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From: "Finch, Mark" <Mark.Finch@BSKYB.COM>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 08:24:00 -0000 
Subject: RE: Fan question

I think you will find that the fan belt is self adjusting the same as it is
on 300Tdi engine.

Are you going to Villingsberg at the weekend?

Mark
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From: Mats.Rundqvist@saab.se
Subject: Fan question
Date: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 7:19AM

This may be a very basic question for anyone more familiar with things under
the bonnet than I am. I have a Defender with a 200 TDi engine. My question
is:
Shall the fan be able to move freely with the engine shut off, and shall it
move when the engine is idling? In the former case I can give it a light
push
and it spins very easily. In the latter case it barely moves though the fan
belt is moving.
 --
Mats Rundqvist
Linkoping, Sweden

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From: Geoff Wilkin <geoff.wilkin@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 08:44:14 -0000
Subject: Re: To vent or not to vent ???

No I am camping and paying the normal commercial rate, about 5% dearer than
last year.
Where I am going there is a 50% surcharge for the Eclipse week, unless you
go for two weeks, then its normal price.  A sensible policy. It seems they
listened to the customers, as they asked us what we thought. There are
several of us who go the same weeks, and are friendly with the manager and
staff.

I am having the week before and after the eclipse. All with no surcharges.

But then the General manager does drive a 300Tdi 110 hardtop. (he brought 7
series 1's overland back from Singapore in the 50's, and has a few
interesting tales to tell!...)

They have 480 pitches and had nearly 800 applications for the eclipse week.
I listed my preferential pitches, and got the 23rd on my list. I still have
a good pitch, but not one of the best ones ie on the beach!... never mind.
I shall take a couple of extra water cans and two extra jerry cans for
diesel. ie I want to make sure I have enough fuel to get out of Cornwall!.
August is a really busy down there... It will be a right sod this year,even
the week after the event,as there will be others taking two week holidays
for the eclipse...

I am looking forward to going... Hmmm Maybee I should fit a few bracing
struts to the bull bars... or a bit of railway track instead....

Best Regards
Geoff Wilkin

This note is copyright of Geoff Wilkin and should not be published
elsewhere in whole or part without the strict agreement of the author.

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'97)
All views expressed are my own and are no-one elses! (or so I am told).

'84 110 CSW - Green & Clean
'73 Lightweight V6 - All in bits

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From: Geoff Wilkin <geoff.wilkin@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 08:47:54 -0000
Subject: Re: dents and suppliers

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From: Geoff Wilkin <geoff.wilkin@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 08:49:46 -0000
Subject: Re: To vent or not to vent ???

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From: Geoff Wilkin <geoff.wilkin@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 08:52:58 -0000
Subject: Re: Fan question

I can push mine round easily when the engine has stopped, and it turns when
the engine is running.

It does not spin freely when the engine is off, but does turn easliy.
I havent tried to put my fingers in the rotating fan to see if it stops!...
I need all my fingers!..

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From: Mats.Rundqvist@saab.se
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 09:59:44 +0100
Subject: Re: Fan question

On Feb 2,  8:52am, EXT AVS; Geoff Wilkin wrote:
> I can push mine round easily when the engine has stopped, and it turns when
> the engine is running.

OK, sounds like it's time for a trip to the garage and time to say goodbye to a
lot of money... I bet that strange new grinding sound that can be heard at
times comes from that obviously faulty fan.

Mats

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From: Jon_Hudson@amp.com.au
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:06:06 +0000
Subject: Re: Lights

>> Land Rovers. About 25UKP gets you real headlights, with 55wt halogen =
>> Local Autoshop today had H1 s with a blue glass "Supposed to cut through
>> fog better"  "30% Brighter" 55W and 100Watt.  Is that legal for Aux
spots
>> on road, wired into main beam?  About £ 11-00 for two.

