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1 Lloyd Allison [lloyd@cs.18disc brake conversions
2 Benjamin Allan Smith [be24[not specified]
3 petrova [petrova@loop.co63Commercial Plug
4 Solihull@aol.com 19Re: VR-Generator Continuum
5 Solihull@aol.com 19Re: Anti-Corrosion Coatings, Take 2!
6 Solihull@aol.com 18Shrapnel! was: socket wrench question
7 Solihull@aol.com 20Re: Bonnet spare carrier
8 D90Dan@aol.com 7Re: Commercial Plug
9 lopezba@atnet.at 32Re: Bonnet spare carrier
10 David Rosenbaum [rosenba26Unidentified wrenches
11 David Rosenbaum [rosenba2[not specified]
12 Rick Grant [rgrant@cadvi22Hornby Island?
13 lopezba@atnet.at 27Re: Paint
14 lopezba@atnet.at 2[not specified]
15 myk [johnsonm@borg.com> 86Hot Tools
16 Jeff & Laura Kessler [lm22Land Rover toys
17 ericz@cloud9.net 15Re: Bonnet brigade
18 rover@pinn.net (Alexande24"Stainless" exhausts
19 Allan Smith [smitha@cand17Re: Bonnet spare carrier
20 Solihull@aol.com 21Re: Painting Prep. Observations (Goldenrod?)
21 Greg Moore [gmoore@islan14Re: Bonnet spare carrier
22 Greg Moore [gmoore@islan28Re: Hornby Island?
23 Jim Pappas [roverhed@m3.26RE: Land Rover Music
24 Garret Scott [scottgs@us17Re: Commercial Plug
25 Wdcockey@aol.com 37Re: Unidentified wrenches
26 faurecm@halcyon.com (C. 23Re: Spare tire mount on bonnet
27 Alan Logue [Logue@a011.a32Re: fuel/temp guage problems
28 Alan Logue [Logue@a011.a26[not specified]


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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 20:58:16 +1000 (EST)
From: Lloyd Allison <lloyd@cs.monash.edu.au>
Subject: disc brake conversions

Someone used to sell disc brake kits here (Melbourne) about 15 years ago,
can't think who for the life of me.
Marks 4wd Adaptors   might well know although it's
not really their line.

Something different:
    I am told that there were 4 FC 101" prototypes.
One is here in Melbourne, one I think went to Canada.
They began life with 3L 6-cyl engines, ENV diffs and part-time 4WD.
I believe one got destroyed somehow.
Can anyone confirm / deny / add_to   any of the above?

Lloyd

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Subject: 101 FC prototypes 
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 04:32:42 -0700
From: Benjamin Allan Smith <bens@ridgecrest.ca.us>

In message <bulk.26376.19960817035527@Land-Rover.Team.Net>you write:

> Something different:
>     I am told that there were 4 FC 101" prototypes.
	 [ truncated by lro-digester (was 6 lines)]
> I believe one got destroyed somehow.
> Can anyone confirm / deny / add_to   any of the above?

	Talk to Dixon about the Candian prototypes.  He's seen them, as in
seen them this winter in Canada; although I recall him talking about 2 
prototypes in Canada.   At last report they were just rotting out in the
forest with an owner who didn't want to sell.

Ben
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Benjamin Smith----------bens@ridgecrest.ca.us----------1972 Land Rover SIII 88

"...If I were running such a contest, I would specifically eliminate any entry
 from Ben involving driving the [Land] Rover anywhere.  He'd drive it up the
 Amazon basin for a half can of Jolt and a stale cookie..."  --Kevin Archie

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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 06:39:34 +0000
From: petrova <petrova@loop.com>
Subject: Commercial Plug

From: D90Dan@aol.com
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 09:31:04 -0400
Subject: Re: Commercial plug

