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From: Mick Forster <cmtmgf@mail.soc.staffs.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 08:55:12 +0000
Subject: Window channel

Some time ago someone mentioned about stainless steel window channeling
for Series II & III sliding windows.
Does anyone know of a UK supplier of this stuff or a suitable plastic
alternative. I would have thought a plastic extrusion would be available
somewhere for something that could be adapted.

Any comments gratefully recieved.

Mick Forster
1972 109" Safari 2.25 petrol
http://gawain.soc.staffs.ac.uk/~mick/LWBrst/LWBrst.html
http://members.aol.com/IssyJames/LRlinks/LRlinks.htm

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From: Dave Ladell <ladell@proasisn.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:13:25 +0000
Subject: Re: diesel fuel filters

Matthew,

I don't know if it is the same gauze, but....  When I put the Daih**su 2.8
diesel in my Rangey, it ran fine on a blast round the M25 so we took it to
Scotland.  Five people, a boot full to the roof of climbing kit and many,
many, many hours later we made it.  We had repeated problems with power
loss/fuel starvation which I eventually traced to the 'fine gauze filter'
in the fuel tank.  The diesel was clogging it up and with the heavy load
requiring more fuel it just couldn't cope.

Don't know if yours is different but I'd check it out when you drop the
tank (I left it off completely)

Mel Mauger & Matthew Reeve wrote;
>Blocked filter was the immediate cause, however, I'm currently waiting

until the tank is low before
>I drain and drop it to clean the whole thing out, including the fine gauze
which is apparently over
>the outlet pipe within the tank as I've had repetitive problems for a
while now which may or not be
>related.

Cheers,

Dave Ladell  
'75 Lightweight 2.5TD 
nr. Buxton, Derbyshire, UK

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From: "Steve Mace" <steve@solwise.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:16:11 -0000
Subject: Re: Fan removal

The book says that you need a special, bent spanner to 
remove the viscous unit from the front of the engine. 
When I did the same thing on my 200tdi about 2 months 
ago I didn't have one of the spanners so I had to do it a 
different way: i.e. remove the sets holding the blades. 
You can then widger the fan cowling off. This means you 
can then get to the coupling nut with a standard spanner 
and remove it (remember it turns the wrong 
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On 11 Jan 99, at 23:20, Mel Mauger & Matthew Reeve wrote:

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> Can anyone give me the steps required to remove the engine fan from a 300Tdi 
engine?

> Can anyone give me the steps required to remove the engine fan from a 300Tdi 
engine?

> TIA

> Matthew

> UK, nr Heathrow

> 1979 2-dr Range Rover 300Tdi

> 1979 2-dr Range Rover 300Tdi

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From: "Dave White" <davew@landie.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 10:13:37 +0000
Subject: 1999 ARC National

The booking form for this years ARC National is now available and has been
sent out to the ARC clubs.
A PDF of the booking form can now be downloaded from the web site at:
<http://www.landie.demon.co.uk/national>
Further information on dates, events, sponsors, SR's etc... will be added to
the site shortly.

regards
Dave White
Dave White <davew@landie.demon.co.uk>
Yorkshire Rover Owners Club
<http://www.landie.demon.co.uk/>

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From: "Peter Estibeiro" <petere@srv0.bio.ed.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:04:27 +0000
Subject: Re: Window channel

Mick wrote:
> Some time ago someone mentioned about stainless steel window channeling
> for Series II & III sliding windows.
> Does anyone know of a UK supplier of this stuff or a suitable plastic
> alternative. I would have thought a plastic extrusion would be available
> somewhere for something that could be adapted.

Have a look at B and Q plastic door slider channel.  I think it can 
be adapted but I haven't tried it myself yet.  It comes in 4mm and 
6mm width and also in double-channel.
 Peter.

