Thread: work shop manual

Hi all,
does anyone have an electronic copy of the LR WSM for a 1998 defender 110 cab chassis?

cheers,
Serg

Originally Posted by uninformed

ummmm.....how will I know what ft/lb to do my telecom rope up to when tieing on my esky?

Who, what is inc? got a link?

you dont do ropes up to ft/lb...

ft/lb is a description of torque, torque is force applied at a distance from the center of rotation. what you'd be after is a number expressed in N, Kg, Lb which is a value for a direct expression of force/load

easy mistake to make ;P

paramatta rope, now known as Telstra rope AKA telecom rope has an MBS of 602 KG (spec sheet) which means depending on its application has an SWL of about 120KG. Given an optimum tie down pattern and calculating in all the angles involved this would give a restraint value of about 40kg per single line. Assuming that you utilise a truckies hitch to tension the lines you are effectively halving the rated strength of the line. As you would be most likely running the rope doubled over that gives you a legal lashing load of 40KG, as most eskies weigh in at about 5kg and can hold in the order of 50kg worth of water/food/ice you would require at least 2 runs of rope in each direction to the tie down points.

of course, since there are no rated anchorage points on a civilian landrover except for the seat belt and child restraint anchors which are illegal to use for load securing (except when your load is live people when it is mandatory to use them) you can't Legally secure a load to a landrover.

If you need to take an eskie with you, you need something with rated tiedown points, that typically means buying a truck. I know of a company thats about to be getting rid of some unimogs, they have great tie down points (rated to something like 2000KG per ring) and are more than capable of carrying your eskie to anywhere you might require it.

Hope that helps with the eskie problem.