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From: Alan_Richer/CAM/Lotus@lotus.com
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 08:12:15 -0400
Subject: Re: Distributor problems

Sounds to me like the bushings on the distributor are shot. There are 3
ways to fix this: (none of them involving repair of the original
distributor, unfortunately...)

1. (and my favourite) - get a Pertronix Ignitor or the like and replace the
points with a magnetic or optical setup. Then the shaft wobble becomes a
moot point - these things work fine with less-than-perfect distributors.

2. Go to a junkyard and find a replacement distributor from most older
British iron like MGs, Triumphs or the like. Swap over the distributor
weights and springs to change the advance curve to match the original.

As I've been told, the way to tell if the bushings are shot is to grab the
shaft and give it a good wobble - if it moves at all forget it.

3. Buy a new one (last resort only - the new ones being sold are the 45D4
general-replacements that don't work as well as the originals.

                    Al Richer

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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 09:24:55 -0400
From: Eric Zipkin <ericz@cloud9.net>
Subject: Re: Missing major

Got it....

At 08:07 PM 7/10/97 -0400, you wrote:
>To change subscription write to: Majordomo@Land-Rover.Team.Net
>URL: http://WWW.Land-Rover.Team.Net/
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>      |    757-423-4898 (Evenings)    FAX: 757-622-7056     |
>      *---1972 Series III 88"------1996 Discovery SE-7(m)---*
Eric Zipkin
Bedford, NY  USA

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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 08:54:16 -0500
From: "Herman L. Stude" <hermans@krts.com>
Subject: Re: Missing major

Dixon Kenner wrote:
> To change subscription write to: Majordomo@Land-Rover.Team.Net
> URL: http://WWW.Land-Rover.Team.Net/
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> URL: http://WWW.Land-Rover.Team.Net/
>         I see said the real-time to the digest...
Me too.

-hls

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From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ulrik_L=F8vehjerte?=" <ulrik@loevehjerte.dk>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 15:59:51 +0100
Subject: subject in mails

hi there,
are there others than me, who finds it "not wise" to have the text in 
the subject field starting with "Re:"?

it makes it difficult to sort the mail proberly.
best regards

Ulrik Loevehjerte
Bogholder Alle 48 A
DK-2720 Vanloese
tlf/fax: 38717155

Ekstra e-mail adr. : 40511214@note.sonofon.dk
("hastere" kan sendes til begge adresser).

Hjemmeside: http://home5.inet.tele.dk/loevehje 

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From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ulrik_L=F8vehjerte?=" <ulrik@loevehjerte.dk>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 15:59:52 +0100
Subject: Danish mail list/dansk mail liste

Der er nu oprettet en dk-lro liste, som fx kan bruges til info om 
arrangementer - man checker jo ikke landroverklubbens side hver dag, 
men man l=E6ser ofte sin mail.

vh
 
Ulrik Loevehjerte
Bogholder Alle 48 A
DK-2720 Vanloese
tlf/fax: 38717155

Ekstra e-mail adr. : 40511214@note.sonofon.dk
("hastere" kan sendes til begge adresser).

Hjemmeside: http://home5.inet.tele.dk/loevehje 

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From: "Bill Caloccia" <billcaloccia@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: LRO - the major is sick
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 08:23:21 PDT

I'll see what I can do next week.

i had ot leave a day early because of the bloody BAworkers going on 
strike !!

ciao,
 -b

Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 16:44:05 +0200
From: lopezba@atnet.at
Subject: LRO - the major is sick

Bill, before you leave, can you fix the digest? Haven't had any ever 
since 
you changed the whole thing around, and a lot of other recipients are 
complaining, too.
Have a nice vacation
Peter Hirsch
Vienna, Austria
Series One 107in Station Wagon (in bits and pieces)

_______________________________________________________

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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 07:28:03 -0700
From: Jeremy Bartlett <bartlett@slip.net>
Subject: Re: D90 radiator fan:  clutch or constant???

bos wrote:

> Does the radiator fan attached to the belt system run constantly with the
> belt or does it have a clutch that engages and disengages?  If it runs off
> a clutch, can I splice into the line with a switch to disengage during
> water crossings, etc.  If not how do you remove the fan to install an
> electric fan instead??

Warning: I've not done this only talked to a mechanic about it and considered doing
it.

The fan runs both on the belt and through a thermo-clutch at the front.  No you
can splice a switch in (that I'm aware of).

To remove the fan requires reaching in behind the fan (between fan and pulley)
and loosening a single counter threaded "nut".  This is a tricky job because
a standard tool will not easily fit in there.  LR apparently has a "special tool # ??????
for the job).  A mechanic told me he grabs the pulley with a monster clamp and
works a 1 11/16" (? could be wrong size) spanner in behind the pulley.

cheers,

Jeremy

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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 17:51:19 +0200
From: Adrian Redmond <channel6@post2.tele.dk>
Subject: Re: Danish mail list/dansk mail liste
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Det lyder interessent Ulrik! Men hvad er addressen for dk-lro? Er det på
et andet server end playground.sun.com?

