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From: Frankelson <Frankelson@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 07:31:29 EDT
Subject: Re: Front seats

In a message dated 24/05/98  04:15:11, you write:

 seat that would fit from the local scrap yard. The ones that I have tried
 are too big in the seat.  (ROO)
  >>

depends a bit on your own size (legs mainly) because of the height of the
squab, longer legged people have a better choice, but in the UK the favoured
seat is from the small Volvo,  (sorry, unsure of the model number)

best cheers

Frank

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From: Frankelson <Frankelson@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 07:31:30 EDT
Subject: Re: Re Lr Chat

In a message dated 24/05/98  06:52:30, you write:

<< This is probably common sense but hey
 landrovers owners are not common  >>

nor have we a great deal of sense.....
but we're happy!!

best cheers

Frank

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From: Frankelson <Frankelson@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 07:31:23 EDT
Subject: Re: axle lubrication SIII 88"

Adrian,

oops!
slip of the brain on that one. The point about too much grease is correct
though!

I'm going to sit with dunce's cap on in a S*z*k* for an hour :-(>

best cheers

Frank

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From: Adrian Redmond <channel6@post2.tele.dk>
Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 15:00:07 +0200
Subject: Holding the brake drums on

The LR88" SIII brake drums have three countersunk screws which hold them
on to the hub.

These screws (given years of no service, no copper-grease, and a bit of
bad luck, can easily become stuck - I know that from every LR which i
have stripped for the first time.

My 88" has only one screw fitted on each hub, although there are holes
for three. The drum is turned so that only one screw lines up with a
hole.

I guess this is not 100% correct, as there are three holes.

However the LR manual says, that if the drum is difficult to remove, you
can use the screw in one of the other holes, to prise the drum off the
hub. This would only work if the other holes were misaligned - like
mine. And anyway, as the thread is on the hub, and not in the drum, I
don't see how this would work in practice.

So the question is - how are your drums held on - all three screws? just
one or two? or non at all? (after all the wheels do a fair job of
holding the drum in place :-)

What does the University of Life, Land Rover faculty say about this one?

Adrian Redmond

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From: Thomas Spoto <tspoto@az.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 19:26:12 -0700
Subject: Re: Holding the brake drums on

Mine on all held on by three screws. If you want to use one of the screws to
help remove a brake drum, you remove all three screws, and place one in the
threaded hole of the brake drum. You should have one threaded hole in the
brake drum. Viewing the drum with the three holes forming a Y the threaded
hole should be at about 4 oclock, at least on mine. As you turn the screw in
it will contact the hub . Continue turning and it will push the brake drum
away from the hub. These are (at least on my series IIA) an SAE course
thread. So if you prefer you can use a bolt and a ring spanner (wrench)  to
accomplish the same.

Tom Spoto

Adrian Redmond wrote:

> The LR88" SIII brake drums have three countersunk screws which hold them
> on to the hub.
> These screws (given years of no service, no copper-grease, and a bit of
> bad luck, can easily become stuck - I know that from every LR which i
> have stripped for the first time.
> My 88" has only one screw fitted on each hub, although there are holes
> for three. The drum is turned so that only one screw lines up with a
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From: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@cruzers.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 98 08:06:23 -0700
Subject: Re: Holding the brake drums on

Hi Adrian,

Removing rusted on drums with rusted in screws that have buggered slots 
can be a REAL pain that is unnecessary.  

The screws are very cheap.  I keep a set of new ones in my tool box and 
replace any  that I bugger up removing.  I smear a very thin coating of 
antisieze on the hub surface where the drum rests against the hub to 
facilitate easy removal.  I also use antisieze on the screws.

Looking at the drum you should see one threaded screw hole that is not 
countersunk.  This is the one that you use to prise the drum from the 
hub.  

When the drum is properly offered to the hub the three counter sunk screw 
holes line up to corresponding threaded holes on the hub..  The threaded 
screw hole that is not countersunk leads to a solid hub to prise against.

Good luck putting your beastie to rights

TeriAnn Wakeman              I subscribe to several high volume mail
Santa Cruz, California       Lists and do not read every posting. 
twakeman@cruzers.com         If you send me direct mail, please start
www.cruzers.com/~twakeman    subject with TW-  so I will know to read it.

"How can life grant us the boon of living..unless we dare"
Amelia Earhart 1898-1937

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From: Jeff Goldman <roverboy@gis.net>
Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 14:54:07 -0400
Subject: Anyone have any these parts (Northeast USA)?

  Just wondering if anyone in the Northeast USA has a couple of late SIIA
wings in decent shape they'd be willing to part with for a reasonable sum?
Thanks!

Jeff Goldman
Boston, MA

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From: "Art Bitterman" <artbitt@rmi.net>
Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 13:08:02 -0600
Subject: Chat sites
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Hi all;

If you can't get on to the chat site thats over in Denmark, British =
Bulldog (http://www.britishbulldog.com) has a chat site. Normally active =
from 11 am to 2 PM, there's normally 5-6 of us chatting our fool heads =
off!

Art Bitterman
Gunsmith
!960 SII 88" (rhd) "The Beast"
Trinidad,Colorado
"Jack of all Trades,Master of Some!"

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From: "Art Bitterman" <artbitt@rmi.net>
Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 13:42:40 -0600
Subject: Heater options
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Hi all;

I can hear you thinking "it's summer, why is this stupid twit asking =
about heaters?"

