text: Railroad Line Forums Username: Password: Save Password Register Forgot Password? Home Forums Events Calendar Sponsors Support the RRLine Guestbook FAQ Register Active Topics | Active Polls | Resources | Members | Online Users | Live Chat | Avatar Legend | Search | Statistics Photo Album | File Lister | File Library [ Active Members: 0 | Anonymous Members: 0 | Guests: 53 ] [ Total: 53 ] [ Newest Member: SandersReview ] All Forums Shop Talk The Roundhouse Bachmann On30 4-4-0 Bash Note: You must be registered in order to post a reply.To register, click here. Registration is FREE! Posting Form Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic Help Prompt Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana Size 1 2 3 4 5 6 Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Callouts: Message Icon: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by ba4990[/i] [br]Greetings all, On to the motor block. I�m not sure, but I suspect that this is the same motor block for Bachmann�s HO 4-4-0. What causes me to think this is the spacing of the stay bolts cast into the firebox sides. As near as I can figure they seem to be about on 2� centers in O scale. Way too close for O scale but just right for HO scale. Therefore, after removing the motor, I milled the detail off and narrowed the block about 0.030� on each side. BTW, forgive the rough milling, this was my first experience with my little (read tiny) mill. I�m still on the steep end of the learning curve when it comes to machining. [img]http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/data/ba4990/2010129132759_motor block 1.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/data/ba4990/2010129132844_motor block 3.JPG[/img] I also found the lug to attach the forward end of the firebox to the frame pretty lunky and it filled an area that should be open. So I removed it, and used an 0-80 flat head screw instead. [img]http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/data/ba4990/2010129132944_motor block attach 2.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/data/ba4990/2010129133036_motor block attach 1.JPG[/img] I then made a wrapper to add the firebox detail to the motor block. This will not only correct the stay bolt and rivet detail, but will add detail to the throat sheet (front sheet of the firebox), and add washout plug detail at the corners of the fire box. The wrapper will be left loose and merely be clamped between the motor block and frame. The wrapper is a basic open box made of 0.020� styrene. The sides are overlaid with 0.010� styrene to represent the �� firebox side sheets. The box is long enough to go around the front of the motor block and line up with the rear of the backhead on the boiler. I made a form for the front and rear parts of the box out of brass strip. It was bent into squared off �C� shape that was the same width as the frame, minus 0.060�. Then strips of 0.020� styrene were clamped to this and immersed in boiling water for 15 seconds. This way the corners of the firebox have the correct rounded corners. The rest was a lot of fiddly filing and fitting. The rivet holes are drilled on 0.060� centers. The stay bolts are 0.020� styrene rod cemented into #76 holes drilled on scale 4� centers. After the cement has dried over night, I cut them .0005� above the surface using sprue cutter and then round them over slightly with fixture I made from 0.040� brass rod. I represent the weep hole in the staybolt by pricking it with a fine sewing needle held in a pin vise (I know, crazy, but I did it). [img]http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/data/ba4990/2010129133144_staybolt fixture.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/data/ba4990/2010129133220_firebox 1.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/data/ba4990/2010129133254_firebox 2.JPG[/img] That�s it for now. Thanks for stopping by! [/quote] - HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON Insert a File Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic. T O P I C R E V I E W ba4990 Posted - 12/07/2010 : 1:34:57 PM Hello All,I'd like to share with you an ongoing project of mine. The Bachmann On30 inside frame 4-4-0 is a nice running little engine but IMHO detail wise it has some issues. Firstly the boiler is too long for the engine. Americans of the period should have the backhead just ahead of the rear driver axle. Also like many "store bought" engines the backhead is not correct. The area below the cab is way too clunky and the area between the first set of drivers and cylinders should be more open with Stephenson valve gear visible. I would also like to install a Tsunami decoder and hide the wires between the engine and tender. Finally I would like to increase the level of detail as that is were I find my fun.First is the boiler. I origianally was not going to shorten the boiler. I had stripped the paint and removed all the parts. I was not terribly pleased with the rivet detail on the smoke box so filed/sanded them smooth and replaced with Grant line .030� round-head rivets. Below is a pic after stripping. The large hole in the second course was an attempt to move the sand dome to the taper course. That will disappear later.Download Attachment: boiler 1.jpg60.18 KBAfter studying the model a bit, I found that if I removed the flywheel from the motor, I could shorten the motor block thus allowing me to shorten the boiler.Download Attachment: motor block 4.JPG98.63 KBDownload Attachment: boiler 2.JPG55.28 KBI also shortened the frame and milled a slot for a exhaust cam. I will build a new tail piece for the frame that will be attached to the boiler assembly and will