STOLEN FROM LANCASHIRE - RED 1992 110 CSW

Dear Group,

Unfortunately I've fallen victim to a bunch of b@st@rds who stole my
110 last night.

Pictures at http://picasaweb.google.com/embertons/STOLENLANDROVER

It's got extra brake lights and the reversing on lights in the roof
line, a couple of spare tyres chucked in the boot, bent side steps and
the front nearside wheel is smaller than the rest (temporary spare
while I got two punctures fixed - don't need to do that now !

If you see it please call Lancashire Police 0845 1253545 or contact me
via this group / my e-mail address!

Thanks,

Gavin
ex 200tdi 110 CSW owner.

PS Reg is (was) K402 VFV

On 10/11/2006 09:45, Embo wrote:
> Dear Group,
>
> Unfortunately I've fallen victim to a bunch of b@st@rds who stole my
> 110 last night.
>
> Pictures at http://picasaweb.google.com/embertons/STOLENLANDROVER
>
> It's got extra brake lights and the reversing on lights in the roof
> line, a couple of spare tyres chucked in the boot, bent side steps and
> the front nearside wheel is smaller than the rest (temporary spare
> while I got two punctures fixed - don't need to do that now !
>
> If you see it please call Lancashire Police 0845 1253545 or contact me
> via this group / my e-mail address!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gavin
> ex 200tdi 110 CSW owner.
>

Bastards.

Not being arsey, or non sympathetic, but did you have any security on it?

I worry about mine being nicked.......



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It did have a decent steering lock on it, but not decent enough !

If I ever get it back, or get a new one I think I'll go for barbed wire
and 24v charge !

Arse, arse, arse !

Gavin.

On 10/11/2006 10:20, Embo wrote:
> It did have a decent steering lock on it, but not decent enough !
>
> If I ever get it back, or get a new one I think I'll go for barbed wire
> and 24v charge !
>
> Arse, arse, arse !
>
> Gavin.
>
On mine, Ive wired in a cutoff switch between the earth of the starter
motor and the battery.
http://www.paddockspares.com/pp/OFF_ROAD/Miscellaneous/Battery_Isolator_Switch.html


Ive done it like this so that the starter motor wont work without the
switch in, but the radio does not loose its station settings cause that
annoys the hell out of me!


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"Mark Solesbury" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
> On 10/11/2006 10:20, Embo wrote:
>> It did have a decent steering lock on it, but not decent enough !
>>
>> If I ever get it back, or get a new one I think I'll go for barbed wire
>> and 24v charge !
>>
>> Arse, arse, arse !
>>
>> Gavin.
>>
> On mine, Ive wired in a cutoff switch between the earth of the starter
> motor and the battery.
> http://www.paddockspares.com/pp/OFF_ROAD/Miscellaneous/Battery_Isolator_Switch.html
>
>
> Ive done it like this so that the starter motor wont work without the
> switch in, but the radio does not loose its station settings cause that
> annoys the hell out of me!

Radio, whats one of those?

In message <[email protected]>
Mark Solesbury <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 10/11/2006 10:20, Embo wrote:
> > It did have a decent steering lock on it, but not decent enough !
> >
> > If I ever get it back, or get a new one I think I'll go for barbed wire
> > and 24v charge !
> >
> > Arse, arse, arse !
> >
> > Gavin.
> >
> On mine, Ive wired in a cutoff switch between the earth of the starter
> motor and the battery.
> http://www.paddockspares.com/pp/OFF_ROAD/Miscellaneous/Battery_Isolator_Switch.html
>
>
> Ive done it like this so that the starter motor wont work without the
> switch in, but the radio does not loose its station settings cause that
> annoys the hell out of me!
>
>

Put a hidden switch on the white wire out of the fuse box (200Tdi
Defenders), this knobbles the glow plugs (pretty irrelevant) and
the cut-off solenoid, which will apparently cause enough delay to most
theives to put them off.

