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From: Lodelane@aol.com Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 07:32:46 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: tip of the day All, If you really want zinc washers, use the U.S. cent minted after 1983. Is a zinc slug with a copper wash. To test, use a sharp edge to remove said copper. Price, about $.01(US) each. Larry Smith Chester, VA ------------------------------[ <- Message 2 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Easton Trevor <Trevor_Easton@dofasco.ca> Subject: Defenders, Cat Threads etc Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 07:43:00 -0400 While we discuss the origin of the Defender name, I recall a picture in LRO (or was it LRW) of a 90 with a reworked badge claiming it to be an "OFFENDER". Perhaps some of our members should be renaming their vehicles. "Hi. I'm a subscriber and I drive an Offender 90", "Well I subscribe too, and mine's an Offended 110, so take your road kill recipes and @#$% off " ------------------------------[ <- Message 3 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Easton Trevor <Trevor_Easton@dofasco.ca> Subject: Destruction of coins of the realm Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 07:52:00 -0400 Adrian Redmond, wrote Maybe other LRO's of other nationality have similar recipes - anyone found 5/16" coinage yet? Then Rick Grant replied Honest to god I thought I was the only one silly enough to be doing this. I've drilled out the centers of Canadian one cent pieces (the copper allows the nut to bed really nicely), I don't know the composition of Kroner, but I do know that if you use copper and then add a little road salt you'll soon have a nice large hole to bridge. How about those nice aluminium Lira? ------------------------------[ <- Message 4 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: marsden@digicon-egr.co.uk (Richard Marsden) Subject: Re: Destruction of coins of the realm Date: Tue, 29 Apr 97 13:05:10 BST > Adrian Redmond, wrote > Maybe other LRO's of other nationality have similar recipes - anyone [ truncated by list-digester (was 14 lines)] > the nut to bed really nicely), > I don't know the composition of Kroner, but I do know that if you use Mainly fat and water! :-) > copper and then add a little road salt you'll soon have a nice large > hole to bridge. How about those nice aluminium Lira? Re: copper coated zinc cent pieces: Sounds like a battery. did anyone think that a scratch will corrode real quick (like a deep scratch on a galvanised frame, but faster)? ------------------------------[ <- Message 5 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Easton Trevor <Trevor_Easton@dofasco.ca> Subject: TARC April Fool's Errand Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 08:44:00 -0400 The Toronto Area Rover Club's April (?) Fool's Errand takes place May 10th . It was moved from April because the Niagara mud was so lubricitious last year that nobody made it past the first section. This years event should be a little less messy. Starting from the Rovers Inn just east of Fifty Road on the North Service Road of the QEW in Grimsby at about 1.30. the event will be a tour of some of the towns unimproved roads during which some pictured locations must be found and cryptic clues answered. There will be some prizes from LR Canada and the Inn provides an evening meal and maybe some entertainment. Please bring a change of shoes/boots for the restaurant afterwards. Call me at 905-945-6128 for more details. Also for your calendar The Toronto Truimph Club British Car Day at Bronte Creek Provincial Park, Oakville, Ontario. September 14th, has Land Rover as the featured marque. Lots of British Cars to see and several special LR events. More details later ------------------------------[ <- Message 6 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Jett.Hogger@prodigy.com (MR JOHN M ROSSI) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 09:40:23, -0500 Subject: unsubscribe unsubscibe Land-Rover-Owner ------------------------------[ <- Message 7 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 16:39:59 -0700 From: Adrian Redmond <channel6@post2.tele.dk> Subject: The details about gasoline which you always wanted to know... Inspired by recent discussions on the list about the composition of petrol (gasoline for the US, Benzin for Denmark) - and frustrated by my inadequacy when attempting to tune a Zenith carb, I went for a romp on the net and found this link, which, if you have the time to read it, answers most questions about petrol. http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/autos/gasoline-faq/part1/faq.html now I'd love to find something similar about diesel - come to think of it - I know it self-ignites under compression, that compression is much higher than petrol, and that it's supposed to be (or have been) a more reliable starter, but I have never been sure what the real benefits are, or why we use diesel instead of petrol. Likewise, I know little about the environmental arguments for/against Dr.Diesels Homemade Remedy. Anyone wise on this issue? Adrian Redmond --------------------------------------------------- CHANNEL 6 TELEVISION DENMARK (Adrian Redmond) Foerlevvej 6 Mesing DK-8660 Skanderborg Denmark --------------------------------------------------- telephone (office) +45 86 57 22 66 telephone (home) +45 86 57 22 64 telefacsimile / data +45 76 57 24 46 mobile GSM (EFP unit) +45 40 74 75 64 mobile GSM (admin) +45 40 50 22 66 mobile NMT +45 30 86 75 66 e-mail channel6@post2.tele.dk HoTMaiL (www.e-mail) channel6denmark@hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------[ <- Message 8 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: marsden@digicon-egr.co.uk (Richard Marsden) Subject: Re: The details about gasoline which you always wanted to know... Date: Tue, 29 Apr 97 15:48:55 BST > now I'd love to find something similar about diesel - come to think of > it - I know it self-ignites under compression, that compression is much [ truncated by list-digester (was 8 lines)] > the environmental arguments for/against Dr.Diesels Homemade Remedy. > Anyone wise on this issue? I don't know about "wise" (glow-plugs? they're like glow-worms aren't they?), but... Diesel is meant to be significantly more efficient. You'd expect much better burn: with a spark plug, its going to ignite at the spark plug first, and its possible some fuel isn't properly ignited. With diesel, the trigger is pressure, which applies to the whole cylinder, so you'd expect 100% ignition, and at the same point. I'm guessing this is why the efficiency is better, but it doesn't explain the smoke... Richard ------------------------------[ <- Message 9 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 97 15:00:12 UT From: "Orin Harding" <NAMGBR@msn.com> Subject: Purchasing Parts in the UK Here is a sample of a quote I received from a supplier in the UK: Galvanized frame: $958.40 Crating charges: $320.00 Shipping charges: $495.00 UK Port fees: $75.00 (estimate) US Port fees: $75.00 (estimate) Duty: $60.00 Grand Total for one galvanized chassis at an East Coast port: $1983.40 and this doesn't include shipping to my home from the port! If anyone has shipped a frame from the UK lately, at a lower cost, please let me know how you did it. PS: Recent quote for a Marsland galvanized frame, delivered from a East Coast supplier, was $1,895.00 Orin - '69 S2a, SWB, Great body - Horrible frame ------------------------------[ <- Message 10 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 11:25:45 -0400
From: Mike Gaines <106220.1234@compuserve.com>
Subject: In-line fuse holder tip
-------------Forwarded Message-----------------
From: Mike Gaines,
Date: 28/04/97 09:35
RE: In-line fuse holder tip
Hi All,
Did I miss something, when did all the cat recipes start? Anyhow,
my dog thought they were funny.
LR content: If you need an in-line fuse holder and can't find one (store
closed, wife sees look in your eye and refuses to hand over keys to her
Defender thing) use a ballpen as basis (the spring loaded type) Take out
ink/ball-nib thing out and eat or discard, retain coil spring. Thread one
end of wire through where `nib' emerged fit bullet type conector.Cut about
2in from pen barrel. Ditto with other end of pen where nib in /out button
was removed and emplace t'other bit of wire but with coil spring round it .
Insert fuse & push fit together hardest bit is cutting to get length right
so friction fit is tight enough to hold together. If you get it wrong, ask
someone if you can borrow their pen.
Tip 2 Local authorities plant lots of stuff along sides of highways. New
saplings are usually loosely attached to poles with tiewraps till roots are
established, handy if you need some tiewraps to help get you home. NB
remove sapling before using tiewrap.
Who mentioned Grolsch? Nice to see some taste on the list instead of all
this Nigerian lager banter.
Cheers,
Mike Gaines Slll Lightweight `Wicked Wanda'
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]Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 11:25:36 -0400 From: Mike Gaines <106220.1234@compuserve.com> Subject: RE ANS. LIGHTWEIGHT ENGINES Hi all Franz asked about original Lightweight engines. I think that they were mostly 2.25 petrol, exception was a large batch of diesels for the Netherlands; some Royal Marines (UK, not Cloggy) vehicles were also diesel I think. Interestingly, (Yawn) I noticed an abandoned Zaire army Ll/twt at Lubumbasha [?] airfield on CNN the other day. it was totally stripped down and had the 106mm Wombat recoilless anti-tank gun mounted in the back-(not much use for robbing refugees with I suppose). Secret LR customer or second-hand from Saudi? For those who are baffled I'll try and repost the fuse holder tip which Compuserve, Son of Lucas, deigned to chop in half. Cheers Mike Gaines, Slll Lightweight, `Wicked Wanda'. ------------------------------[ <- Message 12 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 11:33:45 -0400 From: "Adams, Bill" <badams@usia.gov> Subject: Re: The details about gasoline which you always wanted to know.. Inefficient burn of petrol results in a vicious tailpipe cocktail of chemicals, whereas diesel exhaust is mostly soot. Smelly, but cleaner. Bill Adams 3D Artist/Animator '66 Land Rover S2A 109 Diesel Station Wagon, '81 Honda Goldwing 1100 Standard: "Practicing the ancient oriental art of ren-ching" ------------------------------[ <- Message 13 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 08:15:28 -0700 From: Jeremy John Bartlett <bartlett@slip.net> Subject: Maxi Drive Engineering Australia? Does anyone out there have any experience with or has anyone heard anything about Maxi Drive Engineering in Carrarra, Queensland, Australia? Thanks for any input. Jeremy ------------------------------[ <- Message 14 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 16:46:00 +0000 From: M.J.Rooth@lboro.ac.uk (Mike Rooth) Subject: Re: The details about gasoline which you always wanted to know... >Anyone wise on this issue? I dont claim to be wise on *any* issue but I've looked around a little (and I do mean a little). Diesel doesnt need refining as much as petrol.So it should be cheaper.Perhaps it was,once... The diesel engine will,if set up for it,apparently run on almost any combustible substance(according to Shell Canada),including coal dust,and,presumably therefore corn dust.The secret seems to be in the