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| 1 | rover@pinn.net (Alexande | 22 | Number plates |
| 2 | steve gross [sgross@enet | 9 | RE: Dead Battery |
| 3 | "S.Vels Christensen" [ve | 13 | Any Brazilian members on the list? |
| 4 | David John Place [umplac | 16 | Return of the Native |
| 5 | JCassidyiv@aol.com | 14 | Rusted Floor-board |
| 6 | vortex@worldaccess.nl (B | 22 | Re: Any Brazilian members on the list? |
| 7 | "P. Suryono Adisoemarta" | 20 | Disco: LH to RH drive, possible ? |
| 8 | mtalbot@InterServ.Com (M | 10 | Re: Land Rover Series 16" wheels for sale |
| 9 | "Anthony J. Bonanno" [75 | 32 | Series IIA Oil Pressure Gauge |
| 10 | "WILLIAM L. LEACOCK" [7 | 42 | Misc |
| 11 | "WILLIAM L. LEACOCK" [7 | 15 | brakes |
| 12 | jhoward@argus.lowell.edu | 17 | RE: Dead Battery |
| 13 | LANDROVER@delphi.com | 34 | Re: Rovers in _Congo_ |
| 14 | Kelly Minnick [minnick@j | 25 | Tire |
| 15 | Frederick_O._Ellsworth@b | 20 | Re: Re: More Kodiak Heater Questions |
| 16 | Donald Abbot [donald@spl | 19 | Re: Dead battry |
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 10:16:34 -0500
From: rover@pinn.net (Alexander P. Grice)
Subject: Number plates
David Brown wrote:
>Then, how to make it look 25 years old....Hmmmm....
Just the way the Tunisians made "artifacts" when I was in the Peace Corps
twenty years ago (had a diesel 88 while I was there, too). They'd take some
"antique-to-be," beat it with chains or whatnot, soak it in olive brine and
then bury it in the yard for a fortnight. The local kids were constantly
trying to sell us lamps, coins, and other "Roman" bric-a-brac...until they
realized that we spoke fluent Arabic and new the scam. Cheers.
*----"Jeep may be famous, LAND-ROVER is Legendary"----*
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]Date: Sun, 11 Jun 95 08:26:19 PDT From: steve gross <sgross@enet.net> Subject: RE: Dead Battery For the alternator to produce output, the field winding has to have voltage applied from the battery. Usually, the residual voltage left in a partially discharged battery is enough to accomplish this. -steve ------------------------------[ <- Message 3 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950612 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 1994 16:28:02 -0600 (CST) From: "S.Vels Christensen" <velssvch@inet.uni-c.dk> Subject: Any Brazilian members on the list? Hi my name is Jacob from Rio - Sending from boroughed mail acc in Denmark. I will soon be hooked up on Net from Rio and would like to know if there are any land rover friends in brazil. Pls reply to the above address(Soren). Im a member of Dansk Land Rover Klub counting apprx 1000 members. Very interested in driving off road in Brazil. pls adv. owned a 109, but sold due to travelling. Looking in brazil for 88" petrol at! logo jacob greetings to my lr friends in australia as well. ------------------------------[ <- Message 4 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950612 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 11:31:57 -0500 (CDT) From: David John Place <umplace@cc.UManitoba.CA> Subject: Return of the Native If anyone has been trying to contact me in the pat three weeks please send your message again. I just returned from doing some disaster work for the American Red Cross and when I got home there were over 300 messages in my mailbox. I just had to delete them all and start fresh. I say a nice 88 Land Rover with a snorkel driving down Royal Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans last week. Is that one of the net members or does anyone know who owns it? Very few Land Rover products in New Orleans. Saw one Range Rover and the one 88 and that is it. By the way don't go to the Gulf in summer! 95 degrees and just as humid for the past 21 days. I am glad to get back to the 40 degree evenings here. Dave VE4PN. ------------------------------[ <- Message 5 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950612 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: JCassidyiv@aol.com Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 13:51:15 -0400 Subject: Rusted Floor-board Help! I decided to see what the rust was under the driver side mat of my 1987 Range Rover and found two large rust holes. I know that I have to replace the front mud-flap mounts and replace the fittings with stainless and seal the nuts, but has anyone else undertaken this project(replacement of the floor-board)? Do any part houses offer a replacement piece or should I have the local metal shop cut me a piece of stainless to weld in? Thanks in advance for any help. John Cassidy P.S. You can see how the repair looks at the Owl's Head Rally. ------------------------------[ <- Message 6 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950612 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 20:24:52 +0200 From: vortex@worldaccess.nl (Bert Palte) Subject: Re: Any Brazilian members on the list? On June 11th, this message was posted: >Hi my name is Jacob from Rio - Sending from boroughed mail acc in Denmark. I >will soon be hooked up on Net from Rio and would like to know if there are >any land rover friends in brazil. Are there actually *any* LandRovers in South America? Perhaps only on the Falklands / Malvinas? Two years ago, I spent my hliday travelling through Argentina and Chile, but I was rather surprised to see not a single LandRover. (As a LRO, I was, of course, watching for them). Many old Mercedesses, old DKWs, locally made Hillman Avengers, Toyota LandCruisers - but LandRovers? Have they ever been sold there? I doubt it. Bert Palte ------------------------------[ <- Message 7 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950612 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: "P. Suryono Adisoemarta" <paulus@nextover.pe.utexas.edu> Subject: Disco: LH to RH drive, possible ? Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 17:31:27 -0500 (CDT) Dear netter, is it possible to modify a LH Discovery (US model) to RH drive ? (Like the Series I~III models). Thanks for all responses, Paulus 1975 LWB Ser-III (ex mil) 1982 LWB Ser-III -- Paulus Suryono Adisoemarta Internet: yono@parokinet.org (Linux!) Petroleum Engineering Dept. paulus@nextover.pe.utexas.edu (NeXT!) U of Texas, Austin n5snn@mail.utexas.edu (?!) ------------------------------[ <- Message 8 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950612 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 95 15:56:23 PDT From: mtalbot@InterServ.Com (Mark Talbot) Subject: Re: Land Rover Series 16" wheels for sale All, I have one set of 16" wheels to fit series land rovers. $200 a set of four. Mark ------------------------------[ <- Message 9 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950612 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: 11 Jun 95 19:34:35 EDT From: "Anthony J. Bonanno" <75034.3062@compuserve.com> Subject: Series IIA Oil Pressure Gauge I finally gave up on finding a reasonable alternative for the electric sending unit for the Smith's Electric Oil Pressure Gauge that came on my 71 Series IIA 88. Rover's North wanted $ 140.00 (yes, that is ONE HUNDRED FORTY US DOLLARS) just for the sending unit. I decided to replace the gauge and sending unit with another brand. I wound up installing a mechanical 2-1/16" 0-80 lb Stewart-Warner in the same space that the Smith's occupied. I did a "forced re-threading" of the banjo fitting where the electric sending unit use to sit (near the oil filter) and using some plumbers tape ended up with a good leakproof compression fitting. I wrapped the mechanical gauge's nylon tubing in plastic "cabling" like you find in Radio Shack for protecting electronic wiring (to protect the tubing from abrasion and cuts) and snaked it up, around, and through the firewall to the new gauge. Looks neat and professional and it works well! Total cost about $ 50.00. Even though the engine has 120,000 on it, it idles at 30+lbs and cruises with about 40lbs according to the new gauge. The Smith's gauge use to show about 20 idle and 25 cruising (its been reading low like this for about 15 years). I'm fairly confident the Smith's gauge itself is okay (0-100 lbs black face with white numbers, backlit, etc.) as it will deflect full scale if grounded. I think the problem was always the sender unit. I threw the old sender unit in the trash. However, the gauge itself (with mounting bracket, light, etc.) appears to be in good condition (minor paint peeling on bezel), etc. I think the price of a new one is way over $100.00. If anyone could use my old one, I'd be happy to pass it on real cheap (how about $ 12.00 plus shipping). All for now. Cheers! Tony Bonanno, Santa Fe, New Mexico ------------------------------[ <- Message 10 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950612 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: 11 Jun 95 19:59:21 EDT From: "WILLIAM L. LEACOCK" <75473.3572@compuserve.com> Subject: Misc Read a few more of the past couple of weeks digests, herwith a few comments: If I was a dealer I would be against the fitting of swivel housing gaiters, they spoil the sales of new housings!! I have seen swivel housings that have been covered with gaiters for twenty years that were still like new, Paul Nash / Andy Bottom ring groove on pistons.. Years ago the bottom ring groove was added so that on a worn engine oil copnsumption could be reduced by the fitting of the fourth ring. It is not recomended to fit the fourth ring, they starve the top rings of oil, leading to premature failure of the top rings. Mark Talbot Clogged radiator. The RR cooling system MUST be filled with inhibited coolant, usually good quality anti freeze contains inhibitors. If plain water is ever used, even for only a short time it picks up aliminium oxide from the cylinder head, a chemical reaction takes place with the copper in the radiator tubes which builds up a coating on the inside of the tubes, increasing the pressure drop in the rad and reducing the coolant flow. Eventually the tubes can become completely blocked. I am not aware of a suitable chemical treatment for the removal of the deposits that will not also remove the radiator tube as well. You can take the tanks off and physically scrape out the stuff but it is easy to puncture a tube. When you fit your new radiator ensure that inhibitors are always used in the coolant. S V Aurens Removing tight track rod ends - with the track rod removed from the vehicle, slide the clamp well back from the end, place the end of the rod, flat on a solid metal block with the track rod end overhanging the block, hammer the tube around the end, this has the effect of loosening the threads to enable the removal. David Brown also note that the track rod thread does not start at the end of the rod, there is about an inch of plain portion first to provide the clamping area for the clamp. At the National a bystander was badly injured during the recovery of a motor which was on its side, somehow the motor was pulled on top of him, he was taken to hospital, I have no newws of his current health. Regards Bill Leacock. ------------------------------[ <- Message 11 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950612 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: 11 Jun 95 20:18:27 EDT From: "WILLIAM L. LEACOCK" <75473.3572@compuserve.com> Subject: brakes The front brakes on 88 are 1 1/4 dia. so do not consider using a 1 1/16 dia on the front, I guess the 1/16 th increase on the rear would not upset the balance too much. Jim -- Overdrives I have used a Fairey overdrive on a 109 