be attached by a screw to the rest of the frame.Download Attachment: FRAME BOTTOM.jpg64.78 KBHere are the boiler, motor block and frame together after cutting. The firebox still is a little too long, but it is better. The bit of plastic at the end is my first attempt at the tail piece. I didn�t like it and rebuilt it.Download Attachment: boiler n frame.JPG63.43 KB 15 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) Pacbelt Posted - 01/20/2012 : 5:18:46 PM That is stunning job!!!! I just don't know what to add!!!I look very forward to your next project! ba4990 Posted - 01/02/2012 : 12:55:39 PM Greetings All,For you non-On30 types. I just wanted to let you know that I started the Brooks Mogul on the On30 forum if you're interested.Happy Railroading! ba4990 Posted - 11/11/2011 : 12:05:10 PM Thank you all for your compliments. I do appreciate them. Sorry for the delay in responding, I was on a forced vacation with bronchitis, but I seem to be on the mend.Alan, I too found the orange plugs difficult to deal with. One thing I did, when I was running the engine before the rebuild was to slice off the little tabs that lock the plugs in place. I find that there is more than enough friction to hold the plugs together without them and it makes putting them in and pulling them out far far easier.For the rebuild I completely rewired the engine and ditched those plugs completely. In their place I used individual plugs from Soundtraxx (cat# 810058 micro-mini conectors) inside the tender. Since I rarely separate the tender from the engine (then only for maintanence) this is not really a problem. The fact is, the way I built this loco, it is almost as difficult to separate the engine from the tender on this model as it is on the prototype. But that's my choice, it happens so rarely, I'm OK with that. It does allow me to completely hide the wires (there are 9 of them), and have safety chains, water lines and an air line.I did show the engine at a local NMRA meet this weekend and got some pretty good compliments. I was able to meet some pretty nice fellows too. In all a good time.Take care, cprfan Posted - 11/06/2011 : 9:03:15 PM I've been following this topic for a while now, and the results are very nice !.To me, I find that the little orange plugs for the electrical connections are a bit of a problem to handle sometimes, did you replace them or do you still used them on the engine ?.Alan Neil M Posted - 11/05/2011 : 7:54:41 PM Fantastic, Bill. I really like what you have one with the model - it looks completely different from what you started with Jim Ellis Posted - 11/04/2011 : 9:51:01 PM Bill,I, for one, will be looking forward to your Bachmann-Brooks project!Jim Ellis ba4990 Posted - 11/04/2011 : 12:43:18 PM Greetings all!Thank you so much for your kind words. It was a long time coming, 2 1/2 years give or take with a move, but sure was a lot of fun.I'll be starting another build soon. I have the remains of a Bachmann 2-6-0 laying in state in a box under my desk. I think that'll be my next victim. I have a set of drawings for a similar sized 1889 Brooks narrow gauge 2-6-0 from the Quincy and Torch Lake, a copper railroad in the upper penisula of Michigan. Of course mine will run on a little Iowa coal road. I'll be posting this in the On30 forum (yes Andy, Dave, Larry I can be taught )Also, hope to actually be starting a railroad to run these on as well. I'll probably have something to say about that as well.Take care all, andykins Posted - 11/04/2011 : 06:11:51 AM fabulous! its been a fun build to watch! and the results are fantastic dallas_m Posted - 11/04/2011 : 05:25:04 AM Hmm ... after viewing the comparison photos, it appears your version has a "little" more detail. Congrats on finishing the long-haul ... it's a wonderful conversion and this thread provides a wealth of inspiration and detail about getting there. ba4990 Posted - 11/03/2011 : 2:05:59 PM Jon,Thanks for the info. From now on I'll keep to that limit.Thanks for the compliment too. LandNnut Posted - 11/03/2011 : 1:34:26 PM Bill;The guys on dial up tell me that a limit of three photos per post works best for them. Great work by the way.L&N nutJon ba4990 Posted - 11/03/2011 : 1:24:08 PM Jim,Nope, the Tsunami is in there. I ran the wires behind the back head, under the cap floor, through the buffer, through the hollowed out center beam of the tender. Here's a pic:Had to use some pretty fine wire, but it works. Jim Ellis Posted - 11/03/2011 : 1:08:57 PM Ooops...forgot to ask a question:Did you remove your Tsunami decoder?...I don't see any wires going between the tender and loco.Jim Ellis Martin Welberg Posted - 11/03/2011 : 1:07:13 PM Awsome !! Jim Ellis Posted - 11/03/2011 : 1:03:11 PM Bill,Fantastic work...thanks for sharing! Hope you will start another project soon.Jim Ellis Railroad Line Forums © 2000-2020 Railroad Line Co. Steam was generated in 0.25 seconds. Powered By: Snitz Forums 2000


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While he continues to fight to extend hikes in the car tax, sales tax and income tax he must reinforce the image of a tight-fisted government that is battling waste and fraud to protect the public purse.
Voters have little stomach to pay more in taxes and the image of a bloated bureaucracy squandering their money will not help.
Which may be why we have heard so little about the effort late last year to sell off 24 state buildings.
This was part of the last-minute agenda of Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzengger. On the surface the sale would make the state some money (at least in the short term) but the reality was much different.
Just ask Joseph Cotchett.
