_01C0E364.D4C21DA0-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 11:42:21 -0400 From: "Alan Richer/CAM/Lotus" Subject: Re: LRO: Brakes Again If you'rte losing pedal off and on it sounds to me like the valve in the master (the one that closes to pressurize the system hen you push the pedal) isn't closing right. Hence, the pressure you put on the pedal makes the fluid spurt up through the intake. I'm assuming you've checked to make sure that you have all the brake shoes on the cams right and so forth.... ajr ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 11:48:45 -0400 From: "Alan Richer/CAM/Lotus" Subject: Re: LRO: positive ground radios - no LR content Junkyard is the first place I'd look. Secondarily, he can use a negative-ground radio if it's carefully isolated from the car's frame and the electrical connections made appropriately. Also, the radio antenna coax braid needs to be ground-isolated with some small-value capacitors (or just isolated completely - that works fine on AM and FM). If you want to talk more on it see me off-line - don't want to bore folks. ajr ------------------------------ End of LRO Mailing List DIGEST * * * * V1 #382 ********************************************** From fadushin@ecs.syr.edu Wed May 23 18:57:25 2001 Return-Path: Received: from mailroom.ecs.syr.edu (ecs.syr.edu [128.230.208.14]) by minbar.fourfold.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f4NMvPN02454 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 18:57:25 -0400 Received: (from fadushin@localhost) by mailroom.ecs.syr.edu (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f4NLspx23565 for fadushin@www.ovlr.org; Wed, 23 May 2001 17:54:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from syr.edu (syr.edu [128.230.1.49]) by mailroom.ecs.syr.edu (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f4NLsoW23562 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 17:54:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from works.team.net (IDENT:root@[216.35.192.58]) by syr.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA03287 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 17:54:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by works.team.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f4NLbUt29893 for lro-gone; Wed, 23 May 2001 17:37:30 -0400 Received: from elvis.laplaza.org (elvis.laplaza.org [204.151.72.2]) by works.team.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f4NLbL629889 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 17:37:22 -0400 Received: from tccomputer (ppp121.access2.laplaza.org [204.151.72.78]) by elvis.laplaza.org (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA17136 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 15:37:13 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <030301c0e3cf$19672760$6f4897cc@tccomputer> From: "Todd Kendrick" To: Subject: LRO: Tranny Problems Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 15:26:41 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0300_01C0E39C.C48DBB00" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-lro@works.team.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: lro@works.team.net X-Subscriptions: http://land-rover.team.net/majorcool/cgi-bin/majorcool.cgi This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0300_01C0E39C.C48DBB00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable So I took my over drive off thinking the problem w/ my tranny was = the loose mainshaft nut. The nut was little loose but not as much as I = was hoping. So instead of putting the OD back on I just put the = mainshaft bearing housing back on. Now the truck will not move. In the = forward gears I get no noise or anything; in reverse it gives a = spinning/whining sound from the gearbox. I have the tried the t-case in = lo and hi range and no difference. Am I missing something here ? So I go back and try and put the OD back on and it does not want to = mount back flush w/ the gearbox. I can start the nuts on the studs but = it is about a half inch short of being flush. I do not want to break one = of the flanges on the OD so here I am. Are there any special tricks to = putting the OD back on ? Why would it not move w/ just the mainshaft = bearing housing on ? Any help and input much appreciated. Todd Kendrick Taos, NM '66 109" P/U ------=_NextPart_000_0300_01C0E39C.C48DBB00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
    So I took my over drive off = thinking the=20 problem w/ my tranny was the loose mainshaft nut. The nut was little = loose but=20 not as much as I was hoping. So instead of putting the OD back on I just = put the=20 mainshaft bearing housing back on. Now the truck will not move. In the = forward=20 gears I get no noise or anything; in reverse it gives a = spinning/whining=20 sound from the gearbox. I have the tried the t-case in lo and hi range = and no=20 difference. Am I missing something here ?
     So I go back and try and = put the OD=20 back on and it does not want to mount back flush w/ the gearbox. I = can=20 start the nuts on the studs but it is about a half inch short of being = flush. I=20 do not want to break one of the flanges on the OD so here I am. Are = there any=20 special tricks to putting the OD back on ? Why would it not move w/ just = the=20 mainshaft bearing housing on ?  Any help and input much=20 appreciated.