Richard
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Mark Solesbury wrote:
> On 10/11/2006 10:20, Embo wrote:
>> It did have a decent steering lock on it, but not decent enough !
>>
>> If I ever get it back, or get a new one I think I'll go for barbed
>> wire and 24v charge !
>>
>> Arse, arse, arse !
>>
>> Gavin.
>>
> On mine, Ive wired in a cutoff switch between the earth of the starter
> motor and the battery.
> http://www.paddockspares.com/pp/OFF_ROAD/Miscellaneous/Battery_Isolator_Switch.html
>
>
> Ive done it like this so that the starter motor wont work without the
> switch in, but the radio does not loose its station settings cause
> that annoys the hell out of me!

I'm curious, how did you manage that? Join all the chassis earth braids together
and then to the isolator?
Earth returns are notorious for a) failing b) finding any alternative path, like
the speedo cable.

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On 10/11/2006 11:20, GbH wrote:
> Mark Solesbury wrote:
>> On 10/11/2006 10:20, Embo wrote:
>>> It did have a decent steering lock on it, but not decent enough !
>>>
>>> If I ever get it back, or get a new one I think I'll go for barbed
>>> wire and 24v charge !
>>>
>>> Arse, arse, arse !
>>>
>>> Gavin.
>>>
>> On mine, Ive wired in a cutoff switch between the earth of the starter
>> motor and the battery.
>> http://www.paddockspares.com/pp/OFF_ROAD/Miscellaneous/Battery_Isolator_Switch.html
>>
>>
>> Ive done it like this so that the starter motor wont work without the
>> switch in, but the radio does not loose its station settings cause
>> that annoys the hell out of me!
>
> I'm curious, how did you manage that? Join all the chassis earth braids together
> and then to the isolator?
> Earth returns are notorious for a) failing b) finding any alternative path, like
> the speedo cable.
>

I cant remember exactly how it is wired up, but it is fitted to the
front of the passenger seat bottom, near where the battery is, and its
attached to the earth cable of the battery.

All i know is that when the switch is out, the dash is dead, and turning
the key does cock all.



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On 2006-11-10, GbH <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm curious, how did you manage that? Join all the chassis earth braids together
> and then to the isolator?

On the krautwagen the factory-fitted battery isolator interrupts the
connection between the battery and the chassis, i.e. the negative
return to the battery itself. There's a relay that bypasses it once
the engine is running as apparently if the isolator is turned off
while the engine is running it can build up nasty voltages on the
alternator and knacker it. So once the engine's running you can in
theory take the isolator out. Quite handy if the isolator is 33 years
old like mine as it's a bit dodgy!

Once you do that you can run cables between the radio and the battery
directly, but you have to make sure that no metalwork touches the
radio otherwise it can act as a return earth to the battery for the
rest of the vehicle. Alternatively ISTR there being some devices that
contained batteries that would keep the radio memory live while there
was no power to it.

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On 10/11/2006 11:51, Ian Rawlings wrote:
> On 2006-11-10, GbH <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I'm curious, how did you manage that? Join all the chassis earth braids together
>> and then to the isolator?
>
> On the krautwagen the factory-fitted battery isolator interrupts the
> connection between the battery and the chassis, i.e. the negative
> return to the battery itself. There's a relay that bypasses it once
> the engine is running as apparently if the isolator is turned off
> while the engine is running it can build up nasty voltages on the
> alternator and knacker it. So once the engine's running you can in
> theory take the isolator out. Quite handy if the isolator is 33 years
> old like mine as it's a bit dodgy!
>
> Once you do that you can run cables between the radio and the battery
> directly, but you have to make sure that no metalwork touches the
> radio otherwise it can act as a return earth to the battery for the
> rest of the vehicle. Alternatively ISTR there being some devices that
> contained batteries that would keep the radio memory live while there
> was no power to it.
>


Ive seen some device that site on the +ve side of the battery, actually
fitted to the battery terminal. When a bit is screwed in, it is normal.
Once this bit is removed, its only got a 'fuse' wire connecting the
battery. Its enough for ancillaries, but as soon as the starter tries to
drawer the current, it breaks so it wont start.



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Funny really I have (had) an isolator switch in the landy do something
similar this weekend, but won't be doing that now !

Is there a way to amend posts once posted as it might be a good idea to
remove some of these good ideas at some point in case the b@st@rds read
them !