Well I had a experience with AB. This was about a year ago. I 
bought a frame
from them. When I recieved it everything( 
crossmember,outriggers,exhaust
mounts) was bent/twisted or broken off. I told the truck driver I 
would not
accept it. Well lo and behold on the freight ticket it said "frame 
has many
dents and bent parts". They shipped it in that condition!!! Well I 
called AB
and they told me to accept it and we would work it out(ie: return it 
on
another bill of lading and they would replace it). I was mad 
because of the
time it would take. Well I accepted it(mistake) and then they sent 
me a new
battery tray! Saying this was their retro.  I called and called. Never 
got a
response other than " Oh **** is woking on it". Well finally I sent 
it back
with my own money and cancelled payment on my credit card. They 
sent me a
check for the shipping(the original shipping was paid back, the 
return to
them I had to bite). I told them in not so many kind words to "Have 
a nice
day". About a week later I called RN. They ordered a frame for me, 
6 weeks
later I had a excellent frame sitting in my garage. I will NEVER use 
AB
again, not even if it meant if one of my rovers wasn't running. They 
lost a
customer with 6 rovers(I'm sure they don't care). But hopefully 
nobody else
gets the shaft from them.........I only use RN now. People who 
actually care
about what they are doing. Service after the sale gets more 
sales!!!!!
_______________________________

New to the list and I want to know.
Who is AB and RN?

Thanks,

***************
Ana Petrova
c/o Peter's Marina Motors
800 Lincoln Blvd.
Venice, California 90291
mailto:petrova@loop.com
http://EnglishCars.com
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From: Solihull@aol.com
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 12:29:44 -0400
Subject: Re: VR-Generator Continuum

Another source for Lucas VRs and Gennies:
Massey Ferguson and (I think) some of the old Ford tractors used Lucas
generators. Your local tractor folks might be able to help you, or, better
yet, refer you to their rebuilder. Generator trivia: The flywheel pilot
bearing for Volvos using the B18 or B20 engine, with the M40 or M41
transmission, is the same part number for the Lucas Generator bearings. 
Cheers!!
John Dillingham, Woodstock, GA 
73 s3 SWB
72 s3 SWB rusted parts truck, mostly picked over
66 s2a SWB soft top "Red Rover" being readied for autumn on Cape Cod
Vintage Rover Service
"Since 1994, over half a dozen satisfied customers!"

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From: Solihull@aol.com
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 12:29:55 -0400
Subject: Re: Anti-Corrosion Coatings, Take 2!

May I suggest to those of us painting our chassis, to go with grey or even
white? Picture yourself doing some undercar roadside maintenance, no
flashlight and its almost dark thirty. I've found the lighter color
underneath will help spread around available light and might be the
difference between getting fixed or calling a wrecker. Just one of those
little precautions one can take, an hopefully never use. Doesn't cost
anymore, either.
Cheers!!John Dillingham, Woodstock, GA 
73 s3 SWB
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 half a dozen satisfied customers!"

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From: Solihull@aol.com
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 12:30:00 -0400
Subject: Shrapnel! was: socket wrench question 

>> Lovely chrome plated shrapnel!
All other things metallurgically equal, alloy amount of temper, Etc, a chrome
anything is more brittle than bare or painted. Chroming process sort of
'pickles' the outer surface. I guess that's why there's so little of that
inferior, brittle, chrome stuff on our trucks! Clever; those Rover
engineers!!
John Dillingham, Woodstock, GA 
73 s3 SWB
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 half a dozen satisfied customers!"

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From: Solihull@aol.com
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 12:29:50 -0400
Subject: Re: Bonnet spare carrier

I've had all three bonnet style at one time or another. The steel skeleton
for the deluxe dished is different than the one sans dish, which is the one I
have now. I keep the spare on the rear door, but my truck also has the
bulkhead mount. If I really felt the need to carry three spares, I could pop
the standard bonnet on. I wish we knew what these things had for accessories
when they hit port. There are two other 88sws around here within twenty of my
trucks vin. They also have the rear kit and the bar on the bulkhead.
Cheers!!
John Dillingham, Woodstock, GA 
73 s3 SWB
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 half a dozen satisfied customers!"