minute particles which are injected.Pulverised fuel is highly explosive,as is corn dust. Environmentally(ugh!) it is supposed to produce bugger all in the way of carbon monoxide,and considerably less of the other new nasties,but does produce soot. Try looking at http://www.shellcan.com/diesel.htm On the other hand,petrol was supposed to be the waste product you got at the end of the refining process.Whether this is still so,it would be interesting to know. Mike Rooth ------------------------------[ <- Message 15 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: "Delve, Trefor" <delve1t@nectech.co.uk> Subject: RE: The details about gasoline which you always wanted to know.. Date: Tue, 29 Apr 97 17:02:00 GMT Bill, Diesel exhaust also contains PM 10's which I suppose could be counted as soot. Trefor ---------- From: LRO-Owner[SMTP:LRO-Owner@playground.sun.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 1997 11:33 Subject: Re: The details about gasoline which you always wanted to know.. New ! Improved ! http://www.Land-Rover.Team.Net/ Inefficient burn of petrol results in a vicious tailpipe cocktail of chemicals, whereas diesel exhaust is mostly soot. Smelly, but cleaner. Bill Adams 3D Artist/Animator '66 Land Rover S2A 109 Diesel Station Wagon, '81 Honda Goldwing 1100 Standard: "Practicing the ancient oriental art of ren-ching" ------------------------------[ <- Message 16 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Michael Slade <slade@imagina.com> Subject: Re: Purchasing Parts in the UK Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 08:43:21 +0000 >Here is a sample of a quote I received from a supplier in the UK: >Galvanized frame: $958.40 <snip> Orin, Doug Shipman in Portland has an 88 frame sitting in his back lot. It's perfect, and painted. You could (if you were inclined) strip it and have it galvanized. Honestly, this one doesn't need a thing. Give him a call. 503.252.5566 Don't know how much it'd be. :( Michael Slade Portland, OR slade@imagina.com '70 109 SW (for sale) ------------------------------[ <- Message 17 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: 29 Apr 97 12:18:19 EDT From: John Stiller <102746.1303@CompuServe.COM> Subject: V8 in a Series IIA??? I was looking for information on a v8 conversion for a 1969 Series IIA. My Internet search gave me two sources providing liitle information on the subject. Advanced Adaptors...Ca. ( a Distributor for Marks adaptors of Australia) They said that I would have to contact Marks directly as they had no phone number or information. Searching for Marks over the net I found the home page but the conversions seemed to belimited to the leyland V8. My interest was the viability of a chevy v8 in the rover and if an adaptor is available...I understand the limits of the rover drivetrain...how a salsberry axle would be best..and so on...anyone out there ..been there done that before. pros and cons?? I understand the firewall may have to be cut a bit as well.. I would appreciate any information....1022746.1303@compuserve.com John ------------------------------[ <- Message 18 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 12:44:12 -0700 From: Larry Michelon <kismet2@erols.com> Subject: DownEast Rallye I'm starting to make plans to head up to Maine for the DownEast Rallye the last weekend in June (27-29). Is anyone from the mid-altantic region heading that way and would like to convoy? Right now I'm a 90% go. I actually plan on staying up there right thru July 4th weekend for some lobster festing and would be interested in catching up with anyone doing any wheeling that week also. Please post on both rro and lro. Hope to see you there. Larry Michelon '89 Range Rover Virginia Beach VA ------------------------------[ <- Message 19 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 12:48:09 -0600 From: Rick Grant <rgrant@cadvision.com> Subject: Re: Destruction of coins of the realm At 01:05 PM 29/04/97 BST, Richard Marsden, wrote >Re: copper coated zinc cent pieces: Sounds like a battery. did anyone think >that a scratch will corrode real quick (like a deep scratch on a galvanised >frame, but faster)? Serves me right for being so stupid as to admit what I had done. Fortunately I knew better than to do it where water and salt could get at them. Anyhow, problem solved. I toddled off down the road last night to the nearest Ye Olde Nut and Bolt Emporium and bought the right stuff. Installed it all this morning. Forgiven? Rick Grant 1959, SII "VORIZO" rgrant@cadvision.com www.cadvision.com/rgrant Cobra Media Communications. Calgary, Canada Aboriginal and International Relief Issues ------------------------------[ <- Message 20 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: matthew_stein@gw.proctor.pvt.k12.nh.us (matthew stein) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 19:14:56 GMT Subject: Re: DownEast Rallye Larry M., I am also planning to attend the DownEast Rallye...how does one sign-up and/or register? Thanks, Matthew Stein '94 Range Rover LWB Concord, NH This message sent using the FirstClass SMTP/NNTP Gateway for Mac OS. Proctor Academy Andover, NH ------------------------------[ <- Message 21 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Easton Trevor <Trevor_Easton@dofasco.ca> Subject: British Car day Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 15:39:00 -0400 My last post gave a day for British Car Day at Bronte Creek Park as Sept 14th that should have been Sept 21st ------------------------------[ <- Message 22 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: DONOHUEPE@aol.com Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 16:02:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Land Rovers Names Standing ovation