Anyway, on the assumption that I'll never see my landy again, what
shall I get next? I love the 110, but was wondering about a Disco or
old Range Rover? I'd prefer diesel and should get about £4,000 back
from the insurers?

On 10/11/2006 12:09, Embo wrote:

> Is there a way to amend posts once posted as it might be a good idea to
> remove some of these good ideas at some point in case the b@st@rds read
> them !

i think you can only remove your own posts....


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Mark
1990 90 200tdi - Smoking now its cold...
1987 RR V8 EFI - Sorn'd but sounding great

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Mark Solesbury wrote:

> On mine, Ive wired in a cutoff switch between the earth of the starter
> motor and the battery.
> http://www.paddockspares.com/pp/OFF_ROAD/Miscellaneous/Battery_Isolator_Switch.html

I'd be wary of doing that incase it tried to earth down something else
and melts it.
>
> Ive done it like this so that the starter motor wont work without the
> switch in, but the radio does not loose its station settings cause that
> annoys the hell out of me!

if you put a cut off in the main battery feed and then run a fused
'bypass' wire (say 10A or so) across it your radio wont loose its
settings, but the fuse will blow if someone tries to start it without
the switch turned.

On or around 10 Nov 2006 04:09:53 -0800, "Embo" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Funny really I have (had) an isolator switch in the landy do something
>similar this weekend, but won't be doing that now !
>
>Is there a way to amend posts once posted as it might be a good idea to
>remove some of these good ideas at some point in case the b@st@rds read
>them !
>
>Anyway, on the assumption that I'll never see my landy again, what
>shall I get next? I love the 110, but was wondering about a Disco or
>old Range Rover? I'd prefer diesel and should get about £4,000 back
>from the insurers?

<plug>

we've got a 300 TDi disco for sale

</plug>

email me, removing the spamtrap for preference, if yer interested.

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A tatty old series, the T leaves ought to leave that alone. I have had mine
broken into, but never nicked. (he says checking the window just to make
sure)

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Series 3 Rust and Holes

"Embo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Funny really I have (had) an isolator switch in the landy do something
similar this weekend, but won't be doing that now !

Is there a way to amend posts once posted as it might be a good idea to
remove some of these good ideas at some point in case the b@st@rds read
them !

Anyway, on the assumption that I'll never see my landy again, what
shall I get next? I love the 110, but was wondering about a Disco or
old Range Rover? I'd prefer diesel and should get about £4,000 back
from the insurers?

As much as I'd like a series vehicle we need a 'big' car that both my
wife and I can drive, and I'm just too small and weak to drive a series
vehicle, and I like to have a heater that works, and I don't like water
falling on me when it's raining..........................or is that
someone else's voice?

The series will have to wait until I can justify 3 cars, mind you I
need to be able to 'keep' two at the moment !

G.

Well to be honest given the current weather I am feeling like that at the
moment as well


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Series 3 Rust and Holes

"Embo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> As much as I'd like a series vehicle we need a 'big' car that both my
> wife and I can drive, and I'm just too small and weak to drive a series
> vehicle, and I like to have a heater that works, and I don't like water
> falling on me when it's raining..........................or is that
> someone else's voice?
>
> The series will have to wait until I can justify 3 cars, mind you I
> need to be able to 'keep' two at the moment !
>
> G.
>

On 2006-11-11, Larry <[email protected]> wrote:

> Well to be honest given the current weather I am feeling like that at the
> moment as well

I used Fabsil canvas waterproofing liquid on my canvas, works a treat.
Water can even pool on the roof if I leave it loose and not soak
through. I bought it from Cotswolds camping and hiking store on the
outskirts of Reading, I'd imagine it's not that hard to get hold of.

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On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 07:08:23 +0000, Ian Rawlings
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 2006-11-11, Larry <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Well to be honest given the current weather I am feeling like that at the
>> moment as well
>
>I used Fabsil canvas waterproofing liquid on my canvas, works a treat.
>Water can even pool on the roof if I leave it loose and not soak
>through. I bought it from Cotswolds camping and hiking store on the
>outskirts of Reading, I'd imagine it's not that hard to get hold of.

any camping shop should sell it. I also used fabsil on my rag. It
takes about 2.5L to do a whole ragtop.