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Old 21st February 2014, 03:28 PM
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So you'll be test driving by Saturday lunch time
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Old 21st February 2014, 04:17 PM
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So you'll be test driving by Saturday lunch time
Yes.

But not this Saturday.
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Old 8th March 2014, 12:20 PM
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So you'll be test driving by Saturday lunch time
Only two weeks late - just had a cheeky test drive up and down my street

Engine is back in and running now. Took me a while to get it started until I realised I had my spark plug leads in the wrong order Once that was sorted it burst into life
Had it running for twenty minutes or so and got it up to temp. Haven't spotted any leaks or heard any nasty noises, so hopefully I should be back on the road shortly!

Decided to hold off on the turbo for now and wait until I've got my little engine management project up and running.
Ordered a small batch of prototype PCBs for it this week and looking forward to having a play with them
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Old 8th March 2014, 07:32 PM
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Only two weeks late - just had a cheeky test drive up and down my street

Engine is back in and running now. Took me a while to get it started until I realised I had my spark plug leads in the wrong order Once that was sorted it burst into life
Had it running for twenty minutes or so and got it up to temp. Haven't spotted any leaks or heard any nasty noises, so hopefully I should be back on the road shortly!

Decided to hold off on the turbo for now and wait until I've got my little engine management project up and running.
Ordered a small batch of prototype PCBs for it this week and looking forward to having a play with them
I reached a major milestone today! I changed my gearbox and engine oil! Well done getting it back on the road so quick! Just in time for spring!
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Old 8th March 2014, 08:48 PM
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I reached a major milestone today! I changed my gearbox and engine oil! Well done getting it back on the road so quick! Just in time for spring!
Cheers Chris. Would have been quicker if I didn't have to wait an eternity for the parts!
Well done on your major achievement
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Old 24th March 2014, 10:19 AM
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Some goodies in the post this morning

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Did you make them or order them? Have you got a machine at work to solder the components on?
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Old 24th March 2014, 11:16 PM
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Did you make them or order them? Have you got a machine at work to solder the components on?
I got the boards from OSH Park. They took a while to arrive (from the US), but they look really good and were surprisingly cheap.

Machinary to solder the parts on? Nah, just a normal soldering iron and pair of tweezers
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Machinary to solder the parts on? Nah, just a normal soldering iron and pair of tweezers
Wow! I'd be cross eyed doing that! I replace dc sockets on laptops as part of my job and have removed and replaced bios and 8 pin SIOC chips but no, I couldn't manage that! Hats off to you!
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Wow! I'd be cross eyed doing that! I replace dc sockets on laptops as part of my job and have removed and replaced bios and 8 pin SIOC chips but no, I couldn't manage that! Hats off to you!
There's nothing much harder than an SO8 on that board to be fair.
The trick is to use plenty of flux and have some solder wick handy to fix any mistakes.
For the really fine pitched devices you just need to tack down the corners, then get some solder on the end of your iron and sort of brush it along the legs of the chip. The flux makes the solder flow to where it needs to go.
I suspect wasting my youth painting warhammer figures probably helps though
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