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1 | Easton Trevor [TEASTON@D | 12 | OD Propshaft |
2 | Easton Trevor [TEASTON@D | 16 | BB List |
3 | landrvr@blacdisc.com (Mi | 12 | Re: 2.25 petrol & Unleaded |
4 | lopezba@atnet.at | 18 | Unleaded on Series vehicles |
5 | "Mark Talbot" [Land_Rove | 6 | Paint for LR headliners |
6 | Dixon Kenner [dkenner@em | 25 | Re: Unleaded on Series vehicles |
7 | Dixon Kenner [dkenner@em | 20 | Re: V8 and unleaded fuel |
8 | "S. Vels" [svels@dk-onli | 14 | Re: Nice J**P |
9 | EvanD103@aol.com | 14 | Re: Parts wanted |
10 | michelbe@login.net (Mich | 19 | synthetic oil in a 2.25L |
11 | IIIDmentia@gnn.com (WILL | 27 | Whew , that was fast ! |
12 | RALPH@SMUGGITS.MHS.Compu | 14 | Re: Re: Nice J**P |
13 | rover@pinn.net (Alexande | 25 | Insurance |
14 | DanFormosa@aol.com | 23 | Question about fuel gauge grounding |
15 | David W Scott [birddog@ | 6 | [not specified] |
16 | twakeman@scruznet.com (T | 22 | Re: Question about fuel gauge grounding |
17 | Rick Grant [rgrant@synap | 221 | Found in the Telegraph |
18 | "Deanna D. Sitter" [lani | 13 | Brake bleeding |
19 | Lloyd Allison [lloyd@cs. | 13 | anyone dealt with Roverland ? |
20 | M.J.Rooth@lboro.ac.uk (M | 9 | Re: Go figure... |
21 | slade@sisna.com | 37 | Re: anyone dealt with Roverland ? |
22 | marsden@digicon-egr.co.u | 22 | Re: More engine trouble... |
23 | marsden@digicon-egr.co.u | 16 | Re: DownEast Rally July |
24 | Frank Bokhorst [bokkie@u | 21 | Re: Capstan winch |
25 | marsden@digicon-egr.co.u | 18 | The Tardis |
26 | "Mr Ian Stuart" [Ian.Stu | 30 | A solution to the problem of inaccurate speedos |
27 | "Mr Ian Stuart" [Ian.Stu | 22 | Celebrity owners.. |
From: Easton Trevor <TEASTON@DQC2.DOFASCO.CA> Subject: OD Propshaft Date: Mon, 27 May 96 07:35:00 DST David Cockey wrote "This is a clever idea though." OK David, so when can we start production? Trevor "Is it a fertile mind because its full of s**t?" Easton ------------------------------[ <- Message 2 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Easton Trevor <TEASTON@DQC2.DOFASCO.CA> Subject: BB List Date: Mon, 27 May 96 07:57:00 DST The latest version of the "Birmabright Brotherhood" Land Rover Owners roadside assistance list is about to be distributed. If your information has changed or you wish to join please let me know soon. (Dave Bobeck, I received your update). For the benefit of new list members or those who forgot, the BB is a list of LROs who are willing to help fellow members with problems that may arise while "On the road" to receive the list you must also become a member of the list. Email me directly for more info or with your details. Trevor Easton (trevor_easton@dofasco.ca) or (teaston@dqc2.dofasco.ca) ------------------------------[ <- Message 3 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 08:54:34 -0400 From: landrvr@blacdisc.com (Mike Loiodice) Subject: Re: 2.25 petrol & Unleaded >i am wondering if i can use unleaded fuel in a 2.25 petrol, SIII, any clues? Sure.. why not? Most people recommend installing hardened valves and seats to prevent valve recession, but unleaded will run just fine. Cheers Mike ------------------------------[ <- Message 4 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 18:17:47 +0200 From: lopezba@atnet.at Subject: Unleaded on Series vehicles Dear all, I was always told that using unleaded without hardened valves and valve seats would eat away at your valve seats, making your valves recess, and that would spell certain death for your engine in a relatively short time. So here is another experience (eleven years) from Andy Purser. Anybody else actually tried unleaded and suffered the consequences? Some people here swear by Castrol TBE, btw, something you add to your gasoline and that allows older engines to run on unleaded. Shell also seems to have something similar on the market. Anybody with any actual experience out there? Peter Hirsch SI 107in S/W Vienna, Austria (officially 1,000 years old this November 1) ------------------------------[ <- Message 5 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Mon, 27 May 96 16:38:01 UT From: "Mark Talbot" <Land_Rover@msn.com> Subject: Paint for LR headliners Anyone know of a good vinyl paint to clean up stained LR headliners ??? ------------------------------[ <- Message 6 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 12:49:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Dixon Kenner <dkenner@emr1.NRCan.gc.ca> Subject: Re: Unleaded on Series vehicles On Mon, 27 May 1996 lopezba@atnet.at wrote: > Dear all, I was always told that using unleaded without hardened valves and > valve seats would eat away at your valve seats, making your valves recess, > and that would spell certain death for your engine in a relatively short > time. So here is another experience (eleven years) from Andy Purser. Anybody > else actually tried unleaded and suffered the consequences? Here