Druidic Dabblings and General Twaddle !!

V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Good luck. My task for tomorrow is hopefully an easier replace a track then something similar with the towing interface on the Iveco needing some attention!!
cut the ends off the cable to clean copper and bang a new socket on ... once they play up it's the only reliable cure .... then fill it with sili ... after you've tested it of course,;) before remounting it (y)
 
Quattromike

Quattromike

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assume the 20m is the width @Quattromike ? what sort of warranty on the cover? ... 's alot of money for a temporary roof, but presumably no planning issues/requirements? :unsure:
what do you mean by aggregate shelter? to cover agg piles presumably ... can't imagine the lego block wall came cheap either ?

did consider spreading my 40 fts out behind my old w/shop and sitting a roof over the gap ... would've given me a 40 x 44 ft covered area for a painting bay, but never got around to it :rolleyes: ... never had enough space clear for painting stuff .... usually waited for dry days and painted out in the yard with the airless, unless stuff was piling up ... then it was the fabricator's friend as it got doneView attachment 28952
Ours is 12m wide over the arch and 20m long , painting was the main reason for it but it's been handy for a lot of things. The concrete Lego blocks are not overly cheap, if you have containers anyway then go for that option, the containers on ours are hicube containers to get a wee bit more height in it. Your right it's not cheap but was meant to be a quick fix for a temporary shelter but you know the issue we had getting it sent to us made it not so but it is possible we could strip it down and put it somewhere else easier that a proper shed.
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Good luck. My task for tomorrow is hopefully an easier replace a track then something similar with the towing interface on the Iveco needing some attention!!
well tomorrow didn't happen --- yet ... either lashed on daily or the only dry-ish day was taken up with entertaining Clara for the day and carving pumpkins ..
meet toothless :giggle:
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she loves the Dragon films ... can just about tell you the script/dialogue - seen it that many times now :rolleyes: bloody funny though :giggle:

did have a potter with this after she'd gone, which was left on the bench, from the control panel strip for the Deutz ...
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gave it 12 volts and a paper roll and amazingly it fired up ... and aside from being 2 hrs fast (3 now) it was bang on in the display ... no idea what sort of input sensor it had, but only two wires so some sort of simple flow meter driver.
bet it was a few bobs-worth new and has an extensive menu :rolleyes::unsure:

hoping to get the immobiliser installed tomorrow - 'sposed to be dry and I have to be here to sign for me monthly drug delivery. Forecast says blue skies (y):giggle:
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
it lives......:giggle:

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after a lot of fiddle in a very confined space identifying just what what was what
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old one got ripped out and new one laid in
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loomed it up several days ago, ready to get stuck in place
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and seriously waterproofed at the enclosure with plenty of sili
then it was a case of getting the new one's leads connected to what I'd cut out and tidied/stowed securely
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battery back in to find a permanent live, as did not want to run a cable back to the pole, like it was .. wanted it all in the arm had a fair idea which lead i wanted but needed to stick the meter's probe into it to be sure
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middle of 'probing' said lead and pam creeps up behind me ..."how's it going?" .. I jumped and stuck the meter probe straight into me finger tip:oops:-- 'leaked' quite a lot :( .. so after i'd stopped the 'leak' and cleaned it up a bit, got the constant live connected up and gave it a try :giggle:
"Perfick"(y):giggle: .. dash lights back to normal :cool: and the box of tricks works a treat ... started first flick after a little heat :love:

Have re-orientated the box with it's opening to the world at the lowest point, filled it with sili and ducted the loom to it with the ends sili plugged, so hopefully no more wet stuff gonna p**s it off in future ... oh and sealed it to the bulkhead it's screwed to for good measure.

can understand why these things 'cost' to have fitted ... not a lot to it, but actually getting at everything and cutting in is time consuming .. has cost me several hours daylight today ... but it's done, I have a better knowledge of lil' Jake too ...... and i found the original starter solenoid lead - both ends - and have that worked back in to the system :cool: (spade duly crimped @GazCro ;) )

anyone wanna buy an immobiliser ?:giggle: .. wants a little cleaning and a couple of connections making good on the PCB :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

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lovely sunset tonight .... just about sorted by the time it was sinking over the hills

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AndrewMawson

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So what does the immobiliser inhibit - just the fuel solenoid or is there more to it than that ? Why cannot it just be hot wired ?
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
So what does the immobiliser inhibit - just the fuel solenoid or is there more to it than that ? Why cannot it just be hot wired ?
two main circuits controlled via relays in the Immob., plus a few tricks to keep the immob. active in order for the machine to work ... quite lectrickery really
kill the immob and you kill it all ..... you'd not hot wire this in the dark or a hurry ..... only way you'd defeat it is to cut it out and put it back to std ... having done this today i could put it back to std in an hour or so, but ..... I have spent some time sussing what's what. not a bad unit TBF for 70 quid
 
