RE: SER1 S1 Event.

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Hello George
Unless Your engine is completely clapped out or the TT's body, being made
from steel, adds enormous amounts of weight, I fail to comprehend why Your
Land Rover is so sluggish. Have You checked that the accelerator linkage
allows for a full throttle position? A check and a subsequent adjustment
resulted in a significant improvement on my machine.
Especially with Your new Weber You should have no problems with hills and
such.
The overdrive won't help either if the power isn't there.

In an effort to cure my mystery rattle I proceeded to refurbish first the
water pump and then the generator only to
have the problem persist. A closer inspection of the flywheel revealed a
"mud excluder"(263 001) that, normally fastened to the timing cover by means
of drive screws, had managed to come off and was sort of dangling on the
spinning crankshaft behind the pulley assembly, hence the dingling sound.

The pulley , of course will not come off entirely without first removing fan
blades and cowling so I resorted to tin snips to remove the offending piece.
I'll have to deal with this properly at a later time.

Well, at least I know my genny and water pump won't give me trouble for a
while.

Tom T

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of George E Sollish
Sent: August 9, 2004 10:06 AM
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Subject: Re: SER1 S1 Event.


Hi Tom,

I thought about the Thruway, but even with the overdrive I'd still
probably be running 20 mi/hr less than the Capitol District traffic -- not
safe.  And when you factor in the number of 'what on earth is that'
shenanigans the TT elicits from other drivers, I think not.  Through
Bennington is probably best. US 20, because it takes forever to get
through metro Albany, second best.

George E Sollish	Chief Engineer		Auto Gear Equipment
			Project Manager		The Payne Lake Project



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