in Canada you don't have a choice. Generally you run it on unleaded until something goes wrong and then put in hardened seats. While I lack the longterm experience with a Land ROver engine (just replaced the head, but because I have been running it with both cracked head and block & on 2 cylinders for the past 5 years and there was no sign of recession on the head. Block, BTW is still cracked. Still using it as a daily driver too...) On Austin Mini's, which I have longer experience, the general adage was to only put in hardened seats when it needed them. This could be many, many years. Of course, what additives are in the petrol will influence things. Canada has had MMT instead of lead all along. ------------------------------[ <- Message 7 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 13:17:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Dixon Kenner <dkenner@emr1.NRCan.gc.ca> Subject: Re: V8 and unleaded fuel On Mon, 27 May 1996, Daryl Webb wrote: > If it can be proved that a stage 1 V8 did infact exist from the factory > some of use might be very tempted to build "replicas". proof of a > factory job might make rego much easier, at least here in OZ. My understanding is that a bunch were made by Solihull for sale to Saudi, or somewhere over there in the Middle East. If some were made for there it follows that there may have been others produced. I would be interested in seeing some photo's and a SN/VIN number too... Rgds, Dixon ------------------------------[ <- Message 8 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: "S. Vels" <svels@dk-online.dk> Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 20:47:56 +0000 Subject: Re: Nice J**P > SO WHAT IS THE CURE ? You have to get their attention. Try to put water in their beer. They will be in shock for a couple of minutes and that is your que. Speak the gospel and speak it loud!. rgds sv/aurens ------------------------------[ <- Message 9 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: EvanD103@aol.com Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 15:32:13 -0400 Subject: Re: Parts wanted Hopefully someone on the list in the Southeastern US can help me find the following good/used parts/accesories for my Land Rover: 1) Warn 8274 winch with mounting plate for LR Series vehicles 2) Grill for a late LR IIA (1969-1971) thanks, Erik van Dyck Stone Mountain, Georgia '73 Ser. III 88" ------------------------------[ <- Message 10 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 16:38:06 -0400 From: michelbe@login.net (Michel) Subject: synthetic oil in a 2.25L I would like some advice on switching to synthetics in my petrol 2.25L, 8:1 CR.It has about 3000 miles since the a complete rebuilt. Ideas, comments, anyone? Thanks, Michel Bertrand Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada ______________________ >>>>>>>>>>>|__________|| ()|______| 1963 IIA 109 PU (top is off) (Rudolph) | ||---| /\ | and friends (109 SW + 88 sw) (not shown) |__________||---|_ \/_| >>>>>>>>>>>|__________||___|______| ------------------------------[ <- Message 11 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 15:39:04 From: IIIDmentia@gnn.com (WILLIAM ADAMS) Subject: Whew , that was fast ! Spotted in Rockville, MD. on Saturday: 1965 109 SW Petrol in the Automotion parking lot with "For Sale" sign. Went to look at the vehicle in question today(in the rain) and it had obviously sold as the signs had been peeled out of the window. Overall condition is fair. Tropical roof and rear corner has a big dent from an errant limb. Frame looks pretty rusty, but has a new galvanized rear crossmember. Petrol looks untouched and suffering neglect. Interior is a mixed bag of funky brown carpeting, some aftermarket seat reupholstery and deteriorating door panels. Headliner is there but very sad. Roof mounted Spotlight was dripping inside. No Overdrive. Fron apron missing due to removal of winch. Sand color paint had worn off most of the body panels and the gavanized parts had been painted black. Bore dealer sicker from Cynwyd, PA and PA tags. Wheels and tires looked fairly new. Passed test on frequent rust areas. Overall very restorable. This truck is going to drain somebody dry. Bill Adams 3Dmentia computer animation 4016 Spruell Drive Kensington, MD 20895 301-949-9475 '66 Land Rover S2A 109" Station Wagon Diesel ...all there ------------------------------[ <- Message 12 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: RALPH@SMUGGITS.MHS.CompuServe.COM Date: 27 May 96 17:19:46 EDT Subject: Re: Re: Nice J**P I don't think there is a cure, the word 'J**P' is too entrenched as a generic name for 4x4s. It's a bit better in England where LR's are a daily sight (and wave I hope!), but people still call my LR a J**P, and I drive a 101! Ralph. 