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1 | Easton Trevor [Trevor_Ea | 37 | Defender CKD -NOT |
2 | marsden@digicon-egr.co.u | 24 | Gearboxes, continued |
3 | "Herman L. Stude" [herma | 6 | lack of mail |
4 | ericz@cloud9.net | 17 | Re: Trade Tropical Roof for Soft Top |
5 | "Jeffrey B. Aronson" [76 | 6 | Returned mail: User unknown |
6 | William Caloccia [calocc | 41 | [not specified] |
7 | Easton Trevor [Trevor_Ea | 52 | [not specified] |
8 | "Con P. Seitl" [seitl@ns | 17 | Valve Guides |
9 | "Con P. Seitl" [seitl@ns | 9 | Where did Everybody go?? |
10 | nobile@up.spin.it | 10 | 90 diesel |
11 | Easton Trevor [Trevor_Ea | 18 | Unsubsciption woes |
12 | Simon Ward-Hastelow [sim | 30 | [not specified] |
13 | Simon Ward-Hastelow [sim | 62 | [not specified] |
14 | Jeremy Bartlett [bartlet | 17 | Cost of ARB installation |
15 | "Tom Walsh" [tomw@best.c | 28 | Re: Cost of ARB installation |
16 | "Tom Walsh" [tomw@best.c | 34 | Re: Cost of ARB installation ( which dealer ) |
17 | "Tom Walsh" [tomw@best.c | 34 | Re: Cost of ARB installation ( which dealer ) |
18 | "Tom Walsh" [tomw@best.c | 61 | Re: Tom- Half Shafts |
19 | debrown@srp.gov | 42 | Cost of ARB installation |
20 | Jeff Gauvin [jeffg@miner | 22 | Re: Cost of ARB installation |
21 | Joe Ankeny [jankeny@expr | 6 | [not specified] |
22 | "Con P. Seitl" [seitl@ns | 11 | Re: 2.25 ltr Engine Head |
23 | "Con P. Seitl" [seitl@ns | 12 | Re: Valve Guides |
24 | "Tom Walsh" [tomw@best.c | 38 | Re: Tom- Half Shafts, the deal with the diff |
25 | "Alan DuBoff" [aland@ibm | 21 | Oysters on the half shaft |
26 | rover@pinn.net (Alexande | 66 | B B & B Tour |
27 | Don MacDonald [don@direc | 27 | coil conversion |
28 | Greg Moore [gmoore@islan | 35 | Re: coil conversion |
29 | Ian Otty [imo@nelson.kcc | 19 | Disk brakes for leaf sprung Land Rover???? |
30 | "Stefan R. Jacob" [SJaco | 19 | Re: Competition... |
31 | Dean Cording [dean@holly | 19 | Patches |
From: Easton Trevor <Trevor_Easton@dofasco.ca> Subject: Defender CKD -NOT Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 08:46:00 -0500 I followed up with great interest the post about Defender CKDs. The number from the article had been disconnected (I wonder why) so I contacted Land Rover UK via their general fax number. There was a prompt response from a Mr Simon Maris, manager -NSC markets . The reply boiled down to this:- The original article was a hoax. Land Rover are not facing any production crises. Land Rover's workforce has been expanded. The Range Rover is built in a different facility and has no impact on Defender production. There is no attempt to dissaude a Defender buyer by pushing the Discovery. The Defender is "the definitive utility vehicle". The Discovery is aimed at the leisure vehicle market. Dealers have no assembly mechanism for CKD kits. The contact number was from their computer systems area. Basically a non story. BUT !!!!! LRNA if you read this. IT WAS A NICE IDEA. ------------------------------[ <- Message 2 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: marsden@digicon-egr.co.uk (Richard Marsden) Subject: Gearboxes, continued Date: Wed, 26 Mar 97 13:54:46 GMT Tried all sorts of combinations, including putting the bellhousing on without the synchro: Still locks up. Looks like the front end of the mainshaft is acting as a clutch against the inside of the input shaft. Hammering the input shaft with a soft hammer has helped a little, although this could be my imagination. This is getting frustrating! Anyone any ideas? (also looking for volunteers to put help put the 'box in over Easter...) Richard (ex-Gurkha SIII 109 FFR that *might* move this March) > Anway, the problem that's holding me up: > When I put the bell-housing on, everything is fine, but as I tighten the four [ truncated by list-digester (was 34 lines)] > PS: Voluntary gearbox lifting duty is aimed for Easter Sunday or Monday if > anyone wants some exercise! :-) ------------------------------[ <- Message 3 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 08:40:34 -0600 From: "Herman L. Stude" <hermans@krts.com> Subject: lack of mail Help I haven't received any mail, do I need to resubscribe? ------------------------------[ <- Message 4 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: ericz@cloud9.net Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 09:57:50 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Trade Tropical Roof for Soft Top Dave, I've got the