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Dave R

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You may remember me wittering on about a series 3 that had been made
"an example of" at the local Seat dealer. Well, finally got it home the
other day and thought that you all might want to see quite possibly the
worse shade of blue I have ever seen applied in a manner that can best
be described as hurried...........

At least it can keep the series one company in the yard until I find a
new home for it / them.

I had a quick drive around the field in it and up and down the road now
quickly, or should O say briefly.........lovely to drive. I found in
the reciepts that the truck had a new gearbox 2 years ago, however when
you think that the vehicle only does 300 miles a year isn't bad really!

Only a small amount of welding, about a 2 square inches, to sort the
chassis and another couple of little jobs to do and it'll make someone
a nice truck, er, or i might keep it!


http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/v8bobber_2006/24082006127.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/v8bobber_2006/24082006129.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/v8bobber_2006/24082006128.jpg

I will not be offended if someone suggests a new colour

Dave

 
On 06/09/2006 21:52, Dave R wrote:

> I will not be offended if someone suggests a new colour
>
> Dave
>
Hope this doesnt offend you, but I recon you should get it back to original.

That winch would look great on my 90 :):)

--
Mark
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On or around 6 Sep 2006 13:52:40 -0700, "Dave R" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Only a small amount of welding, about a 2 square inches, to sort the
>chassis and another couple of little jobs to do and it'll make someone
>a nice truck, er, or i might keep it!
>
>I will not be offended if someone suggests a new colour

it's a bit bright.

'ere, do us a favour, look at the bottom of the speedo face and report back
what the little writing there says, also what type of speedo: with tripmeter
or without tripmeter.

I'm trying to decode the numbering system so as to work out what speedo to
hunt...


The one in mine is definitely under-reading by about 10%, mileage and speed,
and so is almost certainly a "SWB" rather than a "LWB" one, notwithstanding
the fact that it was sold as a LWB one.


So far, I have 3 speedos here. 2 of them are marked SNT-4212 and don't have
a tripmeter, one is marked SNT-6209 and does. The 6209 and one 4212 have a
the number 1536 at the end, while the other 4212 has 1408. The rumour has
it that these last numbers are calibration, in which case, it may be that
1536 is SWB. If the one in mine that went senile is original, then 1408 may
be LWB - the mileage was reading correct on that but the speed was reading
way high.

I shall be looking at other SIIIs as I find them to look at, and see if I
can make sense of it. I know a couple of not-in-use ones about here, just a
matter of finding time to look.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat" Euripedes, quoted in
Boswell's "Johnson".
 
On 2006-09-07, Austin Shackles <[email protected]> wrote:

> The one in mine is definitely under-reading by about 10%, mileage
> and speed, and so is almost certainly a "SWB" rather than a "LWB"
> one, notwithstanding the fact that it was sold as a LWB one.

My pinz had a gearing adapter on the back of the speedo, it screwed
into the speedo cable input, and had a receptacle at 90 degrees for
the cable, and a gearing ratio on it. IIRC it was marked "VDO" so you
might be able to get something similar.

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
Dave R wrote:
> You may remember me wittering on about a series 3 that had been made
> "an example of" at the local Seat dealer. Well, finally got it home
> the other day and thought that you all might want to see quite
> possibly the worse shade of blue I have ever seen applied in a manner
> that can best be described as hurried...........
>
> At least it can keep the series one company in the yard until I find a
> new home for it / them.
>
> I had a quick drive around the field in it and up and down the road
> now quickly, or should O say briefly.........lovely to drive. I found
> in the reciepts that the truck had a new gearbox 2 years ago, however
> when you think that the vehicle only does 300 miles a year isn't bad
> really!
>
> Only a small amount of welding, about a 2 square inches, to sort the
> chassis and another couple of little jobs to do and it'll make someone
> a nice truck, er, or i might keep it!
>
>
> http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/v8bobber_2006/24082006127.jpg
> http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/v8bobber_2006/24082006129.jpg
> http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/v8bobber_2006/24082006128.jpg
>
> I will not be offended if someone suggests a new colour
>
> Dave

Thought the unoficcial colour was purple!

--
Don't say it cannot be done, rather what is needed to do it!

If the answer is offensive maybe the question was inappropriate

The fiend of my fiend is my enema!


 
GbH <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
>> I will not be offended if someone suggests a new colour
>>
>> Dave
>
> Thought the unoficcial colour was purple!

