Hey, my wife has laughed at me from the time I started looking for my Series IIa almost 3 years ago until Friday, April 6th at noon, as we began our assault on the trails at Monteagle, Tennessee, home of Camp Rover USA April 6,7, & 8. On the way back yesterday afternoon she would say things like, "that was so much fun, I bet the kids would love it!" and "when in the SOLAROS annual event...in September?" She's starting to look for reasons to join me on trail rides rather than avoiding them. When the tranny fluid temp light on the dash of my RR Classic came on necessitating a tow yesterday to complete our trip, she sat there quietly. I asked if she was mad or something (which was possible since we were late) and she said "no, no just trying to figure out if the light itself is bad, or water somehow got in the transmission when we were wading through the river yesterday."
Clinton, get your wife to accompany you on a trail ride weekend and soon she'll pick a side on the purist / bastard argument.
Ron Ward
1965 Land-Rover Series IIa 88"
1995 Range-Rover Classic SWB
>>> CCoates@golder.com 04/09/01 12:14PM >>>
Well,
In preparation for my impending transmission build and engine swap, I had
pulled all the wings/breakfast etc. off the 109. It turns out that it was a
good thing that the transmission went south; if it had lasted a few more
years, there would have been some serious rustermite to deal with on the
bulkhead. As it is, it appears to be surficial damaga only so far, along
the lower outsides of each footwell, and around the struts that com up from
the frame to attach to the fronts of the 'wells.
So, last night, I go out with a wire brush and a putty knife to do some
exploratory probing. And... no perforations or such, but the problem
extends to areas I cannot really access without pulling the bulkhead. So,
time to start labelling wires and drawing diagrams and suchnot... (sigh).
And, of course, while I am there, I am thinking, I might as well do a proper
job, sandblast the thing and start from scratch again. Which brings up the
question of what to do with the seams in between the stitch welds (and that
annoying overlap on the door pillar sides just below the windscreen).
1) weld all those little buggers up nice and tight inside and out
2) get a good seam sealer and apply before repainting
And on a separate note. Last night I was telling my wife about the
fundamentalist land rover jihad. AFter she stopped choking on her tea from
laughter (and her comment on what absolute loosers we must be...), her
question was, if a person gets a mechanical heart, are they still human?
How about a replacement heart from another person? How about a baboon
heart? What makes a person a person?
Yours in landroverishness
Clinton "and I put about 15K miles a year on my truck" Coates
109" Bastardized II/IIA/Fiero/Delco/Mercedesinwaiting/hybrid and proud of it
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