soft-top (no hoops) but if you want to trade, I may be interested. Do you have anything else to exchange? I really don't need a trop top. Rgds, Eri _______________________________________________________________________ Eric Zipkin Bedford, NY USA * ericz@cloud9.net * www.cloud9.net/~ericz SIII 109" V8 Hardtop * SII 109" SW (since new) * '63 Triumph Spitfire SIIA 88" (project car) * '67 Mini-Moke * '94 Car Trailer: "NOT FOR HIRE" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------[ <- Message 5 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: 26 Mar 97 10:03:14 EST From: "Jeffrey B. Aronson" <76255.2146@CompuServe.COM> Subject: Returned mail: User unknown ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- ------------------------------[ <- Message 6 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Subject: Updated and revised web site -- HOW TO GET LOST DIGESTS Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 10:50:37 -0500 From: William Caloccia <caloccia@OpenMarket.com> Hi all, The changes which have been brewing on the secondary web site http://www2.land-rover.team.net/ have now been pushed to the main webserver also, (whose offical address is ) note that '~majordomo/lr' is no longer necessary (nor supported !) The digest of daily mail to almost any list is available from today.html and you can view thos 'lost issues' from this past weekend there too ! For those of you heading to Assateague, MD on apr 5/6 I'll see ya there. And if ya see 793 PTA on the mass pike or Rt 20 this weekend give us a wave ((or a tow !!)) Cheers, Bill Caloccia wpc@Caloccia.Net http://www.Caloccia.Net/wpc/ R http://www.Land-Rover.Team.Net/ R 1 3 2wd H D +--|--| o | L 3 Land Rovers First 2 4 4wd L | 2 because '63 SIIa RHD 88" H 1 Land Rovers Last 793-PTA '90 RR County PS If the white Disco who flashed the green RR somewhere between Manchester Vt and Cambridge NY this last sunday after noon is a reader, then I'll say 'Howdy !' ------------------------------[ <- Message 7 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Easton Trevor <Trevor_Easton@dofasco.ca> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 12:09:00 -0500 >From Todays Electronic Telegraph BMW's ?600m fuel for Rover By Andrew Cave BMW is to step up investment at Rover, its British car subsidiary, by 33pc to ?600m this year, the German group announced yesterday. The investment plans were revealed in Munich as BMW announced that Rover made a loss of Dm279m - ?105m - under German accounting rules last year, compared with a Dm335m loss in 1995. BMW, which bought Rover for ?800m in March 1994, does not expect the business to make profits before the turn of the century. However, the company is increasing investment at Rover from ?450m last year, mainly at the Solihull Land Rover plant and the Cowley works in Oxford. BMW said this is part of its plan to improve efficiency and declined to comment on new models. However, the higher investment will be linked to Solihull for the new Land Rover Freelander, to be launched in Frankfurt this October, and steps to replace the Cowley-built 800 and 600 models at the end of next year. Rover's turnover last year advanced from ?5.7 billion to ?6.5 billion as sales increased by 5pc to 507,254 vehicles. More than half this total was exported, with sales up 16.5pc to 174,900 in Europe, helped by a 66pc increase in Germany to 21,700 and a 21pc rise in Italy, now Rover's biggest European market, to 46,672. Sales in the struggling French market fell from 45,640 to 35,574 while Rover's sales outside Europe increased by 19pc to 95,516. BMW's operating profits increased by 21pc to ?630m last year. In the first quarter of this year, its revenues rose by 22pc to ?5.3 billion while Rover's were up by 21pc to ?1.3 billion. BMW chairman Bernd Pischetsrieder said these growth rates were allied to new product launches and would not be sustainable over the full yea ------------------------------[ <- Message 8 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 03:03:01 -0800 From: "Con P. Seitl" <seitl@ns.sympatico.ca> Subject: Valve Guides The story goes on.... Checked on my valve guides on hand and crossed them to make sure I've got the right ones, just to be safe. Well... I've got guides that don't have the same part #'s as my parts catalogue. Maybe some-one can check these out, see if what I got I should be using. Part #'s are : 568686 , 568689 , 568687 , and 568688. There seem to be 2 exhaust