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JB
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Joined: 16 Feb 2004
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 7:08 am |
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quiet day innit....rain and wind is picking up here in swansea.
i am meant to be sailing in a little 2 man dingy sailing boat tomoz and sunday...looks like we are in for a soaking and a fair few dips if the weather stays as is. |
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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 8:02 am |
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been quiet the last few days, I was thinkign that myself, done a new tech article, 9 views when I last looked! Even got a new pic for the megane K&M tech article.
Just finished the track rod end change on the megane so I will do a prog report and a tech article on it. |
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huwwatkins
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Joined: 10 Jun 2004
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 8:09 am |
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I 've noticed its been quiet here too.......changing me discs and pads tomorrow, hopefully....braking metal on metal doesn't do much for stopping distances  |
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Chris H
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 8:32 am |
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tech article done now!
Will do a male track rod swap at some point.
Got a few things I need to sort out in the white 19 like the rear wheel cylinders so they will be tech articles etc soon.
I also need to swapo a rear caliper, handbrake cabel and rear pads and discs. |
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JB
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 8:35 am |
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excellent....there is still life. |
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JB
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 8:43 am |
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good techy mate
lol> have u let her out the cupboard yet? |
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Chris H
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 8:46 am |
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nah, shes in there for good lol
Used her phone and it was fit to screen, settings on mine same phone used for the SPI techy was at high. Quite a diff in size eh! Tried to enlarge with photoshop look terrible.
I will get a male track rod end lot done, that took about 45 mins to do, all the messing around with the blowtorch etc was the prob! Male rod end is about 15 mins if it pops out of the hub ok! |
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SpeedFreak
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Joined: 07 Sep 2004
Posts: 328
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 8:53 am |
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yeah those track rod ends are buggers when they spin round and round!!! |
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JB
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 8:54 am |
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yeah i dont like the look of those female ones.....whenever i go for trackin they always chk if it has pinch bolts cos if it has its suckin thru teeth time...its gunna cost ya...to which i reply - its ok bozo its not! |
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Chris H
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 8:55 am |
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another example of how older is better! |
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Chris H
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 9:05 am |
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i spy with my little eye somehtign beginnign with t |
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huwwatkins
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 10:25 am |
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Chris H
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 11:17 am |
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JB
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 3:35 pm |
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aww no ...did i miss out on i spy?!?!
wish i had stayed in to play eye spy...took my xbox over mates house and it doesnt work any more...not very fecki happy about that
he lives 2 mins up the road...i carried it carefully there....go to turn it on...no...dead....had it apart (on expert advise) still no go....wtf could have happened between here and there ffs!!!!!!!!!!GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRr |
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huwwatkins
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 4:51 pm |
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JB
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Sat Oct 02, 2004 2:03 am |
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well i get red and green which they say needs customer services....well i cant do that ! its got chip and new hard drive so i think its a little out of guarantee...
my mate says first try removing chip and replacing std hard drive so it should then think it is a normal xbox...if that dont work then its prolly the xbox itself thats fucked (max £100 new xbox)
if it does work then try re-flashing the chip as it may have got corrupt....if that dotn work then the chip may have died (£45)
bloody thing...all i did was carry it over my friends house about 200 yards away. no bangs or anything. |
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JB
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Sun Oct 03, 2004 2:14 pm |
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for those who give the slightest...i returned the xbox to original state so it thinks it is a normal xbox....and....it WORKS!!!!! YIPPEE
so now just need to decide if the hard drive died or the chip....i am PRAYING it isnt the HDD as i have a lot of games and films on there that i couldnt face d/ling again...plus i was gettin far in me games...god im a kid i know
hopefully i can just reflash the chip and it may work...
this should be made into a techy ...and a progress report lol...
i by no means encourage this behaviour.... |
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JB
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Sun Oct 03, 2004 2:21 pm |
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chip works......gulp................cud be dead HDD noooooooo!!!! |
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JB
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Sun Oct 03, 2004 2:24 pm |
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ok....2 mins later....its ALIVEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
well im enjoyin meself in this thread anyway....
funny how just takin something apart and putting it back together seems to solve mysterious ailments..
tidy  |
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Chris H
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Mon Oct 04, 2004 3:38 am |
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yep it is JB innit.
Many a thing has been fixed by dissassembly and a threat then re-assembled. |
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Fat Dave
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Joined: 22 Mar 2004
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Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:45 am |
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i have just been converted over to the xbox JB, i am currently playing pro evo 4, cant wait to play it on-line.
i hope mine does'nt die coz have feck loads a few films, loads of games, and a load of roms and emulaters for the snes and megadrive. |
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