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| 1 | Stephen Brown [sbrown@tr | 22 | Swap RHD to LHD??? |
| 2 | Easton Trevor [Trevor_Ea | 16 | Swap RHD to LHD |
| 3 | twakeman@scruznet.com (T | 67 | Re: Testimony to the marque... |
| 4 | Michael Carradine [cs@cr | 22 | Re: What decal? |
| 5 | Paul Quin [Paul_Quin@pml | 34 | FW: Selectro (Leaky) Hubs |
| 6 | "Tom Rowe" [trowe@cdr.wi | 24 | Re: FW: Selectro (Leaky) Hubs |
| 7 | CIrvin1258@aol.com | 29 | Re: Testimony to the marque... |
| 8 | "Tom Rowe" [trowe@cdr.wi | 16 | sighting |
| 9 | James Wolf [J.Wolf@world | 14 | misc. |
| 10 | rovah@agate.net | 26 | Website Update! |
| 11 | torque@pacific.net.sg (L | 19 | sighting |
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 07:49:02 -0400 From: Stephen Brown <sbrown@trek.ned.ara.com> Subject: Swap RHD to LHD??? Hi, Occasionally I see a right hand drive (RHD) vehicle for sale for a good price, but I've always passed them up because of the thoughts/hassle of driving them daily in the US. For example, I once found a dormobile for sale when I lived in New Mexico for cheap, but I discovered that the state laws required that RHD vehicles never pass another vehicle and you always must stay in the right hand lane. I'm now looking for another Series Landrover for long commutes and I've run across another RHD bargain. I suspect that it is possible to switch these things to LHD, but is it practical? Has anyone ever done this? Stephen Brown sbrown@ned.ara.com 1960 Series II "Bertie" ------------------------------[ <- Message 2 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970717 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: Easton Trevor <Trevor_Easton@dofasco.ca> Subject: Swap RHD to LHD Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 08:20:00 -0400 Stephen Brown writes "but I discovered that the state laws required that RHD vehicles never pass another vehicle and you always must stay in the right hand lane." Don't see that this would really present much problem to a Land Rover. I passed another vehicle, once :-) Seriously though, unless there is a law like that. Is it worth the hassle to change. Just put in a dummy steering wheel for the dog and watch for the astonished faces. ------------------------------[ <- Message 3 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970717 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 06:50:07 -0700 From: twakeman@scruznet.com (TeriAnn Wakeman) Subject: Re: Testimony to the marque... At 4:47 AM 7/16/97 -0400, CIrvin1258@aol.com wrote: ; >This past weekend, I decided to replace both axles, so I picked up a set from >British Pacific. Upon removing the right axle, I found, to my dismay, that it ;broke off at the inner end, thus the diff has to come out. I crawled under >the truck to drain the diff oil, and happened to glance at the leaf springs, ;and my neighbors promptly hear the loudest "HOLY S&%T!" that they've ever >heard, because I spotted a good inch of sunlight BETWEEN the axle housing, ;and the spring - yet the U - bolts were all intact! ; >Turns out, the rear end got so hot, that the axle housing actually melted, >and the right spring pulled the tops of the U - bolts THROUGH the top of the ;axle housing! ; My I suggest a different cause? If the nuts on the 'U' bolts are not tight they will be repeatidly pounded against the soft steel bottom plate. I had this happen on the right rear of my 109. I was on a run rock crawling up a desert canyon when both my right rear 'U' bolts left the car. I just kept going untill I recieved a radio message from the LR behind me informing me that the right rear of my car was sitting low. Some parts retrieving and checking showed that there were indintations pounded into the underside of the bottom plates and that the nuts had stripped off the bolts. Basically an initial little space started allowing movement that pounded the nuts against the plate making a nut dia size hole. As the hole got bigger the nut could get a longer run before hitting the plate, accelerating the rate of damage. In my car the nut ended up being pounded down the threads and off the 'U' bolts. In your case I think you had harder steel in you 'U' bolt & nut than the soft steel bottom plates. Here is a scenereo I would suggest: - Loose 'U' bolts started the nuts pounding against the bottom plate and eventualy worked its way through the plate. - The lose axle housing moved backwards a little while you were driving taking the rear wheels out of true. - This caused stress on the rear wheel bearings. A rear wheel bearing siezed and took out an axle. I suspect that your heating on a rear wheel hub was caused by wheel bearings. But if you had a loose hub the break drum could have moved in relation to the shoes. I would guess the pulled 'U' bolts caused all your problems. Your tyres would have melted or burst into flame before the massive volume of metal in the rear housing would get hot enough to melt. Also, your rear housing would have deformed from the weight of the car & moving stresses. I now have grade 8 flat washers between the 'U' bolt nuts and the soft metal bottom plates. The only real way to check for loose bolts is to lift the car up by its axles then look. My problem was that I always did my visual inspection without jacking up the car. The weight of the car was on the 'U' bolts and of course they were tight. TeriAnn Wakeman For personal mail, please start subject line Santa Cruz California with TW. I belong to 4 high volume mail lists twakeman@scruznet.com and do not read a lot of threads..Thanks ------------------------------[ <- Message 4 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970717 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 08:27:50 -0700
From: Michael Carradine <cs@crl.com>
Subject: Re: What decal?
At 06:46 AM 7/16/97 -0400, John Ousterhout wrote:
:I must have missed something in the new AW. What is the decal
:you're talking about?
Hi John,
The AW Spring '97 issue mailed to members should have a 2x4" decal stuck
to the inside front page. If you can't find it, please send a note and
a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope) to
LROA Decal, PO Box 130, Walnut Creek, CA 94597
-Michael
PS- More decals are available for $2 each plus a SASE mailed to LROA.