Cotchett is a well-known San Francisco attorney. He is also a Democrat and close friend to John Burton, the current chairman of the California Democratic Party.
It was Cotchett who filed suit to stop the sale of state buildings late last year, pointing out that while there would be some money made on the sale, far more tax money would be used to rent back the buildings over the next 20 years.
At the 11th hour an appeals court agreed and the sale was scuttled.
It was during that lawsuit that Cotchett discovered something sinister about the sale.
One firm called "California First LLC" had been chosen the buy 12 of the most prominent buildings. "California First" was made up of a number of out of state corporate investor groups… some of whom had political connections to the Schwarzenegger administration.
Then there was the phone call to state Treasurer Bill Lockyer from an official with the Orange County Democratic Party.
The caller had asked Lockyer about the sale by the state of the Orange County fairgrounds. Apparently a shadowy deal had been struck to grant Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido a $500,000 "finders fee" for lining up a buyer for the property.
Lockyer apparently was incensed and informed Cotchett about what appeared to be a political payoff. There were rumors other current and former politicians were also included in such "finder fee" schemes from members of both political parties.
A violation of state law?
Not sure. Worthy of an investigation? Definitely.
But don't expect one anytime soon. There has been nothing from either the governor or the attorney general on the issue.
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WWF's Earth Hour is moving across the globe with help from Spider-Man and everyday super heroes.Gland, Switzerland -- WWF's Earth Hour is moving across the globe with help from Spider-Man and millions of everyday super heroes participating in the world's largest celebration to protect the planet.
Now in its eighth year, the global movement organized by WWF is expected to be celebrated in over 160 countries and territories. By the simple act of turning off the lights, people around the world are recognizing the challenges that face our planet.
"Tonight, Earth Hour will be celebrated by every continent," said Andy Ridley, CEO and co-founder of Earth Hour. "People in every corner of the world will be reaching across boundaries of culture, politics, race and religion to acknowledge the power we all have when we come together for this incredible planet."
Spider-Man gave extra support to this year's Earth Hour by swinging into the global flagship event hosted by WWF-Singapore. With Spider-Man's help, WWF is sending the message that each of us possesses the super human power to make positive change.
Spider-Man's support comes as Earth Hour shifts from a one-hour event to an everyday movement supporting activities that go beyond the hour. The movement will now focus on achieving critical environmental outcomes in vulnerable parts of the world including the Great Barrier Reef, the Arctic and the Amazon Rainforest.
"When the lights go off, let's remember Earth Hour is far more than an hour. There is a far bigger impact than the one hour event. We are here to celebrate that we all commit to going 'beyond the hour' in living greener lives," said Dr. Marco Lambertini, WWF International Director General-designate.
The focus on outcomes is inspired by previous Earth Hour successes. Much more than just turning out the lights, Earth Hour advocacy has led to legislation in Russia to protect seas from oil pollution, the creation of a marine protected area in Argentina, and the world's first Earth Hour Forest in Uganda to fight against massive deforestation.
"Earth Hour and lights off is a powerful reminder that we can help to deliver the solutions towards creating a more sustainable future for the planet," said Ridley
With the launching of Earth Hour Blue, a new crowdfunding and crowdsourcing platform for the planet, people are also being asked to use their power to back a project or add their voice to solution-based environmental projects. Current projects include an effort to build climate-smart boats for fisherman affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, and support for indigenous communities in Colombia to help them live sustainably while preventing deforestation in the Amazon.
In Nepal, Earth Hour celebrations at Kathmandu's Swayambhunath Temple are being joined with an Earth Hour Blue crowdfunding project to provide clean biogas energy to villages in Nepal's Terai Arc. The project is being supported by Spider-Man himself, Andrew Garfield, who plays the superhero character in the upcoming film "The Amazing Spider-Man 2."
"Let's remember throughout the year ahead what we have come here to celebrate – that each of us has the power to make a real difference in the world. Each of us can be a superhero for the planet," added Lambertini.
Other activities sparked by Earth Hour include a project by WWF-Nepal to work with 500,000 people to lead environmental change through its Generation Green Campaign. After the lights come back on at New Delhi's India Gate, WWF-India will go beyond the hour for children by supporting an education campaign for 15,000 schools across India to switch to more energy efficient practices.
The global sweep of major Earth Hour events began in New Zealand. As Earth Hour makes its way across the globe, Turkey's Sultan Ahmed Mosque — also known as the Blue Mosque — will turn off its lights for the first time. Many of the world's most recognizable landmarks will join WWF in raising the world's consciousness of global environmental issues by also turning out their lights when the clock hits 8:30 pm local time. Earth Hour will officially close on the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia.
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I am trying to create a method (for robocode) that draws a rotatable rectangle with the (X,Y) coordinates referring to the center of rotation. I have created a method stub, but cannot figure out the actual math for the problem.