and 2 inlet, but for what? Regards, Con Seitl 1973 III 88 "Pig" 1962 II 88 "Millie" ------------------------------[ <- Message 9 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 03:15:49 -0800 From: "Con P. Seitl" <seitl@ns.sympatico.ca> Subject: Where did Everybody go?? Haven't had any mail for about 2 days now. Could have got bumped off the list. How do I resubscribe?You'll have to mail me direct. Con Seitl ------------------------------[ <- Message 10 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: nobile@up.spin.it Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 20:27:41 +0100 (MET) Subject: 90 diesel Has anybody succeded in adding an intercooler to a 90 diesel with turbocharger? Thanks from Albert Nobile ------------------------------[ <- Message 11 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Easton Trevor <Trevor_Easton@dofasco.ca> Subject: Unsubsciption woes Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 14:55:00 -0500 Having spent some time and amusement wondering at the woes of those so dumb they couldn't do a simple thing like unsubscribe, I now find the boot (reboot?) is on the other foot. All attempts to unsubscribe seem to be thwarted. I think I've tried every possible combination of name, email address, upper and lower case, server and website. Every time I get messages from Majordomo that I'm not a subscriber or that the message wasn't understood. It won't tell me (who) the name I'm subscribed under because I'm not a subscriber!! Yet I get the digest every day that it is working. Any useful suggestions by DIRECTemail please. trevor_easton@dofasco.ca or teaston@dqc2.dofasco.ca ------------------------------[ <- Message 12 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Subject: RE: mini Date: Wed, 26 Mar 97 20:01:26 -0000 From: Simon Ward-Hastelow <simon.110.v8@dial.pipex.com> >Of course, there is no real reason to kill off the Mini if >you are still selling them in large enough volume to make a profit, the [ truncated by list-digester (was 6 lines)] >be produced by British Motor Heritage Trust, just as they are doing with >MGB, Midget, etc shells and body parts. The rumour is that BMW are setting up the mini as a Marque in its own right and not under the 'Rover' umbrella. There is currently a big push with marketing the mini - not the car, interestingly enough, but the legend, Rover now supplies literally hundreds of extra accessories and min branded merchandise even though the car will only last a further two years at best. Theoretically BMW could sell-off the current mini to an independent manufacturer before Rover comes up with a small car replacement, several of which have been featured in the UK motoring press. As most of the mini production goes to Japan they are hotly rumoured to purchase the rights to this car. The only link this would have to Landrovers is that BMW seem very keen to resurect British Motoring legends and old names, Austin, MG, Riley, Wolsley etc especially for export and as part of such a drive the Landrover production seems assured indefinately but whether the line-up will consist of three or four models no-one knows. Simon Ward-Hastelow ------------------------------[ <- Message 13 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Subject: V8 Camshaft change Date: Wed, 26 Mar 97 20:01:20 -0000 From: Simon Ward-Hastelow <simon.110.v8@dial.pipex.com> Well I finally got around to changing the Camshaft on my 85 110 V8 and guess what, nothing went drastically wrong and apart from the anticipated problems I couldn't find anything wrong with the beating heart that powers my beautiful 'Dorothy' As you can probably tell I'm feeling quite pleased with myself at the moment. I decided to do the job myself, with assistance from a Landrover owning friend, partly to save money but also to see exactly what a V8 looks like when stripped to a miriad of bits. I bought a new Camshaft, Hydraulic Lifters, Timing Chain and wheels, Push rods, rocker arms, head bolts, and all gaskets to complete (including head gaskets - not really necessary but I decided to whip the heads off anyway) The cam was very worn after 95,000 miles (150,000km) but everything else seemed just fine, the rocker Arms I was supplied with were very inferior items compared to what was already fitted, the originals had hardened tips for the valves and hardened cups for the push-rods, the new ones I bought were just one-piece castings and very rough they looked