Har du hørt noget om et stort LR begivenhed i Finderup her i sommeren?
Jeg mener at jeg har hørte noget om det, men kan ikke finde det nogen
steder på nettet? Har lr-klub dk lukket for website'n?
-- 
Adrian Redmond

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From: marsden@digicon-egr.co.uk (Richard Marsden)
Subject: Doh! Award of the Week
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 97 16:46:45 BST

Yesterday, I sent a query to the lro list asking about brackets in the
hardtop. No replies, I see!

Well, lastnight, I noticed that the left-hand bracket (ie. the one I want, but
for the write) still had a label on it with a part number (doh!). Looked it up
in the parts book on the off-chance, and its there! Its the page with the
seatbelts rather than the hardtop.

I've since seen a photo of an inertial reel kit, and these come with similar
brackets...

So, it seems that my hardtop was on a truck with inertial reels, although one
of the brackets has been swapped. I'm fairly certain the hardtop is ex-RAF.
You can tell the RAF like their comforts, can't you?

Richard (ex-Gurkha SIII 109 FFR)

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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 12:29:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: Dixon Kenner <dkenner@nrn1.NRCan.gc.ca>
Subject: Re: Distributor problems

On Fri, 11 Jul 1997 Alan_Richer/CAM/Lotus@lotus.com wrote:

> 1. (and my favourite) - get a Pertronix Ignitor or the like and replace the
> points with a magnetic or optical setup. Then the shaft wobble becomes a

	Change to -ve earth if you have a +ve earth vehicle too.

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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 12:34:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Dixon Kenner <dkenner@nrn1.NRCan.gc.ca>
Subject: Re: Missing major

On Fri, 11 Jul 1997, Eric Zipkin wrote:

> Got it....

	Approval on my Zippy-Tow Platinum card for your diversion via
Ottawa for pick up the 109 while on your way from Mount Kisco to
Mechanicsville for the ABP rally?  Excellent! 

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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 13:06:18 -0400
From: Eric Zipkin <ericz@cloud9.net>
Subject: Re: Missing major

At 12:34 PM 7/11/97 -0400, you wrote:
>To change subscription write to: Majordomo@Land-Rover.Team.Net
>URL: http://WWW.Land-Rover.Team.Net/
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>Ottawa for pick up the 109 while on your way from Mount Kisco to
>Mechanicsville for the ABP rally?  Excellent! 
Funny...very funny...

BTW, not gonna be able to make it to the ABP rally...friend offered a ride
in his racing kart tomorrow AM...most fun you can have with your pants on!

Rgds,
Eric Zipkin
Bedford, NY  USA

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From: John Putnam <jdputnam@pacifier.com>
Subject: RE: STARTER Motors
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 10:00:20 -0700
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Sorry about the late reply.  To bussy fixing the Rhino to actual read my =
e-mail.  I just had a similar thing go wrong with my starter.  About 4 =
month ago ( a lot of crank starts) it stoped working.  When I rewired =
the rover for an unrelated electrical fire, I decided to rebuild the =
starter.  To my disbelief, the shaft was bent and had to buy a new one.  =
Does anyone out there know what could bend the shaft ( just a little ).

John Putnam
Forest Grove, OR
'70 SIIa SWB "Rhino" daily driver

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From: 	Beckett, Ron[SMTP:rbeckett@nibupad.telstra.com.au]
Sent: 	Wednesday, July 02, 1997 5:41 PM
Subject: 	STARTER Motors

To change subscription write to: Majordomo@Land-Rover.Team.Net
New ! Improved ! http://www.Land-Rover.Team.Net/

From: "Benjamin G. Newman,MD
>The shaft on Lucas starter motor broke. I would love to replace this
>motor with a non-Lucas type(eg Delco etc.) if that would be possible.
Why?  In over 30 years of motoring I've never had a Lucas starter
motor fail.  They were probably the *only* thing Lucas built
that was relatively reliable 8-)

I think you were unlucky.

Ron

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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 11:07:32 -0700
From: "Clinton D. Coates" <Clinton_Coates@bc.sympatico.ca>
Subject: more list whining

So is anyone on the list getting the digest form, or just the real time 
format?  I have done the unsubscribe/subscribe thingy with apparent 
success (major sent me some mail saying it had been successful), but 
still no list.  And 'TOdays List' on the website is from Sunday.

ON a different note.  Has anyone seen an *old* version of the Series 1 
manual, preferably one that deals exclusively with the 80"?  The manual I 
have is a reprint from the 60s, and is a bit less than informative on 
some subjects.

CLitnon

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From: "S. Vels" <dko5319@vip.cybercity.dk>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 20:14:58 +0001
Subject: Re: subject in mails

Mr. Lionheart wrote:

> hi there,
> are there others than me, who finds it "not wise" to have the text in 
> the subject field starting with "Re:"?
 