for Adrian Redmond! His magnificent rant of April 29 on the names in general is one of the best I have seen here. In pointing out the efforts of marketing wallahs to retrospectively re-name our Land Rovers, Adrian conjures up images of George Orwell's 1984. In that story, there was a government department dedicated to re-writing the history books so that they would agree with whatever was fashionable at the moment. What would happen if this trend were to catch on? Might they change the name of the Humber Super Snipe to a more politically acceptable name like Number 1 Mark III*? Could Ford go back and rename the Edsel? What if BMW went back and gave a series name to the Isetta? How about the 00 series? (Germans attach a special significance to the double zero) I am in no hurry to paste a Defender 109 label onto Lurch. MFG Paul Donohue 1965 Land Rover ------------------------------[ <- Message 23 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: DONOHUEPE@aol.com Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 16:04:47 -0400 (EDT) Subject: coins as washers On Mon, 28 Apr 1997 Adrian Redmond suggests using Danish coins for washers. Honorable Gaijinsan: Even more economical are Japanese 5 Yen coins. Made of a copper alloy, they are a tiny bit smaller in diameter and have a slightly larger hole than the 25 Ore coins. Down here in the lower 48 provinces we use Canadian pennies because no one but Dixon wants them. Have to drill holes though. Paul Donohue ------------------------------[ <- Message 24 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 16:40:43 -0400 (EDT) From: "William L. Leacock" <wleacock@pipeline.com> Subject: Telephone From: "Bruce Davis" <daviscar@concentric.net> Well I find That I need a "new" Trans for my 67 88. I was trying to fax an order to a supplier in England to day but every time I dialed AT&T told me to check the number. It is right as far as I know I dialed 011 44 and then the fax number. What am I doing wrong or is England not taking any calls? About a year or so ago the UK phone number area codes had an additional digit added, thus for example 0274 became 01274, when diallling the UK from abroad, drop the initail 0. therfore 011-44- 1274 -234567 Some areas had complete new area codes issued. Bill Leacock Limey in exile 89 RR; 67 - 109 and early 88. ------------------------------[ <- Message 25 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Brian Tuffs <btuffs@norcen.com> Subject: Temperature Guage Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 14:57:42 -0600 Assistance is required! Since I bought my vehicle the temp. gauge has consistently read high (pretty much off scale!), this is obviously a gauge/voltage thing as in reality the engine running temp. is fine (it's not overheating). The new (rebuilt) engine will be going back in soon and I need to have an accurately working T gauge. Does the prblem lie in the gauge/senders (they are the miltary 3 gauge setup) or is it the voltage stabilizer? (which has been changed and is new???) Can I fit an aftermarket T gauge, how will I calibrate it to engine running temperature?? Any ideas/comments appreciated very much. The fix does not have to be original though cheap would be nice as the rebuilds killing me so far!! Thanks in advance, Brian Tuffs '66 SWB "Blue" '84 T*yota BJ60 ------------------------------[ <- Message 26 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: lroshop@idirect.com Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 17:15:44 +0000 Subject: Re: DownEast Rallye > Subject: Re: DownEast Rallye > Larry M., > I am also planning to attend the DownEast Rallye...how does one sign-up and/or [ truncated by list-digester (was 7 lines)] > '94 Range Rover LWB > Concord, NH Check out the LROI North American Events Information line at 905-436-7813. Regards > Larry M., > I am also planning to attend the DownEast Rallye...how does one sign-up and/or LRO SHOP (NORTH AMERICA) ------------------------------[ <- Message 27 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 09:01:40 +1000 (EST) From: Lloyd Allison <lloyd@cs.monash.edu.au> Subject: Range Rover names The new one is obviously the Range Rover Series II ! re Classic: Land Rover SI is a name dreamed up only when the SII came along. Lloyd http://www.sofcom.com.au/4WD/LandRover/Series/Series.html ------------------------------[ <- Message 28 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: anieto@mofo.com (Nieto, Armando S., Jr.) [digester: Removing section of: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="MimeMultipartBoundary" ] Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 16:35:38 -0700 Subject: Not read: Calling England HELP!! --MimeMultipartBoundary-- ------------------------------[ <- Message 29 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: "Bruce Davis" <daviscar@concentric.net> Subject: calling England or finding a trans Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:36:23 -0500 Hi All Thanks to the list for the help. Someone from Woodstock, GA. Sorry don't remember your name posted me about a trans I printed the post out at work and left it there. I will not be there again for 2 days. Can you please post me again. Thanks. Bruce 67 SIIA 88 Patches 59 SII 109 ------------------------------[ <- Message 30 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 01:48:30 -0700
From: Adrian Redmond <channel6@post2.tele.dk>
Subject: Re: calling England or finding a trans
Bruce Davis wrote:
New ! Improved ! http://www.Land-Rover.Team.Net/
Hi All
Thanks to the list for the help.
Someone from Woodstock, GA. Sorry don't remember your name posted me
about
a trans
I printed the post out at work and left it there. I will not be
there
again for 2 days.