 
Todd Kendrick
Taos, NM
'66 109" P/U
------=_NextPart_000_0300_01C0E39C.C48DBB00-- From fadushin@ecs.syr.edu Wed May 23 23:16:20 2001 Return-Path: Received: from mailroom.ecs.syr.edu (ecs.syr.edu [128.230.208.14]) by minbar.fourfold.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f4O3GKN03463 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 23:16:20 -0400 Received: (from fadushin@localhost) by mailroom.ecs.syr.edu (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f4O2Dkd28777 for fadushin@www.ovlr.org; Wed, 23 May 2001 22:13:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from syr.edu (syr.edu [128.230.1.49]) by mailroom.ecs.syr.edu (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f4O2DkW28774 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 22:13:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from works.team.net (IDENT:root@[216.35.192.58]) by syr.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA04220 for ; Wed, 23 May 2001 22:13:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by works.team.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f4O1RBj31294 for lro-digest-gone; Wed, 23 May 2001 21:27:11 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 21:27:11 -0400 Message-Id: <200105240127.f4O1RBj31294@works.team.net> From: owner-lro-digest@works.team.net (LRO Mailing List DIGEST * * * *) To: lro-digest@works.team.net Subject: LRO Mailing List DIGEST * * * * V1 #383 Reply-To: lro-digest@works.team.net Sender: owner-lro-digest@works.team.net Errors-To: owner-lro-digest@works.team.net Precedence: bulk X-Subscriptions: http://land-rover.team.net/majorcool/cgi-bin/majorcool.cgi LRO Mailing List DIGEST * * * * Wednesday, May 23 2001 Volume 01 : Number 383 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 11:50:15 EDT From: Wbfishel@aol.com Subject: Re: LRO: Brakes Again Dave I went through the same thing. Almost everything was new or rebuilt. I replaced the master cylinder, brake lines, flex hoses, and brake shoes. I held off on replacing the brake drums because they looked good and measured with venire calipers checked within tolerance. After the drums were finally replaced and the shoes adjusted to the new drums the brakes finally work on the first pump. Bill Fishel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 01 08:55:56 -0700 From: TeriAnn Wakeman Subject: Re: LRO: parabolic springs? Fact or fad? >What's the collection group opinon on parabolic springs? This is for a >Dormobile that I ultimately plan to hang an extra water tank onto also so >heavy duty would probably be necessary. Paul Heystee believes the heavy duty rears of his latest line of parabolics would work on the Green Rover just fine. The springs he carries have been revised and upgraded about half a year ago. If they are supposed to work on mine (rear fuel tank & 15 gallon water tank) then they should work on yours. Mind you I have not tried them myself. >'63 LR SII A Dormobile.... Humty Dumpty: It may take all the King's men to >put Humty Dumpty together again. Any volunteers? :-) Maybe some of us can help out come fall or winter when the termperature drops down into the "just hot" levels. TeriAnn Wakeman Marigold Ltd. Santa Cruz, California Web design, site updating, testing webmaster@overlander.net search engine optimization, graphics and more http://www.overlander.net/Marigold/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:00:31 -0400 From: "Alan Richer/CAM/Lotus" Subject: Re: LRO: Solex Vacuum Advance/Retard >When I got the SII, the vacuum advance (retard?) port on the carb was >blocked off. I've got the neccessary ( I think ) bits to plumb it back in >to the distributor now. I ordered a copper pipe from RN last year. It >threads into the Solex fine but at the other end is a threaded fitting while >on the distributor the fitting looks like it wants to mate up to a rubber >vacuum line. Should I cut off the threaded fitting on the pipe and clamp on >a rubber vacuum hose from it to the distributor? The distributor you have is not original to the vehicle - it's a later 25D4 from likely a Zenith-equipped vehicle. When they went away from the Solex they changed to a rubber line for this, hence your tube Were I you I'd simply use a short bit of rubber vacuum line to mate the two - - it will work fine. What I did on Mister C. when I wen to the SOlex was to use the end of the line with the fitting and olive as a stub and attached a rubber vacuum line there - and then ran the line down to the distributor in rubber rather than copper. >Also, should the carb end of the pipe (with the olive) be flaired once the >olive and nut are on it? No, the olive will compress and hold the line when you install it (think compression pipe fitting). ajr TIA ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 11:45:29 -0400 From: Keith Tanner Subject: Re: LRO: Brakes Again Have you rebuilt the master cylinder? I had a similar "backwash" when the tab on the spring retainer wasn't engaging. I could get some pressure in the system but very little. To fix, we pulled the piston out of the master cylinder and bent the tab into place so that it locked. Keith Tanner, looking for doortops ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 09:15:35 -0700 (PDT) From: DaveB Subject: Re: LRO: Solex and Rustoleum - --- The Stockdales wrote: > The Red Dinosaur is