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1 | maloney@wings.attmail.co | 94 | Stowe & Stuff |
2 | "Steven Swiger (LIS)" [s | 17 | Roverpix |
3 | Mike Fredette [mfredett@ | 29 | [not specified] |
4 | sim1@cornell.edu (Steve | 38 | Re: Land Rover photo request (followup) |
5 | wcswain@ucdavis.edu | 13 | unsubscribe |
6 | CXKS46A@prodigy.com (MR | 47 | Mid-Atlantic Rally |
7 | "Russell G. Dushin" [dus | 43 | Re: Defender 90 success |
8 | "TeriAnn Wakeman" [twak | 28 | Re: Defender 90 success |
9 | Jan Hilborn [jhilborn@mo | 14 | Re: Defender 90 success |
10 | rbrooks@lobby.ti.com (RI | 25 | Camel Trophy gear? |
11 | "The X Window System | 22 | 109 nada |
12 | "John R. Benham" [BENHAM | 28 | Weber 2-barrel Carb. |
13 | Bruce Harding [Bruce_Har | 66 | Re: Weber 2-barrel Carb. |
14 | Roger Sinasohn [sinasohn | 106 | Re: 4-cylinder cookery |
15 | Roger Sinasohn [sinasohn | 32 | Re: Fourth of July in Canada? |
16 | "Stephen O'Hearn" [72700 | 23 | Defender 90 success |
17 | Russell Burns [burns@cis | 34 | Tail of the panhard bushings. |
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 08:07:44 -0400 From: maloney@wings.attmail.com (maloney) Subject: Stowe & Stuff I just returned from a whirlwind tour of New England and what a great time. I stopped at Rich Zeigler's in Rutland VT and he had 4 Rovers in the driveway, all of which he was doing major work on. I'm happy to say that he seems to be doing OK now. The next stop was the British Invasion at Stowe VT. While parked in town getting a sandwich for the afternoon, an MG TD sputtered and died on the road in front of me. I helped push it off the road and proceeded to help the owner troubleshoot the problem (he didn't know the first thing about the mechanics of the vehicle). The starter would crank just fine so first we checked for fuel. OK. Next for spark at the plug wires. No spark. No spark at the coil wire either so I pulled the distributor cap. There was lots of oil on the plate and in the cap so I cleaned it up with brake parts cleaner then started again. Still no spark. Then I tried turning the engine over to get the distributor cam to the high point to check the point gap. The fan and pulleys turned and turned but the distributor shaft did nothing. Oops! More than I can handle with my toolbox! Fortunately, the fellow had trailered his MG down from Ottowa so he wasn't completely stuck. As we worked on his vehicle some very unruly folks in a rather tatty Land Rover passed by. It looked vaguely familiar. The show was great fun. I think there were around 20 Rovers on the field and there were some familiar faces and familiar names: Steve Denis with his manly beard, Mike Lodice with his manlier beard, Dixon Kenner with his manly cheeks, and the not so manly Jan Hilborne. I got lots of exercise as Steve Denis chased me around the field in his 109. Fortunately, with his head and whiskers sticking out the driver's side window, the drag coefficient of his Rover was raised from .89 to 3.725 and I was easily able to keep ahead of him. ;-D It took a while for him to run out of gas, however. That evening we (the Ottowa club) treated the Rovers North crew to a spaghetti dinner ala Bates and Mike McDermott. Wow these guys can cook! And for 40 people! One thing I discovered is that the only thing funnier than reading Dixon's account of Bates & the Bear is hearing Bates tell about Bates & the Bear. With all the colorful language and inflections. :-D The following morning a number of us went to McD's for breakfast and I had a chance to meet Dixon's significant other. Very attractive and she actually likes Land Rovers! Hey Dixon, does she have a sister??? (Mike Lodice made a comment about their tent rocking that night but I was unable to verify this) Seabrook. On the way as I was heading up hills in OD at full throttle I noticed a revving noise as cars would go by. It went away as I crested the hills and I thought nothing of it. Until it happened with no other cars on the road and I realized my clutch was slipping. :-( I took it easy for the rest of the drive. I guessed that I had not left enough clearance in the clutch pedal pushrod when I worked on it before I left and that there was always pressure on the clutch. I thought that maybe if I cracked the bleeder screw the pressure would be released and all would be fine. When I arrived at my brother's I gave it a try but it made no difference. I called Rich Ziegler and explained the situation. Rich explained that the 1/16 clearance between the pushrod and piston was necessary to allow a secondary valve in the master cylinder to reach a certain point, and allow the fluid to bleed back into the reservoir. He said in the worst case, the clutch can pump up after a few strokes and then you have no clutch at all. There was nothing for it but to pull the wing and do the adjustment properly (yes I could have pulled the mud shield, but that would have meant pulling the floor, tunnel cover, tire, hood, and bleeding the system. No way). 