Bri963

Bri963

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well tomorrow didn't happen --- yet ... either lashed on daily or the only dry-ish day was taken up with entertaining Clara for the day and carving pumpkins ..
meet toothless :giggle:


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gave it 12 volts and a paper roll and amazingly it fired up ... and aside from being 2 hrs fast (3 now) it was bang on in the display ... no idea what sort of input sensor it had, but only two wires so some sort of simple flow meter driver.
bet it was a few bobs-worth new and has an extensive menu :rolleyes::unsure:

hoping to get the immobiliser installed tomorrow - 'sposed to be dry and I have to be here to sign for me monthly drug delivery. Forecast says blue skies (y):giggle:
Thought you didn’t trust Sage, Gra?
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
The controversial government scientific group that don’t see the to get much right.
I thought that was the reference @Bri963 (y) .... was just a bit obscure (to me - was getting late :rolleyes:;) ) ... think it might be a different bunch though :giggle::giggle:
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
4 pm yesterday ..... " Hi Gra, what you doin' in the morning? "
" Got Pam's sister and her hubby coming 'bout half eleven Russ "
"Oh we'll be back by then .... Tenbury again ... leave mine at 6.45 - back by 10.30 - two lifts "

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arriving at 7.50 was completely wasted by a 15 minute wait at the gate :mad:
the unit we took out on our first visit'd been repaired/bodged back to a serviceable state ... huge lead time on a new bigger one so had to go back in
truck arrived as we sat it on the deck after lifting it out of where we'd dumped it a few weeks ago ... on and de-rig to set up to put it over the wall into the machinery pit in the usual spot.

John the site eng. says to Russ " we've got you for the morning haven't we? " " er no ... contract lift job .. load and off load into position is the RAMS ... why? " yer we go , can you just coming up !! :( Russ'd told me on the way up that he had to be back for 11 -- expecting a call from Microsoft in the states - level 2 tech, trying to sort his new puter that'd sh1t itself two days earlier .. he'd spent hours talking to them the last couple of days and waiting for the circle of dots to finish going bloody round.

" Well when you've gotten that back in spot can you just come back over here -- load those two conveyers onto the truck and off load 'em round the back into the scrap skip ? " :cry:

half a tonne max ... been cut in half and i'd have slung 'em in't skip with an FLT no sweat ...
" well we've got no RAMS John, but we'll get 'em on the truck for you, but no way is my slinger getting in a half full scrap skip to unsling 'em ... bang 'em in with a fork truck off the lorry " :giggle::cool:(y)

Chiller unit in position, de-rigged, re-rigged and four lumps of conveyor on the lorry (who's driver is NOT happy about the can you just either .. job to go to) and we're de-rigged and ready to roll by ten to ten. 10 o'clock we're still sat behind a barrier, waiting to get the **** out of there .. phone rings - Microsoft tech. - " er - you're an hour early, still out on a job and no where near me puter " ...... had forgotten about the clocks going back and thought it was eleven!! would call back in an hour ..... barrier finally went up when John got back to us, paperwork sorted and we were gorrrrn ......
got back to Russ's just as the tech's on the phone - damn she was punctual .... left Russ talking to 'Jennifer' as he dashed indoors and I got the flock out of there, to get back and hour later than promised - good job the roads were quiet !!

In laws'd just beaten me, so got away with that one :giggle: .... just ...
leisurely lunch and some banter, 'fore Vicki arrived with the new little un for her aunty to have some time with ...
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.......hell she is growing fast .........
and I went and collected Clara from school with Gareth (BIL) .. the girls went for a walk up the drive to see Henry the donkey and I'm left with instructions to set fire to the patio ... well Vicki's 'firepit' thingy ..... :giggle: .... had a hell of a pile of fire going in it, by the time they got back for tea time ... and some post tea 'quiet' fireworks and sparklers for Clara ...
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yes that's a machine vice holding the pyrotechnics stationary :giggle: ... what you expect :rolleyes:;):giggle:
Clara, et al had an enjoyable evening ....
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playing with sparklers and toasting / scoffing marsh mallows ...... yon 'pit' is still burning nicely @Stock ;)
In laws legged it about seven .... Pam disappeared to bed 'bout an hour ago ... and i ain't gonna be long ... been a long day again :rolleyes:
 
