Whereas it may indeed be "a nice clean modern responsive Web UI" this does not change the fact that it is a whole new forum...Sorry..."Community" and they did not notice that they tossed the baby out with the bath water, nor does it seem they give a damn that they have done so.
Interesting point about the thundering silence from the other forums.
I suppose on the face of it, any Classic people either do not need the tech info, or get it elsewhere. Not many of them anyway.....
Newer Rangies? Yea, it seems to be about "Look at me in my shiny box. Just gotta nip down to the shop to have it looked at"
As they age and get flogged off, someone will need to repair them, and the loss of all of the data base for that from rr.net is really sad.
If by "Scale out" you mean irredeemably destroy"............Please resist the temptation.......Cheers for making it what it is!
Stunning!
Thanks for posting that link!
Excellent job, oilmagnet!
I think it stays there as long as civilisation has enough electricity to power their servers. I heard about this group, but never checked their program out.
I mean, why copy the entire www and save it for posterity? what's the point? who would look?...... Just goes to prove how wrong I was!
It all seems to be there as images, so possibly all is not lost!
I may have to donate to their cause if true!
An understated response to be sure! (like the technicolour bit!)
Richard is doing a great job on the Toad, has him on the ropes about search......
I just posted a "Farewell" to the site. Bet it's gone really quick!
If they actually read it before deleting it, maybe they will think a bit more and open a link to the archives?
Who knows?
I need a beer!
(edit)
HEY! just had a brainwave! They offer points.......Could .pub offer Pints? (Just kidding....Change nothing! Drop the mouse and step away from the keyboard)
Thanks again!
I have sent the info off to Hawaii. He can try it out between Hurricanes..........
Well that explains why you are online as much as you are.......
For the first 4 years I was on the Forum, I worked from home 7 days a week, 12 hours a day.....LOTS of time to read and post!
Now that I am actually retired, I certainly have more time, however, sadly, I will not be spending it on the cartoon circus that .net has suddenly become.
I believe they have also eliminated the Common repairs, shortcuts and specs that have been so meticuliously collected over the years. A true shame.
Whose 8 year old did the design for that heap of crap site? I can't believe someone actually thought it was good enough to use!
I will probably post a farewell message, but I bet ya a beer it will be removed pretty fast! (May have to post after TH has gone to bed)
Great!
I will have him see if he can fold himself into the proper shape to access the cubby back there.
My friend is a very tall individual, who will have a difficult time maneuvering in the boot......He says there is a Y pipe and Cats back there as well, and things are pretty well jammed in. Where do the Purple / Green-white wires next surface? Possibly an easier location?
Oh, and having a bunch of parts in the back precludes muscling it out the door.....
Cheers!
OK,
Had a closer look................It is absolutely HIDEOUS!!!!!!
You get "Trophies" if you are liked enough, or just plain prolific!
I do not do Facebook, tweeter or any of the social media crap, and this just Oozes Social media now, so as we say in Hawaii:
Au Hui Hou!.......See ya at the Pub!
Thanks for opening the door to a grumpy old Yank!
Heck! the worst part is Richard has 16 points, and I have twice as many posts, and I got Zip!
Call that fair???
Who's Toadies little pet???
Yea, It looks pretty bad, but HEY! you are the top dog this month!
Ever wonder if possibly you have too much spare time?
Aloha,
I sold all my parts cars to a mate in Hawaii when I started wandering on the boat......Now I need a Transfer case for the Borrego (Machine gun syndrome)
The 1995 car has had the Tcase pulled and left in the back when he sold the trans out of it. Becm is gone as well, so shutting the back was a bad idea.
He is happy to ship me the Case, (Free!) but I have to tell him how to open the back........
I know you can apply power to the rear hatch switch and solenoid via the RH door.....The door cards are all off on this one, so easy access to all wiring.
So....Probably Richard or Marty........Where does he apply power to open the rear?
Cheers!
Tom
Here is a pretty good description of how to do it:
http://www.possumliving.com/2012/08/propane-refrigerant-for-automotive-air.html
I have used the Enviro-safe product as well, and found it to work just fine.
Incidentally, R-12, though it does really screw with ozone in the upper atmosphere, was finally "Banned" when Dupont could no longer renew the patent on it, thus could no longer charge their world wide licensees lots of money to make it.
Guess who instantly had a less harmful R-12 replacement? Yep! Those clever little monkeys at Dupont!
Golly, what a coincidence!
As this guy says, the Germans have been using R-600 (Isobutane) for ages.
Lowers the energy consumption on a home fridge by about 20% versus R-134a (From my own testing with Enviro-safe)
Not really sure just what dry nitrogen would do in the system being rather stable temp wise, but it probably does not help.
I used to put these things on all the systems I built waaaaayyyy back when. They take all of the guess work out of AC charging as you simply run the system and keep on adding small sips of gas till the liquid stream is bubble free. As a bonus, it will show moisture in the system.
