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does the NPR work with black and white number plates? Been a few places where the number plates aren't read by the NPR cameras 🙂 Mike

I have a 3 rail J type OD in my 13/60 Herald (now 1500 engine). I originally used non OD Vitesse prop shaft but had balance problems so brought a new prop shaft from CC. mike

thats a very neat solution! Maybe you should have tested it in a less fun car! mike

thats what MS3 does. When you switch on the ignition and before the engine starts it makes a measurement of atmospheric pressure. So if you dont have an extra transducer and drive up mountains I think you need to stop and restart the engine on the way up! mike

And me and Libby, diff jammed completely couldn't move the car and the car just stopped! And I didnt like the vultures circling while we waited for a recovery truck. And my warning triangle got hit, runover and destroyed by a German driving an old Golf..... Anyway another 3.63 diff is in the car, complete with new set of bearings and NOS crown and pinion. I have done 20 miles with it and sounds perfect... Will get some miles on the car over the next few days and try to break it :). BTW anyone using EFI? I have a MS3 system and have added a second pressure transducer for atmospheric correction. Would be interested to see how others have set it up for correction. Will take the laptop with me 🙂 cheers Mike

10CR and broken diffs are a bit of a problem for me..... My old 2.5L GT6 with a very broken diff somewhere very high in France in 2013. mike

Well it was going well, down to a few items on the to do list, but..... New 'reconditioned' 3.63 diff has started to whine very badly at 30 MPH, stops if you freewheel. Less than 50 miles since I put it in, it started completely quiet and has got steadily nosier and yes I did oil in it! I will have to go back to the nice quiet 3.89 one I had in it... 😞 More than a bit pissed off as I hate changing the diff.. Sound file of unhappy whining diff attached! Mike diff soundsv1.wav

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Trying to get ready for the 10CR... New manifold for inlet pressure measurement. Electric fan fitted at the front of the rad, changed the diff from 3:89 to 3:63, must be age but was a real struggle doing it without a pit. Have changed diffs before but this one difficult... Found some play in one of the UJ so that's been replaced, slight cracking in a fuel hose so will be changed once the fuel level in the tank has gone down. Exhaust bracket broke and has been replaced. So lots of extra jobs but I expected that... Couldn't reattach the offside handbrake cable without adjusting it. Don't understand why it was fine before changing the diff... This was a good opportunity to check over the rear end, need new tyres, rain masters, and some rear shoes. Hard top on (hood has shrunk, and header rail seems bent. I had ordered a new softtop in May and it's only just arrived). Have fitted a Landover sunroof into the hardtop...

Beautifully put. I didn't know her but followed some of her exploits, such a shame and waste. 😞 Mike

Is everyone ready, seems very quiet on here... I have an electric fan to fit, change the diff (3.89 to 3.63) and check over the rear suspension, finish and fit hard top (now with sunroof), and give her a good around service. Lots of little bits to do and tweaking the Megasquirt maps as I am not sure I have the altitude correction set correctly. Doing it with Jane (the wife) so really dont want to break down... At the moment on holiday so all I can do is make lists of things to do! Mike

BTW There is a very good discussion about route planning on the TomTom forum, and how to force the Satnav to follow a track rather than optimise the route. It discusses what happens with routes in Mydrive and Basecamp etc. planning routes — TomTom Discussions Post 25 onwards. There is a very good quote..... ...planning routes is fraught when you need to move the route from the planning tool, which has it's own settings and routing engine, to a device which will most likely have different settings and, if from a different manufacturer, a different map and routing engine. Even devices from the same manufacturer have different settings. Time to go back to a marked up Road Map! 🙂 Mike

So you can import GPX files into MyDrive Pressing 'save to my routes' sends the route to the Satnav as a GPX file. The satnav will follow the routes defined in the GPX files exactly. It wont display the waypoints on the display and wont use the traffic info data for rerouting etc. In the 'My Routes' menu on the satnav there is an arrow in front of the filename. If this is a dashed arrow the route is a GPX route if its a solid arrow its a ITN route. An ITN route can be sent to the satnav by pressing the 'Send Stops' option. The data is now on the Satnav in ITN format and the route will uses 'stops' and calculate the best route between 'stops' depending on the traffic data etc. You can delete stops as you go along and the time display will show time to the next stop rather than the final destination. This is similar to the old, very useful, itinerary system that used to be on older TomTom SatNavs. BUT you cant save the route that has been sent to the SatNav and it can only have 20 stops in any one route.... The alternative to Tyre is MRA Routeplanner which lets you load all sorts of files and then export them in different forms. There is a free version, I brought a lifetime Gold licence at very good price. Mike

