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Philip & Sandra Box
Simmo said:
Yeah Simmo, I used borax but perhaps not in the correct ratio then we mixed some jeweller's pickle and dropped it in. I think we just need to do a better job of removing the lead and whatever else is in there. It's sitting in acid for the moment. I have a cheap Chinese furnace and some crucibles on the way so we'll have a little fiddle again sometime. We've just had a decent downpour yesterday and overnight so everything is wet again, no dust.
Just get yourself a hand held digital tachometer Phil.
Cheers
Doug
Cheers
Doug
Moneybox
Philip & Sandra Box
We're off shortly on another treasure hunting trip. Mrs M will surely collect sufficient rusty gold and old bottles to threaten the weight limit of our rig.
It might look like a desperate move but I saw it as a necessary one. I jettisoned the old 120AH deep cycle batteries weighing in at 33.5kg each = 134kg total.
I've replaced them with two batteries weighing 10.74kg each = 21.48kg total, a weight saving of 112.52kgs.
That should allow her a few more bottles and pieces of J*-k ah, treasure :lol:
I'm still hopeful that our new Redarc 24/20 DC to DC charger will turn up within the next couple of days.
It might look like a desperate move but I saw it as a necessary one. I jettisoned the old 120AH deep cycle batteries weighing in at 33.5kg each = 134kg total.
I've replaced them with two batteries weighing 10.74kg each = 21.48kg total, a weight saving of 112.52kgs.
That should allow her a few more bottles and pieces of J*-k ah, treasure :lol:
I'm still hopeful that our new Redarc 24/20 DC to DC charger will turn up within the next couple of days.
Moneybox
Philip & Sandra Box
Tathradj said:
Thanks Tathradj, that's similar to the one I bought yesterday. I couldn't find where that second wire went to I bought a single wire model. I see now it's just a ground wire but the one I ordered seems to just have the spark plug wire.
Whit wire is definately an earth wire. Red is induction lead.
Moneybox
Philip & Sandra Box
Yes Tathradj, battery included.
Specification
Maximum timing range: 9999.9 hours
Maximum speed range: 9999RPM
Display screen: LCD screen display
Battery life: more than 3 years
Applicable models: ordinary car, mini car, off-road vehicle, regular racing, micro-racing, off-road racing
Feature
Low voltage design, built-in battery, safe and reliable, with a service life of up to five years
General cars, mini-cars, off-road vehicles, regular racing, micro-racing, off-road racing, you can think of it
Body-inductive design, link line bundled spark plugs can operate
Feel free to set the speed mode, maintenance function reminder, system one-button reset
Applied to all gasoline engines with spark plugs
Inductive design, only need to bind the cable to the spark plug to operate
The maximum timing range is: 99999 hours; the maximum speed range is supported: 15300 RPM
LCD screen display
Low voltage design, built-in battery power supply, safe and reliable; battery life is more than 3 years
Speed mode can be set for use on 2-stroke or 4-stroke engines
The maintenance time reminder function can be set, and the LCD screen flashes after the time
System data reset function, which can clear all recorded data
Package includes
1X Tach/Hour Meter with Wire
Specification
Maximum timing range: 9999.9 hours
Maximum speed range: 9999RPM
Display screen: LCD screen display
Battery life: more than 3 years
Applicable models: ordinary car, mini car, off-road vehicle, regular racing, micro-racing, off-road racing
Feature
Low voltage design, built-in battery, safe and reliable, with a service life of up to five years
General cars, mini-cars, off-road vehicles, regular racing, micro-racing, off-road racing, you can think of it
Body-inductive design, link line bundled spark plugs can operate
Feel free to set the speed mode, maintenance function reminder, system one-button reset
Applied to all gasoline engines with spark plugs
Inductive design, only need to bind the cable to the spark plug to operate
The maximum timing range is: 99999 hours; the maximum speed range is supported: 15300 RPM
LCD screen display
Low voltage design, built-in battery power supply, safe and reliable; battery life is more than 3 years
Speed mode can be set for use on 2-stroke or 4-stroke engines
The maintenance time reminder function can be set, and the LCD screen flashes after the time
System data reset function, which can clear all recorded data
Package includes
1X Tach/Hour Meter with Wire
Joisus!!
Moneybox
Philip & Sandra Box
We're getting down to those last few jobs before we leave.
I'm not sure when we pull out but I'm sure it'll have something to do with when the footy is showing on the telly.
This should keep the flying stones at bay. Now what was the next job :|
I'm not sure when we pull out but I'm sure it'll have something to do with when the footy is showing on the telly.