>I have read a very damning report of blue tinted lights. For fog use
>there is a special yellow bulb that cuts out only the blue light because
>blue light causes most back-scatter and dazzling. The French used to
>require yellow blubs because of their many advantages even before
>the modern ones that only filter out the blue became available.
>The conclusion seems to be that blue lights are for boy racers
>and poseurs only. If you want lighting performance get these modern
>yellow bulbs. I would also doubt the legality of blue tinted bulbs
>though I have been told they are legal un the UK...

>I wish I could remember that web site address, it was very convincing.

David,

A very good web site for information on all types of headlights is at :-

http://lighting.mbz.org/tech/info/

and

http://lighting.mbz.org/faq/

Is this the site you were thinking of?

Stay cool

Jon Hudson
1 Johnson Close/North Luffenham/Oakham/Rutland/Uk
J426JEJ '91 Defender 90 - Soft Top
RLE60R '76 Dakar 4x4 - LRO Oct'97 - http://www.dakar.co.uk/page4.html

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From: Orlando_Scott-Cowley@watsonwyatt.co.uk
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:21:18 +0000
Subject: Re[2]: Heater duct on D90

>Doesn't the Wolf have a heater intake that faces downward?  If so, does 
>anyone know what the part number & prices is?

>.
FME your right the duct does face downwards. I remember there being a small 
article in LROI last year sometime, it listed all the part numbers for the Wolf 
XD duct. I think it was call 'A wolf in sheeps clothing' or SLT.

I will be able to look it out at the weekend if you can;t find it.

BFN
Orlando

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From: "John McMaster" <john@chiaroscuro.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:44:13 -0000
Subject: RE: To vent or not to vent ???

>>It would beat the traffic Jams in Cornwall later this year when i go to
see
>>the eclipse!...
>>Geoff Wilkin
>We're going down as well hopefully. I've heard that they're expecting huge
>traffic jams in the area, so I'll be asking local guys about any suitable
>greenlane short cuts nearer the time :-))
>Do you (or anyone else going down) fancy meeting up?

Understatement I think! I think county wide gridlock is expected. In last
November (count the months....) a genuine warning went out warning women not
to get pregnant as ambulances would probably be unable to move. The further
West you get, the smaller the roads get, not much in the way of useful lanes
either ;-(

john

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From: "Bonorchis, Conrad" <ConradBonorchis@interim.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 15:12:53 -0000 
Subject: RE: Brownchurch

Hi guys.

Being from South Africa where the sun is harsh we have canopys (awnings)
almost as a standard on tour and expedition Landies.

[spamkill: angelfire\. input: %s]	 Have a look at 
http://www.angelfire.com/hi/bonorchis/john.html for some

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From: "Peter Estibeiro" <petere@srv0.bio.ed.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:10:52 +0000
Subject: RE: To vent or not to vent ???

> Understatement I think! I think county wide gridlock is expected. In last
> November (count the months....) a genuine warning went out warning women not
> to get pregnant as ambulances would probably be unable to move. The further
> West you get, the smaller the roads get, not much in the way of useful lanes
> either ;-(
I've only been half following this thread so may have got confused, 
but couldn't the guy with the chinook pick you all up and take you 
down to the campsite in cornwall (complete with a couple of 
Landrovers)?
Cheers
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: njf <N.J.Fagan@soton.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:20:41 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: 60 Km+ vibe

Manuel, Check the front prop-shaft joints (esp. the sliding 
one) aren't loose/floppy and throwing the shaft out of 
balance, free wheeling hubs are a cause and cure for this 
BTW. Been there, still doing that.

Niel.

njf
njf@soton.ac.uk

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From: Geoff Wilkin <geoff.wilkin@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:04:57 -0000
Subject: Re: Fan question

Though of a Kenlowe Electric fan ?... cost it out before parting with your
money...

Best Regards
Geoff Wilkin

This note is copyright of Geoff Wilkin and should not be published
elsewhere in whole or part without the strict agreement of the author.

