Marin,
I would really like to see a picture of -your- access door and that
latch.
Kirk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Faure, Marin" <marin.faure@boeing.com>
To: "'Land Rover Mail Group'" <lro@koan.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 1:43 PM
Subject: [lro] Clutch access panel (was Problem shifting)
>
> > --- Jean-Leon Morin <offroaddesign@softhome.net> wrote:
>
> >>Alan J. Richer wrote:
> >> As a matter of fact, now that Mr. C is getting boosted
> > brakes he's also going to get the hatch modification. If I
> > have to cut and flange the wing anyway I may as well put in
> > the hatch.
>
> >And a flush release button?
>
> Back in the late 1970s after removing the wing twice to rebuild
> and replace the master clutch cylinder, I decided enough was
> enough. So I cut a panel from the top of the left wing and
> hinged the front edge with an aluminum
> hinge from a Cessna oil door. For a latch, I used the flush,
> spring-loaded, push-to-release latch that's used on the
> oil inspection panel on a Citabria cowling. Cessnas use
> Dzus (sp?) fasteners, which have a blade that sticks up that
> you twist to unlock the fastener, and I didn't want
> these sticking up from the Land Rover's front wing. The Citabria
> was the only plane that I was familiar with at the time that used a flush
> latch. Another possibility is to get hold of one of the flush, push-to-
> release latches that are used on Boeing (and other mfgs) planes to
> access oil doors, refueling panels, etc. However, these latches may
> be too big for practical use on a Series access hatch. The nice thing
> about the Citabria latch is its size. It's only two or three inches long,
> but it has a very powerful and very positive latching action.
>
> Anyhow, this panel has more than earned its keep, as it makes
> it a snap to access, remove, and replace the clutch master. Not
> as easy as on right-hand-drive Series, but pretty close.
> ___________________________
> C. Marin Faure
> (original owner)
> 1973 Land Rover Series III-88
> 1991 Range Rover Vogue SE
> Seattle
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