//draws a rectangle centered on (x, y) with h heading in degrees, 0 is up, 90 is right. Sides are of length l and of height w public static void drawRotatedRect(Graphics2D g, double x, double y, double h, double l, double w, Color c) { Color returnColor = g.getColor(); g.setColor(c); //draw four sides using Graphics.drawLine()? g.setColor(returnColor); }
What mathy shenanigans can I use to calculate the XY's of the four corners, so I can pass them into Graphics.drawLine()? Thanks in advance


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However, questions related to websites and services as well as mobile devices are occasionally being moved from Stack Overflow to Super User, only to be closed by moderators several minutes to several hours later.
One recent example of such a question being moved is this question. The question is off-topic because the question concerns changing the settings on a smart phone. Even if one were to argue that this falls under the "insofar as they interface with your computer" clause, the phone is interfacing with a web service, not software on the user's computer.
Is there anything that can be done about these off-topic questions being moved to Super User?
This Meta Stack Overflow question addresses a similar issue with high-reputation users failing to recognize off-topic posting. Could such an approach be taken to help stop Stack Overflow's moderators from moving off-topic questions?


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Smaller contractors continue to suffer from tight cash flow and deteriorating margins due to a lack of projects and higher labour and rental costs.
- Singapore's construction sector value added shrunk in 2017 (down 6.1%) due to a subdued performance in private construction, steming from continued lower demand, less favourable economic conditions and bigger supply of already completed private housing projects and offices. SME contractors continue to suffer from tight cash flow and deteriorating margins due to a lack of projects, increasing competition, and higher labour and rental costs.
- Public construction accounted for about 70% of building activity in 2017 (60% in 2016), following the government's higher spending on infrastructure and civil engineering contracts (worth between SGD 20 billion and SGD 24 billion, up from SGD 15.9 billion in 2016). In order to support the industry and give a boost to troubled smaller contractors the government announced it will spend SGD 1.4 billion over the next two years to upgrade walkways and renovate community centres, sports halls, police stations, etc.
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- Payment duration in the industry is 60-120 days on average. Payment morality slowly deteriorated in 2017, and this negative trend is expected to continue in H1 of 2018. According to the Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau (SCCB) construction is the only sector that registered a year-on-year rise in the number of slow payments (up from 50.82% in Q3 of 2016 to 53.3% in Q3 of 2017).
- The protracted default rate in the construction industry remains high. At least the number of businesses under liquidation has decreased year-on-year by about 15%, as banks are more prone to accept restructuring options as opposed to resorting to liquidation.
- In 2018 the decline is expected to ease on the back of continuous public investment in the sector. While our underwriting stance is generally open for businesses related to public sector construction we are more cautious about the private building segment and SME contractors in general.


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Cityscape: Thomas Jefferson High School
Jefferson, only the third high school built in San Antonio, was an ambitious undertaking in 1932, at a cost of more than $1.25 million.
It's built around two large patios, one of which contains a decoratively-tiled hexagonal pond. With later additions that include a three-story east wing and a music facility, the campus' silver-domed tower and subtower overlook historic flourishes such as red Spanish tile roofs and cast-stone ornamentation by Hannibal and Eugene Pianta that adorn the wrought-iron balconies and main entrance columns.
Jefferson was designated a Texas historical landmark and entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The Historic and Design Review Commission recently gave conditional support for plans to renovate the school's field lighting and fencing.
Cityscape is a weekly look at a building or place that makes San Antonio distinct. Comments or suggestions are welcomed at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Correction: Jefferson High School was completed in 1932 without the involvement of the Works Progress Administration, which was established in 1935. Because of incorrect information on the Thomas Jefferson High School Historical Preservation Society website, a story on Tuesday's page B2 of the Express-News and on mySA.com said artisans in the WPA helped build it.
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Architect: Adams & Adams and Phelps & Dewees
Style: Spanish Moorish
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Watch out all Cornwall properties in coastal locations, we are now on the hunt. We have 3 lined up already and are taking the now familiar trip down there on 9th September. And yes, we're aware that's still 10 days away, and yes, we're aware that (again) a B&B in the Cotswolds would have been a darn sight easier.
It feels good though. It feels, after the last 5 weeks of 'up / down' with regards to getting and then not getting the mortgage, that we are back in control of things. We have a much better understanding of our budget and we really know what we want.
[Well… I know what I want and Danny knows what he wants, those things don't always coincide and occasionally (last night for example) we stay up till 1am debating the merits of various online tools and booking systems; however, sleepless nights aside we're much better off than we were a few weeks ago].
I'm sure it won't surprise you to know that we spent the vast majority of the weekend discussing these 3 properties, swinging first towards one, and then towards the other. This was exacerbated by receiving a belated birthday present from my sister – Starting and Running a B&B – which has provided us with endless things to talk about, from being more experimental at breakfast to realising that it's not that new an idea to provide homemade biscuits in the rooms, and we maybe need to think a bit more about how we are going to differentiate ourselves.
Of the 72 work-free hours we've just lived through it would be my guess that we spent at least a third of these talking about our future "B&B Empire". I suspect that we are becoming quite dull.