101 ('I thought they were all Jeeps') FC ------------------------------[ <- Message 13 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 22:23:11 -0400 From: rover@pinn.net (Alexander P. Grice) Subject: Insurance Okay, gang, time to discuss something all of us, or rather all of the various LR clubs in the US needs...insurance. For us in the good ol' litigious US of A, lawsuits are a fact of life. Even if the case is thrown out of court, there will be *major* legal costs, and the (deep) pockets of the club members rather than the club - which has like zero assets - will be the target. Bill Hubert, former owner of ABP, spent some $40,000 defending against the accident at the '77 rally (which I witnessed) before it was dismissed. ROAV managed to secure event insurance for the past two rallys to the tune of $1,500/yr. However, as Dixon will attest, things are a bit different north of the border. By forming a cooperative of other marque clubs, insurance per club has been reduced to a fraction of ours. So, the time has come to organize and arrange for some 'group' insurance. Members of each of the major clubs are on line...as are members of those who have recently formed (Atlanta and San Diego). SOOOO...if you know of someone willing to underwrite group insurance or have a contact in the industry, let's talk. I have our underwriter, but frankly, there has to be a cheaper alternative for all of us. Cheers ------------------------------[ <- Message 14 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: DanFormosa@aol.com Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 22:26:25 -0400 Subject: Question about fuel gauge grounding Dear LRO's A few recent messages on the list about fuel gauges prompted me to check out my non-functioning gauge (1973 SIII 88", since birth). I found it is mechanically okay (surprise number 1) but it is not properly grounded (surprise number 2). When I touch a wire from the top of the gauge to a ground -- i.e. the negative terminal on the dash -- it works just fine. Is it possible that my fuel tank is not grounded? How can this be? I'm positive its bolted to the frame (just thought I'd use the word "positive" in here somewhere). I'll appreciate any suggestions or similar experiences. Thanks, Dan Formosa danformosa@aol.com ------------------------------[ <- Message 15 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: David W Scott <birddog@auburn.campus.mci.net> Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 19:19:48 -0500 unsubscribe lro-Digest ------------------------------[ <- Message 16 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 21:32:32 -0700 From: twakeman@scruznet.com (TeriAnn Wakeman) Subject: Re: Question about fuel gauge grounding At 10:26 PM 5/27/96 -0400, DanFormosa@aol.com wrote: >Dear LRO's >A few recent messages on the list about fuel gauges prompted me to check out [ truncated by lro-digester (was 13 lines)] >positive its bolted to the frame (just thought I'd use the word "positive" in >here somewhere). I believe the stock mountings have rubber bushings. If you look at the series III sender unit, you will see a ground lug ateahed. if you have a wire from that lug to the frame that has good connections it is grounded. If not,,,?? TeriAnn twakeman@scruznet.com <- NOTE NEW ADDRESS Celebrating my tenth year on Usenet/Internet ------------------------------[ <- Message 17 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 00:31:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Rick Grant <rgrant@synapse.net> Subject: Found in the Telegraph I found the following two pieces in today's edition of the London Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk) and at the risk of irritating copyright lawyers everywhere. . . . . . IT WAS a pleasant winter's day in 1993 when Michael Young took delivery of the first of his Land Rover Discoverys, an August 1993, ex-demonstrator 3.5 V8i three-door automatic, with 1,300 miles on the clock. He had no inkling of the storm clouds that were gathering. Within four months and 4,000 miles, the transfer box had begun to whine and was replaced twice. By the end of April 1994 the car had also been fitted with a new rear differential, a new rear hub, new rear springs, new cam followers, new injectors, a new ECU and a new Lambda sensor. The second replacement transfer box was as bad as the first and was replaced again, but this was "the worst of the lot". From May 26, 1994 to September 28, 1994, Mr Young wrote to and telephoned the dealer and Land Rover for a fourth replacement transfer box. Eventually, through Sturgess Land Rover, the manufacturer agreed to replace the vehicle with an "ex-demonstrator" five-door Discovery 3.9 V8i automatic, fitted with alloy wheels. Mr Young agreed to pay an extra =A32,000 for the two additional doors, alloy wheels and bigger engine. The specification was confirmed three times. By the time the car was under the insured rather than the manufacturer's warranty, the camshafts failed But when the April 1994-registered replacement arrived in November 1994, it