Can you please post me again.
Thanks.
Bruce
67 SIIA 88 Patches
59 SII 109
I think you mean John Dillingham - his e-mail is
Solihull@aol.com
Hope this helps.
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]Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 02:03:36 -0700 From: Adrian Redmond <channel6@post2.tele.dk> Subject: SIII Zenith/Solex Carb / points I am still (diesel junky that I am) trying to fathom out the Solex/Zenith 361V carb on my "foster-car" - a 1973 SIII SWB. It's the simplest version of the carb, no PCV, not funny hoses, just a thin steel drip feed to the distributor. Does anyone have a manual for this unit, with simple instructions (I'm petrochemically-illiterate) for setting it up. I've done a strip-down, clean and service. I have set the mixture screw all the way in, then out again by 3/4 of a turn. I have adjusted the idle to imitate 750 rpm (no strobe here, just the feel of it), and then tried to adjjust the mixture screw - but i can'rt hear any difference. The car is running sluggish, prone to stall, and prone to lose "get-up-and-go" when trying to accelerate out of traffic, gear-changes, junctions. Otherwise he's running stable, no white or blue smoke, good compression, good oil pressure, valve clearances adjusted, firing on all four tubes. On a good day, with a warm manifold he can do 80 - 95 kph on the flat. Typical kph when coldish is 35 - 40 kph in 3rd gear, unless I am willing to wait 30-45 seconds after which the rpm rises. Any simple recipes for articicial rescusitation of this beast - I am not looking for rally performance, just stable, reliable, responsive daily driving. And I'm not interested in changing the carb! I have seen plenty of these work well - the seals and gaskets are sound and dry and there is no apparent leaking - I have tried spraying WD40 into the axle to see if the engine races up, but no problems here. Could the points adjustment have anything to do with this - and how does one adjust these (the distributor has an advance/retard screw. 'Scuse me for my stupididy, but whilst repairing my tractor the other day, it suddenly occured to me that i don't actually understand the need for points, what purpose do they serve - the coil gets it's output to the rotor arm seperate of this. Must be a reason - ! help appreciated. -- Adrian Redmond --------------------------------------------------- CHANNEL 6 TELEVISION DENMARK (Adrian Redmond) Foerlevvej 6 Mesing DK-8660 Skanderborg Denmark --------------------------------------------------- telephone (office) +45 86 57 22 66 telephone (home) +45 86 57 22 64 telefacsimile / data +45 76 57 24 46 mobile GSM (EFP unit) +45 40 74 75 64 mobile GSM (admin) +45 40 50 22 66 mobile NMT +45 30 86 75 66 e-mail channel6@post2.tele.dk HoTMaiL (www.e-mail) channel6denmark@hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------[ <- Message 32 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 17:13:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn@crl.com> Subject: Re: coins as washers At 04:04 PM 4/29/97 -0400, you wrote: >Even more economical are Japanese 5 Yen coins. Made of a copper alloy, they Um, at around 100 yen to the dollar, 5 yen coins are not so economical... (That's about 5 cents, compared to the US 1cent piece). Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad sinasohn@crl.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/ ------------------------------[ <- Message 33 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 21:00:36 -0400
From: rover@pinn.net (Alexander P. Grice)
Subject: Roasting road kill...
DaveB wrote:
>PS. If you go with a V8, you will have two manifolds on which to roast
>cute little cats.
I disagree. There is no place on a Rover V-8 for proper manifold roasting.
The 2.25, on the other hand, is a near-perfect oven, and I have done so many
times. My favorite is pork tenderloin (sorry, Dave). Rub two of 'em with
salt and pepper, add a couple of sprigs of fresh sage and/or rosemary, a
couple 'o dashes of liquid smoke seasoning. Triple wrap in foil. Slide in
along the intake/exhaust manifold next to the carb; it's so secure, you
could go inverted and not lose your lunch (or dinner, as it were.) Drive
100 miles. Invert, and switch end-for-end. Drive another 100 miles. YMMV.
Serve with a nice Rockbridge (award-winning) Virginia chardonay. Bon appetit.
BTW...I actually *ate* cat one time. I was in the Peace Corps back in '73
and were were traveling cross country in the Land Rover (a '69 diesel 88 for
the requisite content). We stopped at this restaurant in a small town
(read: *only* restuarant). I ordered "rabbit" thinking it was unusual to be
on a menu that typically would include only camel, goat or mutton couscous.
Anyway, the waiter brings it to the table and...well, meows. You have to
realise this is Tunisia, a country devoid of all wild animals - no birds,
deer, small game - only wild boar, as the Muslims don't eat pork. I don't
know if he was yanking my chain or what, but it was dead, seasoned and
cooked, so I ate it. Not bad, actually.
Anyway, before PETA (they moved their HQ to downtown Norfolk recently) or
anyone else gets on my case, I've got several cats (and dogs). Even adopted
one little tabby kitten that was found at the Mid-Atlantic Rally last fall.
