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From: "Baker, Stuart J" <bakersj@bp.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 09:18:58 -0000
Subject: Re:Reference unleaded additive

in
>the bottom of the tank?...
>Surely some would disolve into the petrol... or aint it that simple?..

>Best Regards
>Geoff Wilkin

Geoff, good to see you sorted your censorship problem out!
Apart from upsetting all the "chruch" folk, I'm afraid that no, it's not
that simple.  Lead has to be in correct form and amount.
Having said that you could always sell the lead at a scrap metal yard, and
use the proceeds for a new head conversion !!!

Stuart
1961 SII Big and Yella

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From: "T.D.I.Stevenson" <gbfv08@udcf.gla.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 09:44:20 -0000
Subject: Re: ble poly-bushes

>bushes. I've been advised by a mechanic friend of mine that the panhard
>bushes chew up polybushes, he's got no idea why, but he was going through a
>set of panhard bushes every thousand miles or so, but since changing back
to
>standard rubber, they've lasted a long time.

The panhard rod polybushes I fitted to the 90 over 2 years ago are still as
effective as the day they were fitted.  I even removed them once to check
for wear in the bush eyes, but none was apparent. Maybe if the eyes have
been damaged by over-enthusiastic removal of the metalastic type bushes, or
if the existing, worn panhard rod bolts were reused to fit the new bushes,
premature wear could result.

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: "Seymour, Gareth" <gareth.seymour@sihe.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 08:46:25 -0000
Subject: 20/3/99 Boycott

It's almost saturday and no mention on the list of the days events....is
it being boycotted ????????
I'll be there...

The bird.

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From: GMBubb@aol.com
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 05:43:23 EST
Subject: Contentious Issue?

I didn't think there was any contention about the oil vs. grease issue. It'
simple: if you've got ball/roller/needle bearings in your swivel top you can
use grease. If you've got plain bearings, (cone or Railko), you must use oil
as they are splash lubricated. This means Series vehicles should use oil; RR
Classic, Disco, Defender can use grease.

(I'll now wait for all the replies saying I'm wrong!)

As for spring bolts, what's the problem there? Torque the U bolts as per the
book, sit it on level ground and then torque up all the shackle bolts.

Gordon

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From: Andy Gardiner <101_nut@shedcity.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 10:30:23 +0000
Subject: new owner ...

In message <bulk.20616.19990317000621@Land-Rover.Team.Net>, owner-uk-
lro-digest@playground.sun.com writes
>>'Car'? Perhaps you have your rose tinted spectacles on at the moment.
>Oh,come on Andy its not *that* bad....
>Think *positively*:-)

I was never known for my optimism ... having driven the Rangey 50 miles
at 3000rpm in 3rd gear to avoid either bunny hopping at lower revs or
backfiring violently at higher ones, optimism still isn't my strong
point. It gets worse when the cause of the fault is the condenser ...
after replacing the distributor (with another duff condenser on it), the
HT leads, the plugs, the points (twice), the ballast resistor wire ...
timing up about sixty times, rebuild the carbs ...
One or two people said 'it's the condenser' to which I replied 'it can't
be that since it was changed with the distributor ...'

The moral of the story is - the obvious, however implausible, should
always be checked, followed by a good kicking for the person who lent
you the duff component!
-- 
Andy Gardiner
BLRC Editor (and pessimist)
Lit me tell yew tha' orl vews, ign'rent o' th' fax an' tu'al lud
a' squit tha' thay moit be, are me own unless oi sed atherwoise.

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From: Andrew Baker <Andrew_Baker@mitel.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 11:25:49 -0000
Subject: RE: 20/3/99 Boycott

Hey that's the first Email I've received for over 24 Hrs, I thought
you'd all buzzed off to some other pub!

Did anybody reply about filling freewheel hubs with oil?
I tried the digest on the web but kept getting "FILE NOT FOUND"

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From: AVAC11@aol.com
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 06:52:19 EST
Subject: Re: Contentious Issue?

Yeah, so you should and so do I do it, but there are lots of people who can't
be arsed to mess around with two guns and just grease everything that looks
greasable and get away with it nicely.