In addition to all this excitement, last week we actually had a nibble from a bank about lending us the money. OK, it's too late for Porthminster View… but to know that we're close to where we need to be money-wise, well it's enough to spur us on. We will be running a B&B by Easter – that's our promise to ourselves, and you.


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Folks, I believe in sports.
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I believe in a quality medium-rare steak and the imaginary buzzer-beater in the driveway that makes the crowd roar just because you said so.
But chiefly, I believe that every game, in its purest essence, is a story.
You see, any contest always has a beginning, an end, and quarters, periods or innings sandwiched in between with the plot details. Some even have heroes and villains. Not to mention, all finish with a winner and a loser.
And lastly, once the final gun goes off or closing chapter is written, each and every game needs a storyteller in order to be told again.
For these very reasons, and the graciousness of my new editors, I am your new sports editor of the Darien News.
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To share a little bit about myself I should first tell you that prior to writing this column, I spent a near-lifelong stay up in Storrs, Conn., first as a resident and later a
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Going forward, my aim is simple: Provide you with the best coverage of Darien sports you will find anywhere. Anywhere. Not only because it is my job, but because truthfully, it is nothing short of what you and your local athletes deserve.
The very best Connecticut high school sports are right here at home. And given the fierce competitiveness you will find from the furthest corners of Thompson and Salisbury down to the shores of Stonington and Captain Harbor, that is something to be damn proud of.
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Our weekly storytelling will match the magnificence of the stories born every day from the fields, courts and rinks in Darien. Our staff will be here, we'll be there, we'll be online and we will be in person everywhere as the next best story starts to unfold.
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Patrick Swayze plays Vida Boheme, a classy and long-reigning drag queen. With his understudy Noxeema Jackson (Wesley Snipes), Vida wins a New York drag stage contest and an all-expenses-paid trip to Hollywood. But when Miss Chi Chi Rodriguez (John Leguizamo) cries at having lost the contest, soft-hearted Vida cashes in the airline tickets so the three of them can take a car out West. The film becomes a strange sort of buddy road movie, with the three cross-dressers traveling across the American heartland in a shiny yellow Cadillac. First they tangle with Sheriff Dollard (Chris Penn). He stops them for a minor traffic violation, puts the moves on Vida, and Vida knocks him out, so they flee. Later, they are stranded by car problems in a small town in Nebraska. Renting a room in a hotel, they put some life into the town and its annual strawberry festival. They provide a mousy local woman, Carol Ann (Stockard Channing), with new role models of assertiveness. They also insist on chivalrous treatment from the local good old boys and give lessons on courting to a teenage girl. This film was released on the heels of the more outrageous Australian film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, which featured Terence Stamp as a drag queen.
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100,000 Tubes of Toothpaste to Hit the Streets of Manhattan
One of world's biggest companies gets a court order to stop sales of your product next week. What do you do?
Give it away. That what six-person Hello Product LLC is doing after losing its fight with Procter & Gamble Co., the world's largest consumer-products company.
P&G contacted Hello last April to tell them their label was false and misleading because ingredients in Hello's toothpaste like sodium lauryl sulfate and sorbitol are chemically processed, according to court documents. In June Hello agreed to strip the claim from its next batch of printing. But in January, P&G forced the issue with a lawsuit and the two sides agreed to an injunction to stop selling any toothpaste with that label, starting March 25.
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That said, there are some things about genealogy that are unique to those who are members of the Church. Because of our fundamental religious beliefs in proxy ordinances for our deceased ancestors, there is a lot of misunderstanding about the Church and its members. The two programs, New.FamilySearch.org and Family Tree are used in part by members of the Church for qualifying ancestors for proxy ordinances.
To those who confuse both our motives and our actions, we (and I am in particular) are willing to discuss our beliefs. But a fundamental tenant of our believe is as follows: "We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may." (11th Article of Faith). There will always be those who see conspiracy at every turn, but we have no alternative agenda when it comes to genealogy.
Family Tree (unlike its predecessor New.FamilySearch.org) is not limited to members of the Church. Anyone can register and gain access right now, even before the program is completely released and before many features have been added. Family Tree may well become the largest repository of sourced family history information in existence. It will be unique in establishing a way to identify each person in the world family tree. New.FamilySearch.org was intended to do this, but had some fundamental limitations. Family Tree goes past those limitations and builds on the huge resources available. If you turn up your nose at Family Tree because of its religious sponsor, you will be missing one of the most valuable resources for genealogical research that has ever been created.
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I appreciate the opportunity I have to use this resource. Thanks LDS church for making this possible.ReplyDelete
Where do I go to find out how to sign up. I tried following the Family Search blog instructions of Jun 30, and got an error message; something on the order of "this person does not exist or is restricted."ReplyDeleteReplies
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Marcel "Dexter" Feldkamp, a pro gamer on the League of Legends circuit, landed in Washington on Friday on the way to a tournament in California. It's as far as he got.
