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1 | Andy Dingley [dingbat@co | 33 | Re: Rangie Steering |
2 | compuserve [72647.2641@c | 15 | Is this a good idea? |
3 | Chris Haslam [haslam@alc | 13 | Clarification of E-mail Address |
4 | Chris Haslam [haslam@alc | 13 | Other Schematic Diagrams |
5 | TONY YATES [tonyy@waalp | 31 | Re: French lessons |
6 | David John Place [umplac | 7 | more techy questions |
7 | haystack@netspace.net.au | 54 | LR 110 Pre-purchase questions |
8 | Tiffany Downing [tiffany | 50 | For Sale - Australia |
9 | Duncan Brown [DB@CHO004. | 79 | Heart transplant A-OK |
10 | CpaulP@aol.com | 12 | Re: The Land Rover Owner Daily Digest |
11 | dwebb@waite.adelaide.edu | 31 | Re: RR stuff |
12 | Roger Sinasohn [sinasohn | 26 | Re: British Car Meet |
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 95 13:06:49 From: Andy Dingley <dingbat@codesmth.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Rangie Steering In article: <199509080755.CAA16743@butler.uk.stratus.com> owner-lro-digest@uk.stratus.com writes: > the road, and for a brief time, she went "whap, whap, whap" up there while > cornering. All my mechanic could find wrong were the tie-rod ends, but now > that they're replaced it's gotten much worse. How's your experience been? Probably radius rod bushes? (They'll be shot after 90K) Rubber replacements are OK, PU are stronger but give a harsher ride on-road. Check the tracking and toe out. Make sure it's adjusted by a mechanic who knows that Landies toe *out*, not *in* ! Steering box ? Expensive, but they don't last for ever 8-( I'd change the bushes, on the basis that they're probably starting to crack from age. While you have the tie rod off, check the pre-load on the steering swivels. This rarely goes wrong, but it's easy to check. With the steering rods disconnected and a wheel off, check that the steering swivel takes around 3lbs to move it. Too loose means that the shims under the top of the swivel need adjusting, and this may cause steering looseness. Check the oil level in the hubs too. If the swivels are continually out of adjustment, check that the bearings aren't worn out, although that takes a bit of dismantling. -- Andy Dingley dingbat@codesmth.demon.co.uk '85 Rangie ------------------------------[ <- Message 2 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950911 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: 10 Sep 95 13:54:11 EDT From: compuserve <72647.2641@compuserve.com> Subject: Is this a good idea? O.K. everyone, Would it be a good idea to find a good frame of a parts truck and have it hot dipped? How much would the galvinization cost? Where could I get it done? How long does it take to swap a chassis?(first time) Thanks, Will Cantrell ------------------------------[ <- Message 3 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950911 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 17:10:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Haslam <haslam@alcor.concordia.ca> Subject: Clarification of E-mail Address My main email address is haslam@alcor.concordia.ca Please use C.Haslam@ieee.ca This is, I hope, immutable. It is an alias. haslam@concordia.ca was an error, due to my misunderstanding of Unix Pine. ...chris haslam ------------------------------[ <- Message 4 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950911 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 17:13:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Haslam <haslam@alcor.concordia.ca> Subject: Other Schematic Diagrams I also have schematics for: - 79 RR (2 diagrams), and - 80 Rover SD1 (9 diagrams plus List by Wire Colour and Component Locations) Is there any interest? ...chris haslam ------------------------------[ <- Message 5 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950911 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 07:14:49 +0800 (WST) From: TONY YATES <tonyy@waalpha.wa.BoM.GOV.AU> Subject: Re: French lessons On Fri, 8 Sep 1995, Walter C. Swain wrote: > This is true. However, the etymology of 'petard' is traced back through > the French and Latin in a long winded series of terms that all relate to > the expulsion of intestinal gasses. Does this mean that the Frenchman taunting King Arthur in Monty Python and the Holy Grail should have said: "I petard in your general direction" ? Cheers ========================================================== () ( ) () Tony Yates ( ) ( ) ( ) Bureau of Meteorology ( )( ) ( ) Port Hedland ( ) )( ) Western Australia ( ) ) -------- ------------ ph: (091) 401 350 \\\**\\**\ fax: (091) 401 100 \***\*\ \\*\ email: A.Yates@bom.gov.au \\ ========================================================== ------------------------------[ <- Message 6 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950911 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 18:59:40 -0500 (CDT) From: David John Place <umplace@cc.UManitoba.CA> Subject: more techy questions OK you technical people. What can you tell me about a Solex carb model LF59 also marked B40 PA 10-5. Dave VE4PN ------------------------------[ <- Message 7 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950911 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 10:27:22 +1000 From: haystack@netspace.net.au (Doug McPherson) Subject: LR 110 Pre-purchase questions Hi all. I've been lurking on this list for a month or two now, and I'd like to pose a question or two to the collective wisdom. This will be more directed at the UK, Oz and other non North American areas, 'cos you guys never got the machine I want ! I'm interested in buying a LandRover 110, about '85 vintage. Now being in Oz, we basically have a choice between the 3.5 V8 and the (factory installed) Isuzu 3.9 Diesel. I'm unsure of which to get. Questions: 1) There's a 4 speed (LT-77 ?) and 5 speed (LT-95 ?) box available. Is their anything to pick between these, besides the obvious extra cog ? ie is the 4/5 speed a stronger box, easier to fix etc. Is it easy to retrofit a 5 sp inplace of a 4 sp at some future date ? (even on an Isuzu diesel ?) Are these the same as RR boxes ? 