I've downloaded the archives, and was reading the May 95 messages about =
the Mansfield heater and I got a Brainstorm (boy,did that hurt!!). The =
"beast" is RHD and the heater is the old round Smiths. My passengers are =
happy, but very little of the heat makes it over to my side. The idea I =
had was to mount a piece of 1/2" Plywood into where the heater flaps =
assy is and run dryer duct hose over to my side. Sound feasible? Another =
idea was to "tee" into the heater hose and run a flat heat core on the =
floor/seatbox area by my legs. ??? Any other ideas??

Froze my hiney off last winter driving up to Colorado Springs in a snow =
storm last winter (at least I stayed on the road-cars everywhere on the =
side of the Interstate!!!) so I'd like to get some more heat in "The =
Beast" for next winter!!!

Art Bitterman
Gunsmith
!960 SII 88" (rhd) "The Beast"
Trinidad,Colorado
"Jack of all Trades,Master of Some!"

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From: trowe@cdr.wisc.edu
Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 15:02:04 -0500
Subject: Re: Holding the brake drums on

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>However the LR manual says, that if the drum is difficult to remove, you
>can use the screw in one of the other holes, to prise the drum off the
>hub. This would only work if the other holes were misaligned - like
>mine. And anyway, as the thread is on the hub, and not in the drum, I
>don't see how this would work in practice.
snip

Actually, you don't use it in another of the screw holes, there's a
separate hole that is threaded. You screw a bolt (I use a grade 5 or 8 bolt
instead of one of the screws as you can use a longer one, and get a better
grip with a hexhead rather than a screwdriver in the screw's slot) into
this other hole. My experience has been that if this is required usually a
long, 1-2", bolt is better. I screw it in until the side starts to come
out, then let off and rap it back with a hammer. then tap around the
perimeter of the drum. Then repeat the process.
Have fun. :-)

Tom Rowe
Network Systems Administrator
WI Center for Dairy Research
Madison, WI
608-265-6194 Fax: 608-262-1578
trowe@cdr.wisc.edu

Four wheel drive allows you to get
 stuck in places even more inaccessible.

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From: Adrian Redmond <channel6@post2.tele.dk>
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 00:49:35 +0200
Subject: Tight fit in the swivvel balls

Does anyone happen to have a good method for inserting the bearing and
railco bush into the swivel ball? I nearly ruined mine with banging and
eventually used a vice, having heated the ball with boiling water - but
there must be an easier way?

Adrian Redmond

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Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 21:04:24 -0400
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From: Bren Workman <bworkman@alaska.net>
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 23:50:22 -0700
Subject: Rover Pilgramage

Hi, everybody,
  Time has come to start the leap of faith in my Rover and pack every
one up and head down the Alaskan Highway.  With about 400 lbs on the
roof rack of camping equipment and the sort, we won't be taking any high
speed corners, but I suspect we'll get there.  We appreciate all the
advice we've received over the last few months, and even the folks that
said we are nuts.  General itinerary is as follows:

-Leave Fairbanks evening of 26 May
-Drive Alcan at our surely moderate pace, camping every other night
-Spend a day in Edmonton
-Go through Great Falls Montana, and spending a day with friends in  
Butte
-Make our way to Hastings, Nebraska, our home town for an extended stay
-One side trip to Great Bend, Kansas, to visit my dad
-24 June head out to Solihull Society Rover event in Colorado (my first 
event, I can't wait)
-6 July depart Hastings, Nebraska for Charleston, S.C., where we pick
up  the 88", my wife's rig, "Tilly", maybe spend a day in Charleston
-Convoy across to Atlanta, to hopefully meet some SOLAROS members, then 
down to Columbus, where we will surely consider installing air   
conditioning in the Rovers

  Well, wish us luck.  I'll check email tommorrow, then I'll be off the
air until late July.  If our pilgramage takes us close to your location,
we would love to hear from you.  Be sure to include phone numbers.  I'm
not computer efficient enough to set up a web site, but I would love for
all to see my family and the Rovers, (especially if we are lost in
Canada, and a composite sketch is needed!)  Take care, and don't
hesitate to email if we're coming near you!  Happy Anniversary Rovering,
Bren.

Bren Workman
Ft. Wainwright, AK
'72 88"  "Tilly"
'65 109" SW  "Baldwin"  Resting for his Alaska to Georgia cross
continental Land Rover Anniversary pilgramage: A wife, a daughter, three
fat cats, a German Shepard named "Rover", and me, as the idiot

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From: Ian Stuart <ian.stuart@ed.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 09:09:56 +0100
Subject: Dutch adventurers in Scotland...

For those of you who are interested,  Peter and his "Scottish Adventure"
crowd joined us (SLROC) for a drive through a Glen.

Peter & co spent Sunday night in Callander.

I took some pictures, but I'll wait before to see what they're like
before publishing them...

-- 
Ian Stuart
Medicine & Veterinary Medicine Computing Support
The University of Edinburgh

              http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~kiz/

LandRovers - a 50-year-old stop-gap that has become the most successful 
             4x4 production vehicle in the world.

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From: Adrian Redmond <channel6@post2.tele.dk>
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 11:15:11 +0200
Subject: Re: Rover Pilgramage

Good luck Bren & Lynne

Keep in touch!

Bren Workman wrote:
> Hi, everybody,
>   Time has come to start the leap of faith in my Rover and pack every
> one up and head down the Alaskan Highway.  With about 400 lbs on the
> roof rack of camping equipment and the sort, we won't be taking any high
> speed corners, but I suspect we'll get there.  We appreciate all the
> advice we've received over the last few months, and even the folks that
> said we are nuts.  General itinerary is as follows:
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> continental Land Rover Anniversary pilgramage: A wife, a daughter, three
> fat cats, a German Shepard named "Rover", and me, as the idiot

-- 
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
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