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'97)
All views expressed are my own and are no-one elses! (or so I am told).

'84 110 CSW - Green & Clean
'73 Lightweight V6 - All in bits

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From: "Peter BRADLEY" <pbrad@dial.pipex.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:40:47 -0000
Subject: Re: To vent or not to vent ???

>I've only been half following this thread so may have got confused,
>but couldn't the guy with the chinook pick you all up and take you
>down to the campsite in cornwall (complete with a couple of
>Landrovers)?
*
Normally I imagine he would be most willing to do so but unfortunately the
Chinook has now done 70,000kms and so it needs new rotors.

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From: Patrick Colbeck <pat.colbeck@esc.azlan.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:58:04 +0000
Subject: Re: To vent or not to vent ???

> *
> Normally I imagine he would be most willing to do so but unfortunately the
> Chinook has now done 70,000kms and so it needs new rotors.

Would they be vented or non vented then .....

-- 

 Patrick Colbeck 	  email: pat.colbeck@esc.azlan.co.uk          
 Senior Analyst            tel:  you dont seriously expect me to 
 Azlan Ltd                       give that out on the internet do you ?

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From: Geoff Wilkin <geoff.wilkin@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:49:18 -0000
Subject: Re: To vent or not to vent ???

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From: Orlando_Scott-Cowley@watsonwyatt.co.uk
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 11:12:45 +0000
Subject: A word of warning, please read...Don't manic mr. mainwearing

Morning all.

       Just a short word of warning. 
       
       There is a virus flitting about that piggy backs on email - DON'T 
       PANIC YOU CAN'T GET A VIRUS BY READING EMAIL. It has cropped up 
       on many mailing lists.
       
       The virus is called "Happy99". It comes in the form of an 
       attachement to an email, sometimes the sender doesn't even know 
       he/she has sent it.
       
       *** DO NOT activate anything with "Happy99" as the attachment, it 
       may be a '.exe' or '.txt' file. Just bin the email, also empty 
       your recycle bin if it goes in there.
       
       It is a worm virus, i.e. it latches onto your FAT tables and 
       mutates. It copies all the important files and renames them with 
       a '.ska' extension. When executed it creates files SKA.EXE and 
       SKA.DLL. Then it patches WSOCK32.DLL so that it export entries 
       for two functions will point to a new address at the end of text 
       section. The original WSOCK32.DLL is saved in the system 
       directory as WSOCK32.SKA. If WSOCK32.DLL is in use, Ska.A 
       modifies the registry's RunOnce entry to execute SKA.EXE during 
       next boot-up so it then gets loaded before WSOCK32.DLL.
       
       Don't worry if you have/had it. It is relativly easy to fix. I 
       have the solution should anyone require it.
       
       >>Cat amoungs the pigeons mode off
       
       BFN
       Orlando.
       

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From: TBache9248@aol.com
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 06:44:13 EST
Subject: mapping-no L-R content

Hi All,
I am interested in mapping software for the UK.  Are there any programs like
Delorme that are on CD-ROM that allow you to make maps, look up places, where
phone #'s are located?  Also work with GPS?
I am writing from the US and am not subscribed to the UK list, please e-mail
me direct.  I am prepping to visit in March and will shed some tourist dollars
on the local economy.  Thanks!!

Tom Bache
Avondale, PA
USA

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From: Allan Smith <smitha@candw.lc>
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 08:01:13 -0500
Subject: Re: Fan question

Is it overheating? The fan should turn easily when the engine isn't
running, either hot or cold. In the 300 a bimetallic strip in the viscous
coupling senses air temp coming off the radiator and as it gets hotter a
valve in the coupling closes, the coupling tightens and the fan goes
faster. If the coupling fails you will overheat. Solution is either a new
coupling, about 69 GBP - I have one on the way from the UK as mine isn't
working properly - or to put a couple of bolts through the coupling to have
a direct drive off the belt.  