2) What are the general weak spots on a Landy of this type ? What noises to listen for etc. Remember that this is warm, sunny (!) Australia, so its not too likely to have a really shot chassis, but you never know ! I have a friend who will come and look at the machines with me. He has a lot of experience with an SIIa that his family's had for 25 years, and that he's worked on for about 15. But that's got totally different suspension, engine etc. ! 3) The Isuzu diesel. I think its a 4BD1.Naturally aspirated, 3.9litre. As found in Isuzu NPR trucks, probably in other Isuzu or GM products. Anyone have any long term experience with this unit, either in a Landy or maybe a truck ? Any points to look at specifically. 4) Aimed specifically at Oz readers: what's a good price to pay for a 110 ? Most are advertised at the early $20k mark. Seems significantly high. You can usually get a similar age RR for less ! Any pointers will be well received. 5) Any good books etc. on buying a 110 ? This will be my first Landy, and in many ways hopefully my last ! That's why I want a 110, at the limit of my budget, rather than a SII or SIII. I reckon I could live with a 110 for 20 years. Thanks in advance for any info. If there's a fair level fo stuff, I may assemble it and send it off as a "buyer's guide" to the Australian web site, if Lloyd Allison is keen. Please indicate in any replies whether you would object to this. Doug McPherson. ------------------------------[ <- Message 8 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950911 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 10:11:02 +0930 From: Tiffany Downing <tiffanyd@tafe.sa.edu.au> Subject: For Sale - Australia Hi everyone I don't know if many of you will be interested in this but you don't have to read it if you don't want to! We have for sale . a rear diff off a Series IIA, good working order with a new short axle. There's nothing wrong with it we replaced it with a Series III Salisbury Diff. $250 AUS . Two gearboxes in parts, including transfer case. Again Series II gearboxes. $450 AUS the lot. . A Series IIA Ex-Army Landrover, 1965 (RNU 605). Long Wheel Base, Soft Top (110 Army Cam), False Floor, Sound Proofing, Salisbury Rear Diff, Steering recently rebuilt (about a month ago), Brakes recently done (about 9 months ago), new paint job, registered until around September, fairly new tyres, comes complete with AM CB and UHF CB setup (antennas, coaxial cable, etc but not the CB Units themselves). $5,500 AUS ono. There is nothing wrong with the vehicle, we really don't want to sell it but it's all for a good cause. We've just bought a house and need the money rather than the car at the moment. However a County 110 is on the cards in the future. Does anyone have one for sale? If anyone is interested please drop me a message on tiffanyd@tafe.sa.edu.au For anyone living in Australia, we live in Panorama in South Australia (about 20 minutes out of Adelaide). No bananas or slabs will be accepted as official currency from ANY country. I wouldn't like to try and explain that to our Real Estate Agent!!!!! Regards Tiffany Downing ******************************************** Co-ordinator, International Student Programs TAFE South Australia, AUSTRALIA Phone: (61 8) 226 3202 Fax: (61 8) 226 3655 E-Mail: tiffanyd@tafe.sa.edu.au ******************************************** ------------------------------[ <- Message 9 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950911 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 22:12:30 -0500 (EST) From: Duncan Brown <DB@CHO004.CHO.GE.COM> Subject: Heart transplant A-OK All, Well, it was a successful week. My 88 made the trip from VA to Rovers North in VT. It blew massive amounts of coolant out a couple of times (I say in addition to everything else, there was a small head gasket leak; Charlie Haigh says it was probably as simple as not having the radiator shroud in place!!) The transmission layshaft was truly bouncing around by the time I got there (and the 2mm of silver crud in the drain plug bears out this assessment of the noises!) Tuesday I set about stripping out the seatbox, disconnecting everything, etc. while Dale continued readying the new engine and transmission. He pulled the old transmission out, I got the old engine out. Large amounts of engine oil in the bellhousing- guess that rear seal was toast! I had to go to a business meeting in NJ (via plane)...by the time I next saw my vehicle Friday morning it had a new engine and transmission in it! I put a bunch of miles on it to break it in, then brought it back for readjustment, to get the floors all put back in properly, etc. Then I spent the rest of the day putting even more miles on it. The point was to get it run in and drain off the breakin oil *before* driving the 800+ miles back to VA. Here's my comment on the Turner engine: take out a loan, sell the children, take up prostitution, whatever