Thats not actually officially unofficial, some have covert Purple which is
also acceptable as long as you can see it when you close your eyes. ;-)

Lee D


 
On or around Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:39:40 +1200, EMB <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Austin Shackles wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to decode the numbering system so as to work out what speedo to
>> hunt...
>
>It's all laid out quite well here Austin.
>
>http://users.mrbean.net.au/~rover/selectin.htm

'tis, an' all. so it seems I want a 1408 or thereabouts, not a 1536 and the
bloke who sold me the current on was a lying git or misinformed.

can't remember the numbers off the metric one I didn't buy for 50 quid.


I've a yet-to-be-proven theory that the first number (4212 or 6209 on the 90
mph series III clocks) might be a model number and they're different 'cos
one has a tripmeter and one doesn't.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so."
John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873)
 
On or around Thu, 7 Sep 2006 11:00:33 +0100, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>GbH <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
>>> I will not be offended if someone suggests a new colour
>>>
>>> Dave
>>
>> Thought the unoficcial colour was purple!
>
>Thats not actually officially unofficial, some have covert Purple which is
>also acceptable as long as you can see it when you close your eyes. ;-)

I still hope to form the purple land rover club, though, and use it as a
means of blagging show passes :)
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so."
John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873)
 
On or around Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:36:19 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On or around Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:39:40 +1200, EMB <[email protected]>
>enlightened us thusly:
>
>>Austin Shackles wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm trying to decode the numbering system so as to work out what speedo to
>>> hunt...
>>
>>It's all laid out quite well here Austin.
>>
>>http://users.mrbean.net.au/~rover/selectin.htm
>
>'tis, an' all. so it seems I want a 1408 or thereabouts, not a 1536 and the
>bloke who sold me the current on was a lying git or misinformed.
>
>can't remember the numbers off the metric one I didn't buy for 50 quid.
>
>
>I've a yet-to-be-proven theory that the first number (4212 or 6209 on the 90
>mph series III clocks) might be a model number and they're different 'cos
>one has a tripmeter and one doesn't.

more amusement: chap across the way has a currently-unemployed SWB, which
has a speedo with 1504 on it. According to my calculations, that *might* be
correct for 205R16 tyres...

and I found one on ebay which is a 1376, and apparently came off a 1983
SWB... although of course it might not be original.

hunting around, Paddocks have genuine 109" 7.50-tyre speedos for 85 quid,
craddocks ditto for 90-odd. Craddocks also have a metric one for
considerably less. So matey with his metric ones at the show for 50 quid
wasn't really OTT.

Beamends' site can't be found tonight. I reckon there's a DNS up the shoot
somwhere, but it's not affecting all addresses. Mind, I thought the DNS
system was supposed to be multiple-redundant and so forth... as may be, the
thing here says "resolving www.beamends.etc.etc" for a bit and then says
"can't find it."

meanwhile, nslookup from a cmd window gets me a timeout.

I'm gonna find out how to run me own DNS on XP one day... anyone got the IP
address for beamends handy?

my mail and news clients have been told the IP numbers, not the words, for
their servers. This makes things a good bit more reliable except when
someone decides to change the IP of their mail server.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"There are three sorts of people in the world - those who can count,
and those who can't" (Anon)
 
On 2006-09-07, Austin Shackles <[email protected]> wrote:

> my mail and news clients have been told the IP numbers, not the words, for
> their servers. This makes things a good bit more reliable except when
> someone decides to change the IP of their mail server.

Create the file c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and add the
following to it if not already there;

127.0.0.1 localhost

Then add all your other important addresses to the file in a similar
fashion, XP will then no longer need to look up those addresses in
DNS. If the addresses are changed, just edit the file.

Note that the file has to be called "hosts" and not "hosts.txt", given
Microsoft's daft "extension hiding" madness, chances are the .txt will
be added for you by the "helpful" software. Apparently enclosing the
name "hosts" in quotes in the "save as" box will stop that, or turn it
off in your folder view options.

