RobH
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That reminds me - I must clear the gutters of moss. Luckily I live in a bungalow !
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It made me wonder how he actually got those ladders up there in the first place - particularly the ones at the overhangs as they must need attaching at the top somehow before you can actually use them.
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24 minutes ago, Ralph Whitaker said:
I too suspect your multimeter is lying.
Definitely this if the battery was not on charge. Battery chemistry just does not allow 15v to be developed.
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1 hour ago, Lebro said:
don't see how it can be re-built as it was,
Can't see it happening myself.
There is precedence - here is one case and there are more:
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All the "it's OK for me" people are obviously just staying logged in (as am I) . This happens because your machine holds cookies which contain the log-in credentials. If you just leave the site but do not log out, these are retained so you can just get straight in next time. There has not been any problem with that.
The forum problem is for people who are NOT logged in this way, or who deliberately log-out after every session. It also affects casual surfers looking for information. To see the forums you must first be logged in - so the casual visitors and the web-crawlers which register pages for the search engines like Google cannot see them at all, hence why Google searches no longer work.
On top of that, yesterday the whole site was out of action for a couple of hours. Perhaps you just didn't try to access it during that time.
Also I seem to recall there was a time - about a couple of years ago I think - when we all had to re-confirm log in passwords. Anyone who was registered once but hasn't visited since before then, will probably not be registered properly any more.
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There is absolutely no point in having a 100Ah battery in a TR. Nor do you need 800+ CCA
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11 minutes ago, james christie said:
That’s strange, the only access I use is my iPad or occasionally my iPhone and nothing but nothing has changed for me in spite of all the shenanigans last week. I get straight in to the Forum every time.
Probably because you get logged back in automatically by retained cookies James. The problem is seen by people who are not logged in, i.e non-members or those who clear cookies after each session.
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If the switch is like this one
https://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/p/push-button-starter-switch-rated-at-50-amps-ge338r
there are three terminals, 1 Power, 2 Output, and 3 Earth for the LED.
Dimming the led can probably be done by putting a resistor between pin 3 and earth instead of a direct connection. The value depends on the LED used but I would start by trying a 2.2K Ohm 1/4 watt resistor and seeing what happens. If it is too dim, go to a lower value, or if still too bright increase it.
[You can determine the resistance needed more scientifically by using a multimeter on its DC milliamps range to measure the current in the earth wire, which will tell you the approximate value of the internal resistor. ( LED elements work on about 3V so a resistor which sets the current must drop another 9 volts for a 12v system. )
R in kilOhms = 9/mA - ie if you read 5mA then the internal resistor is 9/5=1.8k, so putting another resistor of the same value in series will halve the LED current. ]
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That's only the water temperature. It takes a lot longer for the engine oil to get up to normal temperature, and even longer for the gearbox oil. Driving hard before the oil is working optimally is probably not a good thing.
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If the diaphragm is sealing properly both to the body and its operating rod, the only other thing that could cause this is the non-return valves. If you can't see a screwed fixing plate then yours are the type which are held in by the edges of the recess being nipped over.
The usual refurb kits do not include the oil seal for the diaphragm rod, but I believe they can be purchased from Land Rover (?) sources.
The best advice is usually to send it to Dave Davies for refurb (07909 737531) .
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On 2/23/2024 at 3:37 PM, Mick Forey said:
now looking at why our forum does not come up on a Google search of any TR techical issue, logged in or not. Bizzare.
Nothing bizzare about it Mick - if the forums cannot be accessed without signing in then the Google web-crawlers can't see them either and so they don't get listed.
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3 minutes ago, Macleesh said:
I did note that the car could accommodate a quite substantially bigger battery than the type 69
That is plenty big enough. There is really nothing to be gained by having a larger one. See my post on page 1.
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repeat of my post on the links thread:
So the links-posting downgrade has been reversed but the problem remains that you still can't see any forums without first registering and logging in. All that is displayed when you try to select forums is a repeat of the main page membership stuff and a totally useless list of 'status updates'
That is a massive deterrent for attracting new members, since a casual visitor is not able to see what technical help is available. That needs fixing ASAP.
It was seeing the forums which attracted me - and I would suspect many others - to join the register in the first place.
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So the links-posting downgrade has been reversed but the problem remains that you still can't see any forums without first registering and logging in. All that is displayed when you try to select forums is a repeat of the main page membership stuff and a totally useless list of 'status updates'
That is a massive deterrent for attracting new members, since a casual visitor is not able to see what technical help is available. That needs fixing ASAP.
It was seeing the forums which attracted me - and I would suspect many others - to join the register in the first place.
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45 minutes ago, Charlie D said:
Maybe part of the same upgrade.
I don't consider a loss of useful functions to be an upgrade
----- and I don't need a spell-checker, thank you. 
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Your link works for me Peter if I click on it but it doesn't embed in your post, which I guess is what you expected.
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Ah I see - yes we had that sign-in thing before and I think it was fixed after complaints, as Stuart says now we have something else too with links so I expect whoever is fiddling with settings has flipped the wrong 'switches' again.
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I think we may be back in business - I can see Roger's aeroplane post. Either that or a moderator has OK'd it.
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Google are always changing their hit rankings to maximise revenue from advertisers, Marco.
It's seem to be working OK for me and I'm not signed in or anything, if I prefix the search with 'TR register forum ........,."
eg 'TR register forum TR4 axle' pulls up 8 hits on the first page.
If you are still having trouble try another search engine - I usually use DuckDuckGo rather than Google anyway.
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15 minutes ago, gloide69 said:
If you were to have an accident, would those plastic guides snap?
If you look at the suppliers photo the lower one shows them mounted so the guide is directly on top of the seat-back.
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1 hour ago, Kiwifrog said:
My Uncle used to work on the MG line at Abingdon at the end he was on QC, he told me stories of big lumps of wood soft faced mallets and using brute force to subtly adjust door gaps etc on finished cars
They still have do that sometimes. I've watched them during factory visits at two different makers in the last 10 years.
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59 minutes ago, keith1948 said:
The one key thing I discovered was that Lucas had different code numbers for essentially the same internal bits for a relay but with different fixing brackets and double vs single terminals.
Yes I get the impression Lucas almost made bespoke relays for each model car ! Obviously they hadn't heard of standardisation as they could have made (say) four basic types which would have cut their production costs, and the car makers could easily have made the looms to suit.
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Well done Keith - I've been searching for a chart like that for ages ! The info I had gleaned so far is in bits and pieces from all over but that ties it together nicely.
Gearlever grease recommendations
in TR6 Forum
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The old stuff probably looks thick because - it's old. Grease is oil dissolved in a thickening 'soap' base and with time the oil evaporates leaving just a hard thick residue.