Cheers
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]Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:16:45 -0500 From: car4doc <car4doc@concentric.net> Subject: Re: Purchasing Parts in the UK Hi Qrin, We here take advantage of the crating of the frame to shipp additional parts. By combining my frame with two engines, a trans, 15 doors, a 90 hardtop I was able to share the frieght & shipping expense with several other people. Here in chicago we found that two frames leave lots of room for the shipment of additional parts & the crating expense is cut in half. The cost of the same frame here in the USA would cost between 2500.00 & 3500.00 from sources here. We were dealing with Steve Parker in the UK who was a big help. This works here but it is all food tfor thought & I hope it helps. Hugs, Rob Davis_chicago. ------------------------------[ <- Message 35 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 22:32:52 -0400 From: David Cockey <dcockey@tir.com> Subject: Re: The details about gasoline which you always wanted to know... Adrian started a thread about diesls. First about the differences between the fuels. Gasoline is rated according to its ability to resist pre-ignition/knocking with an octane scale. The higher the octane the more resistant to knocking. Diesel fuel is rated according to its ability to ignite when the mixture is compressed and heated using a cetane scale. The higher the cetane the more easily ignited. This is opposite to what is desired for gasoline. Richard comments: > You'd expect much better burn: with a spark plug, its going to ignite at > the spark plug first, and its possible some fuel isn't properly ignited. > With diesel, the trigger is pressure, which applies to the whole cylinder, so > you'd expect 100% ignition, and at the same point. I'm guessing this is > why the efficiency is better, but it doesn't explain the smoke... In a normal, properly tuned gasoline engine the combustion does start at the spark plug and spreads throughout the gaseous mixture. Controlling the speed of combustion is essential in avoiding knock. Combustion is virtually complete in any modern, emmisions compliant engine. In an indirect diesel (2.25D/2.5D/2.5TD) the fuel is injected as a spray into the prechamber where the combustion starts. The partially ignited mixture then expands out into the main part of the cylinder where the combustion is completed. In a direct injection diesel (TDi) the fuel is injected as a spray directly into the cylinder. In either case a spray of liquid fuel drops burns rather than a gaseous mixture. Too large drops or improper spray pattern results in incomplete combustion, smoke and soot. The diesel engine has a higher thermodynamic efficiency because it operates at much higher compression ratio. (If the compression ratio was the same in a diesel and an otto (gasoline) engine the otto cycle would be have higher thermodynamic efficiency.) Since the fuel isn't present until injected pre-ignition is not a concern. Also the diesel engine runs unthrottled (assuming it doesn't have a LR vacumn flap) with power controlled by the amount of fuel injected. Thus the diesel doesn't have the pumping losses of an otto engine running throttled. Remember that automotive engines rarely run at wide open throttle. These two factors combine to make the diesel more efficient. The amount of carbon dioxide (greenhouse gas) is directly proportional to the amount of fuel consumed. Bill comments: > Inefficient burn of petrol results in a vicious tailpipe cocktail of > chemicals, whereas diesel exhaust is mostly soot. Smelly, but cleaner. There are those who believe the soot may be as hazardous to humans as any other vehicle emissions. It is a nasty recipe of partially burned hydro-carbons and carbon. The EPA is getting serious about regulating particulate emissions. It is also much more difficult to meet the very low levels of present and future California and US emission regs for nitrous oxides and hydrocarbons. That is a primary factor for the near disapearance of diesel passenger cars and trucks under 8600# GVW from the US market. This is unfortunate for fuel economy considerations. Mike adds: > Diesel doesnt need refining as much as petrol.So it should be > cheaper.Perhaps it was,once... > On the other hand,petrol was supposed to be the waste product > you got at the end of the refining process.Whether this is still > so,it would be interesting to know. A lot of what will fuel a diesel engine can't be sold as automotive fuel due to various requirements including starting and emissions. Sulfer is a major problem. I've heard that with modern catalytic refining techniques a higher percentage of crude oil can be turned into gasoline than into automotive diesel fuel. As always the above are my personal views, and not those of my employer. Regards, David Cockey Rochester, Michigan ------------------------------[ <- Message 36 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Land_Rovers@learnlink.emory.edu (Steve Dempsey) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 22:29:29 -0400 Subject: Re: V8 in a Series IIA??? Marks makes a Chevy V-8 adaptor. They also make aheavy duty 5speed tranny. DAP also lists a V-8 adaptor in my two year old catalog. I do not know which engine they use. The firewall will have to be modified and the grill will probably have to be moved foward as well. ------------------------------[ <- Message 37 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 20:06:58 +0100 From: paarch@ix.netcom.com (Paul Archibald) Subject: Re: Destruction of coins of the realm I remember when we used to go skiing in Austria as a kid in the early seventies, we used to always come home with a whole bunch of aluminum ten Grolshen?