Cheers
Allan
300 in St. Lucia

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From: doghouse@cix.compulink.co.uk (Michael Dyer)
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 99 12:48 GMT0
Subject: RE: New OS Explorers

Please can I ask anyone buying these as they become available to double 
check them minutely against their old records wrt UCRs in particular.

There seems to be growing evidence that the CoCos are taking the 
opportunity to 'lose' a lot of RoW records when submitting info to OS for 
inclusion.

Any cases of such, er, ommission should be addressed in the firstt 
instance to OS AND the CoCo concerned, since there would seem to be a 
degree of buck-passing twixt one and t'other.

Copy instances to me as well I will monitor for possible action at higher 
levels.

:-) Mick Dyer (doghouse@cix)

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From: Andrew Baker <Andrew_Baker@mitel.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 12:55:23 -0000
Subject: Almost back

Well after a month of sitting around on my backside and another month
waiting for the IS dept. of my new employer to fix my incoming external
email I can no re-join the list. If  only I could find where to send the
subscribe message. 
Can anyone help?

Andrew B
SIII 109 Diesel

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From: GElam30092@aol.com
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:08:35 EST
Subject: Re: Almost back

In a message dated 2/2/99 5:56:58 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
Andrew_Baker@mitel.com writes:

<<  If  only I could find where to send the
 subscribe message.  >>

Tell your friends SUBSCRIBE send a message to:	MajorDomo@Land-Rover.Team.Net
with the text:									
	subscribe uk-lro

Good luck!
Gerry Elam
PHX AZ

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From: Elwyn York <Elwyn@ey-eg.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 14:18:36 +0000
Subject: Re: To vent or not to vent ???

At 10:40 02/02/99 -0000, you wrote:
>>I've only been half following this thread so may have got confused,
>>but couldn't the guy with the chinook pick you all up and take you
>>down to the campsite in cornwall (complete with a couple of
>>Landrovers)?
>*
>Normally I imagine he would be most willing to do so but unfortunately the
>Chinook has now done 70,000kms and so it needs new rotors.

You might be able to pick up some cheap rotors from the ex-millitary sales,
but a, they might be expensive and also how would you pick them up?

How easy and where could you refuel this chinook?  Like, can you stick 4
star in it?

[spamkill: [Cc]redit [Cc]ard input: %s]	 Pool in the credit cards, to pay for 
fuel?

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From: Andrew Baker <Andrew_Baker@mitel.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:35:15 -0000
Subject: Sluggish old diesel

It's good to talk and I've missed the list a lot over the last two
month. Thanks Iain for the advice.

Down to busyness then:
My 109 diesel is really sluggish at the moment, no power at all. The
water seems clear, it starts first time (now I have a new battery), the
top end was reconditioned about 3000 miles ago, so what should I check
next.

Andrew B
109 2.25 Diesel

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From: "Dave Codrai" <dave@codrai.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 15:36:03 -0000
Subject: Re: Sluggish old diesel

>My 109 diesel is really sluggish at the moment, no power at all.

I thought all Series diesels were like that !

Did the sluggishness happen suddenly or gradually ?

Things to check

Choked air filter
Choked fuel filter
Air filter to inlet manifold pipe (can look all right outside but collapses
inside)
Full travel of throttle linkage at engine
Binding brakes
Binding handbrake
Injector spray patterns
Injection pump delivery pressure
Injection pump timing

Should keep you amused for a couple of hours !

Good luck

Dave

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From: Lodelane@aol.com
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:23:12 EST
Subject: Re: To vent or not to vent ???

In a message dated 02-02-99 6:00:06 AM Eastern Standard Time,
pat.colbeck@esc.azlan.co.uk writes:

 > Normally I imagine he would be most willing to do so but unfortunately the
 > Chinook has now done 70,000kms and so it needs new rotors.
 Would they be vented or non vented then .....
  >>
Don't care whether they are vented or not.  I just hate having to flag the
damn things after they are replaced.  Standing on a movable stair with what
resembles a timing light tracking the tip end of the rotor blade going past
your head faster than the speed of sound, is not my idea of the ten most fun
things to do.