painted Rusto-Regal Red, ...It does fade nicely after about 5 > years. That's good to know. RedSq. is painted regal red also. I was worried that it wouldn't fade fast enough. Dave ===== They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier. David Foster Wallace __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:22:31 EDT From: Landrover88@aol.com Subject: Re: LRO: Brakes Again Could it be i have the master cyl adjusted too far to the end of the shaft? Dave ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:25:48 -0400 From: "David G. Russell" Subject: Re: LRO: sighting On 23/5/01 at 11:49, "N Forbes" wrote: > Anybody see "Motor Week" today on Speedvision? I turned it on partway > through and they were at some Land Rover training course. First thing > I saw when I switched to it was a SIIa (I think) leading a bunch of > Discos and a Range Rover on a trail. It was pretty tame stuff but it > was still cool to see. Wish I'd seen the whole piece. Speaking of which, has anybody ever seen _any_ video footage from the 2000 British Invasion at Stowe? There was a two person crew (who had done some Speedvision work, I believe) there that went on the trials course (with Quentin and some others I believe). Although they were filming for the BI video, they said there might be a chance for broadcast. - -David ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:23:30 EDT From: Landrover88@aol.com Subject: Re: LRO: Re: Brakes Again Paul: Yes all my posts are loose i will check to see if welding helps Dave ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 09:31:34 -0700 (PDT) From: DaveB Subject: Re: LRO: Transmission Removal - --- Alan Richer/CAM/Lotus wrote: > Secondly, if your Marsland is like all the others i've seen it was > likely > galvanized with the crossmember in place. Good luck getting it > out..... I've done it both ways. With the removable x/member, you can slide the complete unit out from under the truck *WITHOUT LIFTING THE TRUCK AT ALL* just by taking the extra step of removing the red-knobbed hi-lo lever. That is if you are doing the job on a hard surface. IMO, it is much easier tyo do this than fighting with the seatbox. I would very much like to never have to remove a series seatbox ever again in mylife. But I know that will never be the case. The remvoable trans x-member was likely, as Chairman Al Richer noted, galvainzed in place. But we had no problem removing the bolts on the one I did. You do need to lever the x-member out with a crowbar or somesuch and you will need to support the trans assembly. A regular large size floor jack works fine, since the x member isn't there, you have a little more room to position it. Basically you save yourself the hassle of getting the seatbox out, and also the need for an enginee crane. You will need a 2 x4 and a come-along to reinstall the gearbox though. I don't know why anyone would bother to do the seatbox removal dance when they have a perfectly good removable trans x-member. What a phenomenal waste of time and effort. > it's a lot easier to do (and can be done standing up) than the > bottom-drop > method for those not lift equipped. Bollocks! You don't need a lift at all. Without a crane, how do you get the trans out the door of the truck when you come out the top? Dave ===== They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier. David Foster Wallace __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 09:33:58 -0700 (PDT) From: DaveB Subject: Re: LRO: EBay 110 fllow up-- Item #589464331 - --- NADdMD@aol.com wrote: > How can it pass the DOT crash and rollover standards without a > rollcage? Because they don't exist. That's NHTSA's department. Most of the ECR 110's don't have a roolcage either. And come to think of it, this one does. Its inside though. Dave ===== They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier. David Foster Wallace __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:44:40 -0400 From: "Alan Richer/CAM/Lotus" Subject: Re: LRO: Brakes Again Re: Misadjusted master: Not likely - been here, done that and got a rock-hard pedal and locked brakes for it. Too much play leads to a low but consistent pedal - too little leads to a locked pedal. ajr ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:51:27 -0400 From: "Alan Richer/CAM/Lotus" Subject: Re: LRO: Transmission Removal Bollocks yerself, Bobeck! > Without a crane, how do you get >the trans out the door of the truck when you come out the top? >Dave Easily - done it more than once w/ a lousy Come-along and the roof off in my garage...or under a tree...or under a swing set...or wherever. I do, however, have an engine crane now and tend not to perform such silliness anymore. ajr ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 10:58:54 -0500 From: "Smokey Briggs" Subject: LRO: PTO praise You never know when a PTO winch is going to save the day. You take a lot of grief owning an unairconditioned vehicle that tops out at 50 in West Texas. I publish the newspaper here in Pecos. This morning we got a special shipment of paper in. Paper comes in 1,000 pound rolls, 27 inches wide. Our shipments are supposed to be shipped rolling, since we do not have the equipment to move it when it is laid down flat. Well, this 24 roll shipment came on the flats. You just cannot pick one of these up and set it on end, no matter