> I didn't think there was any contention about the oil vs. grease issue. It'
>  simple: if you've got ball/roller/needle bearings in your swivel top you
can
>  use grease. If you've got plain bearings, (cone or Railko), you must use
oil
>  as they are splash lubricated. This means Series vehicles should use oil;
RR
>  Classic, Disco, Defender can use grease.
>  (I'll now wait for all the replies saying I'm wrong!)
>  As for spring bolts, what's the problem there? Torque the U bolts as per

the
>  book, sit it on level ground and then torque up all the shackle bolts.

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From: njf@soton.ac.uk
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 11:59:15 -0800
Subject: swivel grease p/n

stc 3534 or is that 3435 ? something like that !

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From: "Rich" <Rich_from_bath@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 12:52:50 -0000
Subject: RE: SII wing mirrors

> Hell just fit 90 doors and be done with 8). (fire proof suite at the
> ready)
> Andy Smith

Nooo! Don't do that! You can't take the door tops off in the summer then!!!

Assuming you *want* to take the roof off <g>

Cheers
Rich

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From: Andrew Baker <Andrew_Baker@Mitel.COM>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 13:08:04 -0000
Subject: RE: Free Wheel Hubs.

Sorry I missed a ton of emails so I maybe off track here:

Jason wrote:
>The oil you're seeing leaking out of the end is from the swivel housing
'cos the
>oil seal on the stub axle is shot. 

My oil leaks from the end of the freewheel hub, did this come through
the stub axle seals as well, cos I don't understand how it got there.

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From: "Dave White" <davew@landie.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 14:05:45 +0000
Subject: Re: 20/3/99 Boycott

> It's almost saturday and no mention on the list of the days events....is
> it being boycotted ????????
> I'll be there...

Is what being boycotted ???????

I'd hate to think I was missing something :-)

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

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From: M.J.Rooth@lboro.ac.uk (Mike Rooth)
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 16:04:14 +0000
Subject: Re: new owner??

>If you go Tax Exempt, then do you have and Whitworth Spanners?...I believe
>most of the nuts and bolts on the S11's were Whit or BSF.

Er...if my 11A is any guide,most of the nuts and bolts are UNF/UNC.
Particularly 5/16" UNF (1/2"A/F).Whit/BSF is there as well,but I
managed relatively happily on A/F sockets and spanners for a year or
two before I acquired in bits and bobs Whit sockets(which replaced
the metric junk in the set),and a happy find of a set of Whit
combination spanners for £6.1/2" A/F occurs so often that I've had
to replace the 1/2" socket having worn it out.And in the process
discovered that A/F stuff is becoming *very* hard to find.Small
local ironmongers proved the best (only) bet.So I splashed out on
a King Dick socket.A whole £3.50!
Cheers
Mike Rooth

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From: Robert Jan van Vliet <rjvvliet@casema.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 18:36:10 +0100
Subject: Re: new owner??

> Geoff Wilkin wrote:

> Roof and doors off in the summer,  and 27 jumpers on in the winter!

Don't forget your raincoat in spring and autumn.

Robert Jan van Vliet
SIII 109" 2.25 petrol rhd '80

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From: Adrian Redmond <channel6@post2.tele.dk>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 19:53:36 +0100
Subject: Landy engine numbers

Once upon a time, a series diesel motor was called a 2.25 liter - 2.25
being a near round-up of its  cubic capacity. So too with the 2.5l Then
we had the V8, which at least meant it had 8 cylinders.

Later came the 200tdi 300tdi and now the TD5 - all of which I understand
are 2.5 liter c.c. so what does the 200, 300, and 5 mean?

I hope that does not mean that the Landy has gone completly yuppie with
fancy abbreviations.

Where will they ever find space on a truck for the decals advertising -

Land Rover, defender, 110" LWB, County Station Wagon, Shine, 4 cylinder
8 valves EFI, EGR, Catalysator, 5 speed 4WD, GXL laa-dee-dah...

I've pulled the prententious decals off my new defender, the 110,
defender, Tdi and county stripes - I am happy to see it just as any
other Land Rover. period.