(sp) pieces. My dad said that in the fifties they used to throw them in the fire for kicks. Are they still available?? and what is their worth compared to US currency? Peter or any EC members? >Adrian Redmond, wrote >Maybe other LRO's of other nationality have similar recipes - anyone >found 5/16" coinage yet? >Then Rick Grant replied >I don't know the composition of Kroner, but I do know that if you use >copper and then add a little road salt you'll soon have a nice large >hole to bridge. How about those nice aluminium Lira? Paarch@ix.netcom.com (510)353-1320 '58 Series II 88" 2-litre underpowered beast "surely" '87 Range Rover "Squeak" new top end running great, for sale '92 Ducati 750ss (California transportation) ------------------------------[ <- Message 38 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 23:17:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Dixon Kenner <dkenner@nrn1.NRCan.gc.ca> Subject: Re: Roasting road kill... On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, Alexander P. Grice wrote: > I disagree. There is no place on a Rover V-8 for proper manifold roasting. > The 2.25, on the other hand, is a near-perfect oven, and I have done so many Most perfect is the 6 cylinder jag engine! ------------------------------[ <- Message 39 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: RINGOJACK@aol.com Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 23:47:45 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Brush Bar I was wondering if anyone had a front brush bar that is in good condition for a Disco? I need one, mines been ripped off, been through two rear endings and is pretty deformed and beat up. If anyone knows of one from maybe a totalled Disco i can salvage or someone that is willing to sell one for cheaper than the cost of one new get in touch with me. Thanks. Mark Roby 96 Disco ------------------------------[ <- Message 40 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: shawn@bioserver.vsb.usu.edu (Shawn Swaner) Subject: Canada -> US Import Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 11:44:56 -0600 Hello all, My near-endless search for my first Rover has now taken me to Canada. I have read the LRO-Digest archives and found many answers there, but have a couple of questions regarding import. 1- At what value will the 25% charge be assessed, the purchase price or book value? 2- I have a stack of faxes from EPA, but cannot find any info on USDA reg's. Does anyone know of a hotline or website addressing USDA import reg's? 3- I plan on bringing my Rover into the US from British Columbia through Washington state, but I live in Utah, do I have to meet Washington or Utah DOT standards? 4- How long can I expect the import/border crossing to take, assuming I have all my papers in order? Thanks in advance, Shawn Swaner Hoping to add "'62 SII SWB" or "64 SIIA SW" to my email signature (fingers crossed)! ------------------------------[ <- Message 41 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 23:28:46 -0800 From: "C. Marin Faure" <faurecm@mail1.halcyon.com> Subject: LR and Names: (was: What are Defenders Defending?) From: Benjamin Allan Smith (Pencom) <Benjamin.Smith@sv.sc.philips.com> >And in the US, they are actively trying to get everyone to call Series >LRs "Heritage Land Rovers" So to LRNA the Land Rover stable is: >Land Rover Discovery >Land Rover Range Rover [ truncated by list-digester (was 6 lines)] >Land Rover Heritage >Land Rover Freeloader^H^H^H^H^H^H Freelander ;-) I hadn't heard this about the 'Heritage" bit. Leave it to some newbie PR types to warp history around to suit their "Introduction to Marketing 101" mentality. The builder's plate on my 1973 Series III says "Land-Rover Series III Model 88" and that's what it forever will be, LRNA or not. And the builder's plate (well, sticker actually) on my 1991 Range Rover says "Range Rover" not "Range Rover Classic." And people ask me why I don't get involved with Land Rover clubs and dealer events and the like. They say that the most ardent anti-smokers are the ones who just quit, or the people who are the most vocal about halting the flow of newcomers to their city are the ones who just moved there themselves. Well, it seems to me that the reintroduction of the Land Rover to the US (which I think is great, don't get me wrong) has hatched a whole bunch of enthusiasts who wouldn't know a Series IIa if it ran over them, and have probably never even heard of a Foward Control or a Lightweight. But these folks are dimly aware that there were Land Rovers made before the shiny new Defenders and Discoveries they drool over on the lot, so they go to their dealer-sponsored events and hatch up names like "Heritage" to describe the vehicles they know nothing about. There, I'm done. You can flame me now, but I probably won't be able to hear you over the whine of my transmission.... ________________________ C. Marin Faure (original owner) 1973 Land Rover Series III-88 1991 Range Rover Vogue SE ------------------------------[ <- Message 42 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 09:36:45 +0200 From: philippe.carchon@rug.ac.be (philippe) Subject: Re: lightweight question Sorry, small (or big ?) typing-correction: all lightweights came of course with the 2.25 l. Philippe Carchon Ghent, Belgium '81petrol-LPG lightweight (with LPG even more cheaper than diesel). ------------------------------[ <- Message 43 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 09:34:08 +0200 From: philippe.carchon@rug.ac.be (philippe) Subject: Re: lightweight question All lightweights came with the 2.5 l petrol engine except the order(s) for the Dutch military market. They had the diesel (diesel-fuel is cheaper than petrol, I guess this was the reason, knowing the Dutch). Philippe Carchon Ghent, Belgium '81petrol-LPG lightweight (with LPG even more cheaper than diesel). ------------------------------[ <- Message 44 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 09:59:03 +0200 From: Iwan Vosloo <ivosloo@cs.up.ac.za> Subject: SIII transfer & speedo Q Hello all. I just arrived back from a long nice holiday in namibia which was great fun (except of