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| msg | Sender | lines | Subject |
| 1 | Simon Hobson [simon@ccom | 25 | Re: RR aux. driving lights |
| 2 | Richard Strysniewicz [Ri | 50 | new subscriber |
| 3 | Gregory Brown [brow7767@ | 13 | OD Whine |
| 4 | Dixon Kenner [dkenner@em | 12 | Re: Aux light wiring diagrams |
| 5 | "Stefan R. Jacob" [10004 | 27 | Re: OD whines |
| 6 | Benjamin Allan Smith [be | 26 | [not specified] |
| 7 | Benjamin Allan Smith [be | 16 | [not specified] |
| 8 | Russell Burns [burns@cis | 15 | Re: new subscriber |
| 9 | Benjamin Allan Smith [be | 27 | [not specified] |
| 10 | Russell Burns [burns@cis | 27 | D-90 doings |
| 11 | Benjamin Allan Smith [be | 16 | [not specified] |
| 12 | LANDROVER@delphi.com | 22 | Re: D-90 doings |
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 09:35:19 +0100 From: Simon Hobson <simon@ccomms.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: RR aux. driving lights There are two main types of auxiliary lights - drive/spot and fog. Driving lights and Spot lights are designed to be used to supplement the main beams of the vehicle. Spots have a pencil beam, driving lights are a slightly wider beam but still fairly narrow. Fog lights are designed to have a very wide beam (to pick out kerbs etc) with a very sharp top cut off. The effect is to project a near horizontal 'sheet' of light close to the road with as little light as possible going higher where it will scatter in the fog and cause the white wall problem. Naturally, drive/spot lights are wired with the main beam (and typically mounted alongside the headlights), fogs are usually wired with the dipped beam or sometimes with the side lights and are normally mounted as low as possible. =========================================================================== | simon@ccomms.demon.co.uk voice +44 1229 581357 fax +44 1229 581203 | =========================================================================== ------------------------------[ <- Message 2 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950128 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 22:32:06 GMT From: Richard Strysniewicz <Richard@ducati.demon.co.uk> Subject: new subscriber Hello, I've been following the mailing list for a while now and thought I would introduce myself. I'm an American on temporary assignment in the UK and thought it would be nice to sample some of the native products so have purchased a '79 SIII SWB. I'm quite happy with it so far - lots of work but I consider it more of a hobby than work. Glad to see so many Americans on this list as I plan on bringing the LR home with me when my assignment is over. Along those lines, would anyone care to relate their experiences of importing an older LR into the US? Will probably be going back to Houston, TX. I have also had two mysterious and semi-annoying problems over the past few months and would like to solicit your opinions. First, every once in a while (on the order of every 100-200 miles) I suddenly loose a lot of power and get thick black smoke coming out of the exhaust. The condition is temporary and will usually go away if I shutdown the engine and restart or sometimes if I just accelerate at full throttle for a while. Closing the choke during these periods seems to choke the engine so I do not believe that the problem is a sticking choke flap. The carburettor is a Weber conversion and I rebuilt it not long ago and set the float level to the Weber specs. I also installed an in-line fuel filter for good measure thinking that I might be getting debris in the carb making the float valve stick open. I strongly suspect flooding but am at a loss as to the cause. Could a misbehaving fuel pump be overpowering the float valve? Should I just give up on the Weber and buy a Zenith? I have sorted out so many other items that I really believe this is a carb problem - new plugs, coil, timing chain, rebuilt head, cleaned distributor and checked advance mechanism, timing set to 6 BTDC static, valves adjusted properly. Second, and less worrying, I get an awfully loud whine from the drivetrain in the 25-35 mph range. Not quite sure whether it is the gearbox, rear differential, or something else. Happens in either 3rd or 4th gear - never have gone that fast in 1st or 2nd =:-O. The u-joints on the rear propshaft were replaced a while back but that made no difference. I saw a post recently that described adjusting the ouput shaft bearing clearance via shims on the transfer case, could excessive bearing clearance be causing my noise? I would really like to determine whether it is transmission or differential noise before starting to rebuild as doing both could prove expensive. Any suggestions? Richard Strysniewicz DoD 1193 Petersfield, UK AMA 661768 richard@ducati.demon.co.uk 1991 907ie needs a name ------------------------------[ <- Message 3 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950128 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 