how many people you have, and its not safe to try. Long story short, after much scratching, I finally remembered the Koenig winch on the front bumber of the rover. A little southern engineering and presto, one very capable roll-tipping machine. That winch saved a lot of money today. All the best from West Texas Smokey Briggs ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 11:57:03 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt Subject: Re: LRO: Re: Brakes Again On Wed, 23 May 2001 Landrover88@aol.com wrote: :Paul: : :Yes all my posts are loose i will check to see if welding helps That will make a difference. But, if it's shooting fluid out of the resevoir, there's something wrong with the master. Fix that first! You may find yourself without any brakes at all. that's no fun. David - -- dscheidt@tumbolia.com Bipedalism is only a fad. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 11:03:35 -0500 From: "Smokey Briggs" Subject: Re: LRO: Transmission Removal I like taking it out the door, with a hoist or without. When we did not have a hoist we just lifted it out but it was a bit heavy. Mostly I like the control I get with the hoist when I'm putting it back together compared to jockeying a tranny in on a jack. We just replaced the trans/xfer caseon a 43 J**p GPW (quite a bit smaller than a rover set up and has removeable crossmember) and it was a holy bear getting it in from underneath. Never had a removable cross member on a rover though. Smokey Briggs Pecos, Texas - ----- Original Message ----- From: DaveB To: Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 11:31 AM Subject: Re: LRO: Transmission Removal > > --- Alan Richer/CAM/Lotus wrote: > > Secondly, if your Marsland is like all the others i've seen it was > > likely > > galvanized with the crossmember in place. Good luck getting it > > out..... > > I've done it both ways. With the removable x/member, you can slide the > complete unit out from under the truck *WITHOUT LIFTING THE TRUCK AT > ALL* just by taking the extra step of removing the red-knobbed hi-lo > lever. That is if you are doing the job on a hard surface. > > IMO, it is much easier tyo do this than fighting with the seatbox. I > would very much like to never have to remove a series seatbox ever > again in mylife. But I know that will never be the case. The remvoable > trans x-member was likely, as Chairman Al Richer noted, galvainzed in > place. But we had no problem removing the bolts on the one I did. You > do need to lever the x-member out with a crowbar or somesuch and you > will need to support the trans assembly. A regular large size floor > jack works fine, since the x member isn't there, you have a little more > room to position it. Basically you save yourself the hassle of getting > the seatbox out, and also the need for an enginee crane. You will need > a 2 x4 and a come-along to reinstall the gearbox though. > > I don't know why anyone would bother to do the seatbox removal dance > when they have a perfectly good removable trans x-member. What a > phenomenal waste of time and effort. > > > it's a lot easier to do (and can be done standing up) than the > > bottom-drop > > method for those not lift equipped. > > Bollocks! You don't need a lift at all. Without a crane, how do you get > the trans out the door of the truck when you come out the top? > > Dave > > > ===== > They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier. > > David Foster Wallace > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 13:44:42 -0400 From: John Karlsson Subject: Re: LRO: Transmission Removal I've done it with a crane and the roof off, but I think it's a lot easier to leave the roof on, use a rope slung around the transmission and a 2x6 , and find a helper to handle one end of the board. John At 12:51 PM 5/23/2001, you wrote: >Bollocks yerself, Bobeck! > > > Without a crane, how do you get > >the trans out the door of the truck when you come out the top? > > >Dave > >Easily - done it more than once w/ a lousy Come-along and the roof off in >my garage...or under a tree...or under a swing set...or wherever. > >I do, however, have an engine crane now and tend not to perform such >silliness anymore. > > ajr John Karlsson 956 Main Street P.O. Box 1023 Hope Valley, RI 02832 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 13:54:16 -0400 From: Gerald Subject: Re: LRO: PTO praise Smokey, Nice story. Did you take some pictures? On Wed, 23 May 2001 10:58:54 -0500, you wrote: . . . . >Long story short, after much scratching, I finally remembered the Koenig >winch on the front bumber of the rover. A little southern engineering and >presto, one very capable roll-tipping machine. That winch saved a lot of >money today. - -- Gerald ggg@mediaone.