Re: SER1 Virtual Landrover

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From: "Michael Carradine" <mc@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: SER1 Virtual Landrover


> At 12:03 PM 5/1/2005, "John Hughes" <john@xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx.xx.xx> wrote:
> >If you've got a sense of humour, please try this link to my web site,
> >http://www.tanygraig.f9.co.uk/John/landy.htm
> >and click on "Virtual Landrover" near the bottom of the page.
>
> Outstanding!!  Another reason not to let Bill Gates near my LR.
>
> By the way, regarding the photo just preceding the URL,
> you might want to carry a tarp to keep the bottom of your
> jack getting soiled, rather than using the spare.  Or, to gain
> extra height, take along a wood block.  In the alternative, try
> jacking under an axle to raise the vehicle tire, as it seems you're
> running out of lift.  In any case, using the now flattened spare
> to jack up the vehicle makes changing a flat tire problematic.
> How would you exchange the flat tire on the vehicle for the
> spare when the jack is standing on the spare?
>
> MC
Hi Michael
 I think you may have missed the point of the photo on the preceding page.
I'm showing how the front bumper can be used as a press. It's very useful if
you want to press the bead of a tyre off a wheel rim, prior to patching an
inner tube or changing and refitting the tyre. I'm not jacking up the
vehicle to change a wheel.
 I definately wouldn't recommend lifting the full weight of the vehicle, on
the side wall of a tyre.
I think I'd better change the wording on that part of the page to make my
meaning clearer.
Still, I'm glad you found "Virtual Landrover" amusing.
Cheers
        John


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