course for the one really bad inevitable? breakdown in the middle of nowhere...) On the way back my speedo started doing the same things Adrian's did and I will check the castle nut on the transmission brake hub centre as suggested (over the weekend). BUT I have noticed something else too: my hi/lo gear lever is a bit loose and also produces some gear lever noise. It never did that before - it was quiet and did not have any loose movement. My transfer seem to leak where the gear lever comes out of the box too, but only when my FWH are locked. Seems like there could be something else loose too, possibly also influencing the speedo?. What do you think? (By the way... does somebody have a list somewhere of REALLY useful stuff to take with you on trips to nowhere? Never, ever leave Pratley's putty off that list - it came in very useful for me on this trip.) - Iwan Vosloo ( '75 SIII 88" Diesel ) ------------------------------[ <- Message 45 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: "Paul Garside" <pgarside@infocomm.dungeon.com> Subject: Threat to Disco bodywork from unexpected source Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 22:45:57 -0700 Apologies if this has recently been raised - I am an occasional lurker - but my beloved 1990 Discovery has developed a lengthening hole in the front wing (fender) just on the corner of the wheelarch. This seems to have been caused not by rust, but by chafing from the plastic wheelarch liner. A 1992 model nearby has also developed a 6-inch long slit for the same reason! Any suggestions how to fix this and how to prevent it occurring in the future? Paul ________________________________________ Paul Garside Communication Consultant, Infocomm Cockfield, Suffolk, England pgarside@infocomm.dungeon.com http://www.dungeon.com/~infocomm/ +44 (0)1284 828040 ________________________________________ ------------------------------[ <- Message 46 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: marsden@digicon-egr.co.uk (Richard Marsden) Subject: Re: Temperature Guage Date: Wed, 30 Apr 97 9:47:08 BST > New ! Improved ! http://www.Land-Rover.Team.Net/ > Assistance is required! Since I bought my vehicle the temp. gauge has [ truncated by list-digester (was 14 lines)] > temperature?? Any ideas/comments appreciated very much. The fix does not > have to be original though cheap would be nice as the rebuilds killing > me so far!! I still have the military capillary gauges in my dash. Neither work. The oil gauge reads 0 (it has a "discontinuity"), the water gauge reads off-scale (as yours) - again, it has a "discontinuity". Me suspects a hole/crack in the capillary. Richard (ex-Gurkha SIII 109 FFR - having an MoT as I type) ------------------------------[ <- Message 47 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 04:55:19 -0400 From: Michel Bertrand <mbertran@interlinx.qc.ca> Subject: Land Rover font Hello all, I was wondering if somebody knew what is the type of font used in the Land Rover badge of the 60's (the one with green letters on yellow background). Thanks. Michel Bertrand ______ Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, / __ / \ 1963 109 PU (Rudolph) | Lucas | 1968 109 SW (in the works) | Inside | 1973 88 SW (21st century project) \ / \______/ ------------------------------[ <- Message 48 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Solihull@aol.com Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 06:13:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Diesel details, was the details about gasoline Richard wrote: With diesel, the trigger is pressure, which applies to the whole cylinder, so you'd expect 100% ignition, and at the same point. I'm guessing this is why the efficiency is better, but it doesn't explain the smoke... The problem is getting the charge air into the cylinder through a smaller hole, with a poppet valve in the way, swirling in the right direction, at the right velocity, even temperature, evenly filling the corners and expelling the spent fumes from the last combust, some few milliseconds, before. Then the umpteen percent oxygen needs to be distributed evenly around the almost eighty percent nitrogen and other gases, so all Dr Diesel's home remedy goes poof! at the same time. I *think* that explains the smoke. :-) Even in spite of all these variables, compression ignition is *way* more efficient. Cheers!! John Dillingham in Woodstock, GA KF4NAS LROA #1095 73 s3 swb 25902676b DD "Pansy" 72 s3 swb 25900502a rusted, in suspended animation Looking for a P5 project, well, OK, or a P6 or another SD1 Vintage Rover Service--Since 1994, just about a couple dozen satisfied customers!! ------------------------------[ <- Message 49 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Solihull@aol.com Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 06:13:19 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Names in general Adrian opines: "and the Discovery a Deception." Long ago and far away in a place called Kenosha, some executives found themselves needing a little grocery getter to compete with the coming Japanese invasion as well as the pinto and vega. Using Ginsu technology they lopped off the trunk of the Hornet and created the Gremlin. Not really too far fetched, that LR borrowed the knives to make the disco. Lop off the boot and move downmarket. What the hey; it worked! But you just *can't* call anything with Lucas wiring a gremlin, that would *really* be tempting fate!! Cheers!! John Dillingham in Woodstock, GA KF4NAS LROA #1095 73 s3 swb 25902676b DD "Pansy" 72 s3 swb 25900502a rusted, in suspended animation Looking for a P5 project, well, OK, or a P6 or another SD1 Vintage Rover Service--Since 1994, just about a couple dozen satisfied customers!! ------------------------------[ <- Message 50 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970430 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
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