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From: D90Dan@aol.com
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 12:31:54 -0400
Subject: Re: Commercial Plug

Different Parts vendors.............

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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 18:44:12 +0200
From: lopezba@atnet.at
Subject: Re: Bonnet spare carrier

Clinton "Duhh"glas Coates asked:

>Can the bonnet spare carrier be 
>installed on one of the rounded
>edge bonnets without the flat
>dished out area in the centre?

And Jens Vesterdahl from beautiful Copenhagen answered:
Well, pop rivets will fasten anything to anything very easily :-)

The problem is that the spare wheel is only touches the bonnet in the middle 
and 
sort of wobbles from side to side. I guess that eventually the whole thing will 
break, but back in 1982 I travelled for half a year in Africa with a spare 
mounted on a rounded bonnet like that and nothing broke then.

And my two cents/oere worth: L-R sold these four lovely little rubber blocks 
that sit round the spare carrier to give the tyre some support. They were 
rectangular on S I's, and at some later point they were round. The 
rectangular ones should sit at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock, not sure about the 
round ones.

If you are short, the bonnet-mounted spare wheel might be a problem.
Good Land-Rovering
Peter Hirsch
SI 107in S/W
Vienna, Austria (officially 1,000 years old this November 1)

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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 09:58:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Rosenbaum <rosenbau@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Unidentified wrenches 

At a Seattle second-hand store, I found two double open-ended wrenches,
"Made in England" with a trade-mark consisting of a circle with a line
through the middle (dividing the circle into upper and lower halves).
There is a 'T' in the upper half and a 'W' in the lower half.
Each wrench says 'superslim' on the backside. One is noted as a 'B2' and
the other a 'B5'. They have a black finish, with some RUST showing (so
maybe LR related??)

Sizes are stated as follows:
1/2 W  9/16BSF  (seems close to 15/16 SAE)
7/16W  1/2 BSF  (seems close to 27/32 SAE)

3/8 W  7/16BSF  (seems close to 23/32 SAE)
5/16W  3/8 BSF  (seems close to 19/32 SAE)

Does anybody know who made these? Are my estimates of the sizes correct?
I assume that 'W' stands for Whitworth, what is 'BSF'?

Best wishes,
David Rosenbaum
'94 NAS D90, now with two 'superslim' wrenches in the passenger seat box.

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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 11:11:35 -0600
From: Rick Grant <rgrant@cadvision.com>
Subject: Hornby Island?

Hi Greg, I couldn't help but notice your address.

>Cheers, Greg
>Comox, B.C.  where we don't know from bonnets or boots but colour is 
>spelled with a "u" just the same!

Would you happen, by any chance, to be the guy with a IIa 88 who I chatted
with last January on the Hornby-Denman ferry?

In any case I'll bet you're the only one of the list who would recognise the
name of my SII as Hornby's postal code.
 

			Rick Grant

rgrant@cadvision.com	1959, SII   "VORIZO"
Calgary, Canada

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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 19:16:02 +0200
From: lopezba@atnet.at
Subject: Re: Paint

David wrote -

>Can some one please help with some paint questions, dose anyone have a =
>list of paint color's for S1 and 2 Land Rovers with manufactures names =
>of paint or numbers? Thanks in advance.

Here are some paint codes from Herberts for Series I's:

Bronze Green   0428
Ivory          0416
RAF Blue       37262
Dove Grey      37263

Hope you can get these in the States. The tropical roofs on S I Station 
Wagons were all Ivory, the S II changed to Limestone. If you need any S I 
details, email me directly, I just worked through the James Taylor book and 
have them all listed.