Adrian Redmond

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From: Gordonkerr@aol.com
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 14:33:31 EST
Subject: Re: Landy engine numbers

In a message dated 17/03/99 19:06:16 GMT Standard Time, channel6@post2.tele.dk
writes:

> Later came the 200tdi 300tdi and now the TD5 - all of which I understand
>  are 2.5 liter c.c. so what does the 200, 300, and 5 mean?

I believe the 200 in 200tdi was related to the engines torque (actually 195 lb
ft but hey what the hell?). and the tdi turbo direct injection. The 300 well
it had to be more than 200 didn't it? - it was new (sadly not 300 lb ft of
torque :-(( )

And the td5 well it has 5 cylinders

Gordon
98 Disco Tdi Safari - 87 90 V8 CSW
Bedford

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From: MRogers315@aol.com
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 14:43:03 EST
Subject: Brake pad wear

Shortly after building my hybrid I mangled one of the front disk brake stone
guards on the hybrid and never bothered replacing it. Ever since the pads on
that side have worn out at almost twice the rate of the other side. I took the
wheels off today to clean out the stone bearing mud deposited during a BLRC
fun day on Saturday, and hey the bloody front pads on that side are worn out
again.
Now here is my point, I just stuck a pair of pads in that were taken out of
the other side last year to keep me mobile. Having bedded them in the brakes
feel perfectly normal. So why is it that all the rules on pad replacement say
never re use old pads and never put them back in different locations. 
How about a second point, I seem to only get about 3500 miles out of a set of
pads how about you.

Mike Rogers
Lightweight/Range Rover hybrid

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From: MRogers315@aol.com
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 14:43:00 EST
Subject: Geoff Wilkin Multiple posts

Geoff
I see you are making the most of your new found resistance to the list
spamkill. It makes a pleasant change to actually receive your posts.

Mike Rogers
Lightweight/Range Rover hybrid 

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From: "Matthew Reeve & Mel Mauger" <blatchwood@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 19:48:48 -0000
Subject: Re: Contentious Issue?

>I didn't think there was any contention about the oil vs. grease issue. It'
>simple: if you've got ball/roller/needle bearings in your swivel top you
can
>use grease. If you've got plain bearings, (cone or Railko), you must use
oil
>as they are splash lubricated.

>Gordon

Of course there's no contention, after all, I'm right, and therefore
everyone who disagrees is merely misguided, not contentious :-))

Seriously, IM(NSH)O grease is fine for vehicles which are used almost
entirely on road, or are owned by owners who either can't be bothered or
don't have the time to get underneath and maintain their vehicle. If the
vehicle gets water into the swivels and they have oil, then the oil can be
changed easily, if there is grease, then the water is much harder to get
out, and the grease can only (easily) be removed by stripping the hub.
Since my vehicle regularly gets its feet wet (and mine too last time I was
out, note to self, must check door seals) I have chosen to keep the oil, I
have also chosen not to fit the gaiters for the same reason, since I
maintain the vehicle regularly, I prefer not to have water trapped against
the chrome balls.

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

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From: "Neil Brownlee" <metal_thrasher@offroading.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:59:01 -0000
Subject: Sore Left Foot....

Sigh,

I am having to drive my purely offroad LR on road due to the fact that
someone ran me off the road in the Exploder. I am V. annoyed by this because
it is the second accident in 2 months in my house where the w*nker who
caused it has f*cked off without stopping. The Exploder is now a right mess,
the whole nearside is dented and scratched, the front hit a lamp post and
they tell me that the drivers doesn't hang right anymore..maybe a right off?

Anyway, I am okay, just got a sore thumb as the Exploder suspension
exploded(!) as she left the road (be fair, she left the road sideways and
hit the kirb with all the wheels...was a cool thing to see being winched
out...)

I have two worries now, firstly, my foot hurst when I drive the LR - I am
not used to the clutch but it seems awful tight...prior to now it hasn't
been a problem, but town driving........argh! Is there an adjustment?

Secondly, there is a banging coming from the passenger front side..sounds
like a dodgy shock, but how do I check on a SIII, the bounce check is a no
no!

Neil

SIII 109" - now my daily driver

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From: "Eric Leuzinger" <eric@solihull64.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:56:43 -0000
Subject: Re: 20/3/99 Boycott

I'm going to the Old Sod on Saturday...if I can get the motor running....

