Well, another week down. I've said it before and I'll say it again... time flies when you are having fun. And fun is indeed what I am having.
If nothing succeeds like a toothless parrot, you better call me polly and hand me my dentures, as it appears I have succeeded in getting this Rangerover running :)
It has been an interesting quest so far, I have learnt a fair bit about the Lucas "hotwire" EFI systems that's for sure. Turns out my problem was with the distributor amplifier module. I went to grab a spare one off the parts discovery, just to "discover" that it was a different type. I thought it out for a while and worked out that I could modify the rangerover system to accept the discovery dizzy, so I spent a day doing exactly that. Long story short, I finally got it all wired up and installed, turned the key, and... nothing. It wound over fine, but no cigar. Feeling somewhat intrigued by this response, I had a gander under the bonnet, and discovered that in my wisdom has managed to leave the coil disconnected from the distributor. Feeling like an idiot and also feeling pleased that it was a logical easy fix, I made the necessary connections and wound her over again... bingo, she fired first pop.
And, fingers crossed, has been running ever since.
I did and oil change today, and discovered that the rocker cover seals are somewhat lacking... the oil was pouring out the seam almost as quick as I could pour it in, so that's going to be the next mission. Not as easy to get to as a series 2a either...
Work has been crazy busy, I am running around like a headless chicken trying to stay on top of everything. No matter, it's interesting work. Was told I have to be at an induction for the dragline rebuild site at 6:30 on monday morning... it's a 2 and a half hour drive from here, so I'm not looking forward to monday morning getting up stupidly early.
Life in general is certainly busier than it was, a case in point, I started constructing this update about 3 hours ago and have only got this far.
I did find an interesting website in my travels though... "iamageek.com
Gave me a laugh anyhow.
I can't really remember much about what I got up to this week, I do remember it involved a lot of concrete trucks though. And doing a site survey at Moura, basically spent the day driving around proving theories, which was good. The gasfields there are quite interesting, makes a change from the mine side of things. They basically have huge fields with a whole heap of wells dotted around, with pumps going on them getting the seamgas to the compressor station where it is compressed (funnily enough) and sent down the high pressure pipes.
I think I have some photos of a couple of them, I'll attach them if I remember. I got some interesting video footage anyhow.
Still haven't had time to do much on the train layout, but I am intending to give it a nudge tomorrow. I have to get some stuff ready for the mine but apart from that I should be free to model till my hearts content.
Righto I better go and get some dinner, I may get more time to write more in the evening while at the mine.
TTFN
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