As I said not so long ago, take a panel with the original paint along and 
compare them in daylight. Do not trust codes, or people who mix colours from 
them.
Good luck

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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 16:31:54 -0400
From: myk <johnsonm@borg.com>
Subject: Hot Tools

I have been lurking in the group since Feb and haven't seen the tool list so
I thought I would send it.  If you've seen it sorry for the bandwidth...
Shamelessly stolen from another listserver...

Forget the Snap-On Tools truck; it's never there when you need it. Besides,
there are only ten things in this world you need to fix any car, any place,
any time.

1. Duct Tape: Not just a tool, a veritable Swiss Army knife in stickum and
plastic.  It's safety wire, body material, radiator hose, upholstery,
insulation, tow rope, and more in one easy-to-carry package.  Sure, there's
a prejudice surrounding duct tape in concourse competitions, but in the real
world everything from LeMans-winning Porsches to Atlas rockets uses it by
the yard.  The only thing that can get you out of more scrapes is a quarter
and a phone booth.

2. Vice-Grips: Equally adept as a wrench, hammer, pliers, baling wire
twister, breaker-off of frozen bolts, and wiggle-it-till-it-falls off tool.
The heavy artillery of your toolbox, Vice Grips are the only tool designed
expressly to fix things screwed up beyond repair.

3. Spray Lubricants: A considerably cheaper alternative to new doors,
alternators, and other squeaky items.  Slicker than pig phlegm.  Repeated
soakings of WD-40 will allow the main hull bolts of the Andrea Dora to be
removed by hand.  Strangely enough, an integral part of these sprays is the
infamous little red tube that flies out of the nozzle  if you look at it
cross-eyed, one of the ten worst tools of all time. 

4. Margarine Tubs With Clear Lids: If you spend all your time under the hood
looking for a frendle pin that caromed off the peedle valve when you knocked
both off the air cleaner, it's because you eat butter.  Real mechanics
consume pounds of tasteless vegetable oil replicas, just so they can use the
empty tubs for parts containers afterward.  (Some, of course, chuck the
butter-colored goo altogether or use it to repack wheel bearings.) Unlike
air cleaners and radiator lips, margarine tubs aren't connected by a
time/space wormhole to the Parallel Universe of Lost Frendle Pins.

5. Big Rock At The Side Of The Road: Block up a tire.  Smack corroded
battery terminals.  Pound out a dent.  Bop nosy know-it-all types on the
noodle.  Scientists have yet to develop a hammer that packs the raw banging
power of granite or limestone.  This is the only tool with  which a "made in
India" emblem is not synonymous with the user's maiming.

6. Plastic Zip Ties: After twenty years of lashing down stray hoses and
wires with old bread ties, some genius brought a slightly slicked up version
to the auto parts market.  Fifteen zip ties can transform a hulking mass of
amateur-quality rewiring from a working model of the Brazilian rain forest
into something remotely resembling a wiring harness.  Of course, it works
both ways.  When buying used cars, subtract $100.00 for each zip tie under
the hood.

7. Ridiculously Large Standard Screwdriver With Lifetime Guarantee: Let's
admit it.  There's nothing better for prying, chiseling,  lifting, breaking,
splitting, or mutilating than a huge flat-bladed  screwdriver, particularly
when wielded with gusto and a big hammer.  This is also the tool of choice
for oil filters so insanely located they can only be removed by driving a
stake in one side and out the other.  If you break the screwdriver - and you
will, just like Dad or your shop teacher said - who cares?  It's guaranteed.

8. Baling Wire: Commonly known as MG muffler brackets, baling wire holds
anything that's too hot for tape or ties.  Like duct tape, it's not
recommended for concourse contenders since it works so well you'll never
replace it with the right thing again.  Baling wire is a sentimental
favorite in some circles, particularly with MG, Triumph, and flathead Ford set.

9. Bonking Stick: This monstrous tuning fork with devilishly pointy ends is
technically known as a tie-rod-end separator, but how often do you separate
tie-ends?  Once every decade, if you're lucky.  Other than medieval combat,
its real use is the all purpose application of undue force, not unlike that
of the huge flat-bladed screwdriver.  Nature doesn't know the bent metal
panel or frozen exhaust pipe that can stand up to a good bonking stick. (Can
also be used to separate tie-rod ends in a pinch, of course, but does a
lousy job of it.)

