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From: HancockPA@aol.com
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 07:41:42 -0400
Subject: Re: Billing '96

Forgive the ignorance of an English "newbie", but where there hell is
Billing????

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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 22:58:34 +1000 (EST)
From: Lloyd Allison <lloyd@cs.monash.edu.au>
Subject: Land Rover Register (oz)

Michael Bishop is writing some new S1 pages at

   http://www.sofcom.com.au/4WD/Landy/Series/S1.LRR/Intro.html

Lloyd

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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 10:38:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Chris Witzgall <witzgall@internext.com>
Subject: The 'Ole Tranny woes

I recently replaced the transmission in my 1970 IIa 88. The "new" one was a
partially rebuilt unit I bought from a fellow LRO. He gave the unit a good
cleaning and replaced the seals. He said that the gears looked good, and
from what I can see, they are not worn.  
        The problem is that it won't stay in second gear for more than a few
seconds before lots of grinding noises force me to engage the clutch. It is
definetely comming out of gear. I pulled off the top cover and inspected the
detent spring, (looked ok) and the selector fork. Ther was a little wear on
the fork, so I pulled the one from the old transmission (broken lay shaft)
and installed it. No Luck. It pops out of gear even if I hold the shift
lever in place.
        Does anyone have any ideas on what could be the trouble??
Chris Witzgall
Delaplane, VA
1970 IIA 88
(540) 364-3391

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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 07:57:52 -0700
From: cascardo@ix.netcom.com (Lucas Andres Cascardo)
Subject: Re: Rivnuts

You wrote: 

>> Can someone help me out and explain how to install rivnuts.  I am

>  I have the recipe in one of my old ('60s) 
>manuals, if you want me to send you a copy.

That would be great..

Thanks,
Lucas Cascardo D90

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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 11:44:23 -0700
From: John Karlsson <karlsson@edgenet.net>
Subject: Re: Rivnuts

Lucas Andres Cascardo wrote:
> You wrote:
> >> Can someone help me out and explain how to install rivnuts.  I am
	 [ truncated by lro-digester (was 12 lines)]
> Thanks,
> Lucas Cascardo D90

Well, now you've really put me on the spot!  I just ran out to the barn 
and got my workshop manual (Part No. 4611, TP/344/A, December, 1963) to 
see if I could make good on my promise.  Sure enough, there's the claimed 
recipe, sans special tools that everybody is talking about, on page T-19. 
 
Keeping in mind that this may not apply to the MODERN Rivnuts you are 
dealing with, the essentials of the recipe are as follows:

"Use a pilot drill first, then drill the front face only of the 
cross-member to 27/64 in. (10 mm).  Fit a nut and plain washer to a 5/16 
in. U.N.F. set bolt having a threaded length not less than 1 1/2 in. (38 
mm).  Drill or file the thread clear, of a 3/8 in. U.N.F. nut, and slide 
it on to the set bolt, then screw on a Rivnut.  Adjust so that 1/8 in.  
(3 mm) of the set bolt extends beyond the Rivnut and then lock the 
assembly.  Insert the Rivnut into the hole in second cross-member and 
then, keeping the set bolt and distance nut stationary, turn the 5/16 in. 
U.N.F. nut clockwise 2 1/4 turns.  Remove set bolt, nut, plain washer and 
distance nut."

If you want me to mail or fax you a copy of this page, so you will have 
the benefit of the accompanying diagrams, tell me where you want it sent.

John Karlsson
Hope Valley, RI

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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 19:01:02 +0200
From: Defender@belgonet.be (Luc Rokegem)
Subject: Screensaver

If you try the website http://www.landrover.com you can download a
screensaver from Landrover. Sounds interesting but the thing doesn't work !
A friend off my tryed it himself : same result = 0 .  The filename is :
landrvr.exe and should be self-extracting but winzip 6.0 says that the
file is damaged.  Any suggestions ?

Sincerely,  Luc Rokegem

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From: sjak.r.haaheim@vg.no

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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 23:40:15 +0100
From: Richard Fletcher <richf@globalnet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Ccccccold vehicle

At 11:31 PM 6/29/96 +0100, you wrote:
>--AdvoxBoundary0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Iso-8859-1; name=body.txt
	 [ truncated by lro-digester (was 90 lines)]
>--AdvoxBoundary0--
>Hi,
Its also possible to fit a fan from the MG which has three time the no. of
blades on and therefore gives a real boost to the air flow. I can't remember
the part no. but an MG specialist should be able to help. If i find it i'll
let you know.