08:54:04 -0500 (EST) From: Gregory Brown <brow7767@mstr.hgc.edu> Subject: OD Whine I will change the 90w religiously. The break-in says after 500 miles. The whine does definitley increase after engaging the OD. It is an acceptable level when not engaged. I guess I will see if it changes over time. Greg Brown '71 Series IIA w/harmonicous screamous loundous Connecticut, USA ------------------------------[ <- Message 4 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950128 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 14:50:42 -0500 (EST) From: Dixon Kenner <dkenner@emr1.emr.ca> Subject: Re: Aux light wiring diagrams On Fri, 27 Jan 1995, William L. Grouell wrote: > No you don't have it quite right. This is closer; Have to think abit more. How would one represent the, not only figurative, but actual, mice nests existing behind the dash? ------------------------------[ <- Message 5 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950128 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: 28 Jan 95 17:54:20 EST From: "Stefan R. Jacob" <100043.2400@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: OD whines Mike frets... > that and *does* say not to wipe it off.. So the question is.. Just exactly > what is this goldish-metalic slimy stuff??? (...snip...) > (...snip...) I cleaned out all that slimey stuff from the, uh, > pre-owned parts that I was installing and greased it all up with good-old > Castrol wheel bearing grease. Now you tell me I'm doomed!! Frankly I haven't got the faintest what that stuff is, except that it's supposed to be a kind of 'lubricant for lifetime & eternity', and it doesn't dissolve or thin in oil. Grease would probably be ok *if* you take out the OD now and again and apply fresh grease. Problem is grease, like oil, looses its lubrifying properties after a while, esp. in high temps, whereas this stuff apparently doesn't. Guess who else gave his OD the grease treatment... Yours truly. OD was shot after 18K m. Well, it was an old one anyway. On the new one, I *didn't touch* the f...... anti-scuff poop. (Phew, wish I hadn't started this... "I didn't kill my Overdrive" - read all about in the brand new revealing book ... pass it on to the Jury ...) Stefan (Stefan R. Jacob, 100043.2400@CompuServe.com) ------------------------------[ <- Message 6 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950128 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Subject: Re: LRO Magazine Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 17:31:04 -0800 From: Benjamin Allan Smith <bens@archimedes.vislab.navy.mil> In message <013.03138182.CXKS46A@prodigy.com>you wrote: > Though I haven't seen it yet, I have it on good authority that several > members of this fine forum have been "caught in the act" at the Mid [ truncated by lro-digester (was 6 lines)] > somewhere. See what attending a ROAV event gets you? Fame! Fortune! > (Well, it *could* happen.) You also get soaked in the obligatory storm. I just got said magazine, and it ain't me on the teeter totter. If you look carefully in th epicture of Dennis Nault's xNATO 109 PU, you see in the background a SIII with roofrack and flying a Union Jack. that's my Rover. Bill is the guy in bush hat and shorts standing in fron t of my SIII. At the time of that picuture, I wsa standing next to Bill, taking a phote of the 109, which places me squarely behind a tree. (Damn tree took all of my glory, but at least my Rover got in). -Benjamin Smith ---------------- Science Applications International Corporation China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center bens@archimedes.vislab.navy.mil 1972 Land Rover Series III 88 ------------------------------[ <- Message 7 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950128 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Subject: Feb LRO Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 17:41:47 -0800 From: Benjamin Allan Smith <bens@archimedes.vislab.navy.mil> Sandy's post got me curious (to see how foggy my memory is, so I went out to the LR and got the LRO). And I can confirm that I'm not persoannly in any of the pictures. But the big photo on pages 186 and 187 (of part of the field in general) was taken whilest Jim was standing on my roofrack. -Benjamin Smith ---------------- Science Applications Internation Corporation China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center bens@archimedes.vislab.navy.mil 1972 Land Rover Series III 88 ------------------------------[ <- Message 8 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950128 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Russell Burns <burns@cisco.com> Subject: Re: new subscriber Date: Sat, 28 Jan 95 17:46:47 PST > Hello, I've been following the mailing list for a while now and thought I > would introduce myself. I'm an American on temporary assignment in the UK [ truncated by lro-digester (was 8 lines)] > this list as I plan on bringing the LR home with me when my assignment