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From: "d.h.lowe" <dhlowe@idirect.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 20:26:40 -0500
Subject: Re: Lots of oil from under the valve cover?

Sounds like you have a gasket leak. It`s probably slipped inwards. Just undo
the three rocker cover nuts and take a look. Also check the tightness of the
oil supply banjo nut at the back right hand corner of the head.. The rocker
cover nuts are tight I take it.

scott wilson wrote:

> right. I'm not familiar with the actual engine block and the
> parts attached to it... so I guess the very top thing is the

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From: James Wolf <J.Wolf@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 13:13:29
Subject: Old Town Scottish Walk

This is mostly for digest members in the Mid-Atlantic area. On sunday
Dec.27 from 3:30 to 5pm there will be a Scottish Walk in Old Town
Portsmouth, VA. We are having two pipe bands plus other pipers and seasonal
music with choirs. For more information call me at 757-397-2428 or Susan
Cocke at 757-484-1218.
We are hoping to have this become an annual Christmas event here in
Portsmouth. So you'all come hear.

Jim Wolf 

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From: "C. Marin Faure" <faurecm@halcyon.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 09:24:05 -0700
Subject: Re: Lots of oil from under the valve cover?

From: scott wilson <swilson@spacelab.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 05:57:24 -0500
Subject: Lots of oil from under the valve cover?

>Okay... first of all, I need to get some of the nomenclature
right. I'm not familiar with the actual engine block and the
parts attached to it... so I guess the very top thing is the
valve cover... under that is the cylinder head, and then is
the actual engine block? right? just making sure I know what
I'm talking about...

Correct.

>There has always been a little spot of fresh oil on one of
the corners where the head is bolted onto the block...
never worried much about it as the oil level never dropped
or anything. Now, though, there is a ton of oil coming out
from under the vlave cover... about a quart every hundred
miles or so... (although last hundred miles, it took two
quarts - is it getting worse exponentially?)

It sounds as though the valve cover gasket, or whatever was installed in
place of the normal cork gasket, is coming apart OR the bolts holding the
valve cover in place have worked loose.  The cure is very simple.  First,
check to make sure the three hold-down bolts in the top of the valve cover
are tight.  If they are, or if tightening them doesn't fix the leak, buy a
replacement gasket and install it.  That should take care of the problem.

________________________
C. Marin Faure
  (original owner)
  1973 Land Rover Series III-88
  1991 Range Rover Vogue SE
   Seattle, WA

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From: "Paul Hulme" <bearded@globalnet.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 17:56:33 -0000
Subject: Parabolic springs
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From: robot1@juno.com
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 14:03:04 -0800
Subject: Electric Rover

There's a website, I don't remember where, but I'll try to find it again,
which shows reasonable (and believable) calculations as to the cost in
pollution per kilowatt/hour of running an electric vehicle. If you base
the power source of your electric vehicle on a clean burning coal or oil
generating plant, there are like ten times the pollutants produced per
kilowatt hour from the electric plant as from the gas engine
(non-emissions type, properly tuned). Nuke plants don't produce emissions
of that type, but of course produce other by-products. Solar panels,
well, ever see how those buggers are made? there are so many
environentally toxic by-products of making photocells that it isn't even
a contest. 

Personally I would be interested in seeing a battery powered Rover. If
the problems of powering a big, ungainly vehicle like the rover can be
overcome, then making a small, lightweight  electric should by comparison
be a piece of proverbial cake.  Though already electric manufacturers are
finding Hybrid vehicles more practical. Good luck, and let us know when
you get it done; I for one would like to see pictures of it in action.

Be well!

mark
1967 109 regular "sheila"
Gasoline powered and tuned properly for maximum efficiency.

You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail.

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From: Casey McMullen <st93wxta@drexel.edu>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 18:16:08 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Electric Rover

I would like to voice support for the fellow considering converting his 
Rover to run on electrons.  It may not be entirely practical, but it 
doesn't sound that bad under the right conditions.  It may also not be 
quite as environmentally friendly as some might tout an electric car to 
be.  But it is worth the effort to demonstrate that it's not that bad.  

I for one believe that some day alternative fuel vehicles will become more 
feasible and practical (if not necessary) due to changing technology, 
scarcity of non-renewable resources, and public support of less poluting 
alternatives.

The more people who convert to electric vehicles (for fun or whatever 
reason) the more net experience is gained in the process.  It's kind of 
like the space program.  It produces so many scientific breakthroughs and 
usable technologies that I believe it is a worthy pursuit.  The only way 
it will get funding is it has public support.  If Joe Sixpack thinks 
space flight is exciting because we sent a geriatric hero back up, then 
great.  If that is what it takes to garner support for a worthwhile 
cause, so be it.

As far as messing up a classic Rover...the supply may be running out, but 
I don't thing the demand is ever going to be all that great.  There can't be 
enough crazy coots like us out there to care for a classic vehicle such 
as a series Rover to keep them all running in original condition.  Sounds 
like the only thing this one will be missing is the 2-1/4 and a petrol 
tank anyway.

My $.02
Casey (expecting a flurry of argument) M

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