2.5 hours later I was done and glad I went through the trouble. >From there it was on to Mount Desert Island in Maine and along the way I saw a Defender 110 coming down 95 in Maine. Boy, did his head turn. I also stopped at LL Bean in Freeport and didn't buy a thing! Mount Desert Island was several days of mountain biking, hiking, sight seeing and Park Ranger guided tours (Beavers, seals, porpoises, bald eagles and all sorts of other birds). I had Mako Shark for the first time. God, it would melt in your mouth! I even had it a second night, it was so good. And the girls were really friendly. You knew it wasn't New Jersey. Heavy rain on the trip back caused the interior to fog up faster than the defroster could cope. I plugged up the passenger heater duct with paper towels as I drove and that seemed to help, but the driver's side defroster just doesn't put out as much as the passenger side. And I have had most of the dash apart to see if any of the ducts had come undone. I had no other problems aside from the clutch and the 109 ran really well, usually between 100-110 kph, very happily. I'm really pleased with the rebuild. Now that I've finished unpacking I have to start packing the 88 for the Bay State meet out on Cape Cod this coming weekend. See ya there... maybe. Bill maloney@wings.attmail.com P.S. - Bill C. - Sorry about the fouled up messages. I'll be more careful in the future ------------------------------[ <- Message 2 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940929 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 09:56:00 -0400 (EDT) From: "Steven Swiger (LIS)" <swiger@luna.cas.usf.edu> Subject: Roverpix Thank you, whoever posted the notice about pictures on the Roverweb, I downloaded them and they are fabulous. The picture of the Disco in the mud excited me, even though the mud could have been a little deeper. Looks like this one is going to be able to stand with its predecessors after all. I keep trying to think of ways to turn my little squirty honda civic into a LR 88 IIA but it's not working. Thanks for all of the entertaining stories that I've read over the net...Maybe someday I will have some of my own. Happy Rovering, Steve swiger@luna.cas.usf.edu ------------------------------[ <- Message 3 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940929 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Subject: Re: Defender 90 success Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 07:53:58 -0700 From: Mike Fredette <mfredett@ichips.intel.com> Does anyone know how well the Defender 90 is going in the states. I've just spoken to an Australian Rover dealer who told me that the Defender 90 was really in a sales slump and that Rover were consdering pulling the 90 out of the states. Is this dealer b/s or is it based on fact? Rod _____________________________________________________________________________- Rod I'm afraid that you been the victim of dealer b/s. Our dealer here in Oregon can't keep the things on the showroom floor, though I'm at a loss as to who is buying them, I have yet to see another one on the road in the 4 months I've had mine. My freind in Los Angeles, California says the same thing, and he sees them all over the place down there. My wife and I were in Boise, Idaho 3 weeks ago, and the dealer there had the same story, all allocations of Defender 90's are sold within one week of arriving to the dealer. Land Rover North America, I'm told, has assured the dealers of at least 2 more years of production, then, based on sales figures, a decision would made about the vehicle's future. From what i've seen, I would say that it's future is relatively secure, particularly when you take into acount that Land Rover has done very little in the way of advertising for the D90. A few 1 page magazine ads in the car type rags, and that's it. Contrasted with the Discovery ad campaign which was very aggressive, for Land Rover, in this country. Rgds Mike Fredette Portland, Oregon ------------------------------[ <- Message 4 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940929 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 10:55:11 -0400 From: sim1@cornell.edu (Steve MARGOLIS) Subject: Re: Land Rover photo request (followup) Randy Parker wrote: >There are a number of photos on the RoverWeb from different sources, >including all the LR photos that I could find on Compuserve and AOL. [ truncated by lro-digester (was 10 lines)] >Lynx) at: > http://whitman.gar.utexas.edu/roverweb/roverweb.html About a month ago, my computer at work was upgraded with more memory and a larger hard drive allowing me to load and run a World Wide Web browser (Mosaic). I'd like to commend Greg Hiner for RoverWeb. If you can run a web browser, take RoverWeb out for a test drive. Not only does Greg have stuff he has put together, but he has also provided a connection to LandRover from Australia. The web address for that is: http://www.cs.monash.edu.au/~lloyd/tildeLand-Rover/ I now have jpeg views of a Series III 109" station wagon; 3 special vehicles: a Range Rover 6x6 Fire Tender, a 101 Forward Control, and a MWG ESCARO 8x8; and a picture of 7 short wheelbase series I's in a line (pickup cabs, soft-tops, and hard-tops) gracing my color monitor all the time. If I can get access to a color scanner, I'll send Greg a picture of my 107" wagon taken before it became a kit. My thanks to Greg Hiner and to L. (is it Lloyd?) Allison in Australia for jobs well done. Take a look. <--------------------------------------------------------------> | Steve Margolis E-mail: sim1@cornell.edu | | Distributed Technologies Technical Support | | Cornell University Vox: (607) 255-1477 | | Ithaca is Gorges, NY New# > Fax: (607) 255-1297 | | 14853-2601 | <--------------------------------------------------------------> ------------------------------[ <- Message 5 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940929 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: wcswain@ucdavis.edu Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 07:58:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: unsubscribe unsubscribe Note: I've been switched by the computer gnomes at ucdavis to: wcswain@wheel.ucdavis.edu They are not providing any forwarding. ------------------------------[ <- Message 6 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940929 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 11:24:49 EDT From: CXKS46A@prodigy.com (MR ALEXANDER P GRICE) Subject: Mid-Atlantic Rally Okay, here it is...the *LAST CALL* for the Mid-Atlantic Rover Rally. If you haven't sent in you registration ($10) *DO IT NOW* The site is way out in the sticks, so if you don't register, we can't feed you. We need to get a head count to the caterers (Sat. lunch & dinner, Sun. lunch & dinner). To date, we have over 40 Rovers from as far away as Sarasota, Florida registered as of Sept. 27. Not included in this list is the contingent from Rovers North (Pam and Charlie, Lanny and maybe Mark and Andrea), Bruce at British Rovers (tech session Sat. AM: "Getting more horsepower from your 2.25"), Chris "the Badger" Laws, Jim Allen (freelancer for LRO), five carloads from LRNA, and maybe a contingent from ABP. The price of Saturday's BBQ has been reduced to about $9...it'll include BBQ and baby back ribs plus all the trimmins'. Sunday lunch about $5 and another $9 or so for Sunday dinner. There will be a keg of pilsner and one of dark ale from "Legendary Brewing" a local micro-brewery. *Lots* of activities and prizes, six-color T-shirts, and some nifty items on the silent auction table. RN's donating a "Max" tool, BR a hi-lift; also, the Camel Trophy pictorial book; the big "Pull-Pal" will be raffled off. We have *the only* stash of Camel Trophy memorabilia in the country, some of which will be given away. Also, look for the debut of the '94 Camel Trophy video. The trials course is complete...and the mud pit has filled with water thanks to this week's rains. A "feeley-meeley" box, vehicle judging, teeter-totter and blindfold obstacle course are other attractions. The site is in Buckingham County, the geographic center of Virginia. The site is on County 671 two miles west of US Rt. 15 and five miles south of the James River. (You're a Rover owner...that should be more than enough navigational information) US Rt. 15 intersects Interstate 64 at Zion Crossroads 20 miles east of Charlottesville and 45 miles west of Richmond. SEE YOU THERE! *----"Jeep may be famous, LAND-ROVER is Legendary"-----* | | | Sandy Grice, Rover Owners' Association of Virginia | | E-Mail: CXKS46A@prodigy.com FAX: 804-622-7056 | | Voice: 804-622-7054 (Days) 804-423-4898 (Evenings) | | 1633 Melrose Pkwy., Norfolk, VA, 23508-1730 USA | *------------------------------------------------------* ------------------------------[ <- Message 7 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940929 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: "Russell G. Dushin" <dushinrg@pr.cyanamid.com> Subject: Re: Defender 90 success Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 12:12:27 EDT > Does anyone know how well the Defender 90 is going in the states. I've just > spoken to an Australian Rover dealer who told me that the Defender 90 [ truncated by lro-digester (was 8 lines)] > 90 out of the states. Is this dealer b/s or is it based on fact? > Rod and Mike Fredette from Oregon disagreed. BUT, here on the east coast, methinks they ain't quite selling so well. Most if not all dealers