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Unless Trevor wants me to ferry vehicles again so I get a fee pass I won't be going, much as I enjoyed the gathering last yr £49 is a pisstake!

I've done the UKs deepest in the 80's! The challenge was to get to the bottom, do a full circle round the outside, then come up, took me about 2 weeks to work up to it - it'd kill me nowadays tho :lol:

Good show, cheers Jon:thumbup: I noticed that from your screenshot example above, looks like Strata area. It's been an education all this mapping malarkey, if I'd known about the free map conversion issues with MM earlier I'd probably have gone for something else, noticed MOBAC also does...

Re GLASS say no more, I have some thoughts too, but that's a campfire conversation :think: There's some 'new blood' coming in, we live in hope :lol: Very comendable giving it away, I love that philosophy :clap: Would you mind if I point some Northants lads at it? I'm trying to get more people...

I dunno, the whole database is exportable now, there was posative muttering towards someone adding it's features to an app or something not long ago. Have you thought about making TE shareware or something? Seems there's loads of people crying out for something similar to MM without the cost of...

Wayfinder is dead Jon, company was dissolved in 2006, think it was all migrated onto Trailwise.

Looks good Jon! :clap: I mite have a play with it once the current 200 file batch process running on my PC stops (in about a month:lol:) it'd save me one step of map processing compared to converting to MM. I thought the old wayfinder thing was defunct when it all migrated to Trailwise, bet...

Think the issue is only with OS Landranger or Explorer maps products, which are the best for ROW details. Memory Map & Viewranger use a proprietry format, you can buy a £15 licence from Memory map to import any map you've made/found/scanned, Ozi maps whatever, no such thing with ViewRanger as...

If you have Ordnance Survey Landranger or Explorer maps for UK, then these are likely illegal counterfeit maps.

And now I get any format into MM I've got the best of both worlds :dance: I could even layer different versions of maps over each other and create the best of all worlds mapping:icon-ugeek:

Aye Wout was telling me he uses oziexplorer and make the maps with MOBAC 1.8 with the 4umaps.eu as the mapsource. I had a look at Ozi, found the interfce a bit 1980's, couldn't find if the track draw tools could be made wider like you can on MM (I'd need reading glasses unless the track was...

Been trying to crack this for ages! Check these screenshots out http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/Springerpumpy/Screenshot 16_zpsw1rv7w5t.png http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/Springerpumpy/Screenshot 17_zpsytrwa0as.png I've only gone and got Centro de Descargas 1:50k Spainish...

If you can access the chip/system from a PC and find the currently installed maps, export them into a program that can analyse them, find the format they use, and which datum system that format requires, you should be able to make your own maps and export them in the correct format. Maybe Toyota...

Sure mate, send me a PM with an email address I'll send them over tomorrow. I've got a couple of gpx files for different days, think day 1 took us 3 days tho, so mite have been a bit over ambitious :laughing-rolling: so obviously some of the later days mite not be on the vid if we missed them...

if you've not looked on Wikiloc recently have a look around the area, it's getting really popular now, I get area updates almost daily with new tracks near mine, RBs will never keep up with it!

Andy, yeah I've already got that "I wanna go back" feeling too, a week is just too short a time round there methinks! I missed loads off the video too, one of the lads is a pro film chap gave me strict instructions not to make the film too long, his 4 min timeline went right out the window tho...

Alps trip full movie... some outside the UK may have problems viewing (inadvertanly used some music that had sampled copyrighted stuff so I got a claim which blocked it in some countries) If the video can't be played use this proxy link instead...

Blimey I wouldn't fancy some of those Alpine tracks if it was slippy! We had a bit of snow, the road we were going to use was closed, the postman stopped us going up it pointing at the matrix signs and translating it to illegal unless we had chains fitted, he got a bit animated when one of our...

Started editing the video from our Alps trip, here's a short taster... I asked the wife to look out the window and see how much room I had... "let me out NOW" :lol: Then I had that "Ooooo I cut it too close, I'll have to reverse and get even closer to the edge" moment :shock:

I'd agree with Dave, threadloc rather than grease, LR caliper bolts come with threadloc already on them, I used copperslip on my LR calipers, torqued up propper, they still came out!

I think the goods would have to be purchased in your name, delivered to your relatives woud still be OK I think as long as you can get the correct form from the retailer (form VAT 407), you claim the VAT back via the form though customs at the airport/port on export, they will inspect the form...

I'm still umming and ahhhing about ideal layout, I could change the ladder for one of those telescoping jobbies, but I'm not that keen on them tbh or with back seats in, and the fridge the other way round (one seat folded up) it'd give me a little more leg room, and the ladder/awning poles...