As The Daily Dot first reported, Feldkamp was detained at Washington's Dulles International Airport. In a series of tweets, he says he first had his luggage searched, then his visa denied, then he even spent the night in a holding cell at the airport.
Feldkamp's team, CLG, says they've got no idea why he was detained.
As you may remember, prominent pro gamers can now get athlete visas to enter the US; Feldkamp was originally travelling under a waiver, like many folks can on short trips, but will now have to wait and see if an application for the more formal athletes visa is approved before returning.
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Espace 3 v6 non starter after engine change
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After running the car for two years without the rad cap on, it was time to admit it. Either scrap it or fix it. Well the car has the leather, three sunroofs, I tinted the windows, fitted sat nav, dvd head rests, 240v inverter, rear air bags & otherwise up to date. Also last yr did the gearbox which was an epic of a job if you remember. So as we are due to drive from the UK to Germany I decided to swap out the engine from the spare car. I really now wish I swapped my gearbox into the spare as now I have created my new nightmare! Both cars were running before I started this repair, now all I get is three pops of backfire & then nothing other than a smell of petrol if I keep cranking. I have double checked all wiring connectors & earths. I changed the crank sensor & swopped out the ecus as I thought they may have changed the reluctor. Sounds like it wants to fire on the wrong cylinders then nothing. I have a clip, no faults found in engine or controler. Has oil pressure fuel & spark. I can see all sensors, Injectors timing, coil timing in clip. I can actuate bank a,b,c injectors etc, I thought I was a good mechanic but this has me beat! All thoughts welcome.
Oh, we go on holiday In a days time so I just added a dci to the fleet! I would still rather take the lx7 if you know where I have gone wrong.
Is it poss that the ecu has a memory where the engine stopped last time. I see the ignition timing change as it cranks but maybe the cylinders are too wet by then to start.
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I did not see any replies to this problem, has it been sorted?
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No not yet, but I need to get it running before the end of the month. I have tried to turn the engine by hand until the next cylinder compression, in the hope to change the timing but with no joy. I assume this is waking up the ecu & it is reading the change in position of the crank, i'm going to try this with the tdc sensor disconnected. Do you have a similar problem, or a cure maybe? I should be so lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky......
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Quote from: BrianM on November 09, 2013, 01:42:49 pm
No not yet, but I need to get it running before the end of the month. I have tried to turn the engine by hand until the next cylinder compression, in the hope to change the timing but with no joy. I assume this is waking up the ecu & it is reading the change in position of the crank, i'm going to try this with the tdc sensor disconnected...
This won't make any difference Brian if I understand what you're implying. The TDC sensor picks up from a set of registers where there is one missing to denote TDC so it always knows where TDC is by this, whilst it reads the rpm from the rate of all the others passing it. If it uses the flywheel teeth as the registers for rpm then there is a single register for the TDC position, plus there is often a cam sensor too, so this is used not only as a cross check, but allows for quicker response since the ECU knows which of the cycles the engine is on.
Since you have changed engines over, did you check that both flywheels were the same and fitted in the same place so the timing marks would be correct? (I can't remember this engine and whether the flywheel only fits in one position). It does sound from your description as if the timing is out, which is why I wonder about the flywheel registers...
Also you mention swapping ECUs so I assume you have a way to get around the immobiliser coding or did you swap all three items so they match?
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November 16, 2013, 04:26:59 pm »
Hi Roy, thanks for your input. I did indeed swop out the ecu, body controller & immo chip from the donor car. & it did the same turn - pop- die as with my original ecu set. Looking at the figures in clip I can see the timing change when cranking. I just thought it would remember where the crank stopped rather than wait for the tdc marker. This engine does not have the cam sensor. All a bit strange. I didnt think to check the flyweel position as I didnt take it off. Looking at the wiring loom, it is quite short & is direct from the ecu to the coil pack without any loom connectors. Unlike the injector loom which breaks at the back of the engine.
Last Edit: November 17, 2013, 12:00:26 pm by BrianM
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Re: Espace 3 v6 non starter after engine change
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November 24, 2013, 12:29:37 pm »
I checked the wiring from the ecu to the coil pack plug today, both cars are the same. I had swapped out the coil packs incase one was faulty, I can't imagine both are duff. Both engines were runners before I started this swap, I am befuddled!
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Re: Espace 3 v6 non starter after engine change
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November 24, 2013, 06:51:28 pm »
Quote from: BrianM on November 24, 2013, 12:29:37 pm
I checked the wiring from the ecu to the coil pack plug today, both cars are the same. I had swapped out the coil packs incase one was faulty, I can't imagine both are duff. Both engines were runners before I started this swap, I am befuddled!
To recap Brian, you say they turn over fine, and there is fuel and spark so it suggests the timing is incorrect.
If the engine is getting fuel but is not starting, then after a short period of turning the engine over without success, the spark plugs should be wet with fuel. Have you removed the plugs and confirmed this? If you have, and you definitely have a spark at each plug, and it won't start then leaving aside compression (which we'll assume is O.K.) then it has to be timing.