I have a TomTom GO Premium X. Seems you can load GPX files in the web based TomTom Mydrive. Once loaded it needs to be 'finished' and then sync it with the satnav. Route seems to be complete with all the twiddle bits on it although it doesnt show the waypoints (or whatever TomTom call them) on the satnav that appear on the Mydrive application. I am not sure if these waypoints can be converted to 'Stops' or POI and then they should appear on the SatNav. I need to do some more playing. BTW TomTom now have an app for Apple and Android which can sync routes and they say can download maps onto the phone. ~£20 per year or £3.99 per mpnth with a free 1 month trail. Will have a play. If you use a TomTom then it would be a nice backup. mike

Howard thanks, will have a play with them. cheers Mike

Interesting topic. I have a modern Tomtom but it doesnt do itinerary planning anymore (great shame) it does do POI, but the desktop app will import a GPX file. Does anyone have a nice complex GPX file from a previous 10CR or similar that I could have to try to import into TomTom drive to see how well it works? cheers mike

very active TSSC group in Norfolk that might be able to help, try there forum or if you do facebook they have a group there. (2) TSSC Norfolk | Facebook I think there next meeting is on monday at The Ringland Swan | Places to eat in Norfolk | Pub Restaurant. mike

it did happen on one of the early 10CR's, white herald drove on wrong side of the road after a stop to check maps, we were following realised we were on wrong side of road and moved to the correct side before we could do anything the white herald had a head on crash... My daughter helped with first aid, very traumatic... mike

excellent, I am interested.

interesting is this for the new hybrid cars... WRC very exciting better than F1! mike

MX5 seats in my 13/60 convertible, had cloths faced seats but now have leather (and heated) ones. If I am honest the cloths ones were more comfortable than the leather... The seats are narrow enough to recline past the B pillar. I have mounted them on some home made spacers and use the original MX5 runners. I was lucky to find these red and black leather ones that suit the Red Herald! Mike

There is now plenty of petrol around Cambridge, short or no queues but no diesel! At least that stops you making mistakes... Mike

Failed 11 plus, went to a terrible secondary modern school..... Ministry of defence electrical/mechanical apprenticeship, day release C&G Physiologic measurement technician at Kings College Hospital block release HNC, that got me into Sussex University to do a Medical Electronics Degree Couldnt get a job in medical physics/electronics so joined GECO Norwegian seismic survey company. Worked on Vibroseis field crews all over Europe. Married Jane who I meet at Sussex, moved to Cambridge, got a job with the MRC APU, developing electronics for experiments. Joined Schlumberger in the New research lab (oil field services). Developing Experimental electronics, test equipment (including some very big toys) and running field tests. Lots of travel, good pay and a great innovative company. Really good fun career. Retired 5 years ago with an excellent pension, I think my generation have been very lucky. I have a great garage/workshop, plenty of toys, one Triumph and 2 delightful grandchildren. Life is good. Mike

sorry my reply was a bit vague... If the handbrake doesnt work well then there is a problem with the rear brake setup... The Greenstuff pads aren't great, put in a standard set or M1144 and try again, could be as simple as the wrong pads. Not sure if there is a lot of pedal movement or a soft pedal but as long as the pedal doesnt hit the floor, you should be able to lock the wheels. I tested this last weekend when someone pulled out in front of me, a standard 13/60 disk brake (with M1144 pads) can lock the wheels....... Mike

M1144 work very well. You can have good brakes on a 13/60 and you can lock the wheels so its either the pads or something else. New fluid makes a big difference, does the hand brake work? If not maybe the adjustment is wrong or the shoes the wrong way round (I am sure everyone has done that at least once). Is there much movement of the pedal before anything happens? I have heard of problems with the seals on caliper piston? I think I would start with different pads and then recheck the system. Mike