Had a new box fitted...all nice and neat....Tried turning it over .....no
go......It seems that somehow the timing gear's got all mixed up....

Dunno how?

Any ideas....Radiator and front of engine out methinks.

Help.....please......I'll even say sorry to Series 3 chappies....

Oh go on.....

Loz

>It's almost saturday and no mention on the list of the days events....is
>it being boycotted ????????
>I'll be there...
>The bird.

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From: "Eric Leuzinger" <eric@solihull64.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:58:09 -0000
Subject: Re: Free Wheel Hubs.

Check out this months LRO for full explanation of this problem

Loz

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From: "Geoff Wilkin" <geoff.wilkin@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 21:35:34 -0000
Subject: Re: Free Wheel Hubs.

A firm believer in Gaiters I am.

I fitted them on my S111, (new Swivel Balls), then I filled the gaiter with
some grease, Just for good measure, ie to keep any water off the swivels if
it managed to get past the gaiter.
And grease inside the swivels as well...

Belt and Braces!..

Best Regards
Geoff Wilkin

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

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From: "Geoff Wilkin" <geoff.wilkin@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 21:39:52 -0000
Subject: Re: Re:Reference unleaded additive

Yes its sorted... Wot a silly Bu**er I am... I reply BELOW the >> part of
Homepage - http://www.btinternet.com/~geoff.wilkin - (Site REVAMPED 18 Sept

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From: "Geoff Wilkin" <geoff.wilkin@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 21:43:54 -0000
Subject: Re: Contentious Issue?

Yes... Once you have loaded the back of the vehicle so that you have the
correct distance between the top of the axle and the bumpstop / chassis. As
you say, its in the manual.... Just tightening up when the vehicle is level
is not sufficient.

I used a chain wrench to pull the chassis down to the axle until I got the
correct distance.

Sorry to be pedantic..

Best Regards
Geoff Wilkin

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

From: GMBubb@aol.com <GMBubb@aol.com>
Date: 17 March 1999 10:43
Subject: Contentious Issue?

>As for spring bolts, what's the problem there? Torque the U bolts as per
the
>book, sit it on level ground and then torque up all the shackle bolts.

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From: "Geoff Wilkin" <geoff.wilkin@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 21:46:27 -0000
Subject: Re: SII wing mirrors

What swrong with just winding down the window... Thats what I do on the 110.
Now with the lightweight, its going to be a different story, if the weather
is that good, it will be Doors Off!...

Best Regards
Geoff Wilkin

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'73 Lightweight V6 - All in bits

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From: "Geoff Wilkin" <geoff.wilkin@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 21:48:34 -0000
Subject: Re: new owner??

Yes I agree... Whit and AF come upo regularly at Car boot sales, and go
cheaply... Just dont let on what they have!...

Best Regards
Geoff Wilkin

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'73 Lightweight V6 - All in bits

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From: "Geoff Wilkin" <geoff.wilkin@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 21:51:36 -0000
Subject: Re: Geoff Wilkin Multiple posts

I try... Yes I know I can be very trying!...

Bill pointed out what I was doing wrong....ie replying below the original
text ">>" bit of the email!..
Simple 'init Just l;ike me!..

Best Regards
Geoff Wilkin

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'73 Lightweight V6 - All in bits

From: MRogers315@aol.com <MRogers315@aol.com>
Date: 17 March 1999 19:49
Subject: Geoff Wilkin Multiple posts
>I see you are making the most of your new found resistance to the list
>spamkill. It makes a pleasant change to actually receive your posts.

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From: "Geoff Wilkin" <geoff.wilkin@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 21:56:13 -0000
Subject: Re: Sore Left Foot....

Serves you right for having an Exploder...

now... Take a sledge hammer to most panels on the 109, stick a RSJ across
front and rear.
Daub (make it look like accident paint marks from other vehicles) paint in
obvious places on teh 109.
Then swerve across ALL lanes of the road as part of your normal driving....
NO-ONE will come anywhere near you. People like the Dickhead you mentioned
will even keep away.

Sorry to hear of your problem... At least it wasnt the 109 he got.

