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Ah you guys with 'improper' Scoobs, the proper ones have side lights that just pop out in your hand however its a bugger when they fall out when your driving along the road, kind of sidelight roulette

Thats what I did too Andy, replaced with slightly 'higher' wattage bulbs from Halfrauds for the main bulbs, which did the job but then highlighted the fact that the sides looked even dimmer

Exactly that Baz, although my original light was not as bright as your pic shows, the new light is just the same, nice crisp white with a dash of blue, very Dulux

I wouldnt mind popping along, but I don't think my car is quite show standard, I'd have to bring a tarpaulin along and hide it at the back

Howdy chaps, I don't know what the brightness of the sidelights of your cars is like, but on mine they were dire and have gone through many 'bright' ones to find out they're all pretty pants and no different to stock. After a bit of surfing the forums I came across these LED lights from Autobulbsdirect that other folks have used and I can see why now. They have the same W5W fitment (not sure of other scoob models other than the classic) and have to be fitted the right way round or they don't work as i found out after refitting the light to the car . I have a photo showing the existing light and the new one opposite sides of the car, but cant find my ifone lead to upload it, but the light is far far brighter and almost head light level brightness with a crisp light bluey whiteness to it. I bought onlien sunday night around 1030pmn and was on my door on wednesday morning, bargain. At 15 quid shipped it was a little bit pricey but for what you get and the reliability you get compared to a filament bulb that can shatter if dropped I'd say its well worth the money. Cheers, Col

I got to the bottom of the screeching brakes when i popped round the other night Iain , it got far worse by the time I got home and ended up sounding like the wheel was about to come adrift. It turned out to be a pea sized stone wedged in between the brake disc and the mud shield. I was panicking as the pads are at 10% left and thought i had worn em to the metal. Thats another reason to removed the shield when I put the new discs on.

Ah cool, thanks Iain, I'll pop by on the way home after work Cheers, Col

Hi Iain, is there a good time I can pop round with a few tins I have here?

Haha thanks Myles, I was wondering where that pic of me in my younger days went, I have a bit more padding round me now

Sorry guys, yet again I cant make this one, as much as I want to. I picked up a back injury from the stupid ass chairs in work and have spent all week consuming pills and applying all manners of ointment to alleviate the pain to no avail, so I cant even get to my black belt grading, for which i'd spent 9 months preparing, so now its going to be another 6 month wait - at least the little ninjas didnt beat me up, this time.... With this in mind I'd expected a restful day at home with the feet up, but my work has yet another 'urgent' build required for monday or Jack Straw will want to know why not . With my contract ending in 4 weeks time the extra cash will come in handy, for the lean times ahead so I can't make it to the meet as my work end time is not known at all - really sorry, I don't want to let anyone down.

Hi Iain, is it still ok to donate some beer or a donation to the beer fund?

I have a black belt grading during that day in Malmesbury so should be back in time, hopefully with no broken bones or bruises.

Welcome back to Blighty Iain, I hope the trip went well, great pics by the way.

Oh poo, best of luck for the future Cheers Col

Sorry chaps, just been told in work just now that I'm 'required' to stay late to help out on some out of hours network changes - a polite way of saying do the work or don't forget your coat on the way out... Sorry

Oh poo i was gonna get along to this one, albeit a little bit late on the notice side. Any idea what the car park on the Windrush is like, if its real bad we could go for a spin to Maccy D's and do some donuts instead

Went to Imperial Tyres on the way home thru Swindon and they sorted the front wheels so now my steering is centred again, hurrah Best 35 quid I've spent in a while, had the chance to catch up on Carp weekly - too bonus

I had the boot out to inspect for rust, ahhhhh. Finally the old girl has succumbed to the wear and tear or daily driving and the rear section of both rear wheel arches have bubbles showing through so out came the interior to check how far through it had gone. Good news is its not as bad as i thought but the RHS bumper bracket has worn though and now hangs in the breeze I have the car booked in next week to get it all fixed and resprayed, so I put the interior back in again, what a difference it makes not to get to work having ringing ears Popping off to Imperial tyres in 'sunny' Swindon today to get the front wheels aligned too hopefully.

I was out on the roads from Carterton to Swindon this morning and altho' its -1 the roads are perfectly fine, that was at 745am tho' Cheers, Col

Hi Myles, no not as yet, if its the only way forward I'll find a friendly alignment centre and see if they can realign the fronts for me I could cheat and drill 6 new holes in the boss, but chances are it may still be out and I may reduce the actual strength of the boss itself Cheers, Col

Hi Stu, yeah just saw you as i was exiting the roundabout, Happy New Year to you old chap Next time the kids are acting up open the windows, the cold will slow them down a wee bit So far so good, having a few issues with a new steering wheel which can hopefully be resolved. Spent saturday afternoon, with a bit of food poisoning thrown in, cramped up in the rear of the car putting the interior back into the boot with a chilly breeze and failing light, I'm not going to be deafened any more by the exhaust any more now, happy days. I hope your new year is going well too

Yah from me too, have a merry Christmas everyone and a happy New Year

Hi Mark, the AD595 amp is a dedicated chip and the OEM335A is a dedicated chip also but houses the 4 digit display on the back of it. AD595 Datasheet Linkie OEM335 Datasheet linkie The other components are small discreet devices which can be mounted on a small section of Veroboard, as mine is. I didn't bother with building a dedicated pcb as its pretty straightforward to construct If you only want to run a single thermocouple into the display you will need to connect the following: 1. Two wire Ktype thermocouple to pins 1 and 14 of the AD595, give it a +5v feed 2. Send the AD595 output via another pair of wires (ie pins 8/9 Signal and pin 7 ground) to pins 3 and 4 of the OEM335 chip. 3. Using the OEM335 datasheet, there is a DC Voltmeter example that uses a resistor divider to reduce the input voltages. At the moment the input to the display changes 10mV for every degree change in temperature, so the display would show a 10 rather than 1, so I used a 10:1 divider to reduce the input voltage and hence the display reads correctly. This also means that the temp display possibly now read up to 200 degrees or higher with a resistive divider change and a different thermocouple to match the higher temps I can bring round the hopefully finished kit after christmas if you want to take a look. My version is built using small ABS boxes as I was using these for other projects in the car and things have progressed from there, but it may be easier to house it all in one perhaps? Cheers, Col

Cool photos, no snow, or any left in work down Swidnon way, although the first day it was here the car park had cars parked in sporadic places so no fun could be had..... bah bumhug Driving to work was rather pretty, all the trees were white with frost and with it being -7 all the way from Carterton to Swindon there's no chance of keeping the windows clean as the bonnet and water spray were frozed..brrr

Ok last diagram, this shows the manual switching config required to switch in the relays, the power supply and the display board. Hopefully this is clear enough , if not I can send out Visio diagrams. If anyone wants a hand building and testing some of this stuff, I can help anytime. The only part I wont be much help is the final finishing of box displays etc as I have about as much artistic vision as a banana, sorry to all the bananas out there that my read this There's a bit more to come with the logic/IC/counter design as its very much dependent on the number of thermocouples you want to switch in. I was looking to use this kit as a whole for other temperature readings for example brake temps, but is would need a thermocouple to have some form of attachment which I haven't looked deeply into yet. It could also be used for EGT probes too, all that is required is a different attenuator rating before it goes into the display module, again dependent on the output characteristics of the high temp thermocouple in use.