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Messages - Nick W

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General Discussion Area / Re: New car technology .
« on: 29 January 2024, 12:12:40 »
Relying on mirrors and cameras is poor roadcraft, you still need to turn your head and move in the seat to see what's actually going on around you.





How does that work for you when driving trucks or vans?


A glance over your shoulder to confirm that the blindspot is actually empty is a good idea when the vehicle design allows for it. But if you need to move your body to operate the car, your seating position is wrong.


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General Discussion Area / Re: New car technology .
« on: 29 January 2024, 11:21:43 »
There are a couple of reasons for the proliferation of screens(both touch and display) in cars:
 
first is that they're cheaper than discrete, 'real' parts like switches, knobs, handles etc especially when the thing to be controlled is electrically operated. What makes them even better is that the inevitable updates/annual model changes/interchangeability/pointless specification differences are easily accomplished by paying a graphic designer to change the pictures to the latest fad.




second is that we already have a whole generation of users who don't believe anything unless they see it on a screen. Now that displays are already replacing mirrors, how long do we think it will be before the windscreen becomes a real-time-direction-based-true-colour-optical-interface hung off the A-pillars by some over designed, under engineered brackets?


Some of this isn't new though; the list of warnings and outputs is just the modern implementation of all the extra dials(oil pressure/temp, voltmeter, ammeter, rev counter etc) high spec cars got that nobody ever looked at after their first drive.



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Omega General Help / Re: Oil pressure switch.
« on: 27 January 2024, 14:12:22 »
Quick question re the oil pressure switch, took a quick look at it this morning after finding that I didn't have a 24mm spanner. So a trip to Halfrauds for one and, nearly £12 without any KY, I'm now looking from the top and have found the switch. But looking at access...can I get a better shot at it by having the car jacked and doing it from underneath? :-\


I did mine after work, in the dark, with the front of the car almost touching the fence. Finding the wiring plug to connect it to the new sensor was the trickiest bit of the job.


Take a MTFU pill and get on with it :y

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 26 January 2024, 17:20:28 »
People who don’t pronounce their Ts. What’s wrong with folk these days, too lazy to open their fu(£ing mouths properly.

Being unable to pronounce the TH sound. I fink that is a London fing. ::)


It's one of the primary differences in any variant of estuary English. It's normal around here(rahnd 'ere).


So is replacing th in the middle of a word with a glottal stop - if Chatham was spelt the way it's often pronounced it would be Tch'm ;D

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 25 January 2024, 19:18:41 »
Changed Bonnet Strut to my Omega, yes, just one. Ordered two but the other original was still in good condition. Now I have a spare and it is easier to work there without that wooden stick...


What an odd way to do it ???


Fit the other new one, and keep the used (which might not be as good as you think) one as a spare. And that's only worthwhile if you're likely to need a gas spring for other projects.

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Omega General Help / Re: Oil pressure switch.
« on: 22 January 2024, 15:08:26 »
If you do it with the engine off, you'll just need a small rag to wipe up the spillage.


The switch is readily available as it's used on several engines.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Rwanda.... Again!
« on: 17 January 2024, 21:45:03 »
Meanwhile back in the real world, where the whole 'idea' of sending unprocessed immigrants to Rwanda was always a smokescreen covering the government's incompetent immigration policy, the usual oppswits are busy being distracted and giving themselves a nasty cough in the process. It's a rare Tory initiative that's actually working as intended. Shame it's so useless

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person
« on: 05 January 2024, 08:29:30 »
I read that and thought she can't be 100! I checked, and she's not. But I was thinking of Glynis Barber ;D

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General Discussion Area / Re: Rust Remover Solution
« on: 30 December 2023, 23:49:40 »
I don't see any point in using expensive potions when a dunk in warm, but weak citric acid will do just as well for a fraction of the cost - you'll make several litres for under a fiver.


Do each part separately, and outside.

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Omega General Help / Re: Suspension issue?
« on: 29 December 2023, 17:01:55 »
Going to show my ignorance here (as per usual).

IF it is the wishbone bushes that are gone (agree with TB's post, but my money is on this) are you saying that the existing bushes should be replaced with poly bushes, i.e. keep the old wishbones? Do they just hammer in, or is a special tool required? Is it worth getting the anti-roll bar bushes done too at the same time?

TIA


The easiest way to remove the bushes is with a tool. It's not the only way, as most people who have done this job don't have one.


The usual method is to butcher the outer edge of the rubber so the central sleeve falls out - this can be done with hacksaw blades, multitools, drilling around the edge(by far the least frustrating way) or whatever else you can think of. Having burnt a couple of suspension bushes out, I really wouldn't recommend it - they're not easy to set alight(a common propane burner won't do it), smell awful for ages, and the ashes are filthy. Once most of the rubber is out of the way, you need to cut a slit in the outer metal sleeve that is still in the wishbone. This is a simple hacksaw job. Then you collapse the sleeve with a hammer and drift so that the remains fall out.


The poly bushes are a different design, and are fitted by hand.


I do have a tool for both wishbone bushes, and will happily do it for you if you bring the bits(or the car!) to me in Chatham. There's no way I'd do this on the car.


Like this:




I would suggest that anyone who needs camber bolts to adjust the camber can't be trusted to do the job properly. They work well when pivoting around a fixed point, which isn't the case on the Omega.

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General Discussion Area / Re: That's Christmas done then.
« on: 27 December 2023, 13:09:34 »
I was thinking a lot closer to home than the US....

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General Discussion Area / Re: That's Christmas done then.
« on: 26 December 2023, 21:27:37 »
Some ol' crap about 12th night, blah blah...

If the 12th night superstition is anything to go by, I’ll agree with you on this occasion. I’ve had enough shit luck the last couple of years so I’m happy for you not to tempt fate ….. leave them be.  ;D :y
Yeah, I'll be equally glad to put 2023 behind me.  What a shitty year, although I'm thankful I've not even been near a hospital this year.  Probably just as well, as you've hogged the beds  :-X


This time last year we hoped that 2023 would be better. But it started badly, and got worse.


Maybe 2024 will manage it, but the signs aren't good :(

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 19 December 2023, 19:02:33 »
Put a deposit down on the Zafira's successor  :y
Dacia Duster or CL500 :-\


Jogger is more likely than a Duster. Although either would suit me enough to get over the dirty feeling of having bought a Renault :o

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General Discussion Area / Re: Leaking AA battery
« on: 19 December 2023, 10:48:50 »
Get a cree torch instead you will be astonished at the difference 👍


That.


I have a 6D-cell Maglite with the same battery problem. Before they failed, it's worse as a torch compared to a good quality single AA LED torch that fits in a trouser pocket. The only reason to still use a big Maglite is if you need want a weapon - it makes a much better club than a torch.


The real thing to consider for modern torches is which type of battery: rechargeable or not? If you're going to depend on it a lot, then a AA is better than a rechargeable simply because when it dies half way through a job at 03.37 in the middle of nowhere you can just swap to a new battery. Less usage makes a rechargeable preferable, but it needs to be charged using the same lead etc as everything else that you might carry. A USB connection on the torch is the best way, but the waterproof covers are universally shite. And it needs to be charged often.




I can thoroughly recommend Fenix torches as a good combination of usefulness, quality and price. I do wish that decent torches were available in brighter colours than black though.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 17 December 2023, 15:54:36 »
Looks like a couple of minutes lathe work and a few pence worth of delrin to me.... :y

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