This should keep the flying stones at bay. Now what was the next job :|
Moneybox
Philip & Sandra Box
We ended up washed out of our camping spot by torrential rain and the runoff was like flood water.
We got to the road without drowning but it wasn't much better. Once on the road there was nowhere to go but forward with water covering the road for 500m at a time. While passing through a deep patch with no dry land in sight the tyre pressure alarm went off. One of the trailer tyres had dropped below the limit I had set. It wasn't flat so we continued on watching it closely. It dropped to 10psi before I saw an escape route. By the time we pulled up the tyre pressure monitor was reading 6psi but the tyre was still in one piece. Once stopped we stayed for a few days detecting in muddy ground but at least we were pulling a few tiny ones out.
We really wanted to be on good ground but with that under water we had no choice. The nuggets at the top were from the SDC2300 and the lower ones were from the GPX6000 with the 11" mono coil.
On the third day the station hand dropped in and had a bit of a grumble about us being there unannounced even though we had little choice. I'd fitted the spare onto the trailer. It was not the usual spare because I'd taken that to move the dryblower. The old tyre was most likely about ten years out of date but still looked ok.
We only had about 80km to go and we were onto the bitumen so it should have been all plain sailing from there but the old spare had other ideas. It went with a loud bang and I instantly recognised the noise and pulled up right on a "P". The tyre was shredded but the rim was still ok. I only brought one spare because the dryblower was sitting at home on two others.
I thought it was going to be a simple job of driving over the side of the flat tyre to break the bead but this tyre had been on the rim so long that it didn't want to move. I couldn't afford to damage the tyre because we had no more.
I ended up driving the handle of the wheel brace into the bead and working my way around spraying WD40 into the gap and eventually got both beads broken. From there I thought my problems were over but when I reached in to retrieve the tyre patch kit I found it missing. I'd used it a week earlier and forgot to put it back in.
When searching for a suitable patch I found I had a bias-ply tyre patch. A short search later I found a little squashed tube of rubber solution and my problems were over.
I refitted the tyre and we were underway. It took an hour and a half out of our day but we still had time to get to our destination as long as we didn't get distracted along the way. We made it into Kalgoorlie by 4pm on Friday afternoon to Tyrepower and all the guys were just packing up for the weekend. We might have paid a bit much but we drove away on two new 8 ply light truck tyres. I wanted three but two will have to do for now because that's all they had
.
We got to the road without drowning but it wasn't much better. Once on the road there was nowhere to go but forward with water covering the road for 500m at a time. While passing through a deep patch with no dry land in sight the tyre pressure alarm went off. One of the trailer tyres had dropped below the limit I had set. It wasn't flat so we continued on watching it closely. It dropped to 10psi before I saw an escape route. By the time we pulled up the tyre pressure monitor was reading 6psi but the tyre was still in one piece. Once stopped we stayed for a few days detecting in muddy ground but at least we were pulling a few tiny ones out.
We really wanted to be on good ground but with that under water we had no choice. The nuggets at the top were from the SDC2300 and the lower ones were from the GPX6000 with the 11" mono coil.
On the third day the station hand dropped in and had a bit of a grumble about us being there unannounced even though we had little choice. I'd fitted the spare onto the trailer. It was not the usual spare because I'd taken that to move the dryblower. The old tyre was most likely about ten years out of date but still looked ok.
We only had about 80km to go and we were onto the bitumen so it should have been all plain sailing from there but the old spare had other ideas. It went with a loud bang and I instantly recognised the noise and pulled up right on a "P". The tyre was shredded but the rim was still ok. I only brought one spare because the dryblower was sitting at home on two others.
I thought it was going to be a simple job of driving over the side of the flat tyre to break the bead but this tyre had been on the rim so long that it didn't want to move. I couldn't afford to damage the tyre because we had no more.
I ended up driving the handle of the wheel brace into the bead and working my way around spraying WD40 into the gap and eventually got both beads broken. From there I thought my problems were over but when I reached in to retrieve the tyre patch kit I found it missing. I'd used it a week earlier and forgot to put it back in.
When searching for a suitable patch I found I had a bias-ply tyre patch. A short search later I found a little squashed tube of rubber solution and my problems were over.
I refitted the tyre and we were underway. It took an hour and a half out of our day but we still had time to get to our destination as long as we didn't get distracted along the way. We made it into Kalgoorlie by 4pm on Friday afternoon to Tyrepower and all the guys were just packing up for the weekend. We might have paid a bit much but we drove away on two new 8 ply light truck tyres. I wanted three but two will have to do for now because that's all they had
.
Bush ingenuity, I love it, well done mate and glad you are both safe.
Mackka
Mackka