Best Regards
Geoff Wilkin

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'73 Lightweight V6 - All in bits

From: Neil Brownlee <metal_thrasher@offroading.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: 17 March 1999 20:58
Subject: Sore Left Foot....

>Sigh,
>I am having to drive my purely offroad LR on road due to the fact that
>someone ran me off the road in the Exploder. I am V. annoyed by this

because
>it is the second accident in 2 months in my house where the w*nker who
>caused it has f*cked off without stopping. The Exploder is now a right
mess,
>the whole nearside is dented and scratched, the front hit a lamp post and
>they tell me that the drivers doesn't hang right anymore..maybe a right
off?

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From: "Frank Elson" <frankelson@felson.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 18:48:06 -0000
Subject: Re: LHD Conversions

>>>>>Nearside = side nearest the kerb
Offside = side furthest  from kerb.<<<<<<
agreed

>>>>>Best stick to Left/Right. <<<<<<
no, no, no..... right standing in front looking back, or left standing
behind looking forward?  or wot??? always throws me into a tizzy, one man's
right is another man's left......

>>>>> Wouldn't be a problem if everyone drove on
the correct ( i.e. left ) side of the road.  :-)<<<<<<<

exactly

Best Cheers

Frank
    +--+--+--+
     I !__|  [_]|_\___
     I ____|"_|"__|_ | /     B791 PKV
     "(o)======(o)"    Bronze Green 110 CSW

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From: "Frank Elson" <frankelson@felson.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 19:02:45 -0000
Subject: Re: LHD Conversions

>>>>Isn't the correct side of the road in case of a LR in the middle?<<<
in Malta, according to a song I heard some years ago, it's "in the
shade"......

Best Cheers

Frank
    +--+--+--+
     I !__|  [_]|_\___
     I ____|"_|"__|_ | /     B791 PKV
     "(o)======(o)"    Bronze Green 110 CSW

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From: "Matthew Reeve & Mel Mauger" <blatchwood@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:58:51 -0000
Subject: Wheelclamps

Purely out of curiosity you understand, how large a wheel can a standard
wheel clamp fit?

I would like to reiterate that I have no intention to ever get in a
situation where a wheelclamp would be applied to my vehicle, merely as to
whether a clamper who had made a mistake concerning the legality of my
parking could do anything about it. :-))

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

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From: wayne@yorkshire.u-net.com (Wayne Davies)
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 23:41:00 GMT
Subject: Sodbury Sortout this Saturday

Evening all

I'm off down to Sodbury this weekend. There are spare seats if anyone
wants a lift from Harrogate as long as you don't have an engine or axle
on your shopping list. Actually, I have a trailer and towbar but that
makes the journey longer.

All the best

-- 

Wayne Davies         Editor of Ex-Military Land Rover Association Newsletter
  Harrogate     A little Website info on SAS Pink Panther, Lightweight, 
Shorland,
 North Yorks       Military Carawagon, Belgian Minerva & Armoured Land Rovers
 0374 961251                      www.yorkshire.u-net.com

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From: The Bickertons <Bickerton@compuserve.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 18:17:09 -0500
Subject: Capstan winch

I've been asked to sell a capstan winch for a friend, so I thought I'd post
the details to see if anyone wants it.

It's complete, with all the mountings, the dog clutch and counterpart on
the crank, comes with a bumper and requires 4 holes in the front
crossmember to mount it. Coming with a free bumper and all, he wants
£130ono.

Email me direct if anyone's interested,
John Bickerton - <bickerton@compuserve.com>

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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 23:18:54 +0100
Subject: Re:Wheelclamps
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SIZE does'nt matter......
Take em off with your Hi-Lift !!!!!!

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From: Adrian Redmond <channel6@post2.tele.dk>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 00:45:16 +0100
Subject: SIII Diesel front leaf springs

My 109" drive chain, suspension and wheels are now all mounted on the
new galv. chassis. The leaf springs (see how I write LEAF springs since
I bought a 110 - I would never have thought of that a week ago) are only
18 months old so I am reusing them (probably the only old part anyway)
but they are still so sprung that the shackle points forward. The front
shocks do not fit - they are too short (by about 2 cm at full extension
and about 2" at "normally open" position (open but still a bit to give
for the big hops).