10. A Quarter and a Phone Booth:
(See #1 above.)

Cheers,  Mike Johnson
'74 SIII 88 (Chester)

http://www.borg.com/~johnsonm

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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 19:54:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Jeff & Laura Kessler <lmkessler@srnet.com>
Subject: Land Rover toys

I just bought a new LR.

A 1/60 scale D90 (looks closer to a D100) by Majorite.  It is No. 266.

It was $.99 US in Ames (like a K-Mart).

Also, in the August flyer from EWA & Miniature Cars USA Inc, they show a
Solido S3 109 and trailer set, in yellow with the 109 labeled "forest
patrol" or something in French.  Scale 1/43, $19 US.  P/N SOL3134.

EWA is at 1-800-392-4454, ewa@ewacars.com or http://www.ewacars.com.

I would get this but I just got a green one though LROshop (but no trailer).

Jeff Kessler
1988 Range Rover
Newport NH USA   603-863-7883

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From: ericz@cloud9.net
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 20:17:56 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Bonnet brigade

To add to the fray about bonnets:
I've got three 88" station wagons sitting in my yard.  Each of them seems to be 
original (two late IIa. one early III, all U.S. sepc.) and they each have both 
the bonnet mount and the rear tire carrier...one even has the interior tire 
carrier as well!  

Was Rover buying its tires from Lucas or something?

Eric

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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 20:25:53 -0400
From: rover@pinn.net (Alexander P. Grice)
Subject: "Stainless" exhausts

I'd like to know if anyone else is running with the Double S "stainless 
steel" exhaust system.  Just replaced the intermediate pipe with plain ol' 
carbon steel.  The intermediate pipe had been repaired four times (the last 
one a temporary 'field' repair that lasted two months) while the muffler has 
been welded twice.  In all but one situation, the flanges separated from the 
pipe; once, the pipe broke through as neatly and cleanly as if cut with a 
plasma torch.  Anyway, the sysyem was supposedly "guaranteed for life" 
(whatever that means) but it ain't stainless.... a magnet sticks to it.

Anyone else using these pipes?

      *----"Jeep may be famous, LAND-ROVER is Legendary"----*
      |               A. P. (Sandy) Grice                   |
      |     Rover Owners' Association of Virginia, Ltd.     |
      |    1633 Melrose Parkway, Norfolk, VA 23508-1730     |
      |  E-mail: rover@pinn.net  Phone: 757-622-7054 (Day)  |
      |    757-423-4898 (Evenings)    FAX: 757-622-7056     |
      |                                                     |
      *----1972 Series III 88"------1996 Discovery SE-7 ----*

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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 20:51:08 -0500
From: Allan Smith <smitha@candw.lc>
Subject: Re: Bonnet spare carrier

On Sat, 17 Aug 1996, lopezba@atnet.at wrote:

>And my two cents/oere worth: L-R sold these four lovely little rubber blocks 
>that sit round the spare carrier to give the tyre some support. They were 
>rectangular on S I's, and at some later point they were round. 

A round type rubber buffer is still (mostly) standard on ROW-spec Defender 
pickups and may be the right height for earlier dished bonnets. I'll have to 
change mine next year as they do wear down in rough conditions.
Part no. MRC 4619
Cheers
Allan

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From: Solihull@aol.com
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 21:43:24 -0400
Subject: Re: Painting Prep. Observations (Goldenrod?)