Displaying your decal helps club recognition and hopefully draws more
members. Purchasing additional decals helps offset our production cost.
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]From: Paul Quin <Paul_Quin@pml.com> Subject: FW: Selectro (Leaky) Hubs Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 08:39:04 -0700 ---------- From: Sussex Davis Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 1997 8:32 AM Subject: Selectro (Leaky) Hubs How does one stop Selectro free-wheeling hubs from leaking gear oil from the outermost o-ring seal. The hub becomes coated in oil, but there is no oil leaking into the break drum. As far as I can see there are only 4 seals. - Inner oil seal (heavy rubber, near bearing) - Hub seal (paper, held in place by 6 bolts, rarely leaks) - Felt / rubber seal (doesn't seem to actually do anything when Selectro hubs are installed) - Flimsy o-ring (continually leaks and doesn't seem to be designed to really contain oil) Are any of these seals designed to keep the gear oil from entering the Selectro cap (the thing you turn to engage the front axle)? I have pulled the whole thing apart more times than I can remember and have never found a successful way of stopping the leaks. Tx, Sussex 1969IIA SWB ------------------------------[ <- Message 6 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970717 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: "Tom Rowe" <trowe@cdr.wisc.edu> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 10:49:37 -0500 Subject: Re: FW: Selectro (Leaky) Hubs > How does one stop Selectro free-wheeling hubs from leaking gear oil > from the outermost o-ring seal. The hub becomes coated in oil, but > there is no oil leaking into the break drum. As far as I can see > there are only 4 seals. snip > I have pulled the whole thing apart more times than I can remember and > have never found a successful way of stopping the leaks. > there is no oil leaking into the break drum. As far as I can see Have you tried new o-rings? Tom Rowe UW-Madison Center for Dairy Research Madison,WI, USA 608-265-6194, Fax:608-262-1578 trowe@cdr.wisc.edu Four wheel drive allows you to get stuck in places even more inaccessible. ------------------------------[ <- Message 7 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970717 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: CIrvin1258@aol.com Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 12:50:03 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Testimony to the marque... TeriAnn, First thing I checked, was the bottoms of the U bolts. Not only are they all there, but they're still nice and tight - all evenly tightened just like I did it 1 year ago (when I installed new springs/shackles/bolts). The axle pads have no apparent damage from 'pounding' on the springs, and the housing does have that whitish/blueish tint, as if it had just come out of the foundry! Had the bolts been loose, I'd imagine that this would have happened much earlier in the past year, since it's a daily driver. The guys at British Pacific summised that, the brake drum was so hot that it simply expanded, which would explain why the wheel spun freely on the way home. I can't find ANY play in the wheel bearing by kicking the top of the tire, so it can only be the brake that caused it. I am just as supsised as you, that the tire didn't explode - must have been my lucky day. (had my spare, and my tools with me, but not the Hi Lift!) This weekend, I'll take it apart, and see what else was toasted, but since I have an extra housing, I will do what's needed to get the truck back on the road first - then I'll do the autopsy on the old housing. Charles ------------------------------[ <- Message 8 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970717 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 14:28:21 -0500 From: "Tom Rowe" <trowe@cdr.wisc.edu> Subject: sighting IBM has a Land Rover on one of their web sites: http://www.empl.ibm.com/ Tom Rowe UW-Madison Center for Dairy Research Madison,WI, USA 608-265-6194, Fax:608-262-1578 trowe@cdr.wisc.edu Four wheel drive allows you to get stuck in places even more inaccessible. ------------------------------[ <- Message 9 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970717 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 22:36:54 From: James Wolf <J.Wolf@worldnet.att.net> Subject: misc. Dixon, thanks for the info. regarding the net. to the net. I have located the bearins for my Warn Locking Hubs at (info@warn.com). I know all the pros and cons of the hubs, but they came on the Landy when purchased in 1971 and I'll just be leaving them locked most of the time, TA. Jim Wolf Portsmouth, VA USA ------------------------------[ <- Message 10 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970717 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
From: rovah@agate.net Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 02:10:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Website Update! Just a note to those of you that have stopped by our club website(and those of you that haven't!), I updated the layout of the site last night with frames. I think it's easier to navigate. There's some new information there, so please feel free to stop by! Cheers! John P.S. If you're interested in attending our River City Rally in August, please E-mail me with your mailing address so I can send you some information! John Cassidy Bangor, Maine USA The Downeast Land Rover Club, <http://www.agate.net/~rovah/> X0 of the V(irtual)MFA 323th Cougars/Flying GSC's F/A-18 Hornet game 2 Wheels: Ducati M900, Velocette Thruxton, Moto Morini 350S 4 Wheels: 1995 Discovery, 1987 Range Rover-"Smedley," 1966 Series IIA 88", 1972 Series III 88"-"SWAMBO" ------------------------------[ <- Message 11 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970717 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 18:32:32 +0800 From: torque@pacific.net.sg (Lawrence Lee, Torque Class Magazine) Subject: sighting Watched a doccumentary on the telly last night about Christmas Island. Within a span of 20 minutes, I counted 3 land rovers (a very nice SerI too) in the background of the footage aired. Looks like the place is crawling with rovers left over from the phospate mining operations. Lawrence Lee Art Director, Torque Class Magazine, MPH Trade Publications (S) Pte Ltd, 12 Tagore Drive, Singapore 787621 Tel: 453 8200 DID: 450 6005 Fax: 453 8600 ------------------------------[ <- Message 12 -> end | Table of Contents | <- Digest 970717 -> Archive Index | <- Browser -> ]
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