Larry Smith
Chester, VA

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From: Peter =?iso-8859-1?Q?Thor=E9n?= <peter.thoren@genetik.uu.se>
Date: 	Tue, 02 Feb 1999 16:45:37 +0100
Subject: Re: Sluggish old diesel

At 15:36 1999-02-02 -0000, you wrote:
>>My 109 diesel is really sluggish at the moment, no power at all.
>I thought all Series diesels were like that !
>Did the sluggishness happen suddenly or gradually ?
>Things to check
>Choked air filter

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>Injection pump timing
>Should keep you amused for a couple of hours !
In addition to this also valve adjustment, tyre pressure and mayby check
for a bad timing chain. 

Peter

Peter Thorén
1975 LR 109" diesel Stationwagon
member #1379 Swedish Land Rover Club
Långmyrtorp
740 20 Vänge
Sweden

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From: "T.D.I.Stevenson" <gbfv08@udcf.gla.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 16:16:55 -0000
Subject: Re: To vent or not to vent ???

>My dream... if I ever win the lottery, is to arrive on the beach, in my
Avis
>Stalwart, drive up the beach onto the camping pitch, and unload the caravan
>from the back with the Hi-Ab crane...

Mine is similar. I would arrive at the Largs ferry slip on a hot Friday in
Summer, drive past the immense queue waiting hours to get across, roll
slowly down the slip and then cruise over to the island. Mind you, Cal-Mac
would probably charge for the use of their slip.

Tom Stevenson
University Marine Biological Station, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland
Tel: 01475 530581  Fax: 01475 530601  Email: gbfv08@udcf.gla.ac.uk
Web page: http://www.gla.ac.uk/Acad/Marine/

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From: "Peter Estibeiro" <petere@srv0.bio.ed.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 16:36:11 +0000
Subject: Re: To vent or not to vent ???

> resembles a timing light tracking the tip end of the rotor blade going past
> your head faster than the speed of sound, is not my idea of the ten most fun
> things to do.
You surprise me!  what are the ten most fun things to do then?

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: richard@fortress.demon.co.uk (Richard P. Scott)
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 18:27:50 GMT
Subject: Re: To vent or not to vent ???

On Mon, 1 Feb 1999 14:51:02 -0000, Geoff Wilkin
<geoff.wilkin@btinternet.com> wrote:

>Beats the proposed toll charges on Motorways!..
>Does'nt it!.... Where do the Army get rid of their Chinooks?....I could just
>about park it on the front garden.... might even get it around the back if I
>knock the neighbours fence down.

They probably find their way to Botany Bay near Chorley - after all, I
have seen an Mi8, a couple of Chieftains and a T62(?) parked there
before now.

Richard.
-----
Richard P. Scott, Lincoln, England.
richard@fortress.demon.co.uk

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From: "Dave White" <dave@bang.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 19:02:05 -0000
Subject: Re: To vent or not to vent ???

>Mine is similar. I would arrive at the Largs ferry slip on a hot Friday in
>Summer, drive past the immense queue waiting hours to get across, roll
>slowly down the slip and then cruise over to the island. Mind you, Cal-Mac
>would probably charge for the use of their slip.

I would have thought cal mac would also require you to wait for a while as
they are more into waiting than charging! :-)

Dave White
'82 V8 Stage 1 SW (Light Green)
'69 2.6 LWB 2A (in bits)

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From: "Matthew Reeve & Mel Mauger" <blatchwood@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 18:21:12 -0000
Subject: Re: Fan question

>> I can push mine round easily when the engine has stopped, and it turns
when
>> the engine is running.
>OK, sounds like it's time for a trip to the garage and time to say goodbye
to a
>lot of money... I bet that strange new grinding sound that can be heard at
>times comes from that obviously faulty fan.