around have 90s on the lot, and I've seen many a demo advertised for weeks on end. The Disco, on the other hand, is an entirely different story.... I think that in these parts, and maybe elsewhere in the US excluding the western edge, the success of the Disco is at least partly responsible for the luke warm reception of the 90. Fact of the matter is that most middle of the road americans want creature comforts, a quite ride, and shelter from the storms. The spartan interior, open-air cockpit (or nearly so with the full soft top), lack of seating capacity and excessive tyre noise of the 90 make it a less attractive buy for essentially the same bucks (as a Disco) for your *average* american in the spute market. There just ain't as many folks out this end that are attracted to this type of a rig. In retrospect, it was a wise marketing ploy to release the limited number of 110s, wait awhile, release a flood of 90s, wait again briefly for the "really wannahaves" to scarf 'em up, then release the Disco-which everyone will want. However, had they waited just a few months longer to release the Disco, 90 sales would have been better and the Disco market would not have evaporated. I suspect that if the price of the 90 dropped significantly lower than the Disco then 90 sales would pick up. Personally, I've been playing a waiting game with myself and any dealers willing to play along....eventually, they'll hopefully be willing to talk on price. Alternatively, there will surely be used 90s coming on the market as the rich and famous realize they made a mistake (their mistake, not mine or yours), and the price for one of these "never been off-road" babies could be right. So far, the best price on a used 90 I've seen was $25K, and all it had was alloy wheels (which would have to go), a full top, and ac. rd/nige ------------------------------[ <- Message 8 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940929 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 09:31:57 -0700 From: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com> Subject: Re: Defender 90 success In message <9409281453.AA23410@pdx242.intel.com> Mike Fredette writes: > Does anyone know how well the Defender 90 is going in the states. I've just > spoken to an Australian Rover dealer who told me that the Defender 90 [ truncated by lro-digester (was 8 lines)] > Rod > _____________________________________________________________________________- San Jose British Motors (yes a British motors dealer actually survived the British Lealynd collapse) has a stock of Defenders & Discos. They seem to have 3 or 4 of each whenever I drive by. They used to have a bunch of Jags and 3 or 4 Range Rovers on the lot. Now the new rolling stock looks to be about half Jag and half Rovers (range, Defender & Disco). I only see a Defender on the road about once a week but see almost a Disco a day. The must be selling like hot cakes. I think both Defenders & Discos are selling well here & the BMC dealer just baged a large allotment for being a long time dealer in a high income neighborhood. TeriAnn Wakeman Large format photographers look at the world twakeman@apple.com upside down and backwards LINK: TWAKEMAN 408-974-2344 TR3A - TS75519L, MGBGT - GHD4U149572G, Land Rover 109 - 164000561 ------------------------------[ <- Message 9 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940929 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 12:57:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Jan Hilborn <jhilborn@moose.uvm.edu> Subject: Re: Defender 90 success I have to concurr with Russ for Defender sales here in the east. I've asked a round a bit if, say, oh, maybe in a year i might be able to get a used 90 at a (somewhat) reasonable price and basically what i've heard is that in a year or so i'll probably be able to get a *new* 90 at a (somewhat) reasonable price. of course even at a *very* reasonable price i won't be able to afford one but a girl's gotta have some dreams... jan ------------------------------[ <- Message 10 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940929 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: rbrooks@lobby.ti.com (RICHARD D BROOKS) Subject: Camel Trophy gear? Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 13:13:51 CDT LRO family, Was prowling the bargain bin of my local Megahuge-don't-ask-questions-cuz- we-just-sell-'em-is-all bookstore this weekend when I happened upon a slim volume entitled _Land Rover_, edited by Chris Bennett. It's an Osprey publication from the UK, 1992. Some super pix; classic machines (many are pristine) as well as plenty of Defender 90 and 110 action shots. Picked the thing up for $7.50 US and spent a halfhour scouring the bin for another copy...unsuccessfully. Many of you are no doubt familiar with the volume but it was an unexpected pleasure for me to run across it. In a chapter in which the Camel Trophy is covered (and D90 fans will *love* some of the gooey shots of the scout team winching one of their mud-bound machines along lying almost completely on its side...no hugely concerned looks on anyone's face as though "oh no problem, plenty more really tough stuff up ahead no doubt but this is no big thing."), Bennett says "Camel Trophy is now a brand name in its own right and markets a collection of watches, clothing, luggage and footwear..." This was news to me. Anyone have info about where one might obtain such gear? Thanks, Richard Brooks ------------------------------[ <- Message 11 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940929 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 15:54:45 EDT From: "The X Window System: A VMS for the 90s" <brandenberg@wrksys.enet.dec.com> Subject: 109 nada Last night, I need to pick up a few things for dinner on the way home so I spun around one of the Rt. 2 rotaries to come out 50ft behind one of the 110 Defenders seen in the Cambridge area. Had to do my shopping so I pulled into the Boomer Spawn-filled lot of the yup market (Bread & Circus) and there in front of me is a *beautiful* 109. Light green, great body, original parts, etc. etc. Owner is just getting in so, of course, I bug him. Name of Marvin Rosen and the vehicle is a '67 NADA. Talked with him for awhile and I believe Jory also met him before he moved west. Quietest LR I've ever heard. Engine actually purrs at idle. Apparently, he was up in Stowe with it so it might be familiar to some here. Marvin had a flyer which indicates that this is going to be for sale and gives the impression that he will be restoring/reselling them in the area. I expect he'll be online in a short while.... monty ------------------------------[ <- Message 12 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940929 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: "John R. Benham" <BENHAM@WFOCLAN.USBM.GOV> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 13:33:31 +1100 Subject: Weber 2-barrel Carb. Dear LRO's, I recently installed the Weber 3236/Pierce manifold/K&N air filter setup on my 1968 2.25L SWB L/R (how's that for achronyms!). The instructions supplied for linkage conversion were awful - lots of detailed wording with ambiguous descriptions offering no illustration referral! Anyway, I have found out that modifying the stock linkage in numerous permutations of position and order doesn't supply the necessary throw-length to engage the second barrel on the carb. HAS ANYONE HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS OR HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM? WOULD A THROTTLE CABLE SYSTEM WORK BETTER? Thanks, John R. Benham - Editor N.3616 Dowdy Road `The Rover Runner' Spokane, WA 99204 USA ______ |______\_____ 1968 88 IIA Marine Blue *--- [|_/-\____/-\_|} The `BWANA' Mobile *--- (O) (O) 509.747.0692 (H); 509.353.2700 (W); E-Mail: benham@wfoclan.usbm.gov ------------------------------[ <- Message 13 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940929 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 15:10:37 PST From: Bruce Harding <Bruce_Harding@ccm2.hf.intel.com> Subject: Re: Weber 2-barrel Carb. Text item: John, The linkage on mine was a hack job by the previous owner. I have a problem of engine surge when I go over a bumpy road at a slow speed in 1st gear. It gets into this jerky motion. The problem is that the only spring on the carb itself is the return spring for the secondary. I purchased the Weber throttle liknage kit from British Pacific to convert to a cable setup. There is a bracket that attaches under the manifold nuts. This bracket is setup for a cable housing to be attached. There is another piece that attaches to the throttle spindle. This piece is setup for the actual cable to be attached. There is also a spring that attaches the two brackets together. If you want, I can fax the 1 page diagram that came with the kit. I haven't actually installed it yet...a fall evening project. Bruce_Harding@ccm.hf.intel.com Dear LRO's, I recently installed the Weber 3236/Pierce manifold/K&N air filter setup on my 1968 2.25L SWB L/R (how's that for achronyms!). The instructions supplied for linkage conversion were awful - lots of detailed wording with ambiguous descriptions offering no illustration referral! Anyway, I have found out that modifying the stock linkage in numerous permutations of position and order doesn't supply the necessary throw-length to engage the second barrel on the carb. HAS ANYONE HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS OR HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM? WOULD A THROTTLE CABLE SYSTEM WORK BETTER? Thanks, John R. Benham - Editor N.3616 Dowdy Road `The Rover Runner' Spokane, WA 99204 USA ______ |______\_____ 1968 88 IIA Marine Blue *--- [|_/-\____/-\_|} The `BWANA' Mobile *--- (O) (O) 509.747.0692 (H); 509.353.2700 (W); E-Mail: benham@wfoclan.usbm.gov Text item: External Message Header The following mail header is for administrative use and may be ignored unless there are problems. ***IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS SAVE THESE HEADERS***. X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.2 (pr2) Priority: normal X-Pmrqc: 1 X-Confirm-Reading-To: "John R. Benham" <BENHAM@WFOCLAN.USBM.GOV> Subject: Weber 2-barrel Carb. Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 13:33:31 +1100 Organization: WFOC Spokane, Washington From: "John R. Benham" <BENHAM@WFOCLAN.USBM.GOV> Wed, 28 Sep 94 13:33:43 GMT+11 id AA03768; Wed, 28 Sep 94 13:32:40 -0700 (Smail3.1.28.1 #2) id m0qq5yX-000twfC; Wed, 28 Sep 94 13:51 PDT ------------------------------[ <- Message 14 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940929 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 18:27:38 -0700 From: Roger Sinasohn <sinasohn@crl.com> Subject: Re: 4-cylinder cookery > Roger Sinasohn was bold enough to point out... > >So, those who tried out cooking on their engines... How did it work out? [ truncated by lro-digester (was 20 lines)] > 1. On the way out, we knew we had several hours > of glass-time: Glass-time? You didn't use glass, did you? > - chuck roast, 1lb seasoned -- two big pieces, > seasoned. [ truncated by lro-digester (was 11 lines)] > Since the centers were rare/firm, we thought > that cutting the meat and vegetables into smaller > pieces might be a way to cook `em in 5 hours. Sounds like a good meal for me -- I'm a meat eater, and I like it rare. Maybe 4 hours for smaller pieces would do it for me. > 2. One day at lunch, needed a simple meal. Bought > at a grocery store in Grand Junction: [ truncated by lro-digester (was 12 lines)] > We must mixed it all together in a pie pan and > ate a good percentage of it. The chili was > really greasy -- but hey -- good. Sounds like a good idea. Maybe some of the gourmet sausages that are popular around here (San Francisco Bay Area) would be good. > 3. The best meal was the most simple. In Grand Junction > at a grocery store, bought: [ truncated by lro-digester (was 14 lines)] > more variety/quantity to the vegetables cause it is so > easy at the salad bar portion of the grocery store. This is probably the best news for me -- My girlfriend doesn't eat red meat, and I like chicken just as much as beef or whatever. (A little more versatile, too, I think.) Do you think the chicken was done when you stopped? Probably, with the leftover heat from the engine, plus the heat of the chicken, it actually kept cooking after you stopped. Sounds like a great meal for a trip to Reno for us. <drool> > OTHER NOTES: > - The 2.25 petrol engine is actually a two burner stove. [ truncated by lro-digester (was 8 lines)] > wrap up your meal in two packages -- about 3x3x6 inches > each. I was thinking perhaps an aluminum loaf pan slipped in between the carburetor and the engine on top of the manifold might work. If I found one that fit, I could just wire it in and leave it, then just dropp wrapped meals into it to cook. I also saw a couple of 9" round cake pans that if you turn one upside down, fit flush. They had holes in the handles to wire them together and to whereever. If only I could find a place for them... > - Wire on the can with the hole punched in it. Ours fell > off into the fan -- put a few dents in the can and we [ truncated by lro-digester (was 6 lines)] > to catch itself on the generator and LULU *still* has a big > chili stain on her generator. The book seemed to encourage just tossing things on the engine, but that seems a bit risky to me. I'd rather spend a few cents and a few minutes and run some wire around to keep dinner in place. Especially if going off-highway! > - Jim and Lisa (might be wrong on these names) from Wichita > also cooked. They had pre-cooked their meals and were [ truncated by lro-digester (was 8 lines)] > in some other forum. They were all smiles one day at > lunch whilst they were dining in the mountains, though. This is probably Jim & Robin Merriam? They had a Range Rover? He's a former Camel Trophy guy, and when I went two years ago had a great beat-up 88 with a soft top. Nice folks. > - If you look closely, our meals were on the front part of > the trip. The LROA rally was pretty packed and it took > some time to get things prepared. It was determined > that eating out was also fun and took less time. I guess this is a better technique for long trips alone, rather than something like a rally. I do remember that we ate out most of the time (or at least with everyone else) when we went two years ago. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ray Harder Columbia, Missouri 314-882-2000 [ truncated by lro-digester (was 9 lines)] > - 80 MGB - xx > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the great info! I really appreciate it. I can't wait to try this! I'm thinking of trying brownies on the way out to Scotty's next time I go. (About 45 minutes, should be just about right.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad sinasohn@crl.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California ------------------------------[ <- Message 15 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940929 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 18:28:03 -0700 From: Roger Sinasohn <sinasohn@crl.com> Subject: Re: Fourth of July in Canada? > The previous weekend is the annual Birthday Bash, hich generally > gathers people from all about. Hmmm, Dominion Day is a Saturday. [ truncated by lro-digester (was 15 lines)] > California types. > Rgds, > Dixon Southern California types! Ha! I'm from San Francisco, where it's always the coldest 50F (28c) you'll ever feel! Heck, I was there in February when it was *really* cold! <g> Well, I found out that registration starts the day before, and there may be goings on Monday and Tuesday anyway. So maybe I'll come up for the weekend before *and* after, that way I'm sure to catch whatever's going on. The birthday bash sounds great! Hmmm... I could leave the week before, drive out cooking on the engine all the way... <g> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad sinasohn@crl.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California ------------------------------[ <- Message 16 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940929 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: 28 Sep 94 21:51:39 EDT From: "Stephen O'Hearn" <72700.3262@compuserve.com> Subject: Defender 90 success Can't say if it's fact or not but Defender's seem to be selling reasonably well at my local dealer (Los Angeles). Not as well as Discovery's of course. The last I heard was that the Defender was going to be available with a removable hard top for '95. Word from a Denver dealer is that a "limited edition" Defender is available. Get this: 100 units, black paint, and leather seats! This gave me a good laugh. But the North American spec model seems to be quite different from that in other markets so low sales and higher production costs may be a concern to Solihull. Given the price of the Defender I'm sure a lot of people balk at buying one (myself included). For the same money you can get a Discovery which probably gets a more positive response from the family. Next time I go buy the dealer I'll ask if they know. Treading Lightly... Stephen O'Hearn '94 Defender 90 ------------------------------[ <- Message 17 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940929 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Russell Burns <burns@cisco.com> Subject: Tail of the panhard bushings. Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 19:55:39 PDT Well, my bushings from RN showed up this afternoon, and since I really didn't accomplish anything at work. I decided to replace my pan hard bushings. After talking with Charley fro RN at the Rally on Co., and reading the article in LRW it looked rather easy. My only concern was reinserting the bushings, but Charley assured me that by using the Rover frame, and a hydraulic jack the bushings could be pressed in. So out come the mapp torch and presto, lots of smoke, and flames, but I am good with fire, and presto out comes the center bushing. A few licks with the hack saw, and a couple whacks with the chisel, and step two is done. A little work with the vice, and the bushing is started. Out to the garage, set up the jack, jack up the truck, jump on the bumper, cuss, swear.. and no dice. So try a little heat... no luck. BF hammer.... no luck....back to the vice with a cheater bar..,, it goes in half way..... more heat..... more cussing.... no luck. So here I sit , the car stuck in the garage and the builder is supposed to install the garage doors tomorrow. I am down in the basement looking out the window, trying to figure how to build a hydraulic press. six tons would lift a house..... Then is hits me... the window in the basement, two feet wide 10'' of poured cement.. bingo a few chunks of 4*4 the jack sitting sidewise and presto in go the bushings. Although there is a new crack in the basement wall by the window. I do have three other windows... The clunk is gone, the truck rides like new, and the guy who is just too stupid to know when to quit does it again. Russ ------------------------------[ <- Message 18 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 940929 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
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