is > over. You did say that it was a 67 right??!!! It sems if it is a pre 69 you have an easier time. Yhere are other who know better though. So start calling it a 69 Slll, and it should make it. Russ ------------------------------[ <- Message 9 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950128 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Subject: Re: Defective Product Warning - 2.25 Petrol Cylinder Head Gasket Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 17:52:46 -0800 From: Benjamin Allan Smith <bens@archimedes.vislab.navy.mil> In message <ab4e367c000210043c2f@DialupEudora>you wrote: > (The British Pacific folks asked me to forward this message. If necessary, > you can reply to me and I'll get it to them somehow but you're probably > better off calling them. - Fred) If necessary, I'm in Pasadena most weekends and can also forward comments to them. > DEFECTIVE PRODUCT WARNING > The genuine Land Rover cylinder head gasket for 2.25 liter petrol engines [ truncated by lro-digester (was 7 lines)] > RTC3335) lacks 3 critical water passages over the exhaust ports of the #2, > #3, and #4 cylinders. The deficient gasket is a composite type, coated in Happened to me last summer. Jammed a valve open within 200 miles of installing the new head gasket. (and 100 miles into a cross country trip) -Benjamin Smith ---------------- Science Applications International Corporation China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center bens@archimedes.vislab.navy.mil 1972 Land Rover Series III 88 ------------------------------[ <- Message 10 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950128 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Russell Burns <burns@cisco.com> Subject: D-90 doings Date: Sat, 28 Jan 95 18:10:59 PST Well it seems I already have 10K on the beast, and other that a check engine light that comes on when I Slam the door, all is fine. I am getting ready for a trip west. Last week I installed a map light. Rick the gent who is traveling along this time, always gives me grief about nt having a fancy map light in my trucks. So off to the farm shop, and I located a rubber encased 50 w halgon utility light, one of those funny spring clamps (industrial paper clamp or something), a coiled cigar lighter extension cord. A few nuts, and bolts, tywraps, and tape, and I now have a map light that not only lights the interior, but will give you a tanning session. (it also will clamp on the outside for external light for setting up camp at midnite.) I also am faburcating a jerry can rack for the back. I am planning to put two cans on each side of the spare tire. The carrier will bolt on the spare tire carrier. I welded up the bottem brackets today, and was impressed my $12.00 ARC welder did the job. I think it is getting better with age. Or maybe it is just that I clean the joint better. Russ Burns 94 D-90 91 R-Rover ------------------------------[ <- Message 11 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950128 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Subject: LRs in Movies--Highlander III Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 18:38:43 -0800 From: Benjamin Allan Smith <bens@archimedes.vislab.navy.mil> First off I must say, there should only have been one. Highlander III is a weak reahash of Highlander (which is a really good film) and only margionally better than the really lame Highlander II. In the begining of the movie was a white 110 diesel. At then end, ddrivnig through the highlands, they had a Range Rover. -Benjamin Smith ---------------- Science Applications Internation Corporation China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center bens@archimedes.vislab.navy.mil 1972 Land Rover Series III 88 ------------------------------[ <- Message 12 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950128 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: LANDROVER@delphi.com Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 00:42:32 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: D-90 doings Russell sez "Let there be light!"... > I am getting ready for a trip west. Last week I installed a map light. > Rick the gent who is traveling along this time, always gives me grief [ truncated by lro-digester (was 8 lines)] > and I now have a map light that not only lights the interior, but will > give you a tanning session. (it also will clamp on the outside for Gee Russ... I can picture this.. Your 90 cruising down the interstate.. all of a sudden there is this brilliant white light, flooding out from inside the truck, making the Rover look like some kind of lighthouse on wheels. The traffic stops for miles - church attendance rises and woodland animals seek preperation of thier wills! Cheers Mike ------------------------------[ <- Message 13 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950128 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
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