turned out to be a three-door, 3.9i automatic with steel rather than alloy wheels and no documents - not even the service book. In the circumstances, Sturgess Land Rover did not ask for the =A32,000 and eventually the service book turned up, showing that the first 1,000-mile service had been carried out at 2,348 miles, the 6,000-mile service at 7,766 miles and the 12,000-mile service at 15,442 miles - all delays against the terms of Land Rover's own warranty and the insured second- and third-year warranty. But before he discovered this, Mr Young had accepted his second Discovery. Initially, he said, "it ran superbly". Then the rubber hub covers started popping off in hot weather and the hub seals started leaking oil over the front wheels. The seals were replaced, but this caused severe vibration, so the car had to go back for the wheels to be rebalanced. Next, two sticking starter motors were replaced; the third still "rasped" and sometimes appeared to "stick". Then the engine suffered complete loss of power, diagnosed as "possibly" caused by the debris of the catalytic converters breaking up due to a misfire. In the event, only the rear silencer was replaced. By the time the car was under the insured rather than the manufacturer's warranty, the camshafts failed. They were replaced, but not the rocker cover and camshaft end seal gaskets, so oil began to leak from the engine. The third starter motor and the starter ring (the true cause of the problem) were replaced - a "gearbox out" job. On re-assembly, the radiator was located too low, causing the alternator belt to shred the plastic shroud, and bolts holding the gearbox to the engine were not tightened, resulting in "severe clonking" and the gear change quadrant jamming in first and second. In desperation, Mr Young wrote to John Towers, then chief executive of the Rover Group Transfer box failure - yet again - followed, but the warranty insurers refused to replace it, instead agreeing to adjustments that left a "double clonk" on accelerating or decelerating. Mr Young requested that a Land Rover engineer inspect the drivetrain. The inspector agreed that a new transfer box was needed. He also agreed to a new rear bumper (the original had rusted prematurely), a steering column modification to fix a squeak, and a cure for the blowing exhaust. When the car came back, the drivetrain still clonked, the exhaust still appeared to be blowing, oil continued to leak from the engine, the oil light often remained on after start-up, the car momentarily lost power before having "power surges" and, in Mr Young's words, "the bottom end of the engine sounded very raspy". SO, in desperation, Mr Young wrote to John Towers, then chief executive of the Rover Group. On April 11, 1996, he received a reply, mistakenly describing the car as having been "tested by a Land Rover Technical Manager, who confirmed that your vehicle is within vehicle tolerances". In fact, the inspection was before, rather than after, the transfer box was fitted and the report agreed that the car was not within vehicle tolerances. John Towers went on: "In the light of the action taken, it is difficult to accept that there is anything wrong with your vehicle, but in order to convince you that your vehicle is as it should be, Sturgess Land Rover are currently sourcing a Discovery and will contact you to arrange a further demonstration." Mr Young could not believe that the company would try to find a Discovery that was as bad as his, simply to prove that they were all as bad. Nevertheless, on April 24, he had a three-hour meeting with Sturgess Land Rover. A Crypton test showed 0 per cent CO, so, though it may have sounded like it, the exhaust was not likely to be blowing and the "cats" must have been OK. The dealer offered to rectify all the remaining faults, including installing a new fuel injection air flow meter and inner hub seals. Instead, after his two-and-a-half years of grief, Mr Young asked that, rather than go to all this further expense, Land Rover or Sturgess simply make him a sensible offer for his car so he can get out of it and into something he feels will be more reliable. Sturgess agreed to put this to Land Rover. We are still awaiting the outcome. And the second related piece also from the Telegraph FROM day one there were "Range Roguers". Some friends tried to buy one in 1971 for a tour of Italy and had to cancel the trip because the car was so unreliable. A chap in the electronics export business told me it was "the only car for the job" (taking Middle Eastern customers on shooting trips). But, having owned 25, he reckoned, "you either get a good one or a bad one, and until you've had it for a while you don't know which it's going to be". A mention of Land Rover and Range Rover reliability in my Agony Column triggered four replies. M. W. had bought a new one every three-four years since 1954 and his 1991 Defender had needed