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  1. Black-Pete

    Dieseling engine

    Nightjar, back in the late 70's I had a old landcruiser petrol come into the workshop that the owner said was hard to start. After turning it over on the battery for about 20 seconds I turned the key back to just the ignition on and it ran backwards for about 30 seconds. It did this 3 times...
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    Whinge of the day thread...

    Ok I'll try logging on everytime I use a face book site and see what difference it makes. I know for sure that computers and mobile phones do listen in as my wife have been talking about something that we had not mentioned for years and within half an hour an add appearred on my computer in...
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    Whinge of the day thread...

    Over the last couple of weeks my computer is shutting down randomly and I thought I would be up for a new computer. What I have found is that any facebook based site is causing the problem but if I avoid any facebook site I can spend hours on the computer but as soon as I log into any facebook...
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    Please help identify what these are made of. Mid to early 1900's

    comb could be whalebone with pewter
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    The 44 gallon drum debate.

    3' 6"
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    What is the best glue for metal detector coils?

    Acrifix R0192 . I don't know where to buy it but it's brilliant glue. Black-Pete
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    A gold find with a difference

    I was thinking about a gold filling in one of my front teeth, but not any more. Black-Pete
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    Big nugget,my claim to fame!

    My claim to fame is Slim Dusty sang a song about me. Something about being the biggest disappointment in the family. Black-Pete
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    Shoalhaven River height at Oallen Ford NSW

    Back in the late eighties a similar hole was gouged out at the Warri bridge on the Kings Highway and a few months later an opportunist official from the department in charge of roads and bridges documented that it was caused by dredges. How long before this is blamed on illegal dredging? Black-Pete
  10. Black-Pete

    Shingles!

    Yep I had it about 5 years ago down my back,arm pit and chest and shoulder. It has never really gone away and if I have the shower too hot it flares up again. I found that Stop Itch helped a lot if put on just before bed it helped me sleep most nights but sometimes nothing seemed to help. Black-Pete
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    Shoalhaven River height at Oallen Ford NSW

    Last time I was at Oallen about 6 years ago there were "No Camping" signs erected. Has this changed yet again? Black-Pete
  12. Black-Pete

    Mobile phone weak signal area

    Gpx5000 seems to have hit the nail on the head, I just went into Mobile Network settings. then network mode and changed setting from LTE/WCDMA/GSM to just WCDMA/GSM and phone went from barely one bar reception up to 4 bars. We will see what the difference is next time I'm back at the location I...
  13. Black-Pete

    Mobile phone weak signal area

    The provider I use is Belong which is owned by Telstra and it's 4G and reverts back to 3G if 4G signal is not in the area so I assume it would be 3G in this area. The wife's provider is Optus so I would think it would be similar. Black-Pete
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    Mobile phone weak signal area

    For the last couple of weeks I have in in an area that has poor mobile reception. I could only get reception if I stood out on the verandah in the cold. I have just been researching ways to improve the signal and I'm more confused than ever. Some systems seem to be illegal and others are very...
  15. Black-Pete

    Boiling advice please

    Have you checked if the water pump impeller has not eroded away through electrolisis
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    Is This Lead?

    Possibly gold coated with mercury? Black-Pete
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    Engine Scan Tools - Recommendations and Reviews

    Wishfull said, It seems that a lot of the early Commodore and Falcon models are not supported with many of the readers. Anyone know of a good scanner for these ? Get an ELM327 scanner from ebay for about $10 and download Forscan onto your lap top or smartphone and it will read ford AU's and...
  18. Black-Pete

    Maryborough/Paddy's Ranges, Where to go?

    Hey Goldtruck59, I think I recognize your dog nugget, I've been down the triangle a couple of times around the Talbot and Timor area when a small dog who's owner said his name was nugget trotted up followed by his owner a couple of minutes later. Would that have been you? The owner said he...
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    Maryborough/Paddy's Ranges, Where to go?

    on the old John Tully maps it used to have an area that said prospecting was allowed within the blue lines to the west of Possum gully road. I'm pretty sure that this area is NOW out of bounds. Check with Coiltek for clarification but I now think all of Paddy's Ranges is off limits. Pete
  20. Black-Pete

    Detecting with hearing aids

    I am using a B&Z booster and I like it but I think I'll just take the hearing aids off when detecting as the sound was quite distracting. I absolutely hate headphones of all descriptions as they make my ear lugs so sore. Another worry I had with the hearing aids was if I brushed against a tree...
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