Question is - how do I get the springs to flat out so that the shackles
lean back and the chassis comes a little closer, so that I can fit the
shocks. (Yes the shocks are the right ones, the brake hoses are too
short too!)

The new firewall is fitted, the engine is in, and a new fuel tank.
Tomorrow I strip and paint the last "black bits" - brackets, brake and
clutch towers, handbrake, and lots of other stuff. The I am finished
cleaning crud and have only the bodywork to paint before final assembly.
I guess that in a week I'll have it running and can begin to clean up my
workshop.

Pity is, 2 fully rebuilt Series III's and a new 110, and I then
disappear to Alaska again for three months, missing the glorius Danish
spring (May 4th) - well they'll be here when i get home in the summer.

Any pointers on the springs?

Adrian Redmond

          http://www.channel6.dk/native

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From: Adrian Redmond <channel6@post2.tele.dk>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 00:52:29 +0100
Subject: Defender seats

I must admit that I find the fancy seats on my new Defender much more
uncomfortable than the Series III seats (new, still intact SIII seats
that is). I drove to Viborg today - 70 kilometres each way, and half way
home I was getting a back attack of "Boeing Bum" - you know that
posterier feeling you get when crossing the Atlantic 10 hours coach
class. And even with the seat fully back, my right leg aches after half
an hour holding the speedo half way down. (Yep - if it was the series at
least you can bottom it, but Denmark's 80Km speed limit means that a Tdi
pedal must be held midposition. (Could always use a lower gear :-) )

I know, many of you must be mumbling "Geez, the lucky b*%%er gets a new
110 CSW and ALL he does is whinge?

Sorry - It's still a lovel truck!

Adrian Redmond

          http://www.channel6.dk/native

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From: "Rich" <Rich_from_bath@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 00:04:34 -0000
Subject: RE: SII wing mirrors

> Now with the lightweight, its going to be a different story, if 
> the weather
> is that good, it will be Doors Off!...

And fold the windscreen down as well?

Cheers
Rich

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From: "Frank Elson" <frankelson@felson.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 22:09:40 -0000
Subject: Re: new owner??

>>>discovered that A/F stuff is becoming *very* hard to find.<<<<

Mike,
I found a mail-order place in Stockport that has AF and Whitworth, not cheap
but then what is these days.
will look it out (office all upside down at the moment) and list it - I did
once, last year I believe.....
Best Cheers

Frank
    +--+--+--+
     I !__|  [_]|_\___
     I ____|"_|"__|_ | /     B791 PKV
     "(o)======(o)"    Bronze Green 110 CSW

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From: JPitcher@sperry-sun.com
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 21:38:16 -0600
Subject: Re: Free-wheel hubs

The oil you're seeing leaking out of the end is from the swivel housing 'cos the
oil seal on the stub axle is shot. I'm not sure if the oil leaking past the stub
axle seal can dissolve the grease packed around the wheel bearings. If it has,
this could lead to premature wheel bearing failure, so it's probably worth
stripping the hub down anyway. After a complete strip down of the hub to fix
drain the oil out of the hub and fill it with swivel grease (EP100 I believe),
comes in sachets from your local friendly LR dealer. This grease is meant for
swivels with c.v. joints, but can be used in the older swivels with u.j.s.
Speaking to the nice chap behind the counter at my local dealer (M.J.Fews) he
pointed out that when you consider what's normally in the swivel housing (rusty,
muddy water as the oil has usually leaked out) the grease  has to be a better
bet, also cheaper in the long run as you don't have to keep topping it up. I
agree with this as most of the swivels I've stripped are usually dry. The only
ones I've seen that have remained oil tight are ones protected by a leather
gaiter. I'm reconditioning an axle for my S11a and I was amazed to find oil in
the swivels. I got curious and took the gaiters off, which had been on for about
5 years and the chrome was in perfect nick and the oil seals sealed in the oil!
On the basis of this I'll be refitting the gaiters, and using the grease. 

On the subject of high ratio transfer gears, does anyone do them for the Siia
gearbox?

Jason Pitcher 
S11a 1970
Rangi1986 (but it's an Overfinch)

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