a new injection pump, new steering box and new starter motor - all within 22,000 miles. M. J.'s 34,000-mile Discovery had needed a =A3600 injection pump repair and a new clutch. Between January 1994 and August 1995, P. D. had owned three Discoverys. The first had various minor faults, the second, gearbox faults caused by "a wrong part fitted at the factory", a hydraulic leak and total automatic transmission failure, and the third a gearbox, which "slipped into neutral when the car was in motion". P. B. bought his Discovery in 1993 and in 40,000 miles has experienced a faulty gearbox, leaking gearbox oil seals, leaking transfer case oil seal, two starter motor failures and pitted front axle spheres. Previous readers' letters show a pattern of Land Rover drive-train alignment problems. There is also no doubt that the gearchange on manual Discoverys and Range Rovers is a bit too remote for some drivers and there is natural drive-train "wind up". In the latest Top Gear/J. D. Power survey of L-reg cars, the Discovery scored 73, slightly below the industry average of 77. To put it into perspective, this is well above the Vauxhall Frontera, which scored 67, but well below the Mitsubishi Shogun, Isuzu Trooper and Jeep Cherokee, all at 83. The other side of the story is thousands of owners who have had very little trouble, who you don't hear about. I know quite a few who are, or were, very happy indeed with their Range Rovers and Discoverys. British police forces regularly run Range Rovers and Discoverys on motorway patrol up to 200,000 miles. But this is not a whitewash. Land Rover needs to look after its dissatisfied customers a bit better. And if Daihatsu, Mitsubishi, Isuzu, Jeep and Subaru can all offer three-year warranties at very little expense to themselves, Land Rover's excuses for not providing a proper warranty are wearing thin. Rick Grant rgrant@synapse.net Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ------------------------------[ <- Message 18 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 21:55:42 -0800 From: "Deanna D. Sitter" <lani@alaska.net> Subject: Brake bleeding I'm swapping in some 11 inch brakes and 3.8 gears to my '73 88 in anticapation of the V-8 going in later this summer. I've heard all kinds of bad stuff about bleeding these brakes so I thought I'd ask for tips ahead of time, so let me hear from you. I've got everything apart now but will not have it together for probably at least a week due to additional mods that will require some machine work. While the Rover is down I drive my '67 FJ-40 which is normally just used for plowing in the winter. I took the top off as I will be using it quite a bit this summer. The Land Cruiser people all wave at me, they are very friendly. ------------------------------[ <- Message 19 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 17:00:28 +1000 (EST) From: Lloyd Allison <lloyd@cs.monash.edu.au> Subject: anyone dealt with Roverland ? Has anyone had dealing with :- Roverland, 2036 Village Point Way, Sandy, Utah 84093, USA. Land Rover Parts and Accessory, tel:801-942-7533, Lloyd ------------------------------[ <- Message 20 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 09:26:14 +0000 From: M.J.Rooth@lboro.ac.uk (Mike Rooth) Subject: Re: Go figure... And, just what do you have to do to become a "trained beer taster"? Change your name to Dale Desprey??? Uncle Mike ------------------------------[ <- Message 21 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: slade@sisna.com Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 01:28:24 -0700 Subject: Re: anyone dealt with Roverland ? Lloyd queries: >Has anyone had dealing with :- >Roverland, [ truncated by lro-digester (was 8 lines)] >tel:801-942-7533, >Lloyd Never heard of 'em Lloyd, but if you called Bill Davis of Great Basin Rovers in Salt Lake City, UT, he would be able to give you a local perspective (if there is one). I moved up from SLC in Aug. of last year to Portland, and keep in touch with many of my old buddies/parts sources. I've never heard of them, for better or worse, as they say. Here's Bill's info. Bill Davis Great Basin Rovers 342 W. 1700 S. SLC, UT 84115 801 486 5049 Tell him 'hi' if you call! Michael Slade 1970 109 5-door SW (the one with the cool grille) now with Saab seat belts, and Mitsubishi bucket seats (aaahhh) slade@sisna.com ------------------------------[ <- Message 22 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: marsden@digicon-egr.co.uk (Richard Marsden) Subject: Re: More engine trouble... Date: Tue, 28 May 96 9:30:57 BST > At 10:48 AM 5/24/96 +0000, you wrote: > Serious trouble starting and staying going. [ truncated by lro-digester (was 16 lines)] > metal shavings out of the engine block. It turns out the Pilot Bearing was > the culprit after over 200,000 miles. Sir! I might be English... :-) Yes, I think its the distributor, or possibly the cables (all this armour is