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General Discussion Area / Re: Sell or strip!!!
« on: 29 September 2007, 19:18:33 »
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Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: Sell or strip!!!
« on: 29 September 2007, 18:03:16 »Quote
my next project is planned to be a part built Robin Hood/westfield/caterham.
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General Discussion Area / Re: The Cabbie
« on: 13 October 2007, 01:02:10 »Quote
A cabbie picks up a Nun one night & as they drive along he turns & says "I have something to say to you but you might be offended" she replies " being a Nun I get to hear all kinds of things so go ahead, He says "it's always been a fantasy of mine to be kissed by a Nun" so she says "well as long as you are single & catholic it will be ok" yes he replies excitedly I am both" she then tells him to pull over at the next lay by. After kissing the cabbie very passionatly they continue the journey but the cabbie starts crying, "whats the matter my son she says" "forgive me for I have sinned , I'm married & Jewish" that's ok the Nun says, my names Kevin & I'm on my way to a fancy dress party.
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: Instructions for LPG - rubbish
« on: 13 October 2007, 00:56:27 »
I'll have to rig mine up to fit an Omega. It needs setting up to give a simulated narrowband output so the ECU doesn't go into limp home when you remove one of the lambdas, probably something to simulate the heater being there so it doesn't detect an open circuit and then you can watch the fuel mixture in real time. That way you can give it maximum load and ensure the mixture is safe.
I mapped my Westfield on the road using it and it's a great piece of kit. For the price of one rolling road session I can keep an eye on the tuning whenever I want.
Kevin
I mapped my Westfield on the road using it and it's a great piece of kit. For the price of one rolling road session I can keep an eye on the tuning whenever I want.
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: Instructions for LPG - rubbish
« on: 12 October 2007, 23:42:08 »Quote
Instructions include - do not use over 80mph - it works
Do not use in extreme situations eg towing - Stuff that I'm using gas
They say all this but I tow on gas happily
Sounds like they're worried about it going lean under heavy load. If it's properly set up there shouldn't be a problem. However, you need a wideband lambda sensor to do that, and how many installers use one of those?
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: Friggin Heron...
« on: 11 October 2007, 19:38:22 »
I had a Heron do a nosedive onto the outside lane of the M40 about 2 car lengths in front of me earlier in the year - while I was in the Westfield!
New underwear required, I can tell you!
Luckily I had just checked the middle lane was clear ready to change lanes so I made a very swift lane change and missed it. Wouldn't have been pretty otherwise.
It looked like a pigeon at first sight. Then I noticed there was quite a bit more meat on it
It came straight down from above, too, so I only saw it as it hit the deck. Not much peripheral vision in that direction.
Kevin
New underwear required, I can tell you!
Luckily I had just checked the middle lane was clear ready to change lanes so I made a very swift lane change and missed it. Wouldn't have been pretty otherwise.
It looked like a pigeon at first sight. Then I noticed there was quite a bit more meat on it
It came straight down from above, too, so I only saw it as it hit the deck. Not much peripheral vision in that direction.
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: Friggin Heron...
« on: 11 October 2007, 14:01:19 »
We had to suspend a wire around the edge of my parents' pond, and add a hideous plastic Heron, to stop them.
I also spotted one dive into my neighbour's pond the other morning. Luckily he obviously saw it because the dormer window of his bathroom flew open and out shot a can of deodorant that saw him off!
Kevin
I also spotted one dive into my neighbour's pond the other morning. Luckily he obviously saw it because the dormer window of his bathroom flew open and out shot a can of deodorant that saw him off!
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: BOOOOOOOOOM!!!
« on: 03 October 2007, 18:47:19 »
Bu66er me! he's got Billy Connolly's barnet shoved up his exhaust!
Kevin
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: My new caravan security device
« on: 10 October 2007, 00:07:19 »Quote
some git stole my thetford cassett, and it was half full.
I only listen to CDs and MP3s these days...
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: My new caravan security device
« on: 09 October 2007, 09:26:52 »
I'd be more worried about someone "contaminating" the water, personally.
Kevin
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: How about this for a job?
« on: 10 October 2007, 22:20:16 »Quote
They threw the main breaker without doing this whilst the secondary side of the transformer was grounded by the ground contacts.......there was one hell of a bang and the heat boiled the transformer oil and shot it out the vent into the canal.....it wiped out a large section of London.
Umm.
Makes you think. I've let the smoke out of little components before now. Had a reversed electrolytic explode in my face but this is on a slightly different scale Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: How about this for a job?
« on: 10 October 2007, 20:07:00 »
I heard a few horror stories from some guys I used to work with who install broadcast transmitters. Apparently one guy was working (alone) on a transmitter which had 2 3 phase feeds from separate parts of the grid. One supply failed and in the process of switching it over to the other supply he managed to connect both supplies with the consequence that he was trying to supply a small town in Wales using switchgear that was designed to operate a TV transmitter.
It was the last mistake he made, sadly.
Kevin
on a transmitter which had 2 3 phase feeds from separate parts of the grid. One supply failed and in the process of switching it over to the other supply he managed to connect both supplies with the consequence that he was trying to supply a small town in Wales using switchgear that was designed to operate a TV transmitter.It was the last mistake he made, sadly.
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: How about this for a job?
« on: 10 October 2007, 10:52:48 »
I bet that helicopter's not fly-by-wire though
The potential for upsetting electronics on board must be quite high.
Kevin
The potential for upsetting electronics on board must be quite high.
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / How about this for a job?
« on: 08 October 2007, 14:03:50 »
http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/covercloud/?action=view¤t=dc5dc6bf.flv
Now, I'm pretty comfortable around things electrical but that even made my flesh creep!
Kevin
Now, I'm pretty comfortable around things electrical but that even made my flesh creep!
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: Blood boiling test
« on: 11 October 2007, 10:20:18 »
Anything of "perceived benefit" to the environment generates demand, which fuels people to find cheaper and less beneficial ways to manufacture it.
Same with organic food, which was no doubt very good for you and the environment when you used to buy it at the local farm shop. Then supermarkets jumped on the bandwagon and they do the bare minimum possible to keep the soil association happy with the "organic" label, then drive the stuff around the country in the back of an artic spilling diesel fumes everywhere before selling it. Completely defeats the object but the consumer sees the label he wants to and thinks no further than that.
Kevin
Same with organic food, which was no doubt very good for you and the environment when you used to buy it at the local farm shop. Then supermarkets jumped on the bandwagon and they do the bare minimum possible to keep the soil association happy with the "organic" label, then drive the stuff around the country in the back of an artic spilling diesel fumes everywhere before selling it. Completely defeats the object but the consumer sees the label he wants to and thinks no further than that.
Kevin