Well, started to fit it, at last, yesterday (and today)
Pics and narative here:
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Course, you know this marks the end of summer... :-)Grumble "aircon" - Part 1
Jul 22, 2006
21 Replies
Mother"
Maybe an electric fan under the engine cover might be a good idea ? Leave the viscous fan on the engine of course, but the electric fan could vent the hot air when the thing is switched off.
Steve
i keep meaning to experiment with mounting a bit of drainpipe pointing down out of the 'engine bay' to see if it could create a vacuum at the end and suck the heat out of the engine when moving
With that lead lined stuff in my GS it doesn't get hot at all on the case, until you park up.
Steve
aaah. gotcha. your fan suggestion becomes clearer now!
Tom Woods uttered summat worrerz funny about:
yeah...an alterantive fan landrover or afl as we like to call them... you mean you don't have one?
WHO LET HIM IN?
;-)
Lee D
You should be sectioned for puns like that.
Steve
Isn't being sectioned a requirement for this ng?
I have half a mind to go & drive my Series now :)
Karen
Isn't that a requirement for driving Series vehicles: :)
(ducks and runs)
Stuart
-- Formerly: 2 Series II 109" (1960, 1962), both petrol -> diesel conversions; 1987 110 CSW 2.5 TD Now: 1984 110 CSW V8
you too?
Glad someone picked that one, else I'd have been disappointed :p
K
Probably.
I drove mine to work this morning - as usual it's parked in the decorative garden at the front of the office.
fantastic.....
On or around Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:34:44 +0100, "William Tasso" enlightened us thusly:
and me. I've order parts to repair mine, if the gods of the carriers are kind, they should be here today.
Where do you get your mind parts Austin?
Can't be Halfords, never noticed any brains in there!
On or around Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:36:17 GMT, "GbH" enlightened us thusly:
ah, they're not easily got. that's the trouble with these one-off prototypes...
LR parts arrived, or most of 'em. Playtime approaches :-)
I've got a spinny thing mounted on the top of my chimney which does a really good job of amplifying the draw of the chimney and keeping the smoke going up and not down.
would such heat up when stationary, given a bit of breeze
Stainless too, so very shiny.
Just a thought.
David
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