to when comparing them with the originals (they have been returned to the supplier) The whole job took me four days with my friend helping for two, but every item removed was cleaned, inspected and either refurbished or replaced and I'm sure we removed far more bits than strictly necessary for a basic Cam change. The reason for the Cam change was that the V8 was starting to sound like an old farm tractor rather than a Landrover engine, very rough. HOWEVER when we were stripping it down the reason for the rough noises was found to be holes in corroded Air manifold pipes These push air into the exhaust manifold as a way of reducing the emissions - yes it is a fix - it just adds air to the exhaust so the parts per million of particulates is less - it actually does nothing to reduce the emmissions. Anyway a couple of these pipes had holes in them so air was escaping and making the whole thing sound rough. A coule of other problems we encountered but luckily managed to rectify without too much hassle was; 1. The new Camshaft had a different thread to the old one so the fixing bolt did not fit (the correct bolt is not supplied unless asked for apparently) we did find a suitable replacement though. 2. Dorothy's previous owner had managed to cross-thread a couple of the manifold bolts - very easy with steel bolts and alloy heads so we had to tap larger holes and use larger bolts to re-assemble 3. Everything, and I mean everything, was covered in thick black sludge that seems to have hardened at some point in the preceding years, probably due to lack of regular oil changes by the previous owner - but now everything is spotlessly clean. It now runs beautifully, very smooth and a lot quieter, the whole thing was quite easy (with a good tool set) just a bit fiddly, and I saved over 100quid by doing it myself rather than paying someone else to do it, and they probably wouldn' have done half the extra work we did. If it all falls apart in the next couple of weeks I will let you know Simon Ward-Hastelow ------------------------------[ <- Message 14 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 11:47:10 -0800 From: Jeremy Bartlett <bartlett@slip.net> Subject: Cost of ARB installation Does anyone out there have a ball park cost (labor only) for installation of an ARB unit? I've got together the parts and was hoping to install it myself but I'm so squeezed for time that I'm thinking of handing the job over to the dealer (at least that would warranty the work). Needless to say the dealer (nor any other local) has any experience with the ARB to provide and accurate cost. Thanks for any input. Jeremy ------------------------------[ <- Message 15 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: "Tom Walsh" <tomw@best.com> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 20:11:36 +0000 Subject: Re: Cost of ARB installation I will have to dig up my SG labor cost.... I just looked but couldn't find the reciet ( I hate moving! ) From memory..... total cost $2400 $599 per ARB diff ~200 or 299 for pump the rest was diff install ( the front cost a tad more ) So 2400 - ( 600 + 600 + 300 ) = $900 bucks in labor roughly.... Tomw > Does anyone out there have a ball park cost (labor only) for > installation of an ARB unit? [ truncated by list-digester (was 14 lines)] > Thanks for any input. > Jeremy ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* Fluent Networks "Intelligent Networking Solutions" tomw@best.com 95 LR Disco "The Light Brigade" http://www.fluentnet.com *---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* ------------------------------[ <- Message 16 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: "Tom Walsh" <tomw@best.com> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 20:14:55 +0000 Subject: Re: Cost of ARB installation ( which dealer ) > Does anyone out there have a ball park cost (labor only) for > installation of an ARB unit? > I've got together the parts and was hoping to install it myself > but I'm so squeezed for time that I'm thinking of handing the > job over to the dealer (at least that would warranty the work). I'd like to know if one said they would do it..... San Jose Flatly refuses to any mods like that... kind of a major pain! My fear is that my diff may be whacked also.... which is locked and gear lowered.... so I lug it in there and one of those components is bad... then where am I? So if you know a dealer near here ( bay area ) I migh give them a ring! Tomw > Needless to say the dealer (nor any other local) has any > experience with the ARB to provide and accurate cost. > job over to the dealer (at least that would warranty the work). ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* Fluent Networks "Intelligent Networking Solutions" tomw@best.com 95 LR Disco "The Light Brigade" http://www.fluentnet.com *---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* ------------------------------[ <- Message 17 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: "Tom Walsh" <tomw@best.com> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 20:14:57 +0000 Subject: Re: Cost of ARB installation ( which dealer ) > Does anyone out there have a ball park cost (labor only) for > installation of an ARB unit? > I've got together the parts and was hoping to install it myself > but I'm so squeezed for time that I'm thinking of handing the > job over to the dealer (at least that would warranty the work). I'd like to know if one said they would do it..... San Jose Flatly refuses to any mods like that... kind of a major pain! My fear is that my diff may be whacked also.... which is locked and gear lowered.... so I lug it in there and one of those components is bad... then where am I? So if you know a dealer near here ( bay area ) I migh give them a ring! Tomw > Needless to say the dealer (nor any other local) has any > experience with the ARB to provide and accurate cost. > job over to the dealer (at least that would warranty the work). ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* Fluent Networks "Intelligent Networking Solutions" tomw@best.com 95 LR Disco "The Light Brigade" http://www.fluentnet.com *---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* ------------------------------[ <- Message 18 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: "Tom Walsh" <tomw@best.com> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 20:28:20 +0000 Subject: Re: Tom- Half Shafts sorry to pester you, but this is sort of a life/Disco crisis thing I want to inspect and or remove broken half shafts and or whacked diff due to catastrophic failure this weekend. If I remove the swivel ball ( to gain access to the shaft ) true or false: 1) I have to empty swivel ball 2) empty Diff 3) Remove 6 or so torque bolts on axle holding swivel assembly ( are they whitworth bolts.... someone said they were ) 4) remove brake caliper ( do before step 3 I bet ) 5) look at stuff in there... yank out CV joint shaft ( is it that simple ) 6) can I now also pull the inside half shaft??? 7) Now.... to look in Diff , unbolt back of diff 8) scream in horror as nasty bits of gears chewed up expensive stuff in there? or Jump for joy cus its ok. 9) remove diff ( how ) I have seen them and touched them on an open bench... but wasn't watching when it was pulled or put back in. IMPORTANT 10) so I just "explore" in there...... I want to put it all together and get it back to LR let them deal with it... 11) all I have on hand is blue and black RTV ( wife has other car ) 12) will this work as a temporary hack to get it back to the dealer or will the rtv stuff not hold for a 20 mile trip? (408) 354-1745 Tomw > Tom, > I didn't get your mail until too late to call. Do [ truncated by list-digester (was 10 lines)] > cheers, > Jeremy ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* Fluent Networks "Intelligent Networking Solutions" tomw@best.com 95 LR Disco "The Light Brigade" http://www.fluentnet.com *---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* ------------------------------[ <- Message 19 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: debrown@srp.gov Date: 26 Mar 97 13:26:00 MST Subject: Cost of ARB installation FROM: David Brown Internet: debrown@srp.gov Computer Graphics Specialist ~ S.R.P. ~ AM/FM - Graphic Records PAB219 (602)236-3544 - Pager:6486 External (602)275-2508 #6486 No actual experience, but I've heard in the range of $200-$300 per install. Maybe the first would be a little more, and the second, less, since there is only need for one compressor. Dave-the inexperienced. I count him braver who overcomes #=======# _____l___ his desires than him who conquers |__|__|__\___ //__/__|__\___ his enemies; for the hardest victory | _| | |_ |} \__ - ____ - _|} is the victory over self. -Aristotle "(_)""""""(_)" (_) (_) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 11:47:10 -0800 From: Jeremy Bartlett <bartlett@slip.