> it makes it difficult to sort the mail proberly.
> best regards
 
No it doesn't. Get a decent mailer like Pegasus (free). It will sort 
the threads anyway you can imagine, ''Re:'' or not.

rgds
sv/aurens
New address:
dko5319@vip.cybercity.dk

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From: "Joe Ankeny" <jankeny@cgwg.com>
Subject: Series Truck Needed for Microbudget Movie
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 14:59:48 -0500

I've been following this list for quite some time now and its helped me
mechanically in many ways, now I'm hoping you guys and girls can help me
again.

We will be shooting a semi-fake documentary in southeastern Wyoming
USA(Laramie-ish) in August. My original idea was to use my IIA in the
production but I'm sad to say it is having head problems (valves). Normally
I would simply fix it and be on my way but the money is tied up in the
production equipment needed to make the movie. 
The movie is very basically about the recovery of certain documents from a
plane crash that occured in the 1950's. The plane was never really
recovered because it is almost inaccessable. This inaccesability requires
that a huge portion of the shoot be devoted to off-road situations. You
have heard of road movies? (Thelma and Louise...etc) Well this is an
off-road movie. Anyway, for reasons that need not be explained to followers
of this list I would really like to use a series truck. If this turns out
to be impossible then I'll have to use whatever is available, but I thought
I would give it a try.
Because this is a labor of love and not a business nobody gets paid (myself
included). But If there is anyone out there in the area who has a few days
in early August and is willing to allow use of a vehicle, very meager
compensation is available. Let me repeat meager....

Thanks again,
Joe Ankeny  Jankeny@cgwg.com

 

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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 15:43:19 -0600
From: Rick Grant <rgrant@cadvision.com>
Subject: So much for the real time list

Thanks to the activities of whomever Terrence Tatarchuk is I can see things
are going to get real slow around here.  Sheesh -- 2 meg in trash.  I'm glad
I don't have to pay by what I download.

			Rick Grant

			1959, SII   "VORIZO"  

rgrant@cadvision.com	
www.cadvision.com/rgrant
Cobra Media Communications.  Calgary, Canada
Aboriginal and International Relief Issues

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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 18:04:46 -0400
From: Steve Stoneham <stoneham@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: So much for the real time list

Rick Grant wrote:
> To change subscription write to: Majordomo@Land-Rover.Team.Net
> URL: http://WWW.Land-Rover.Team.Net/
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> Thanks to the activities of whomever Terrence Tatarchuk is I can see things
> are going to get real slow around here.  Sheesh -- 2 meg in trash.  
That was 10 minutes of X's and O's I didn't need...

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From: "John McMaster" <john@chiaroscuro.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 23:07:30 +1:00
Subject: Re: So much for the real time list

> From:          Rick Grant <rgrant@cadvision.com>
> Subject:       So much for the real time list

 
> Thanks to the activities of whomever Terrence Tatarchuk is I can see things
> are going to get real slow around here.  Sheesh -- 2 meg in trash.  I'm glad
> I don't have to pay by what I download.

As someone who does pay for phone time, I have written to Terrance with my 
opinions about it.  Luckily the time zones meant that I did not get 1.9Mb at 
premium rates.  Unbelievable. What was it? After several minutes download I was 
unable to open it in any form. A  *.max file is Kinetix 3D Studio Max format - 
how many people have that ??

john

ps I was not as restrained in my reply to him 
______________________
John McMaster
john@chiaroscuro.co.uk

green/purple 110/Massey Ferguson

______________
John McMaster
john@chiaroscuro.co.uk

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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 22:29:05 -0500
From: Allan Smith <smitha@candw.lc>
Subject: Re: Missing major

On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, rover@pinn.net (Alexander P. Grice) wrote:

>I see (or actually, don't) that the Major went west the same day that Bill 
>C. departed for the UK.  If any real-timers are getting this, please E-mail 
>back. 
As with the za-lro list, all seems fine -  the "where's the Major" postings are 
certainly getting out there.
Allan

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Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 07:20:55 +0200
From: Paul Oxley <paul@adventures.co.za>
Subject: Terrence Tatarchuk is a jerk!

Gee Terrence, 2 Meg of static, thanks heaps.

Regards

Paul Oxley
"into Africa adventures" The African Adventure-travel Webzine
http://www.adventures.co.za
"AfricanAdrenalin" Sign up for adventure here...
http://AfricanAdrenalin.co.za & http://AfricanAdrenalin.com

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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 23:09:25 -0700
From: "Clinton D. Coates" <Clinton_Coates@bc.sympatico.ca>
Subject: engine sounds

HI all,

So the engine in Emerson seems to be running fine so far after about 300 
miles on the rebuilt head.  COming home tonight though, he has started to 
 make soft irregular <phudt..phudt.phutd......phutd...phutd.phutd...> 
sounds from the tail pipe.  There is also a bit of a kind of 
chortling/popping sound happening on overrun or when slowing down.  I am 
going to check the tappets again tomorrow.  I am using a Crane ignition 
and have it set to 3 degrees as per the manual.  The motor used to do 
this in the past, and I had thought now that it was caused by the 
thrashed valve seats caused by the miss-timing from the toasted vacuum 
advance.

Oh, if you answer this, please mail it to me, as i am still not getting 
the digest.

TIA Clinton

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