Richard Fletcher    1983 SIII station wagon

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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 96 15:12:22 PDT
From: Wes Newman <newman@corecom.net>
Subject: Transfer case problems

I have a 1967 109" NADA.  My 17 year old took it the other day and now when 
I push the red lever forward it won't engage in 2 Wheel drive.  Red back or 
Yellow down and the car goes but not with red forward.  I've looked over the 
shop manuals and just got confused.  I've exposed the transfer case to see 
if the red lever was restricted in any way but it seeems to be OK.

Any suggestions other than having a long talk with my son?????
-------------------------------------
Wes Newman
Anchorage, Alaska
newman@corecom.net

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From: sjak.r.haaheim@vg.no

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From: Gregspitz@aol.com
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 19:33:34 -0400
Subject: Re: Screensaver

the best screensaver is a blank screen screen saver...especially if you do
remote pc  work because you don't have to wait for the screen to clear .
  Also saves your precious memory for graphics that you use while you are
using the pc....just a thought!! 

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From: Solihull@aol.com
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 19:53:02 -0400
Subject: Re: Transfer case problems

Wes, Do the long talk thing. Odds are your transfer case is OK, but the nut
holding the wheel broke an axle shaft in the rear axle. I have daughters, the
volvo was always coming home without parts (hubcaps) and with new dents.
"Honest Daddy, nobody leaned on the hood!" Yeahxrightxsure. Been there, done
that. Cheers!!

John Dillingham, Woodstock, GA 
73 s3 SWB  (770)926-8314
72 s3 SWB rusted parts truck, mostly picked over
66 s2a SWB soft top "Red Rover" being minded for friend/customer 
Vintage Rover Service
"Since 1994, over a dozen satisfied customers!"

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Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 00:01:10 GMT
From: Andy Purser <apurs@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: Screensaver

A Sounds interesting but the thing doesn't work !
>  Any suggestions ?
>Sincerely,  Luc Rokegem

Hello,
    I got the screen saver several months ago. It worked! It should be a
land rover oval that jumps around the screen. It is a full color oval with a
black background. To get it to work I had to unzip the .exe then get out of
the file mgr. then back in to it to get it to run. Good Luck-- LAP

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From: Solihull@aol.com
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 20:30:44 -0400
Subject: Re: partnumbers early turbodieselpistons

Luc, if you are considering intercooling, and tweaking the fuel pump for more
power, please get forged pistons. I think your mechanic/machinist was
referring you to "hepolite" pistons as a brand of alloy to get. I don't know
if they're forged or not. Find a copy of a book on Turbocharging by Hugh
MacInnes, published by HP Books. In it there are formulae for calculating how
much tweaking the fuel pump will need to supply enough fuel for the denser
air charge, after intercooling. The above opinions are based on my experience
with Peugeot and Volvo (VW-Audi) turbodiesels. Can't say I've had the
pleasure of working with a Rover diesel, yet, except for one I dismantled to
use the block on a 2.25 gas rebuild. Cheers!!

John Dillingham, Woodstock, GA 
73 s3 SWB  (770)926-8314
72 s3 SWB rusted parts truck, mostly picked over
66 s2a SWB soft top "Red Rover" being minded for friend/customer 
Vintage Rover Service
"Since 1994, over a dozen satisfied customers!"

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From: Solihull@aol.com
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 20:30:33 -0400
Subject: Re: Bimini Top

No! Doug! Stop! Clear silicone caulk has acetic acid in it (smells like
vinegar) and will fershur cause some corrosion. I'd probably attach the
brackets with some nice pop rivets, and maybe dip 'em in some kind of primer
just before I used 'em. Enjoy the top, don't forget your sunblock!! 

John Dillingham, Woodstock, GA 
73 s3 SWB  (770)926-8314
72 s3 SWB rusted parts truck, mostly picked over
66 s2a SWB soft top "Red Rover" being minded for friend/customer 
Vintage Rover Service
"Since 1994, over a dozen satisfied customers!"

