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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 03:59:46 EST
From: "Steve Reddock" <steve_reddock@uk.xyratex.com>
Subject: Re: Wheelbraces

*** Resending note of 22/03/96 01:49
  
|last message on the net about their visit... you may well find the hard
|top through your window after all !
|Regards, Ian

  
Just as long as they don't find the motorbikes hidden in the builders
merchants car park over the road...  This may end up as a damage
limitation exercise :-(
  
Cheers pal, whose side are you on anyway??
  
Regards, Steve
  

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From: Paul J Hodgkinson <PAUL@hodge.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Discovey...
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 96 17:43:08 GMT

Hello
Apologies if I am going over old ground but can anyone
out there tell me where I can find out more about the reliability /
survivability of a Discovery.

Should I get one I would put about 18000 miles pa on the clock, most
of it on road, but some more silly stuff.... I can manage basic servicing
and repairs myself.
So what problems do they have (L/M reg TDi) and how many oil rigs
will I have to buy to keep it moving.....Do I need my own full time personal
 mechanic ?  Would it last 8 years with up to 130 000 on the clock ?

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      Paul Hodgkinson paul@hodge.demon.co.uk
                 Lanchester, Durham , UK
Teacher i/c Physics, Oxclose School, Washington
   C/SL 1st Framwellgate Moor Scouts, Durham
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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 23:44:30 +0000
From: Jonathan Badger <badger@tipcote.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LPG (propane gas) powered LRs

Just in case this message didn't get on the UK bit (I'm a bit new to
this game), sending it out again.

I've just found all you other LR fans out there - here's an unusual one
for you (or perhaps it's not?).

I am the proud owner of a 1981 SIII LWB Safari with a 2.6lt petrol
engine. I bought it because it was the model I wanted, & it has a LPG
conversion.It wasn't running in gas mode when bought (I fitted a new
regulator), but now cruises quite happily on the stuff - however, low
speed running on LPG is a non-event right now, due to low compression.
I've got the head off to fix this problem, having tested it with a
decent compression tester. The head is being skimmed & at least one
exhaust valve needs replacing.

I'm hoping that there may be someone out there who has experience with
gas conversions & that they can offer some info, hints or tips. I reckon
that the original gas equipment was supplied by LANDI-HARTOG.

Many thanks, Jonathan.
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        JONATHAN BADGER - 1981 2.6lt SIII Safari owner
                Shepton Mallet, Somerset UK  
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