it takes, BUY ONE. This is one nice hunk of cast iron. I haven't pushed it hard yet, and it's still got power in places along the power curve I never did before. This thing would pass the glass-of-water-on-valve-cover test without creating so much as a ripple on the surface. And it's so dang *clean* too! (Now that I won't be oiling my frame "naturally"", I'll have to find some other way to preserve it...) I also got the "full synchro Series IIA" transmission- nice trick! I keep double-clutching when going down into second, need to break myself of that habit now... I also cashed in my restoration discount program to help pay for the installation labor and to buy....an overdrive! That is highly recommended also. Between the new engine and the overdrive, I was getting 22MPG on the drive home...certainly never thought I'd see a mileage figure that started with a 2 for this car! After helping Charlie get his military diesel pickup back together after its frame-off paint job (another whole story, best saved for another mail...) I got the "pleasure" of driving behind it a lot on the drive back to VA, as he was headed down here for the BRLRC get-together this coming weekend in Luray. The diesels sure have a certain (hack, koff...) unique sensory signature.... To the guy in the green D90 that I passed just West of the I88/I90 interchange: sorry, I was watching in my mirror to make sure I wasn't losing Charlie, and when I looked up and saw you it was too late to wave back. How embarrassing! I can't say enough good things about the crew at RN. I never let *anyone* at home work on my Rover, since they would just never be able to take the care with it that I do. Dale and Randy at RN treated it *better* than I would have! And the technical expertise and business approach of RN that back them up just make it all the better. And it's always an experience visiting there, just to see what the employees are driving these days, and what vehicles are theree to be worked on. I spent a lot of time going over the Camel Trophy '95 Discovery parked out in the lot.... It was absolutely beat to hell...but turns out that happened on the drive up (from Belize?), in Mexico, when it was run off the road by a bus. The running gear looked to be in flawless shape (only 11K on the odometer!), and the extras were pretty slick: massive skid plates, roof rack full of jerry cans, roll cage, rear full of spare parts, etc. Well, off to read the 300+ mail messages waiting for me...sigh.... see some of you in Luray this weekend? Duncan ------------------------------[ <- Message 10 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950911 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: CpaulP@aol.com Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 02:43:46 -0400 Subject: Re: The Land Rover Owner Daily Digest My 1995 Discovery 5 Speed has been making an intermittent "growling" noise. It is very dificult to pin down exactly when or why this happens. It only does this for a short time and then the engine noise returns to its normal sound. It seems to be most noticeable in gears 1 & 2. Has anyone else experience this and can you advise what it is. As usual, can't get it to do this anywhere near the dealer !!!!! Thanks.. ------------------------------[ <- Message 11 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950911 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: dwebb@waite.adelaide.edu.au (Daryl Webb) Subject: Re: RR stuff Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 16:16:17 +0930 (CST) Tony writes: > If I hit a bump during a turn, the steering wheel will go "wobble, wobble, > wobble" for a second or two. > also suggested that they look for play in the top pin of the swivel pin > housing. Any experience with this? When Annabelle's in the shop I'm going > to have them pull one front wheel bearing and CV for inspection too. Oh how embarassing:-( I was supposed to send you info on swivel pin preload about a month ago wasnt I. Oops I'd still go for pre-load as the most likely cause of the bump wobble, unless the wheel bearings are really bad.. Do you have the information needed to adjust them or should I try to find it still??? You could always do what I do. Pull a couple of shims out of the top and see what happens. (If you do i never heard of you, Land rovers or the Internet :-) Yours apologetically -- Daryl Webb (dwebb@waite.adelaide.edu.au) ------------------------------[ <- Message 12 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950911 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 00:13:31 -0700 From: Roger Sinasohn <sinasohn@crl.com> Subject: Re: British Car Meet > Lunch at Una-Mas Mexican Restaurant, south-easterly side of the Stanford Nah, I'm bringing hotdogs/sausages and the like. Maybe I should bring some tortilla chips if Jimmy/Jeremy/Gerry/Jory/John/Jiminy/Jesse/Jack/Joe/Gymboree is bringing salsa? > --everyone to wear an obnoxious Rover or > British hat, Aussie fedoras recommended with Kiwi feathers, or full Rover > battle dress (overalls?). Seating at outdoor tables on south side of > restaurant, group photo with Dos-Equis etc. in hand at 13:00 hours --copy > to be posted to Web page. [Alternatives solicited.] Definitely! Photo with the vehicles, eh? Award for best hat? Is there a lazy bugger out there who could come up with a prize? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 950911 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
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