>Mats

Why not take this as a sign from above to change the fan for an electric
one? You can get the bits out of a scrappy if you're really stingy, or pay
£140ish for a Kenlowe one, either way, you get more efficient cooling,
improved fuel consumption and you can turn it off for water crossings.

Matthew
UK, nr Heathrow
1979 2-dr Range Rover 300Tdi

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From: "Matthew Reeve & Mel Mauger" <blatchwood@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 18:26:07 -0000
Subject: Re: To vent or not to vent ???

>How easy and where could you refuel this chinook?  Like, can you stick 4
>star in it?

If it takes 4 star, you ought to think about getting some new heads.....
You could always do a diesel conversion, do Perkins make one big enough?

(oh my god, it's only Tuesday and we're already having a Friday afternoon
conversation, what will it be like by the end of the week?)

:-)
Matthew
UK, nr Heathrow
1979 2-dr Range Rover 300Tdi

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From: "Neill Hogarth" <Neill.Hogarth@allgaeu.org>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 22:26:19 +0100
Subject: dents and suppliers

Geoff Wilkin wrote:
>Whats the camping (Caravanning) like there this time of year?...
>or any time of the year?...

You have to stay at a caravan site but there are plenty of them 
around. They are open all year and have all the usual facilities. I 
don't know who digs you out when you are parked up and it dumps 
a meter of snow overnight. Maybe that is included in the price.

In winter you can round off your camping with skiing, snow 
boarding, sledging and drinking beer. In summer, mountaineering, 
hill walking, swimming and drinking beer. Autumn and Spring are 
also ideal for drinking beer.
Neill Hogarth

Nesselwang -
 - in the Bavarian Alps

Neill.Hogarth@allgaeu.org
ICQ 11799898

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From: "Neill Hogarth" <Neill.Hogarth@allgaeu.org>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 22:26:19 +0100
Subject: mapping-no L-R content

> I am interested in mapping software for the UK. 

Try looking at
http://uk.multimap.com/map/places.cgi

Neill Hogarth

Nesselwang -
 - in the Bavarian Alps

Neill.Hogarth@allgaeu.org
ICQ 11799898

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From: "Frank Elson" <frankelson@felson.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 23:01:00 -0000
Subject: Re: Brownchurch
	charset="iso-8859-1"

>>a mere southerner <<<

Geoff,
I would never describe you as "mere" :-)>
and if I was describing a Southerner I wouldn't use the word mere =
either, something far more stronger would do.....

Best Cheers

Frank
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     I !__|  [_]|_\___  
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From: "Frank Elson" <frankelson@felson.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 00:10:57 -0000
Subject: Re: Brownchurch
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>>>>>Hmm, Cheap.  I was thinking of making my own out of cordura Nylon =
and a
roller blind core, but I doubt I could even get the material alone for
17.50UKP.<<<<
yeah, my sentiments exactly......
Best Cheers

Frank
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From: "Frank Elson" <frankelson@felson.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 00:08:56 -0000
Subject: Re: 
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Richard,
my comment about "wittering" was my attempt at schoolboy humour, I =
always miss the :-)> off :-(>
you are good for my ego, my normal response to compliments about my =
column is that if you get half as much fun out of reading them as I do =
writing them then that's great 'cos it is my column and I should get =
twice as much fun as you......

As far as headlights go I am a bit of a nonsense really.
 I am aware that some of the cheaper conversions don't seem to keep the =
reflectors as well as some of the more expensive.
However, I don't bodge a lot of things (while bodging merrily away on =
thousands of others). Brakes f'rinstance, I replace all fluid once a =
year, whether they need it or not.
I never replace seals, I replace the brake cylinders every couple of =
years. They're cheap enough and I like to know they're nearly new at all =
times.
Now, headlights. A pair of cheap units with halogen bulbs (55watt only)  =
cost me 10-12 UKP a year 'cos I replace them every two years. My glass =
doesn't yellow, my reflectors don't wear away. A set  cost just =
20-25UKP, why bodge?
AND, I wash my headlights, or at least give them a wipe over with a =
cloth, a couple of times a week. You know all that crud you're =
continually washing off with your washers and wipes off the windscreen? =
Well that lot is going onto headlights as well.........
there is a plastic bowl conversion as well, do it on all my motors, =
saves all that rusty sh*t at the back of the lights.....
again, thanks for your kind comments, I'll pass them on to the =
Ninety-year-old woman who really writes my column, oops I've told you my =
 secret. I will now have to kill you.
Best Cheers