It's easy done! I did the same thing leaving a campsite in the Alps, lucky one of the other chaps alerted me on the CB! I've changed my mind about boxing them in having used them on a trip, so easy to get stuff like tent ladder, awning sides, and stuff out the back of the cargo net without...

caliper bolt loose/missing? (only had it happen on a LR tho!) Best finding which wheel it's coming from and have a look if you suspect it's from brakes really, suppose could be one of the bushes as the weight shifts or something else less important!

Cheers Dave, I'll have a good mooch under there:thumbup: Been scrubbing the truck up ready for the ins agreed valuation pictures, even bought some polish :shock:

Had a bit of a weird spot in the steering recently, as if it was catching on somthing at about 12-o-clock position, getting worse over the last 100 miles or so. Today it developed into a death wobble after hitting a pot hole on a duel carridgeway at 60mph, violent shaking of the steering wheel...

I try to plan on 10 hour max, can do 14 hours but I'm getting cranky by the end! When I moved house last time I did a 150 mile trip 5 times with a trailer on, loaded and unloaded a 20ft container twice, and the car/trailer 3 times, started at 6am finished at 5 am, possibily the hardest days...

just got back from the Alps, trip home was just shy of 800 mile, did it all in one stint, stopped more than 3 times for diesel tho :lol: I wouldn't have fancied another 400 mile on top of that! few yrs ago I did 1000 mile back from another part of the Alps to another part of the UK in 14 hours...

you're best checking the SWR as near the rig as possible really Shayne, often the coax can form part of the antenna sytem in mobile setups, it shouldn't in theory in a 'perfect' system, but often it does because things arn't often 'perfect' on vehicles.

few comments on my Patriot, which can't be much more than a year old since David bought it. The nature of the gutter clamps on the 80 means they have to be slid down the gutter from the end, then the crossmembers bolted on, the stainless bolts go into a retained (or rather loose) plate inside...

Result! nice one Shayne:thumbup:

what causes it? heat. maybe driving too hard on brakes that havn't been bedded in? Toyota wil have a bedding in procedure written down somewhere, not that I've seen it, here's a link to some other makes recomendations... http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/tech/techpage.jsp?techid=85 found this...

Geat pics, we're off up the dales Aug bank holliday with N44 This one is only 40 mile from Hawes if you're looking for a challenge!

That must be an old pic, it was like the one in my avatar pic with the 3x8" spots, you can make out the 3" wide alluminium under them, number plate is now stuck on the bonnet too. No service history, tbh I wouldn't trust it anyway after seeing the state of the pistons and random chunk of metal...

Ooooo nice, bookmarking so I can order some later :thumbup:

That Lubgaurd stuff looks a worthy addition Paul :thumbup: For clarity: 1992 12v auto was OK in low box, diff lock wire has been pulled so is selectable from dash switch rather then coming on with low range. I've removed the centre spotlight, and the 3" wide angle ally crossmember holding it...

Nice motor David! if you've not got a COC you'll have to do an IVA, some manufacturers will supply a COC for a fee, not sure about Mr.T tho edit: there are exemtions for cars over 10ys old, check the gov site here...https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-approval/exemptions-from-vehicle-approval

They're not "all the same" some work on different frequencies, but that one states 27 megs so should be good to go with any CB

should be up there this evening too, See you there Roy

If I'd have know I'd have saved the postage on my recent airdown tool purchase, thanks for that Roy, it's just like the ARB one but £100 cheaper! :thumbup: I'll be on the Northants 4x4 response stand with my 80, we've got an Adele impersonator singing on Sat night if you fancy a beer in good...

Thanks for that Gary, looks like it's right where my intercooler is :coldsweat: Has anyone got an intercooler fitted, and an ATF cooler?

Cheers Lorin, where's your way? I wouldn't mind someone in the know taking mine for a spin either! Trevor ain't convinced it's more than weight and ratios, but it's been a while since he drove it too. I had a bit of smoke, not black except the odd puff when it changed down hard on the gas. I...

All sounds good chaps, would monitoring the EGT/boost give me any clues as to pump performance? Think I've found a solution for the monitoring gubbins, these digi gauges are only 24x48mm, could have one for EGT, Boost, and ATF temps, got my head around the first two (although not happy drilling...

I'm still researching EGT/Boost gauge/ATF temp doofahs, I get this is the only way to set the pump right, no idea how I'm going to get it fitted yet, but on top of that the gearing is shit. I can drop it in 3rd manually when I hit the sloth window at about 40mph, it just revs higher, there's no...

Thanks Roger, 4.56 seems the way to go, I'll get them ordered.