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02E-KIT (Win16; U) Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: Land-Rover-Owner@playground.sun.com, mendo_recce@off-road.com Subject: Cost of ARB installation Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Does anyone out there have a ball park cost (labor only) for installation of an ARB unit? I've got together the parts and was hoping to install it myself but I'm so squeezed for time that I'm thinking of handing the job over to the dealer (at least that would warranty the work). Needless to say the dealer (nor any other local) has any experience with the ARB to provide and accurate cost. Thanks for any input. Jeremy ------------------------------[ <- Message 20 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Jeff Gauvin <jeffg@minerva.co.symbios.com> Subject: Re: Cost of ARB installation Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 13:40:32 MST : Does anyone out there have a ball park cost (labor only) for : installation of an ARB unit? : : I've got together the parts and was hoping to install it myself : but I'm so squeezed for time that I'm thinking of handing the : job over to the dealer (at least that would warranty the work). : Needless to say the dealer (nor any other local) has any : experience with the ARB to provide and accurate cost. Well, what it cost me was 4-hours labor for each diff and another 4-hours for the compressor. In retrospect, installing the compressor is something I could have done myself. -- Jeff Gauvin '94 D90 ------------------------------[ <- Message 21 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Joe Ankeny <jankeny@express-hr.com> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 15:30:21 -0600 subscribe Jankeny@express-hr.com ------------------------------[ <- Message 22 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 05:22:29 -0800 From: "Con P. Seitl" <seitl@ns.sympatico.ca> Subject: Re: 2.25 ltr Engine Head Con P. Seitl wrote: > Well, I've got the head into the remans yesterday. Having it redone with > Stelite exhaust valves, guides and hardened seats. The head Part # is [ truncated by list-digester (was 12 lines)] > 1973 III 88 "Pig" > 1962 II 88 "Millie". ------------------------------[ <- Message 23 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 05:23:33 -0800 From: "Con P. Seitl" <seitl@ns.sympatico.ca> Subject: Re: Valve Guides Con P. Seitl wrote: > The story goes on.... > Checked on my valve guides on hand and crossed them to make sure I've got [ truncated by list-digester (was 13 lines)] > Con Seitl > 1973 III 88 "Pig" > 1962 II 88 "Millie". ------------------------------[ <- Message 24 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: "Tom Walsh" <tomw@best.com> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 00:14:01 +0000 Subject: Re: Tom- Half Shafts, the deal with the diff > sorry to pester you, but this is sort of a life/Disco crisis thing > I want to inspect and or remove broken half shafts and or whacked > diff due to catastrophic failure this weekend. Various bits deleted Thanks for everyones help, Kelly Minnick, Mehdi, Jeremy, Armando, Granny, Micheal Lenaghan..... Mom, Dad ... oops wrong program ( anyone else I forgot? ) Given this is my one and only beasty ( at the moment ) not counting the wifes vehicle, tied in with the complexity of the job and the fact that I want to use sometime soon.... I have opted to bring the beast to SJLR..... They will fix it.... If it turns out to be the diff or gears they will replace it with like stuff.... This is good! I completely high pressure sprayed her clean, and about to empty her out and take the rack off..... I think it will be wise to "drop the prop" before driving it down there, as its making lots of "clunking noises" Might as well get her a quarterly bath and buffin while she's in there! Tomw ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* Fluent Networks "Intelligent Networking Solutions" tomw@best.com 95 LR Disco "The Light Brigade" http://www.fluentnet.com *---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* ------------------------------[ <- Message 25 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: "Alan DuBoff" <aland@ibm.net> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 97 16:53:05 Subject: Oysters on the half shaft On Thu, 27 Mar 1997 00:14:01 +0000, Tom Walsh wrote: >Might as well get her a quarterly bath and buffin while she's in >there! Yes, thats right Tom. In fact it's the one thing they always do a really great job on over at SJLR, they always do a great job of washing the beastie and cleaning the tires with dressing on them. Let us take a moment of silence for the "The Light Brigade", may the do as well with her oyster on the half shaft! Alan DuBoff Software Orchestration, Inc. aland@ibm.net ------------------------------[ <- Message 26 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 20:58:19 -0500 From: rover@pinn.net (Alexander P. Grice) Subject: B B & B Tour Sent this a few days ago, but it vanished into the ether.... "RULE 1: Always carry a hacksaw. You never know when you are going to need to cut off some offending bit that is no longer functional." Just got back from AOA's first "bed, breakfast and backroads" tour. In short, a resounding success with absolutely phenomenal weather. Carl Rodgerson, editor of LROI Magazine joined us (it was his first time on this side of the pond) and really enjoyed himself. Lokk for an article in July's LROI. Friday started out a bit rough. We were having an off road school on the trials course at Penlan Farm; the track was a bit greasy after several days of rain. My wife was driving the Discovery while I took some photos of Carl in the new '97 NA spec 90. Well, she failed to climb out of one ravine; on the second go, she backed into a clump of trees and on the third, stuffed the rear end into a bank and twisted the muffler/pipe into a pretzel. As the bottom bank precludes a reverse exit, the only way out was up. Finaly did a capstan winch recovery, but the only suitable rope was a 30' length of 9/16" braided dacron halyard line...added 20' of chain to make the hook-up. Now with only 25' or so to play with, it would get her right to the apex of the slope when the chain neared the bollard and each time I released tension, she would slide back down. After three "demonstrations" of capstan winch use, the Discovery was extracted by the IIa. Now this is 4:30 on a Friday afternoon. The pipe/muffler is well and truly buggered. A quick application of RULE 1, and a call to the only garage auto parts place within 20 miles yielded a 6' length of 2 1/4" flexible exhaust line that could be sleeved inside the existing pipe, cut off just aft of the front muffler. Spent the next few minites using various bits of tractor and trailers about the farmyard as mandrels to make the bends. Result: a fully functional exhaust system in under an hour for $19. I expected the 4.0 to be much louder with the "free flow" system, but surprisingly, I hadn't changed much. I see no reason to fit another muffler except to retard water ingress. (More on that in a moment.) The next several days were spent driving trails, sampling fine wines, feasting on gourmet food. Sunday at lunch, we were parked alongside the road in Goshen Pass when a Discovery drove past. You would expect that a sensible owner would at least acknowledge 7 of his kin parked in a row, but the blighter drove on past without so much as a nod. Fortunately for him, the Remington 870 was stowed away.... The real treat came Sunday afternoon: the 1,600 acre Meadow Lane Lodge on the Jackson River. Four wheel drive trails in every direction, which was good, since the trout weren't biting. The river was high/fast enough so that you needed to correct for the flow when fording. The Safari Gard bumper/skid plate pushes an awesome bow wave (the skid plate matches the cavitation hole of a proper bow wave) while the new free flow exhaust burbles melodiously. Carl took some great shots of the new '97 Defender amidst the spectacular scenery of the valley. This is a superb location: we will return. Cheers *----"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(m)---* ------------------------------[ <- Message 27 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 20:37:01 -0800 (PST) From: Don MacDonald <don@direct.ca> Subject: coil conversion I'm researching all kinds of options for a rebuild project I'm doing. Here is a list of the most recent possible mechanical combinations: (comments please!) - New Designa Chassis Coil Galvanized Frame. - 1991 Range Rover Axles and suspension. - D90 brake pedal box and Master cyl. - GMC 6.2L V8 Diesel [160HP & 290lb/ft ,298kg] (conversion kit from samurai). - Series III radiator w/electric fan or fans. - Series E or F IIA Transmission. (Disclaimer - I have no attachments with the busnesses mentioned.) Will