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
In message <[email protected]>
Austin Shackles <[email protected]> wrote:

> On or around Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:36:19 +0100, Austin Shackles
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >On or around Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:39:40 +1200, EMB <[email protected]>
> >enlightened us thusly:
> >
> >>Austin Shackles wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I'm trying to decode the numbering system so as to work out what speedo to
> >>> hunt...
> >>
> >>It's all laid out quite well here Austin.
> >>
> >>http://users.mrbean.net.au/~rover/selectin.htm
> >
> >'tis, an' all. so it seems I want a 1408 or thereabouts, not a 1536 and the
> >bloke who sold me the current on was a lying git or misinformed.
> >
> >can't remember the numbers off the metric one I didn't buy for 50 quid.
> >
> >
> >I've a yet-to-be-proven theory that the first number (4212 or 6209 on the 90
> >mph series III clocks) might be a model number and they're different 'cos
> >one has a tripmeter and one doesn't.
>
> more amusement: chap across the way has a currently-unemployed SWB, which
> has a speedo with 1504 on it. According to my calculations, that *might* be
> correct for 205R16 tyres...
>
> and I found one on ebay which is a 1376, and apparently came off a 1983
> SWB... although of course it might not be original.
>
> hunting around, Paddocks have genuine 109" 7.50-tyre speedos for 85 quid,
> craddocks ditto for 90-odd. Craddocks also have a metric one for
> considerably less. So matey with his metric ones at the show for 50 quid
> wasn't really OTT.
>
> Beamends' site can't be found tonight. I reckon there's a DNS up the shoot
> somwhere, but it's not affecting all addresses. Mind, I thought the DNS
> system was supposed to be multiple-redundant and so forth... as may be, the
> thing here says "resolving www.beamends.etc.etc" for a bit and then says
> "can't find it."
>
> meanwhile, nslookup from a cmd window gets me a timeout.
>
> I'm gonna find out how to run me own DNS on XP one day... anyone got the IP
> address for beamends handy?
>
> my mail and news clients have been told the IP numbers, not the words, for
> their servers. This makes things a good bit more reliable except when
> someone decides to change the IP of their mail server.

The outfit that runs our site server has had yet another spam attack
causing a crash. There's not a whole lot anyone can do about it except
break that b**tard who's doing it's fingers - permenantly.

>

Richard

--
www.beamends-lrspares.co.uk [email protected]
RISC-OS - Where have all the good guys gone?
Lib Dems - Townies keeping comedy alive
 
On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:01:19 +0100, beamendsltd
<[email protected]> wrote:

> In message <[email protected]>
> Austin Shackles <[email protected]> wrote:

>> ...
>> Beamends' site can't be found tonight. I reckon there's a DNS up the
>> shoot
>> somwhere, but it's not affecting all addresses.
>
> The outfit that runs our site server has had yet another spam attack
> causing a crash. There's not a whole lot anyone can do about it except
> break that b**tard who's doing it's fingers - permenantly.

well - you could host with someone who has a clue - only the pile-em-high,
sell-em-cheap mob run mail and web from the same servers.

then, when stuff calms a little, you'll have more time to go a spam
hunting :)
--
William Tasso

Land Rover - 110 V8
Discovery - V8
 
In message <[email protected]>
"William Tasso" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:01:19 +0100, beamendsltd
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > In message <[email protected]>
> > Austin Shackles <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> ...
> >> Beamends' site can't be found tonight. I reckon there's a DNS up the
> >> shoot
> >> somwhere, but it's not affecting all addresses.
> >
> > The outfit that runs our site server has had yet another spam attack
> > causing a crash. There's not a whole lot anyone can do about it except
> > break that b**tard who's doing it's fingers - permenantly.
>
> well - you could host with someone who has a clue - only the pile-em-high,
> sell-em-cheap mob run mail and web from the same servers.

Mr. Spellings is considerably knowledgable in what he's doing, and
I'd certainly not describe him as "pile-em-high, sell-em-cheap".
You can have as many servers as you like (he has rather a lot),
but if someone puts the boot in there's not a whole lot anyone can
do (witness Amazon, the banks, eBay, etc etc being brought down).
Unfortunately, the attackers also know what they are doing.

BT provide our mail, which is working fine.

>
> then, when stuff calms a little, you'll have more time to go a spam
> hunting :)

Richard

--
www.beamends-lrspares.co.uk [email protected]
RISC-OS - Where have all the good guys gone?
Lib Dems - Townies keeping comedy alive
 
On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 06:40:19 +0100, Ian Rawlings wrote:

> Then add all your other important addresses to the file in a similar
> fashion, XP will then no longer need to look up those addresses in
> DNS.