My experience with these strippers is that it works best when applied by one
brush stroke and left to sit til it does its thing. The kind I used said so
on the can, but I didn't believe it till I had wasted a few brushes full.
When I stripped the tan paint from my 88 two years ago, the stripper went all
the way to the aluminum on the top and topsides, but only to the original
limestone on the rest of the body. I still don't know why. BTW, keep this
stuff away from plastic lenses; another lesson I learned the hard way, on s3
taillight lenses [actually made of unobtainium!  :-(  ] We live and learn!!
Cheers!!
John Dillingham, Woodstock, GA 
73 s3 SWB
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 half a dozen satisfied customers!"

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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 18:51:02 -0700
From: Greg Moore <gmoore@island.net>
Subject: Re: Bonnet spare carrier

Peter wrote:

> If you are short, the bonnet-mounted spare wheel might be a problem.

And if you didn't eat your wheaties for breakfast forget about checking 
the oil.

Cheers, Greg (filling station attendant: would you mind pulling the hood 
latch;  Greg: what latch!)

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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 19:23:14 -0700
From: Greg Moore <gmoore@island.net>
Subject: Re: Hornby Island?

Rick wrote:

> Hi Greg, I couldn't help but notice your address.

> Would you happen, by any chance, to be the guy with a IIa 88 who I chatted
> with last January on the Hornby-Denman ferry?

Yes! I think. If memory serves it was the Buckley Bay-Denman ferry. I see 
you're writing from Calgary. I was certain the fellow I spoke with was 
from Ottawa. Can there be two of me? or you?

If I had to guess I'd say we have indeed met. Just to be certain, my SWB 
has dark green doors on a light green body.
 
> In any case I'll bet you're the only one of the list who would recognise the
> name of my SII as Hornby's postal code.

Yes, I guess we both know where home is for you ;-)

Glad to know you're on the list Rick. The next time you're out this way 
give me a holler.

Cheers, Greg

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From: Jim Pappas <roverhed@m3.pcix.com>
Subject: RE: Land Rover Music
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 23:07:39 -0400
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Or how `bout AC-DC's *Highway to Hell*

cheers
Jim

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From: 	Reto Rolli[SMTP:/I=RER/G=Reto/S=Rolli/OU=INT$/SF$/AGEA/@SF.admin.ch]
Sent: 	Friday, August 16, 1996 6:12 AM
Subject: 	Land Rover Music

Hi there

How about AC-DC' s "Cover You  in Oil" ?  :-)

Reto

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Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 00:04:02 -0400
From: Garret Scott <scottgs@usit.net>
Subject: Re: Commercial Plug

I learned a long time ago (17 years), rather than send my money to AP, 
it's far less aggravating to step into my bathroom and throw my money 
in the toddy.  It's also a quicker, less painful way to dispose of it.  

I learned 10 years ago DAP is not much different, but if you hold their 
feet to the fire, you'll eventually be satisfied. 

RN and BP are the best.  Outstanding service.  Call Lanny for details..

Garret

~67 Air-Portable

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From: Wdcockey@aol.com
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 00:41:32 -0400
Subject: Re: Unidentified wrenches 

Davis has been visiting the second tool shops and found some British
wrenches:

>1/2 W  9/16BSF  (seems close to 15/16 SAE)
>7/16W  1/2 BSF  (seems close to 27/32 SAE)
	 [ truncated by lro-digester (was 8 lines)]
>Does anybody know who made these? Are my estimates of the sizes correct?
>I assume that 'W' stands for Whitworth, what is 'BSF'?

The W does stand for Whitworth and the BSF is British Standard Fine. There is
a rational reason for two sizes given at each end. The Whitworth/BSF system
specifies the head size for cap screws (bolts) dependent on the bolt diameter
and coarse thread (W) or fine thread (BSF). The wrench sizes are specified in
terms of the bolt size they fit. Most of the sizes are not close to a
standard fractional inch "across flats" size as used in the USS/USF/SAE
system. One or two are close to a metric bolt size. Note that both
SAE/USC/USF and metric use the across flats dimension as the tool size. For
BSF/W that dimension is considerably larger than the nominal tool size. Now
the clever part. The actual head size on a BSF bolt is the same as the next
larger size Whitworth. BTW, there is another British system, BA, commonly
used for electrical and the like. It is similar to BSF/W. Also, the threads
are a different pitch on BSF/W than SAE/etc.