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 14:53:39 -0400 From: "Ted Treanor" Subject: LRO: RE: PTO praise What a great story. It's great when you can show off to non-rover people. "Hero for a day." I had a friend who was trying to replace a strut insert on his '74 Super Beatle. The old one was rusted in solid. I strapped one end of the strut to the font bumper of my 88" and the rusted insert to a metal post that was sunk in concrete. I put the rover in 4wd-low, put it in reverse, a little gas, and the insert came right out! Perhaps it was a little overkill but it was fun being able to "save the day" with my rover. Ted Treanor 1962 88" SW Trumbull, CT - -----Original Message----- From: owner-lro@Works.Team.Net [mailto:owner-lro@Works.Team.Net]On Behalf Of Smokey Briggs Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 11:59 AM To: lro@Works.Team.Net Subject: LRO: PTO praise You never know when a PTO winch is going to save the day. You take a lot of grief owning an unairconditioned vehicle that tops out at 50 in West Texas. I publish the newspaper here in Pecos. This morning we got a special shipment of paper in. Paper comes in 1,000 pound rolls, 27 inches wide. Our shipments are supposed to be shipped rolling, since we do not have the equipment to move it when it is laid down flat. Well, this 24 roll shipment came on the flats. You just cannot pick one of these up and set it on end, no matter how many people you have, and its not safe to try. Long story short, after much scratching, I finally remembered the Koenig winch on the front bumber of the rover. A little southern engineering and presto, one very capable roll-tipping machine. That winch saved a lot of money today. All the best from West Texas Smokey Briggs _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:59:04 -0500 From: "Smokey Briggs" Subject: Re: LRO: PTO praise Would you believe I did not get a single picture? Some newspaperman. But the shipment was three days late and the print job was a day late so time was money. We needed the paper off the truck and the press rolling. Didn't think of pictures until we were wiping the sweat off and wishing we had a beer. All the best, Smokey Briggs Pecos, Texas - ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald To: Cc: Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 12:54 PM Subject: Re: LRO: PTO praise > Smokey, > > Nice story. Did you take some pictures? > > On Wed, 23 May 2001 10:58:54 -0500, you wrote: > > . . . . > >Long story short, after much scratching, I finally remembered the Koenig > >winch on the front bumber of the rover. A little southern engineering and > >presto, one very capable roll-tipping machine. That winch saved a lot of > >money today. > > > -- > Gerald > ggg@mediaone.net > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:10:19 -0700 (PDT) From: DaveB Subject: Re: LRO: Transmission Removal - --- Alan Richer/CAM/Lotus wrote: > Easily - done it more than once w/ a lousy Come-along and the roof > off in > my garage...or under a tree...or under a swing set...or wherever. >> I do, however, have an engine crane now and tend not to perform such > silliness anymore. See, even you admit its better to have a crane. With the roof on, removing the trans from above without one (or without alot of rigging savvy and creativity) requires swinging a heavy, awkward load off center or lifting using just your lower back muscles. Dropping it out the bottom, -and it sounds like your opinion on that is based merely on speculation- is much easier, and safer. I've removed and installed rover transmissions both ways, as well as others. ===== They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier. David Foster Wallace __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:29:12 -0700 (PDT) From: DaveB Subject: Re: LRO: Transmission Removal - --- John Karlsson wrote: > I've done it with a crane and the roof off, but I think it's a lot > easier > to leave the roof on, use a rope slung around the transmission and a > 2x6 , > and find a helper to handle one end of the board. I've carried enough transmissions. No more. Lifting it with a crane and rolling the crane out is easier than carrying it, 2x6 or no. When I say "crane" I am referring to the ubiquitous 1 or 2 ton purpose-built hydraulic engine hoist on casters. For clutch jobs, I use a 2x4 supported by the inside roof rails. A large (3/8") eye bolt and a come-along are suspended through the 2x4. This also works well for removing and installing the trans out the bottom, when there is a removablee trans x-member. Of course, *all* trans x-members are *technically* removable. If you had two people using the "2x4 technique," you could use the 2x4 to carry the gearbox out of the car once it's above the frame. I've heard alot of people say you have to jack the car up really high to lower the trans out but it just isn't true. In my case we did have to remove the red lever to clear the frame. Big deal. I think that is a 1 bolt job. And it's a well oiled and easily accesible bolt, unlike the 12 or 14 rusty little buggers holding the seatbox in. Of course you can only undo those after you remove the seat frmaes, so add four to that number. As for the four bolts holding the removablee x member in place, well, they do have a little zinc on em. But zinc is soft, and they should (did in my case) come straight out. Reinstalling the x-member required judicious use of a rubber mallet. big deal. ===== They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier. David Foster Wallace __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 13:32:00 -0600 From: "Tim Czajka" Subject: LRO: Re: Solex and Rustoleum Mitch Stockdale wrote: >The Red Dinosaur is painted Rusto-Regal Red, ...It does fade nicely after >about 5 years. > Back in my poor college days, in a fit of madness, I painted my 65 Mustang with rattle can Zylon red. The cheap garbage started to fade and chalk within the year, and