Depending on how a site is hosted that may or may not work. You could use
the IP address of the server for my site but it wouldn't get you to my
site as that server hosts many sites and without a name in the GET it
doesn't know which one to serve...

BTW www.beamends-lrspares.co.uk does resolve here either (0925 8th Sep
2006). I have a local caching DNS that goes off to the root name servers
if it doesn't know the answer. The cache couldn't find any servers...

--
Cheers [email protected]
Dave. pam is missing e-mail



 
On 2006-09-08, Dave Liquorice <[email protected]> wrote:

> Depending on how a site is hosted that may or may not work. You could use
> the IP address of the server for my site but it wouldn't get you to my
> site as that server hosts many sites and without a name in the GET it
> doesn't know which one to serve...

That's virtual hosting, and yes you can't get to it using just the IP
address (the web browser passes the hostname in the HTTP request
header) but the method I posted will work because the browser still
uses the site name in the request, the only difference between using
conventional DNS and this method is that the computer's resolving
routines get their results from the file, not from DNS, the web
browser is not affected at all.

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around 6 Sep 2006 13:52:40 -0700, "Dave R"
<[email protected]>
> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >Only a small amount of welding, about a 2 square inches, to sort
the
> >chassis and another couple of little jobs to do and it'll make
someone
> >a nice truck, er, or i might keep it!
> >
> >I will not be offended if someone suggests a new colour
>
> it's a bit bright.
>
> 'ere, do us a favour, look at the bottom of the speedo face and
report back
> what the little writing there says, also what type of speedo: with
tripmeter
> or without tripmeter.
>
> I'm trying to decode the numbering system so as to work out what
speedo to
> hunt...
>
>
> The one in mine is definitely under-reading by about 10%, mileage
and speed,
> and so is almost certainly a "SWB" rather than a "LWB" one,
notwithstanding
> the fact that it was sold as a LWB one.
>
>
> So far, I have 3 speedos here. 2 of them are marked SNT-4212 and
don't have
> a tripmeter, one is marked SNT-6209 and does. The 6209 and one 4212
have a
> the number 1536 at the end, while the other 4212 has 1408. The
rumour has
> it that these last numbers are calibration, in which case, it may be
that
> 1536 is SWB. If the one in mine that went senile is original, then
1408 may
> be LWB - the mileage was reading correct on that but the speed was
reading
> way high.
>
> I shall be looking at other SIIIs as I find them to look at, and see
if I
> can make sense of it. I know a couple of not-in-use ones about
here, just a
> matter of finding time to look.
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
> "Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat" Euripedes, quoted in
> Boswell's "Johnson".

Austin,

This bloke http://www.jdo1.com/index.html makes an excellent job of
altering the ratio of speedos - sorted my Austin-Healey 3000 a treat,
and that read wrong on the odometer, mileometer and speed and all were
different !!! If you look on his site he has a guide to working out
what ratio you need and can then change bits to suit.

AWEM


 
On or around Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:36:19 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On or around Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:39:40 +1200, EMB <[email protected]>
>enlightened us thusly:
>
>>Austin Shackles wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm trying to decode the numbering system so as to work out what speedo to
>>> hunt...
>>
>>It's all laid out quite well here Austin.
>>
>>http://users.mrbean.net.au/~rover/selectin.htm
>
>I've a yet-to-be-proven theory that the first number (4212 or 6209 on the 90
>mph series III clocks) might be a model number and they're different 'cos
>one has a tripmeter and one doesn't.

well, I went and blagged a 4212 1408 from the dead SIII down the road (up
for grabs if anyone wants a project, but some b****rd has nicked the speedo;
2¼ petrol LWB hard top, all there but rough, apparently some extra bits and
bobs available with it - I think he just wants rid. It was running a year
or two ago.) which seems to work fine but lacks the trip meter. Now, it's
fair to say that Edward II didn't have one before, but it is quite useful,
so I may yet hunt one with a tripmeter and keep the 4212 as a spare.
 
On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 10:38:17 +0100, Ian Rawlings wrote:

>> Depending on how a site is hosted that may or may not work.
>
> That's virtual hosting, and yes you can't get to it using just the IP
> address (the web browser passes the hostname in the HTTP request
> header) but the method I posted will work because the browser still
> uses the site name in the request,

'tis true must try harder to keep up with thread wander... hosts files
are ok provided things don't change.

--
Cheers [email protected]
Dave. pam is missing e-mail



 
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