A collection of BSF/W wrenches are very useful on older LRs. Our SIIs have
BSF/W scattered throughout, and certain (common) sizes required a proper
wrench unless a crescent wrench will fit.

Also, to confuse the mechanic (me) more, metric has been added. Replacement
engine  mounts now have metric threads.

David Cockey

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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 23:05:24 -0700
From: faurecm@halcyon.com (C. Marin Faure)
Subject: Re: Spare tire mount on bonnet

>I think in general if the car came with a rear mounted spare tyre carrier,
>the bonnet came without the mounting gear.

I bought my Series III Model 88 new in 1973.  It was delivered from the
dealer with the spare tire mounted to the back of the bulkhead behind the
front seats.  It also had a full spare tire mount on the standard (no lip)
hood (bonnet) and a bracket for mounting the spare tire on the rear door,
which was fitted with a plate to accept the bracket.  I have never used the
rear door mount as I've heard it puts a tremendous strain on the door
hinges and door assembly, and I removed the simple mounting clamp from the
seat bulkhead.  I have always carried the tire on the hood.  I would think
if a spare tire mount is installed on the deluxe hood without a depression,
there would be no problems with rocking if the four rubber tire supports
are mounted around the bracket.

Marin Faure
  '73 LR Series III 88
  '91 RR Vogue SE

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Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 16:06:55 +0900
From: Alan Logue <Logue@a011.aone.net.au>
Subject: Re: fuel/temp guage problems

I had a problem with my Series III temp gauge that was consistently reading
in the red, even on normal days

I ended up pulling out and replacing the thermostat and water pump, as well
as removing and flushing the radiator. Still nothing. Then I took out the
combo gauge and cleaned it all up internally and changed the voltage
stabiliser - still nothing. Then I put in 2 extra earth wires, straight from
the gauges to bare metal and problem solved. The earth checked out OK when I
tested it, but the extra meaty ones sure did the trick.

At 10:16 17/8/96 -0700, you wrote:
>Have a SIII, which I am about to sell, that has a problem with the fuel and
>temp guages that I would like to sort out before passing it on.  Both do not
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>how to approach a cure?  If anyone does have a suggestion, be precise as I
>am "technically and mechanically challenged" according to my wife.  TIA.
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  |          |				Alan Logue
 _|__________|_____			South Australia
| |  _____   | |    \   _____		Ex Australian Army
| | |_____|  | |_____\_|_____|		Fitted For Radio
| [] 4MP COY []|     |        |  	Military Police
|   ____       | FFR | ____   |		Long Wheel Base
|__//  \\______|_____|//  \\__|		1978 Model
    \__/               \__/

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Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 16:11:09 +0900
From: Alan Logue <Logue@a011.aone.net.au>

Today I was driving home behind a CJ series J**p and had time to study the
spring bushes in the rear springs, and it got me wondering!!!!!
In my Series III it has the same bushes as every other Land Rover- a steel
outer with a steel inner tube and rubber bushing between the two. When the
bush is fitted correctly, the rubber bends and flexes with the springs to
give the suspension that we are all so happy with(!).
This whole system uses NO lubrication.
Why then does the J**p have grease nipples on the spring bushes? Is their
set up so different to the Land Rover?
Why not use this on LR's?
Can anyone enlighten me?
  |          |
  |          |				Alan Logue
 _|__________|_____			South Australia
| |  _____   | |    \   _____		Ex Australian Army
| | |_____|  | |_____\_|_____|		Fitted For Radio
| [] 4MP COY []|     |        |  	Military Police
|   ____       | FFR | ____   |		Long Wheel Base
|__//  \\______|_____|//  \\__|		1978 Model
    \__/               \__/

No matter where you are bogged, the RED CAPS will find you!!!

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