So if the plugs are getting wet, how have you proved the plugs are definitely sparking? This engine has coils sitting over the plugs so it is not easy to test as when we had H.T.Leads and you could simply hold the end of one near earth and watch the spark as the engine was spun over. So you need to make sure you really do have a spark, not just an electrical supply to the coils.
Now we come back to what I still think is the most likely. These engines were running before you swapped them. After the swap neither will run. Since they get their timing from a combination of flywheel, TDC sensor, and injection computer, and wiring, something has to be wrong ON BOTH vehicles. It would be very unlikely to have two damaged or faulty components i.e. both TDC sensors having failed; or both ECUs etc. so the one area which I feel the most likely suspect for an error is with the flywheel/pick-up. In doing the swap something has been changed or overlooked that has thrown the timing out. You may have to pull them apart again to inspect and compare them carefully.
I have seen engines put in before, which won't then start, and it has been because there was something different with the flywheel...
Now if each flywheel stayed on the original engines, it could be that the position of the pick-up is different, or the sensor wiring reversed. The TDC sensor wiring is polarity conscious. We once changed a sensor only to find the engine wouldn't run afterwards, and the fault was that although the TDC sensor plug will only fit one way, the two connections inside it had been reversed, so wrong polarity, and no start. As soon as we reversed the connections it started fine.
You may have checked the obvious things, and even checked them many times, but as someone once said, once you have exhausted all normal possibilities, you must then consider the other things no matter how much they may not seem right. Please let me know what you find Brian.
Last Edit: November 25, 2013, 09:30:51 pm by roy4matra
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Re: Espace 3 v6 non starter after engine change
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November 27, 2013, 03:24:46 pm »
Hi Roy, it is nice to have you to bouce this problem off!!
I'm a mechanic of old school, I did my apprenticeship with a BL dealership. So there is nothing I dont know about old allegro, marinas, tr7, mgb etc, then MOTs eventually with the RAC. At this time we had mk3 escorts with the famous duff distributors & other cars where electronics were being brought in to engine mangement. Then I stepped out of the industry until a few years ago. I like to think my fault tracing is logical. I've read up on the system in the Espace & it's pretty basic with just the tdc sensor & a few others to keep it going. I have only swapped out one engine the faulty engine is sat under cover in the drive here. So just trying to get one car going. I was thinking that if the flywheel was fitted in a different position then the wiring would be different from ecu to the coilpack. The reason I brought the ecu over from the donor car was because I suspected this. Yes the plugs get wet, there certainly is a spark, I used easy start down the inlet holding the butterfly open with a screwdriver - the backfire almost blew my hand off!!
I'm going to put my old strobe light on it to see whats going on & i'll report back. Oh, the first thing I did was to bring over the tdc sensor from the donor.
I just tried again & pop, pop, pop, this is before there is a full revolution of the flywheel. That is what makes me think that there is a memory of where the crank stopped the last time it ran.
Last Edit: November 27, 2013, 03:36:59 pm by BrianM
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November 30, 2013, 11:56:04 pm »
This is an ignorant amateur's thought process -- offered with caution, to be used with even more caution. When this fool rushes in, he may trample all over the angels...
If you're getting backfiring, at least one cylinder must be sparking while its inlet valve is open. I can think of (only) three categories for a possible cause: 1. control electronics/software faulty, 2. input from sensors to electronics incorrect, or 3. output of electronic controls mis-wired. It seems that 2. has been ruled out by swapping ECU etc., and 1. is well covered by investigations so far.
That leaves incorrect connection of the ECU output. Is there a way to confirm that the spark plugs are connected correctly, so that the cylinders fire in the intended sequence? If cylinder number 1 sparks when the ECU intends to spark number 3, for example, you might get popping noises as described? Connecting the injectors in the wrong sequence would prevent the engine starting but couldn't cause a spark while the inlet valve was open.
Is there any other output from the ECU to the engine apart from spark plugs and injectors? Does it also control valve timing or throttle opening? Presumably it's not possible to connect the spark plugs to the connections intended for injectors.
(My Espace's engine's more primitive, with one coil and a mechanical distributor, so mis-wiring the spark plugs would be easy, but obvious. The family's much newer other car has a coil over each plug, but still with a lead to each, so could be connected in the wrong order.)
If my thoughts are completely wrong, I suppose they may at least give the experts a bit of a laugh.
- Mark.
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December 01, 2013, 06:27:32 pm »
Hi Mark, you are quite right in your thinking. Very good for an amateur! I thought. Today I used a variable resistor on the temp sender & a hair dryer in the inlet hose to convince the ecu that it was a hot engine & thus not flood the plugs with fuel. So I cranked it over & got lots of popping back instead of just pop pop pop & then having to take the front plugs out to dry them. I then used some fly leads to cross the ecu to coil pack connector so I could get it to fire on different cylinders. Still the same, backfiring! didn't seem to make much difference which coil pack I connected to. So next is to scope the tdc sensor & mark up tdc no.1 on the crank pulley so I can use a strobe light to see where it is firing. Will update when I can, thanks for the conversation, all thoughts are welcome & keep my brain ticking
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December 01, 2013, 11:12:35 pm »
I looked at MR315Espace_JE_A_E_D_Engine.pdf from the vault -- is this right for your car? -- for the layout. That makes it look as though this engine (Z7X) has 3 ignition coils, each producing sparks for two cylinders at the same time: 1 and 5, 2 and 6, 3 and 4. (Does this remind anyone else of the primitive 2-cylinder engine fitted to the Citroen 2CV?) The ECU controls which pair of plugs to spark based on a non-adjustable crankshaft position sensor.