Frank
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From: "Frank Elson" <frankelson@felson.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 00:31:06 -0000
Subject: Re: To vent or not to vent ???
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>>>>!.... Where do the Army get rid of their Chinooks?....I could just
about park it on the front garden.... might even get it around the back =
if I
knock the neighbours fence down.<<<

that's WHEN you knock the neighbour's fence down, I've seen you park a =
Land Rover :-)>

>>>>It would beat the traffic Jams in Cornwall later this year when i go =
to see
the eclipse!...<<<<<

Talking to a friend in Cornwall today, says farmers are already blocking =
off green lanes to deny entry to new age travellers who are expected to =
flood into the county at eclipse time........wot price they re-open them =
afterwards??

Best Cheers

Frank
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From: Manuel Silva <mj.ls@usa.net>
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 22:21:29 +0000
Subject: Re: New Land Rover owner & Fuel tank

	Thanks all for your answers. I'll try to check your advices next 
weekend.
	One other thing I found: I thought that LWB came with a big rear fuel
tank. Mine has smaller (I don't know the capacity) side mounted under the
passanger seat.

CU,

Manuel Silva
mj.ls@usa.net
ICQ#: 12867923

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From: "David Levett" <dlevett@pc.jaring.my>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:25:30 +0800
Subject: Series Transfer Box Worries
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I have finally got round to changing the bottom plate of the transfer =
box over - Someone has obviously removed it at some point and refitted =
it with the drain plug at the top! It took me ages to remove all the =
'rubbery' gasket maker crap in order to fit a new gasket.
With the plate off, looking at all the 'gears' they all looked in good =
condition, well at least a load of teeth didn't fall out and they all =
looked in place.The centre of the shafts (intermediate gear I think) was =
very badly 'scored' between the gears. Not just marked but, running your =
fingernail across, definite scores - quite deep. Like if you had a bar =
in a lathe and used a rough file on it.
I can't believe that this is 'normal'. My questions are:
What could have caused it?
What is the consequence - short term and long term?

Any advice much appreciated.

Cheers,
Dave Levitate
dlevett@pc.jaring.my

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From: "Neill Hogarth" <Neill.Hogarth@allgaeu.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 07:28:46 +0000
Subject: fuses

As a new and proud Land Rover owner I was checking the fuses last 
night and found that a number had blown and been replaced with a roll 
of cigarette paper. Ideally I want to exchange the silver paper for 
real fuses.

No garage around here has ever seen the type of fuses used in my 1986 
110. They are glass fuses but with pointed ends. I can get straight 
ended ones but they don't fit in the fuse box. Are LR fuses special 
or is it just that they don't exist here is Bavaria?

Can anyone give me a name or number or something for these fuses so 
that I can order them somewhere.
Neill Hogarth
BURGER Umform- & Montagetechnik
Obere Wank 9
87484 Nesselwang
Germany
Tel: (49)-8361-9206-29
Fax: (49)-8361-9206-10

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From: "Finch, Mark" <Mark.Finch@BSKYB.COM>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 06:41:00 -0000 
Subject: Lightweight for sale

I have got a lightweight for sale

It is a late SIIA, and has a 2.25 petrol engine, 12 volt and is in NATO
green, it is an excellent vehicle, it is waxoyled and rust free. It is tax
excempt.

Price £2900 ono.

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