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From: Solihull@aol.com
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 20:37:40 -0400
Subject: need info

How do I ask a question of *just* the RRO list? Sorry to use bandwidth with
such a question, I just forgot, DOH!!
I am posting this for the benefit of a friend whose 90 RR (US Specs) won't
keep his commute cool. Maybe there's something common I can help him with and
avoid a big bill. The vents on the dash don't open at any setting, and vacuum
is going to the line that goes through the firewall. Or should I say vacuum
is coming from the enginex Anyway, are there any common probs we should look
at first. Tom bought this truck (I call em all trucks) sans any service
history. This is just the latest problem. I told him to get a pith helmet and
khaki shirt to wear while he drives to/from work, arm out the window, stiff
upper lip, sweaty derriere, and all that. Hope the RRO list can help! 
Please reply direct to me, and Thanks, loads!! 
John Dillingham, Woodstock, GA 
73 s3 SWB  (770)926-8314
72 s3 SWB rusted parts truck, mostly picked over
66 s2a SWB soft top "Red Rover" being minded for friend/customer 
Vintage Rover Service
"Since 1994, over a dozen satisfied customers!"

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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 22:50:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Dixon Kenner <dkenner@emr1.NRCan.gc.ca>
Subject: Re: need info

> How do I ask a question of *just* the RRO list? Sorry to use bandwidth with
> such a question, I just forgot, DOH!!

	Just send the message to rro@land-rover.team.net

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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 22:55:47 -0700
From: gpool@pacific.net (Granville Pool)
Subject: Re: Transfer case problems

Wes,

I'm with John Dillingham.  Sounds like it's time for the long talk.  I
agree, too, that it sounds mighty like a broken rear axle shaft, although
that's not the only possibility, I suppose.

I have a 19-year-old son who did a few tricks on my Land-Rover as well.  It
seems to go with the territory :^|

Be of good cheer,

Granville "Granny" Pool
Redwood Valley, CA USA
Series III 88 (the Snark)

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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 23:44:33 -0600
From: "Darrell D. Murray" <rdgrnr@flash.net>
Subject: Arizona Land Rover Owner's Club/Ridge Running Rovers

For you Arizona Folks who are smart/lucky enough to own a Land Rover.  
There is a State wide club, now on the internet, accepting members.  We 
have been around since Oct/95, but on the net only since I got this 
Computer, 6/15/96.  Still green around the net/gills?  We have a monthly 
news letter/sometimes every other month.  Depending on news and events. 
 Members scattered about the state.  We do not charge for trips or 
events.  We do have a $25.00 a family/yearly dues.  This is to cover the 
cost of supplies, U.S. mail, Printer ink etc.  We will be joining the 
Az. Assc. of 4x4 clubs, which costs $25.00.  I will be looking into 
membership in the Land Rover Club(s), National Register, or what ever it 
is called.  We are currently active in sitting on committee, to keep and 
provide access to the Charouleau Gap, which was closed, after public 
access across private land for 27 years, by the land owners.  The state 
has offered to put an access on public land, however, a local retirement 
community has taken it upon themselves to fight it totally, endangering 
any future use by any groups.  If you are interested and would like to 
know more, E-mail at rdgrnr@flash.net.  Call 520-825-1665, or write, 
15939 N. Twin Lakes Drive, Tucson, Az. 85739.  Darrell D. Murray, 
President.  If you would like to join, e-mail and I'll provide info.  
See You on the trails.
Darrell

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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 23:56:21 -0600
From: "Darrell D. Murray" <rdgrnr@flash.net>
Subject: 94Disco.,DriveTrain noise

Anybody had any experience with a noise like a pinion gear bearing going 
out, after Old Man Emu lift kit installed on 1994 Disco, automatic?  We 
have checked the Diff, by the way, is an A.R.B. locker.  Not the pinion 
gear or bearing etc.  I have taken the Drive shaft off and no more 
noise.  I think I'm on right track, does it sound like the shaft needs 
to be re-balanced?  Should I have it legenthend and if so by how much?  
In Tucson area, any one to recommond I spend my money at, to correct 
problem?  Can't sell and get Defender, as wife and four boys are reason 
I didn't get in first place!  How about skid plate protection?  Been out 
in those hills for 26 years off road, still haven't found on road yet!  
Darrell at rdgrnr@flash.net.  See you on the trail!

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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 22:54:09 -0700
From: "John Y. Liu" <johnliu@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Ccccccold vehicle

At 11:31 PM 6/29/96 +0100, you wrote:
>The original fan wasn't even able to produce a slight breeze. I have tried 
>to improvise; the temperature increased with some degrees after installing a 
	 [ truncated by lro-digester (was 8 lines)]
>Now I hear that there's something called Kodiak heaters. I have scanned the 
>net, without finding any information.
The Kodiak is a kind of heater fitted to some LRs.  I have one, and it is
very powerful indeed.  Rovers North in the USA (Vermont) also advertises a
heavy-duty heater.

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