>From: Keith Tanner <keith@miata.net>
>Subject: Re: [lro] preparation for a trip
>Reply-To: lro@land-rover.team.net
>
>>On the Solihull Society rally in Moab, my spare points, condenser and fuel
>pump all got used by other people. On one day trip (that I wasn't on), one
>of the Rangies holed a front diff. They fixed it, but didn't have any extra
>90wt. I had 2 gallons :)
>
>Back in the Jurassic 1970s, I remember Atlantic British (not the same
>Atlantic British of today) carrying a replacement front bumper for the
>Series that carried something like five or six gallons of oil in it. Maybe
>even more- it's been awhile. The main crossmember was built in such a way
>that it was a sealed box section. No, I think that's wrong. Actually, I
>think the two tubular "bullbar" sections of this bumper that stuck up to
>protect the wing fronts were the containers that carried the oil.
A gallon is 231 cubic inches, so a resevoir the size of the main
front bumper would hold about 5 gallons (4"X4"X6'). Making the
bumper 5" square increases volume to about 8 gallons.
David
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