more hassle than its worth), and of course, the spark plugs are now all mucked up. I'm going to take it to a garage. There is a local Landie one (they're more of a Disco/Rangy dealership), probably quite expensive, but they should know their stuff. Richard ------------------------------[ <- Message 23 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: marsden@digicon-egr.co.uk (Richard Marsden) Subject: Re: DownEast Rally July Date: Tue, 28 May 96 9:35:01 BST > Dear All, > Been flooded with emails about the July 4th weekend Off Road day, > and DownEast Rally here in Maine, July 5-8. Land Rovers & Fourth of July - you've got to smile! :-) Richard PS: I was in SF for last years 4th July Fireworks. Weather was typical summer SF couple-of-hundred-foot low cloud, so the fireworks were a bit of a disaster... ------------------------------[ <- Message 24 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 10:40:20 +0200 From: Frank Bokhorst <bokkie@uctvms.uct.ac.za> Subject: Re: Capstan winch Sorry if I offended anyone by referring to the capstan as 'obsolete'! One look at it tells you it must be something very useful. But honestly, I'd never seen one before on any of the hordes of 4 x 4 J**p's that roam the tarmac of Cape Town. That is, not until I looked in the litterature accompanying my first L***R****. Perhaps I'll get a belt-drive rear power take-off next? Why not? Have you ever heard the lazy sound of a twenty-foot long leather belt going round 'slap, slap, slap'? Just to bring back that memory, I'd get me a belt drive. To saw logs, or something... Frank 'lover of obsolete technology' Bokhorst personal e-mail: bokkie@psipsy.uct.ac.za Psychology University of Cape Town ------------------------------[ <- Message 25 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: marsden@digicon-egr.co.uk (Richard Marsden) Subject: The Tardis Date: Tue, 28 May 96 9:40:55 BST Watched the Dr. Who film lastnight (I believe it was on in the US a while ago), and noticed certain similarities. The general philosophy, of it works, if something goes wrong its easy to fix, but a quick hit is required from time to time. Then if something does go wrong, there are lots of levers, switches, etc. to switch madly back and forth. At the beginning, the TARDIS came to a halt with a timing problem [I've got distributor trouble ATM], and on landing, an oily ooze leaked out... Not forgetting the interior decorations, the Land Rover also give a completely new meaning to the phrase "Time Machine!" :-) Richard ------------------------------[ <- Message 26 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: "Mr Ian Stuart" <Ian.Stuart@ed.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 09:49:19 +0000 Subject: A solution to the problem of inaccurate speedos <After a long hiatus, where The Major seemed to lose my email address, I've re-joined the list!> This may have already been answered, but here goes anyway... Vis-a-vis speedos: According to two (independant) sources, to correct the error in the speedo reading, you have to change the *head* not the gearbox-end. The speedo head has a number written on it which will tell you the number of revolutions of the cable to 1 mile. To get this number, look at the face of the speedo and written along the bottom edge of the face is some text, followed by a number. This is the magic number! I've seen 1375, 1408 & 1536. Now, the question is this: If you are reading under my about 10%, do you want a larger or smaller number? ----** Ian Stuart (Computing Officer) +44 31 650 6205 Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh University. <http://www.vet.ed.ac.uk/> or <http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~kiz/> Quote of 1996: "A.L.S. is a good example of scottishissityness" ------------------------------[ <- Message 27 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: "Mr Ian Stuart" <Ian.Stuart@ed.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 10:02:25 +0000 Subject: Celebrity owners.. Please could people take a look at the Celebrity Owners list, and tell me what changes have happened in the past few months. The URL is: http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~kiz/celebs.html (BTW - I would have appreciated acknowledgement as the origonator of the list that the Ridgecrest lot have 'aquired') Details on my 109 are at: http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~kiz/lucas.html ----** Ian Stuart (Computing Officer) +44 31 650 6205 Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh University. <http://www.vet.ed.ac.uk/> or <http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~kiz/> Quote of 1996: "A.L.S. is a good example of scottishissityness" ------------------------------[ <- Message 28 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 960528 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
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