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Stock

Stock

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Fudge off the lot of ye 'tis my time of year......................................................................................................
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
back on steam power :( after the W10 Dell s**t itself AGAIN for the 3rd time in 12 months, last night, updating - it ain't come back up yet ...🤬🤬🤬
Alex (cyberprog) came over and sorted it first time for me, with a complete wipe and reload. :cool:(y)
It managed to self repair itself the second time, after Alex'd 'breathed' on it the first time, but didn't think it would manage it ... took forever.:mad::censored:
And now it's done it again - been watching, (on/off), a circle of dots, going round all ****ing day :mad:🤬:censored:
thank f*** for me old faithful XP ... much slower, but at least it works - the W10 is great when it works ...
some nice features, but the constant updates that you can't turn off, and it's constant reporting home are utter crap 🤬
may be a step or two closer to a Mac :rolleyes:
 
hiluxman

hiluxman

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back on steam power :( after the W10 Dell s**t itself AGAIN for the 3rd time in 12 months, last night, updating - it ain't come back up yet ...🤬🤬🤬
Alex (cyberprog) came over and sorted it first time for me, with a complete wipe and reload. :cool:(y)
It managed to self repair itself the second time, after Alex'd 'breathed' on it the first time, but didn't think it would manage it ... took forever.:mad::censored:
And now it's done it again - been watching, (on/off), a circle of dots, going round all ****ing day :mad:🤬:censored:
thank f*** for me old faithful XP ... much slower, but at least it works - the W10 is great when it works ...
some nice features, but the constant updates that you can't turn off, and it's constant reporting home are utter crap 🤬
may be a step or two closer to a Mac :rolleyes:
I don't own a PC but I understand the constant update thing. Phone wants to update 2 days after you've updated it. I just press reject now.
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
I don't own a PC but I understand the constant update thing. Phone wants to update 2 days after you've updated it. I just press reject now.
it's an utter PITFA .... can pause them, for 28 days, but at some point you have got to let it do it ... can't bin them off like i could with XP :mad:🤬🤬🤬 and when it does it's anyone's guess as to when / if it comes back :censored::censored::censored: .... last time was caused by a faulty update from MS apparently .... I wasn't the only one with issues, reading the 'net ...... wish I had some more 'under the bonnet' knowledge :( ........
but even under the bonnet is getting seriously trying ... took me an hour this afternoon to work out HTF to change the air filter on Vicki's Fabia .... the two hidden screws holding the lid on it were not helpful ... had to ring a mate to ask him HTF it came apart :rolleyes::unsure::mad: .. like the four massive spring clips weren't enough 🤬
 
hiluxman

hiluxman

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it's an utter PITFA .... can pause them, for 28 days, but at some point you have got to let it do it ... can't bin them off like i could with XP :mad:🤬🤬🤬 and when it does it's anyone's guess as to when / if it comes back :censored::censored::censored: .... last time was caused by a faulty update from MS apparently .... I wasn't the only one with issues, reading the 'net ...... wish I had some more 'under the bonnet' knowledge :( ........
but even under the bonnet is getting seriously trying ... took me an hour this afternoon to work out HTF to change the air filter on Vicki's Fabia .... the two hidden screws holding the lid on it were not helpful ... had to ring a mate to ask him HTF it came apart :rolleyes::unsure::mad: .. like the four massive spring clips weren't enough 🤬
Try an alternator on a terex hd1000, looks a 20min job, kin took me 1.15. The gaurd is the bit that holds the bottom bolt in place.
 
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6feetdown

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I don't own a PC but I understand the constant update thing. Phone wants to update 2 days after you've updated it. I just press reject now.
Yes I've stopped allowing updates too. They want more access to your info
 
Lancs Lad

Lancs Lad

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back on steam power :( after the W10 Dell s**t itself AGAIN for the 3rd time in 12 months, last night, updating - it ain't come back up yet ...🤬🤬🤬
Alex (cyberprog) came over and sorted it first time for me, with a complete wipe and reload. :cool:(y)
It managed to self repair itself the second time, after Alex'd 'breathed' on it the first time, but didn't think it would manage it ... took forever.:mad::censored:
And now it's done it again - been watching, (on/off), a circle of dots, going round all ****ing day :mad:🤬:censored:
thank f*** for me old faithful XP ... much slower, but at least it works - the W10 is great when it works ...
some nice features, but the constant updates that you can't turn off, and it's constant reporting home are utter crap 🤬
may be a step or two closer to a Mac :rolleyes:
Is your broadband still slow gra? That may not be helping some updates are sizeable...
Normally they do update pretty quick these days ..
Macs ain't infallible contrary to popular belief .
 
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