soon everyone who brushed against that car had a souvenir of red paint on their clothing. Although not as bad as my friend who painted his 67 Chevy pickup with black Rustoleum. Then volunteered to pull a float in a parade two days later - with the paint still tacky. After a day of coeds piled in the back, climbing in and out - so much for the shiny paint job. There after it was known as the finger print mobile for obvious reasons. Tim Czajka 1972 Series III 88 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:58:13 -0600 From: "William J. Rice" Subject: Re: LRO: Transmission Removal On Wed, 23 May 2001 09:31:34 -0700 (PDT) DaveB get > the trans out the door of the truck when you come out the top? John Dillingham and I got the trans out of a parts truck by using a long 2" or so aluminum pipe w/ some webbing draped around the middle of it. We wrapped the webbing around the tranny, one of us stood outside each door, and we carried the tranny out like big game hunters w/ a dead animal on a stick. bill ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 22:15:14 -1000 From: "Hope Peter" Subject: Re: LRO: Transmission Removal I have remove my tranny twice now. Removed floor and seat box. Seperate transfer case from tranny, then tranny from engine. No crane needed. With the xfer case off the tranny, installation was a breeze. very easy to line up shaft and clutch and she slid back in. I have a removable xmember under the tranny, but still find this method of removal much easier then laying on the ground. The 2 components seperate very easily and are very manueverable after wards. Pete ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 15:26:41 -0600 From: "Todd Kendrick" Subject: LRO: Tranny Problems This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0300_01C0E39C.C48DBB00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable So I took my over drive off thinking the problem w/ my tranny was = the loose mainshaft nut. The nut was little loose but not as much as I = was hoping. So instead of putting the OD back on I just put the = mainshaft bearing housing back on. Now the truck will not move. In the = forward gears I get no noise or anything; in reverse it gives a = spinning/whining sound from the gearbox. I have the tried the t-case in = lo and hi range and no difference. Am I missing something here ? So I go back and try and put the OD back on and it does not want to = mount back flush w/ the gearbox. I can start the nuts on the studs but = it is about a half inch short of being flush. I do not want to break one = of the flanges on the OD so here I am. Are there any special tricks to = putting the OD back on ? Why would it not move w/ just the mainshaft = bearing housing on ? Any help and input much appreciated. Todd Kendrick Taos, NM '66 109" P/U - ------=_NextPart_000_0300_01C0E39C.C48DBB00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
    So I took my over drive off = thinking the=20 problem w/ my tranny was the loose mainshaft nut. The nut was little = loose but=20 not as much as I was hoping. So instead of putting the OD back on I just = put the=20 mainshaft bearing housing back on. Now the truck will not move. In the = forward=20 gears I get no noise or anything; in reverse it gives a = spinning/whining=20 sound from the gearbox. I have the tried the t-case in lo and hi range = and no=20 difference. Am I missing something here ?
     So I go back and try and = put the OD=20 back on and it does not want to mount back flush w/ the gearbox. I = can=20 start the nuts on the studs but it is about a half inch short of being = flush. I=20 do not want to break one of the flanges on the OD so here I am. Are = there any=20 special tricks to putting the OD back on ? Why would it not move w/ just = the=20 mainshaft bearing housing on ?  Any help and input much=20 appreciated.
 
Todd Kendrick
Taos, NM
'66 109" P/U
- ------=_NextPart_000_0300_01C0E39C.C48DBB00-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 18:14:02 EDT From: HeirPhoto@aol.com Subject: Re: LRO: Tranny Problems - --part1_d.151a8b35.283d902a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 5/23/01 5:39:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, kendrick@laplaza.org writes: > Am I missing something here ? > > Todd, You might be missing the gear that was on the mainshaft before the OD was fitted. This gear is removed and the OD is fitted in it's place. The gear will need to be installed before the mainshaft will engage with the rest of the transfer case otherwise it will just sit and spin freely. Tony Miller 1973 Ser.III Lightweight Balto. Md. ANTHONY D. MILLER & Co. ~ The Tintype Artist ~ Ambrotypes & Ferrotypes 34 Perryfalls Place Baltimore, Maryland 21236 410-256-7442 www.tintype-artist.com - --part1_d.151a8b35.283d902a_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 5/23/01 5:39:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
kendrick@laplaza.org writes:


Am I missing something here ?
    


Todd,
You might be missing the gear that was on the mainshaft before the OD was
fitted. This gear is removed and the OD is fitted in it's place. The gear
will need to be installed before the mainshaft will engage with the rest of
the transfer case otherwise it will just sit and spin freely.
Tony Miller
1973 Ser.III Lightweight
Balto. Md.

ANTHONY D. MILLER & Co.