The camshafts control the valve opening, entirely mechanically, so only one of each pair of cylinders should have any air-fuel mixture in it when the relevant pair of spark plugs fire. The other should be also close to TDC but between exhaust and inlet strokes.
All right, here's my next thing I would try to check: has the cam belt been disturbed during your engine transplant? If the camshaft timing is wrong for either row of cylinders, or both, then you could get backfiring. The electronics could be working perfectly.
As before, do laugh at my errors. I'm a software engineer, not a garage technician!
- Mark.
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Re: Espace 3 v6 non starter after engine change
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December 03, 2013, 12:07:37 am »
Yes thats the right engine, just a big 2cv!! Looking at where the slot is in the flywheel that denotes crankshaft position, it is in the same place as my other engine. I didn't even remove the cam covers on this so no chance of the cams out of timing.
I'm back to thinkng that there is a memory of where the ecu saw the crank stop the last time it ran as it pops before it gets to the marker. Or the crank has to be in a certain position after the ecu has been disconnected for a period. It would be different if there were cam sensors that would give the ecu more information. I checked the crank sensor & it appears ok on my scope.
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December 04, 2013, 01:07:46 am »
Still in the "ask innocent questions" mode: there's a note about connecting or installing the two pinking sensors the right way round in the manual in the vault. Around page 224 of the PDF, ...
"When the sensors are removed they must be repositioned correctly so that the computer may correct the advance setting if necessary for the cylinder or cylinders concerned.
"Pinking sensor no 1, with the green connector, must be fitted to the front cylinder bank (corresponding to cylinders 1, 2 and 3).
"Pinking sensor no 2 with the blue connector must be fitted to the rear cylinder bank (corresponding to cylinders 4, 5 and 6)."
Are these one of the clues which the ECU uses to work out which cylinder it is supposed to be injecting fuel into, and when to fire the spark? Can they be connected the wrong way round, and would that confuse it enough to cause misfiring? (I'm still puzzled how the ECU can work out which injector to operate, without a signal from the camshaft, in a 4-stroke engine. Perhaps it just sprays fuel out of all of them, and relies on 5/6 of the petrol waiting around until the relevant inlet valve opens.)
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Re: Espace 3 v6 non starter after engine change
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December 07, 2013, 07:18:57 pm »
I'm not familiar with the Espace ECU and the way it works, but have worked on a few others. It won't remember where the crank is when it stopped. It will just sense the gap that Roy described to "sense" TDC. What if the engine was turned without the ignition on? It has to check from scratch.
Even if you think the cam belt hasn't been disturbed, it is worth checking. It may well have slipped a few teeth and is one of the few things easy to check.
It does sound like the TDC sensor isn't detecting TDC at the right time though. Flywheel or sensor positioning issue?
No camshaft sensor is unusual as well! Glad I have a primitive diesel!! :-)
Good luck,
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Re: Espace 3 v6 non starter after engine change
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December 07, 2013, 07:53:35 pm »
There is a marker in the flywheel that the sensor picks up to determine tdc but as you say this is a 4 stroke engine which means that the crank rotates @ a different speed to the camshaft. Also the marker does not appear to be tdc on cly no. 1. With so many modern engines ther are no timing markings other than to time the camshafts & this is done when all the pistons are equidistant from the cylinder head as to allow the valves to open when positioning the camshafts. To determine tdc on no.1 i have viewed the camshaft lobe through the oil filler in the cam cover. The document you reference to is for the older engine, mine only has the one sensor, interestingly the newer vvc engine reverted to two!
If it does not remember where the crank is when stopped, then how come it fires before it does one revolution before it sees the tdc marker? Flywheel has not been touched nor camshafts, just complete engine out of one to another. I can see the gap in the flywheel, it is in the same position as other engine, I scoped the senor & it sees the gap. Swapped out sensor, swapped out coil pack, checked wiring, no faults in ecu. Swapped ecu even. Will check ecu to coil pulses next.
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How can I tell whether the water in my house is safe to drink?
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The Water Quality Association offers an interactive Diagnose Your Drinking Water tool on its Web site, which can help you figure out why your tap water smells like rotten eggs, tastes like salt, or spots your glasses. Advice is also available on how to treat a problem once you've identified it. But some of the most serious — and most common — contaminants, such as bacteria, viruses, lead, and other chemicals, can't be tasted or smelled.
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