Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have been deleting most posts for the last 5 days due to weight of work so have probably missed key parts of the thread but:- I learned to drive on an agricultural tractor at the age of 9. A couple of years later children under 14 years old driving tractors was banned:-( I learned to drive a Land Rover when I was 12 and had to look through vents under the windscreen because I was so short. I learned how to drive in difficult conditions without churning up the ground or getting stuck. It would be good if such training were available for 4x4 users who have no idea. I live near a 2000 year old Roman (unpaved) road called The Ridgeway, up to a few years ago it was a great place for walking, horseriding, mountainbiking etc. It is now unpassable in many stretches due to incompetent/inconsiderate driving by cretins in SUVs. These things weigh over 2 tons and when driven by rank amateurs churn the whole road up. It is certainly too dangerous to risk a horse there now because of the risk of a broken leg, and there is little pleasure in walking it. I got reasonably good at driving before I was 17 so passed my driving test (17 in UK) straight away. Myself and 3 friends used to pay "Landrover football" on the 100 acre field using a 6foot beachball. One soon learns to stop by flicking the car sideways, brakes are useless in slippery conditions. Up until hitting a rabbit hole whilst sliding sideways and rolling over.... The Landrover gearbox is an old design which is not difficult to master. Many of the vehicles I have driven do not have syncromesh and it is only the really heavy trucks which have enough geartrain inertia to need double de-clutching on upshifts, they all need double de-clutching downshifts for mechanical longevity. I have been involved with racing cars for years, they all have dog boxes (even the F1 boxes with electronic control are dog boxes) cheers Frank On Friday, December 12, 2003, at 07:35 pm, grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote: > > > > > You never owned a Land Rover did you? It was up and down with its > transmission. > > Gene > > > > > frank.dernie@btinternet.com > Sent by: To: > leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > owner-leica-users@mejac.palo cc: > -alto.ca.us Subject: > Re: [Leica] RE: Farm Tractors &SUV's > > > 12/10/2003 03:23 AM > Please respond to > leica-users > > > > > > > you strictly only need to double de-clutch on downchanges. Most Race > cars > still use this type of gearbox because it is lighter and stronger. > >> from: animal <s.jessurun95@chello.nl> >> date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 08:51:40 >> to: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> subject: Re: [Leica] RE: Farm Tractors &SUV's >> >> sure do from trucks and also the little fiat 500 >> simon >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Neal Friedenthal" <neal@nairobisafari.com> >> To: "leica users group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:31 AM >> Subject: [Leica] RE: Farm Tractors &SUV's >> >> >>>> These old trucks were all manual transmission and you had to >>>> "double-clutch" them to slow the gears a bit when you shifted up. > Anyone >>>> else remember "double-clutch" from the olden days? >>> >>> >>> >>>> Don Williams >>>> La Jolla, CA >>> >>> Don, >>> >>> I drive a 1966 Land Rover, I "double-clutch" every day ! >>> >>> Neal F >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe, see >>> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html