       ~ The Tintype Artist ~
     Ambrotypes & Ferrotypes
          34 Perryfalls Place
   Baltimore, Maryland 21236
                410-256-7442
      www.tintype-artist.com
- --part1_d.151a8b35.283d902a_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 18:36:58 EDT From: BSharp4601@aol.com Subject: LRO: Rock Sliders Is anyone making rock sliders for Series trucks? I want to equip my 109 ex-MOD with some under body / sill protection. The truck is one of the former ambulances converted to a three door regular, so it won't be a typical application. Or is my best bet going to be a local fabricator? Thanks, Bob Sharp Tucson, AZ The slumbering herd on the Rover Ranch: 52 Series I 80" 53 Series I 80" 60 Series II 88" 63 Series IIa 88" 71 Series IIa 109" 96 Discovery Series I "Why is it that every project you complete on a Land Rover results in knowledge and skills you hope you never need to use again?" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 17:50:33 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt Subject: Re: LRO: Tranny Problems On Wed, 23 May 2001, Todd Kendrick wrote: : So I took my over drive off thinking the problem w/ my tranny was : the loose mainshaft nut. The nut was little loose but not as much : as I was hoping. So instead of putting the OD back on I just put : the mainshaft bearing housing back on. Now the truck will not : move. In the forward gears I get no noise or anything; in reverse : it gives a spinning/whining sound from the gearbox. I have the : tried the t-case in lo and hi range and no difference. Am I missing : something here ? So I go back and try and put the OD back on and Er, the gear that connects the tranny and transfer box, it soounds like. It comes off when you install the OD, and needs to go back in when you remove the OD> David - -- dscheidt@tumbolia.com Bipedalism is only a fad. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 23:05:30 -0400 From: Stephen West-Fisher Subject: Re: LRO: Solex Vacuum Advance/Retard Paul Quin wrote: > > Yesterday I overhauled my Solex with new jets and gaskets all around. The > performance is much better now. Not really any more power, just much > smoother and quieter (the whistle is almost gone...) and a better idle. > > When I got the SII, the vacuum advance (retard?) port on the carb was > blocked off. I've got the neccessary ( I think ) bits to plumb it back in > to the distributor now. I ordered a copper pipe from RN last year. It > threads into the Solex fine but at the other end is a threaded fitting while > on the distributor the fitting looks like it wants to mate up to a rubber > vacuum line. Should I cut off the threaded fitting on the pipe and clamp on > a rubber vacuum hose from it to the distributor? > > Also, should the carb end of the pipe (with the olive) be flaired once the > olive and nut are on it? The advance on my distributer is a threaded fitting ('60 model). ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 19:37:04 EDT From: NADdMD@aol.com Subject: Re: LRO: EBay 110 fllow up-- Item #589464331 In a message dated 5/23/2001 12:36:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rovergawd@yahoo.com writes: << -- NADdMD@aol.com wrote: > How can it pass the DOT crash and rollover standards without a > rollcage? Because they don't exist. That's NHTSA's department. Most of the ECR 110's don't have a roolcage either. And come to think of it, this one does. Its inside though. Dave >> Hey there big boy... NHTSA is a division of DOT (web address--www.nhtsa.DOT.gov Nate ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 17:41:32 -0600 From: "Jim Hall" Subject: Re: LRO: Transmission Removal Or take the x-fer case off first, and then the tranny is a 1 person job. John Karlsson wrote: > > I've done it with a crane and the roof off, but I think it's a lot easier > to leave the roof on, use a rope slung around the transmission and a 2x6 , > and find a helper to handle one end of the board. > > John > > At 12:51 PM 5/23/2001, you wrote: > > >Bollocks yerself, Bobeck! > > > > > Without a crane, how do you get > > >the trans out the door of the truck when you come out the top? > > > > >Dave > > > >Easily - done it more than once w/ a lousy Come-along and the roof off in > >my garage...or under a tree...or under a swing set...or wherever. > > > >I do, however, have an engine crane now and tend not to perform such > >silliness anymore. > > > > ajr > > John Karlsson > 956 Main Street > P.O. Box 1023 > Hope Valley, RI 02832 - -- Jim Hall 1966 88" Elephant Chaser http://www.users.qwest.net/~jimfoo "You know, I never really damaged my Rover 'till I started wheeling with Jim." Mitch Stockdale ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 18:07:41 -0600 From: "Jim Hall" Subject: Re: LRO: positive ground radios - no LR content I think I may have an old am from my dad's XKE-150, but I'm not positive, no pun intended. I'm not sure if it is positive or negative ground. It had tubes, but I think some or all are missing. I can look for it if you want. Rich & Lori Williams wrote: > > I am posting this for my dad to see if anyone out there can help. He's got > a 1959 Jaguar XK150s Roadster and wants to put a vintage radio in it. > Trouble is, he can't find any that are 40 years old AND are positive ground. > And no, he won't switch. He's a Concours freak - need I say more? So does > anyone know where he can find an old AM/FM positive ground radio? Some had > a switch in the back that would allow you to pick + or - ground. > > Thanks, > > Rich Williams > SII 109 SW - -- Jim Hall 1966 88" Elephant Chaser http://www.users.qwest.net/~jimfoo "You know, I never really damaged my Rover 'till I started wheeling with Jim." Mitch Stockdale ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 18:15:41 -0600 From: "Jim Hall" Subject: Re: LRO: Rock Sliders Probably a local fabricator or even better, local LR owner with a welder as they are easy to make. I have made some, and may make a pair for Simon H, but it seems like tolerances vary widely as I had to go down to Colo Springs to modify a pair made for a guy down there. They fit fine on my rover, but were off by 3/4" on his. BSharp4601@aol.com wrote: > > Is anyone making rock sliders for Series trucks? I want to equip my 109 > ex-MOD with some under body / sill protection. The truck is one of the > former ambulances converted to a three door regular, so it won't be a typical > application. Or is my best bet going to be a local fabricator? > > Thanks, > > Bob Sharp > Tucson, AZ > The slumbering herd on the Rover Ranch: > 52 Series I 80" > 53 Series I 80" > 60 Series II 88" > 63 Series IIa 88" > 71 Series IIa 109" > 96 Discovery Series I > > "Why is it that every project you complete on a Land Rover results in > knowledge and skills you hope you never need to use again?" - -- Jim Hall 1966 88" Elephant Chaser http://www.users.qwest.net/~jimfoo "You know, I never really damaged my Rover 'till I started wheeling with Jim." Mitch Stockdale ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 18:18:40 -0600 From: "Jim Hall" Subject: Re: LRO: Tranny Problems Did you put a new lock washer on with the OD? If so, did you remove the tabs you didn't need? These will hit the splines on the OD and keep it from going in all the way. Todd Kendrick wrote: > So I took my over drive off thinking the problem w/ my tranny was the loose mainshaft nut. The nut was little loose but not as much as I was hoping. So instead of putting the OD back on I just put the mainshaft bearing housing back on. Now the truck will not move. In the forward gears I get no noise or anything; in reverse it gives a spinning/whining sound from the gearbox. I have the tried the t-case in lo and hi range and no difference. Am I missing something here ? So I go back and try and put the OD back on and it does not want to mount back flush w/ the gearbox. I can start the nuts on the studs but it is about a half inch short of being flush. I do not want to break one of the flanges on the OD so here I am. Are there any special tricks to putting the OD back on ? Why would it not move w/ just the mainshaft bearing housing on ? Any help and input much appreciated. Todd Kendrick Taos, NM '66 109" P/U - -- Jim Hall 1966 88" Elephant Chaser http://www.users.qwest.net/~jimfoo "You know, I never really damaged my Rover 'till I started wheeling with Jim." Mitch Stockdale ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 20:20:46 -0400 From: The Eastons Subject: LRO: Mad May Muddiness TARC's Mad May Muddiness takes place this weekend Sunday May 27, Starting fro 124 Central Avenue Grimsby. at 12 Noon. A tour of the unimproved roads on the Niagara escarpment. Plenty of rain the last couple of days so trails should be quite challenging. All are welcome. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 18:22:21 -0700 From: "Gerry Elam" Subject: Re: LRO: parabolic springs? Fact or fad? - ------=_NextPart_001_0005_01C0E3B5.4EEFD4A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I mentioned just that a work today... maybe some kind of *party*. We'll = see but there probably won't be a huge need this fall. Too close and too= much work. I swear, once I get through this year, things will slow down= . =20 Yep, 110 today in PHX.... am driving the Discovery today and still DIDN'T= use the air. We're headed out to the Devil's Highway (southern AZ clos= e to the Mexico border) this weekend where hopefully, it'll cool down to = a mere 103. Thanks and best regards from PHX! Gerry >'63 LR SII A Dormobile.... Humty Dumpty: It may take all the King's men= to >put Humty Dumpty together again. Any volunteers? :-) >Maybe some of us can help out come fall or winter when the termperature >drops down into the "just hot" levels.
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I mentioned ju= st that a work today... maybe some kind of *party*.  We'll see but t= here probably won't be a huge need this fall.  Too close and too muc= h work.  I swear, once I get through this year, things will slow dow= n. 
 
Yep, 110 today in PHX.... am drivi= ng the Discovery today and still DIDN'T use the air.  We're headed o= ut to the Devil's Highway  (southern AZ close to the Mexico border) = this weekend where hopefully, it'll cool down to a mere 103.
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Thanks and best regards from PHX!
Gerry
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>'63 L= R SII A Dormobile.... Humty Dumpty:  It may take all the King's men = to
>put Humty Dumpty together again.  Any volunteers?  :-= )

>Maybe some of us can help out come fall or winter when the t= ermperature
>drops down into the "just hot" levels.


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