for 100,000 plus miles and on a 88 for a lot alsoincluding a lot of off road use. All on 7.50 tyres which are bigger than 205 x 16, they are really too small for the 109. I also use d the overdrive with 3.9 diffs and 8.25 x 16 tyres and a hi torque diesel engine for about 20k miles and the unit is still in use on a 109. Regards Bill Leacock Limey in exile. ------------------------------[ <- Message 12 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950612 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 95 18:12 MST From: jhoward@argus.lowell.edu (James D. Howard II) Subject: RE: Dead Battery > For the alternator to produce output, the field winding has to have >voltage applied from the battery. Usually, the residual voltage left >in a partially discharged battery is enough to accomplish this. The oil pressure warning light just barely glowed, so it had some residual voltage. Does the alternator output increase when the battery voltage increases? The alternator seemed to charge the battery up to a point where the ignition would finally spark. I am glad I was on a long hill. I bought jumper cables today, because I have needed them twice in the last week. Once for me, and once for a friend. James ------------------------------[ <- Message 13 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950612 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: LANDROVER@delphi.com Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 23:29:17 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Rovers in _Congo_ Ben Smith reviews Congo... > So I just got back from seeing _Congo_ and there were 5 or so > scenes that included Land Rovers. Let's see if I can remember all of > them. Well... I think you got them all right. OK.. I'll admit it.. I saw it too. We had a choice. Congo or Die Hard 3 (or 22 or 47?). As the opening scenes unfolded in Africa, Sharon says to me "I know why you wanted to see Congo.. Just to see Land Rovers". > Scene at border crossing, green Series II or III 109 with full > canvas top is behind the characters' truck. The characters truck being a UNIMOG. > Overall, I enjoyed the movies immensely. Actually, I thought it stunk! Reeked, actually. OK.. the laser bit was neet, the natives singing was pretty funny, but things like the guy jumping from a plane using a square (parachute) and landing on his feet when he had never jumped before? Too many little things like that really spoiled it for me. So, what is this? Siskel and Ebert? Cheers Mike ------------------------------[ <- Message 14 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950612 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Kelly Minnick <minnick@joker.chinalake.navy.mil> Subject: Tire Date: Sun, 11 Jun 95 22:02:53 PDT RE:Tires Maybe I'm missing something. If I am, someone can clue me in. Large tire give a larger tire patch area. Smaller tires give a smaller patch area. Both tires have the same weight on them, so in some instances, the smaller tire (narrower) would have a higher psi loading and possibly better traction. Rubber compound has a big play here. How that rubber bites into sand, mud rocks, etc. I realize that a large diameter tire has a higher inertia and the moment arm is larger, but a smaller diameter tire is more prone to spin in the dirt than the larger diameter, eh? I think spinning off-road is where the axles break, not on the road. At any give speed, there is an associated HP required to keep the vehicle at that speed. With smaller tires, this translates back to a higher axle torque figure. I am assuming this by the fact that HP = torque X RPM. Also, most larger circumference tires have lower rolling resistence (i.e. ten speed bike tires). Does this make any sense or am I really off base? I haven't been using my dynamics too much in the past 7 years. Too busy blowing stuff up. Comment? Bombs? - I'll duck Kelly Minnick '73 88" Safari & '91 RR Ridgecrest, CA ------------------------------[ <- Message 15 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950612 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Frederick_O._Ellsworth@bcsmac.org (Frederick O. Ellsworth) Subject: Re: Re: More Kodiak Heater Questions Date: 11 Jun 1995 22:26:36 GMT William, Thanks for the info. I think I'll try wiring a standard 20 amp resistor from Radio Shack into the low power lead from the regular Smiths switch & see how that works before I head off to a junkyard. Should have thought of that first. I've already got a coolant cutoff pull-switch for the heater and I think I can do without the fresh air cutoff. (I can see where it goes on the heater but the butterfly valve is missing on my unit.) That Kodiak motor really goes like hell! Thanks again, Fred - sent via an evaluation copy of BulkRate (unregistered). ------------------------------[ <- Message 16 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950612 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 09:33:32 +0200 (GMT+0200) From: Donald Abbot <donald@spl.co.za> Subject: Re: Dead battry On Saturday James Howard said: > I foolishly left my headlights > on the whole day. When we returned, the battery was DEAD. Since we [ truncated by lro-digester (was 6 lines)] > start. I had to roll down in 4th for a mile, with the ignition on so > the alternator would charge, before it finally started. This will happen if you have capacitance discharge ignition. On the good old points/coil system it should start right away. The CDI unit requires power from the battery before it will fire. What vehicle and ignition system do you have? Donald ------------------------------[ <- Message 17 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950612 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
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