Peter Estibeiro
Membrane Biology Group
Department of Biomedical Science
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh EH8 9XD
tel: 44 131 6503731
fax: 44 131 6503711
email peter.estibeiro@ed.ac.uk

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From: "Wayne Sheppard" <Wayne@sheppardf.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:21:10 -0000
Subject: Rear axle casing
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Hi all,
Does any one know where I can get my hands on a cheap new rear axle =
casing for a SWB IIa?  This ones had it's last weld :-(

Wayne & Helen and the Slob

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From: Allan Smith <smitha@candw.lc>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 08:08:32 -0500
Subject: Re: Fan removal

At 23:20 11/01/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Can anyone give me the steps required to remove the engine fan from a

300Tdi engine?

I have done it as follows:
Take off the cowl (two nuts)
Unscrew the large nut holding the unit to the water pump spindle,
anti-clockwise, using the LR special tool - an open-ended spanner with a
step in it. 
I found I didn't need to hold the pulley - fit the spanner and give it a
whack and the nut should come loose.
That's it.
Allan

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From: "Tim Burt" <tim@muddyweb.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 12:41:52 -0000
Subject: Re: Rear axle casing

Hi Wayne,

I've got one you can have for a fiver.      E-mail me direct if you're
interested.

Tim Burt
tim@muddyweb.co.uk

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From: GMBubb@aol.com
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 08:03:11 EST
Subject: Explosives

Not really LR stuff, but...

If I remember right, IF you entitled to have it in the first place, you can
take up to 5 lbs of explosives on public transport! I forget how many
detonators but could look it up.

In a previous (civvy) life we used to keep a couple of pounds in a drawer in
our Bedford RL recording truck for blowing holes in the ground to drive
Landies into to act as anchors for winching. Had a detonator harness that
plugged into a brake light instead of a bulb. (So that you sat in the cab when
it went bang and all the cr*p fell on the roof, not you!)

Incidentally our LR S3 dynamite trucks had EVERY electrical item individually
fused! What a nightmare.

Gordon

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From: "Dave White" <dave@bang.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 17:53:31 -0000
Subject: Re: Military Ser III 109 Parts Catalogue

Blanchards phone/fax:

+44 1430 872765
Fax +44 1430 872777

Dave

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From: "Dave White" <dave@bang.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 18:06:30 -0000
Subject: Re: Explosives

>If I remember right, IF you entitled to have it in the first place, you can
>take up to 5 lbs of explosives on public transport! I forget how many
>detonators but could look it up.

I believe the limit we ae allowed with Firework material is 50kg of
explosive material not including the cardboard/paper/clay/concrete bits.

Dave

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From: "Rob Smith" <rob@archenland.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 20:00:00 -0000
Subject: RE: Engine / gearbox weights

A palletised 2.25 petrol, complete is 330 kgs, other wise known as b*****y
heavy, gearbox is marginally lighter!

Rob Smith
Mine's the blue 110

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From: Keir Hague <keir@whaleyb.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 20:50:41 +0000
Subject: M.O.T. Men.

Julian Watt wrote;
>OK this Tyre & Arches thing. From my undersatnding it is the tyre tread that
>must be inside the arch, so if you have a tyre with alot of bulge, the bulge
>can be outside the wing. I understand that this is in the straight ahead
>position.
Dear all,

Where does everybody on this list find these picky MOT testers?  The
place that I go does a good job of making sure that everything is safe,
but without going over the top on the little details.  His normal
comment is "Well it's a Land Rover, what do you expect" My kind of guy!
Regards,
Keir

-- 
SIII in MORE bits than last week.

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From: "Clive Taylor" <clive@tcns.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 01:22:27 -0000
Subject: Re: M.O.T. Men.

My MOT tester is a magistrate in his spare time. If it passes, then I *know*
its good for another year.

Clive

SIII SWB (Slowly (W)rotting Below)
SIII LwT
Range Rover EFi

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From: doghouse@cix.compulink.co.uk (Michael Dyer)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 99 23:22 GMT0
Subject: Re: M.O.T. Men.

Maybe some of us get enough attention from the local Worthies (well what 
do I expect, I must be a fruit to have 7 dogs and three Landies) without 
actually giving them grounds to pick you up.

:-) Mick Dyer (doghouse@cix)

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