In olden times, virtually all US cars had a sight glass on the top of the drier. No more, alas.
I may just add one of these buggers to mine when I get my service kit where I am.
I even found an Eurocentric link for you all!
Oh, yea, I have played with R-600 (Dry Isobutane) and plain old LPG as R-134 replacements.(Use a LOT less) They actually outperform the Dupont patented, legislated products!
Disclaimer: Do not try this at home, I used a disposable car for the testing...........And it is still just fine 13 years on............
Good to see Toadie is still with us!
Odd sort of issue 'tho.
Cheers!
Well, seeing as the only thing worse than an undercharged ac system, which is merely annoying, is an Overcharged one.......
You may well do yourself a favor by letting a bit more out.
The primary issue with overfilling is having liquid refrigerant on the suction side of the system. This will cause compressor "Slugging" which is when the compressor sucks up liquid, which, of course is a bit tough to compress........it can cause a pretty catastrophic failure of the compressor.
The field method of checking this without guages is to look for the suction line (Fat one on the compressor) to be sweating, or worse, frosted up to the compressor.
In normal operation it will be relatively cool to the touch, but not so cold as to give you frostbite! Actually, as it is not jacketed, you can follow the suction line as far back as possible and at no point should it be frosty. If this is happening with yours, let a bit of gas out at a time until, with it on High with doors and windows closed, you no longer get frost, or if it is dry out (Low humidity), it should never be uncomfortable to hold for an extended time at any exposed portion.
They were going to pump nitrogen into a gassed system to pressure test it??? Yikes!
When the car is off, the high and low sides will equalise, and as long as there is any liquid R-134 in the system, it will show the same pressure.
Pressure will be vary, and is determined by ambient temp.
As soon as the system is active, it will suck the vapor through the compressor, and condenser will cool it into liquid, then through the expansion valve in the
evaporator, and cold happens! This is when the high side versus low side pressures will tell you if additional gas is needed.
If there is not enough gas in the system, things will still work, but not as well. When it gets down too low, the trinary switch kills the
power to the compressor so as not to damage it. Thus, when things nudge above 35 or so, it just blows coolish air at you as it is short cycling.
Here in the US of A, we are still allowed to re gas our own vehicles. In OZ, they practically panicked and called the cops when I inquired about purchasing a can of R-134.....
I am guessing that over there in Borris land, like OZ you are not allowed to do your own..........Possibly after Brexit? ;)
Hmmmmm....
Just tried a post. As of right now, seems to be instant for me.
In the last few weeks, there have been several times I have seen that the last post shown on the right side, is not the last post on the thread. Quite a
delay for some to show up. Possibly there is a "White list" and all others need to be moderated?
I have noticed that over the last 6 months or so, that TH has gone from very present to very vaguely present, with somewhat incoherent posts, to virtually non existent.
As much as he can tend to be a bit "Heavy handed" when he perceives he has been provoked, I do hope he is ok?
Hey Marty,
Good to know it is NTC......I have a bag of 10k PTC parts here (10k @25c) and was going to try one on the Borrego........Nano says temp sensor is bad, but HVAC works fine?
Do you know if the outside temp sensor is same?
For those not Geekier enuf' NTC is Negative Temperature Coefficient. PTC is Positive. Means resistance falls or rises with temp change.
Thermistors cost about 5 of whatever currency you want to use....Cheap as Chips!
Update on the pads and rotors.......
It took the shipper a extra week to get them to me, but now I have them on, and have done about 4k miles with them, I have to say I am very happy with them! As far as the rumored noise goes? Not a single peep from them. Dust is no more than normal
I gave them a proper bedding in around town and have done 4 round trips to the San Francisco bay area in the last month, each about 800miles RT.
Zero issues with noise, or fade after a couple of 95mph to zero quick stops! (I-5 through central Calif is NUTS to drive!)
Off topic, but the Borrego has also had exactly Zero issues in lots of mixed driving in the last 3 months! Averaging 19.8 Mpg with a lot of 85-90mph stretches. (And those are the small USA Gallons! :) Just gotta get to my parts stash in Hawaii and get the needed bits for EAS.
Well, thanks for all the input.
We will see how the EBC UM 2s work here in California.......I believe I have Greens or Yellows on my 02 in Hawaii, and they are great.
If they are noisy? they are quick and cheap to replace.
I will certainly update the thread as the situation warrants.
Cheers!
Well, I will report back when I have installed them......Just ordered, as the front rotors I am on now are kinda scary looking!
At the very least, I have been assured the rotors are as advertised, and UK build, not China.
Nothing fancy here, and if the pads are noisy? Pretty easy to change. I used these pads on my 02 in Hawaii, and liked them.
Any horror stories are appreciated however!