MoD90

Yes, but it's all about what happens if you get an alert at 3 am on a dark winter nights. With SkyTag you just confirm you're not with the vehicle -- no venturing outside to be, potentially, beaten up by the gang of thieves. They, and the police, then have live tracking of where your vehicle is. That's why the police like SkyTag, because they have all of the "live" information and they're in control. You get what you pay for, and if you're treasured Landy is stolen, only the best will do.

You can have "live tracking" if you wish (say to monitor what your kids are up to when they borrow your car) it all depends upon the subscription you pay. However, as soon as you report your vehicle stolen, your access to live tracking is turned off. That's because the police take over the chase on live tracking, and you'd be foolish to get involved. As for people who say SkyTag won't work if the vehicle is taken into a multi-story or underground car park, or it's put inside a container. So what? SkyTag will have recorded a trail of where the vehicle has been taken -- a trail of breadcrumbs -- all the way to where the thieves have hidden it. You choose a safe zone where you normally park, and if the vehicle moves outside that zone a text and email message is sent. And if it's after a certain time of day, you also get a phone call. A very good system in my opinion. I'd also recommend security marking all of the parts. Thieves tend to go for easy targets, not Land Rovers displaying Tracker and Security Marked stickers. It's also very reassuring in the dark winter nights.

CONSTANT versus BLOW AMPERAGE It came as a surprise to me when I learnt that those fuse Amperages printed inside the 1987 Ninety fuse box are not the fuse ratings I need! Apparently Lucas/Rover have specified something called the constant current, rather than the current at which the fuse blows. If I'd thought about it, a 10A fuse fitted to the two headlamps would be nowhere near enough for main beam which is 60W at 12V (i.e. 10A). It also explains why my Ex-Militarily Ninety came with what appeared to be massively overrated fuses. And it explains why none of the Land Rover specialist equipment suppliers were stocking the fuses I was looking for. I'd just assumed they were a discontinued product. However, here's a very nice table I found on the Triumph TR7 forum (thank you guys), which tells us what "blow" Amperage of fuse to fit for each of the "continuous Amps" specified inside the Land Rover fuse box. Lucas 50 amp - continuous 25 amp - part number GFS3050 Lucas 35 amp - continuous 17 amp - part number GFS3035 Lucas 25 amp - continuous 12 amp - part number GFS3025 Lucas 20 amp - continuous 10 amp - part number GFS3020 Lucas 15 amp - continuous 8 amp - part number GFS3015 Lucas 10 amp - continuous 5 amp - part number GFS3010 Lucas 8 amp - continuous 4 amp - part number GFS3008 - NLA Lucas 5 amp - continuous 3 amp - part number GFS3005 Lucas 3 amp - continuous 1.5amp - part number GFS3003 Lucas 2 amp - continuous 1 amp - part number GFS3002 - NLA So, if the aforementioned Horn's supposedly 12A fuse keeps blowing, what should actually be fitted is what sounds like a scarily overrated 25A fuse, as this is the correct rating for handling 12V of continuous current. ...no wonder I've had so many fuses blowing over the years; not to mention had trouble sourcing what I thought were glass fuses whose production had been discontinued except from the far east suppliers. Hope this helps, and thanks to our TR7 friends for putting me straight. Rick

I think I'm correct in saying that a round metal disk on the rocker cover is the Military way of denoting that the engine has been modified in some way. In my case the disk bore the stamps of AMRO, the work contract number, and the individual job code. This particular engine had also been repainted duck egg blue, as an additional quick identification of a reconditioned engine. The purpose, obviously, to alert the military mechanics that they're not dealing with a standard NAD 12J. In my example, the original engine number had also been ground away. Have fun, MoD90