Series-LR rims fit on Range Rover axles?? Later, DonI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don MacDonald <don@direct.ca> <http://mypage.direct.ca/d/don> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ------------------------------[ <- Message 28 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 21:29:14 -0800 From: Greg Moore <gmoore@island.net> Subject: Re: coil conversion Don MacDonald wrote: > - New Designa Chassis Coil Galvanized Frame. > - 1991 Range Rover Axles and suspension. [ truncated by list-digester (was 6 lines)] > - Series III radiator w/electric fan or fans. > - Series E or F IIA Transmission. Don, this is very close to a combination I have been considering. If you go with the 6.2l diesel, I feel the trans, transfer case, and possibly axles and driveshafts (u-joints) will be inadequate. Consider a NV4500 5spd from a '92 or newer chev 3/4 ton 4*4 mated to a Dana 300 transfer case (adapters are available from Advance Adapters among others). The centered rear output of most common transfer cases - including the Dana 300 - will necessitate an axle swap to a design with a centered pumpkin. This is an excellent opportunity to upgrade to beefier axles front and rear. I'd consider Dana 44 or 60 units. These can be had with disk brakes front and rear and the open knuckle configuration gives a better turning radius. Another combination I've been looking at is a Cummins B39 (the 4cyl version of the 6cyl in the Dodge pickups). The turbo diesel version of the 3.9 offers 120 hp and 260 ft/lbs of torque. This motor shares bellhousing bolt patterns with its larger sibling meaning the trans (which happens to be an NV4500) and transfer case from a Dodge diesel pickup could be used without adapters. Some things to think about. Cheers, Greg ------------------------------[ <- Message 29 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Ian Otty <imo@nelson.kcc.co.uk> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 97 08:16:10 GMT Subject: Disk brakes for leaf sprung Land Rover???? I am rebuilding my S111 SWB with the intention of fitting a tuned 3.5 V8. Although I have servo assist & LWB front drums, I would like more stopping power. Has anybody ever fitted disks to a series Land Rover? Is it possible? I do not want to go to coil sprung axles as my chassis is in perfect condition & I prefer the ride & handling of the leaf springs (Well, I am a LR owner!!) Also I will be fitting a Salisbury rear axle - I know that the nose of the diff needs to be angled up to suit the SWB but can this be done with wedges between the spring & axle or do I need to re-weld the spring mounts? If wedges - can anybody supply them? All thoughts gratefully received. ------------------------------[ <- Message 30 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 06:07:54 -0500 From: "Stefan R. Jacob" <SJacob@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: Competition... Dixon Kenner wrote: > Hope Kevin knows how to handle the miltitude of submission formats (Mime, > Binhex, uuencoded etc... :-)) ...and, once he's decoded them back to binary, the multitudes of graphic formats in the various resolutions (GIF,JPG,PCX,TIFF,BMP,IMG,MAC,TGA,WPG,DIB, to name but a *few*). Maybe he should've been more specific with the submission format. Happy Easter! (and no graphic Bunnies, please...) Stefan <SJacob@CompuServe.com> ------------------------------[ <- Message 31 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 22:00:07 +1100 (EST) From: Dean Cording <dean@holly.cbr.aspect.com.au> Subject: Patches Over the Easter break I am planning to repair the rusty footwells and extra holes in the frame. This will involve tasks similar to the last few welding articles in LRO (bearing in mind that we are a couple of months behind down here). The LRO articles give a fairly basic going over of the tasks but they fail the mention one important piece of information - what guage sheet steel should I use to repair the body work and the frame? Dean ============================================================================= Dean Cording ASPECT Computing P/L 86 Northbourne Ave Dean.Cording@aspect.com.au (Work) Canberra, ACT, 2601, AUSTRALIA Dean@holly.aspect.com.au (Private) ACN. 005 083 670 ------------------------------[ <- Message 32 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970327 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
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