4WDTrips.net Forums - General Chat http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/ Let me guess, you did not find another Forum or Category to post your message. Post it here then. en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:01:43 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/images/misc/rss.png 4WDTrips.net Forums - General Chat http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/ Alert Earthquake Seismic Sensor in So. Cal http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/showthread.php?6111-Alert-Earthquake-Seismic-Sensor-in-So.-Cal&goto=newpost Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:14:09 GMT Thought this maybe of some interest. Form ALERT Radio System (http://alert.homestead.com/Index.html) Alert Earthquake Seismic Sensor in So.... Thought this maybe of some interest.

Form ALERT Radio System (http://alert.homestead.com/Index.html)

Alert Earthquake Seismic Sensor in So. Cal at 446.900 MHz 186.2 CTCSS Decode Tone (Receive Only)

Here is what you do to use the earthquake senor.

- Tune your radio to 446.900 MHz (receive only)
- Set your CTCSS tone to 186.2 Hz Decode tone.

Any upcoming earthquakes that are level 3.0 or higher in the So Cal area will come through your radio's speaker.

Usually you will get 10 seconds to 45 seconds early warning.

The output signal is heard only in the So. Cal area. Our Earthquake transmitter is temporary located on Signal Peak at 1300 feet in Orange County. Test tones are broadcast everyday.

UPDATE:
Please note the 186.2 CTCSS output tone is currently not working. You can still listen for seismic activity by tuning to 446.900 MHz in So. Cal, but the CTCSS output tone feature is temporarily disabled.

The ALERT Radio System home page last update posted was April 2010.

Cheers Beers ]]> General Chat Happy Sandwich http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/showthread.php?6111-Alert-Earthquake-Seismic-Sensor-in-So.-Cal Read before doing White Rim Trail. 9-1-10 http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/showthread.php?6103-Read-before-doing-White-Rim-Trail.-9-1-10&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:28:57 GMT Some will remember this road out of Mineral Bottom at one end of the White Rim Trail. http://www.nps.gov/cany/news082410.htm

Some will remember this road out of Mineral Bottom at one end of the White Rim Trail.

http://www.nps.gov/cany/news082410.htm ]]> General Chat MrS http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/showthread.php?6103-Read-before-doing-White-Rim-Trail.-9-1-10 Introduction http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/showthread.php?6101-Introduction&goto=newpost Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:33:32 GMT Hi, my name is Werner, i am from Germany and (like Joe) Joaquim Suave invited me to join this forum. We traveled around Europe, North Africa and... Hi,

my name is Werner, i am from Germany and (like Joe) Joaquim Suave invited me to join this forum. We traveled around Europe, North Africa and did a 9 month trip in 2004/5 from Canada down to Costa Rica and back to the US with our Mog. During this vacation we came for the first time to the western US and we liked it very much - so beside the Unimog, which is back in Germany, we own a Ford Bronco with RTT that stays at a friends place in SoCal and is ready to go whenever we have the time to fly over and spend some weeks around in the great west.

bye, Werner ]]> General Chat Rhodos http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/showthread.php?6101-Introduction Computational search engine - Wolfram. http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/showthread.php?6096-Computational-search-engine-Wolfram.&goto=newpost Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:17:21 GMT http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/

It's a different type of search engine - I've found it to be handy. ]]> General Chat crawler#976 http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/showthread.php?6096-Computational-search-engine-Wolfram. Say hello first http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/showthread.php?6094-Say-hello-first&goto=newpost Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:56:41 GMT Hi, just want to introduce myself, my name is Joachim Gertenbach, commonly known as Joe (but forum-name needs to have at least 4 characters! :-)... Hi,

just want to introduce myself, my name is Joachim Gertenbach, commonly known as Joe (but forum-name needs to have at least 4 characters! :-) )
I was invited by Jack / Joaquin Suave, who knows about my RV project "Big Foot". In case you are interested, the history about the construction etc. is as well available in English, go to www.gertenbach.info, then select English, then go to "Big Foot" and there you have a complete history how the construction was done.

I wish you all the best, currently enjoying driving with Big Foot through Iceland.

Cheers

Joe ]]> General Chat JoeG http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/showthread.php?6094-Say-hello-first Quick trip near Williams, AZ. http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/showthread.php?6087-Quick-trip-near-Williams-AZ.&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:51:06 GMT Over the weekend we headed north from Chino Valley to escape the heat. It was already hot when we left the house on Sat morning. With a high... Over the weekend we headed north from Chino Valley to escape the heat.

It was already hot when we left the house on Sat morning. With a high predicted of 98 degrees and the monsoon moisture building, it was gonna be a miserable day. So after an hours drive we parked at 7300' under a Ponderosa Pine and pitched camp. It never got over 80 - perfect weather! Took a couple short strolls around the area to check out the views, and paused at one overlook to the east for a photo of the Peaks about 30 miles away. We've had enough rain to make it as green and lush as we've seen it in years. The other by product of rain is mud holes up in the lava topped mesas. The PW is heavy up front and tends to try to find the bottom of the pit if it can. Since I won't use a bypass, we had fun in two spots - needless to say I didn't get out to take photos since we were 18" deep in goop. Olny needed 4x4 twice to pull the truck thru. I'm very impressed with the helical limited slip in the rear axle. I rarely have to use the electric locker because it hooks up so well.

Later!

Mark
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]]> General Chat crawler#976 http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/showthread.php?6087-Quick-trip-near-Williams-AZ. Pink Caulking http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/showthread.php?6082-Pink-Caulking&goto=newpost Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:32:08 GMT Pink Caulking NOT A STORY FOR THE MEEK! After 2 years of working weekends, evenings, and WAY to much time that should have been dedicated... Pink Caulking

NOT A STORY FOR THE MEEK!

After 2 years of working weekends, evenings, and WAY to much time that should have been dedicated towards clients projects...I have completed the re-motoring of Casa Azul (my Ford F700 4x4 adventure vehicle). Like all complex engineering projects, one can not reasonably expect to just "hop in and go". In all honestly, the "shake-down" process is when all your planning, mechanical skill, and hard work are pitted against the unknown, the unforeseen, and the unreliable.
Well, I am happy to say that other than some loose hose clamps & fittings, a few injection pump tweaks, and a wrong sized O-ring on the modulator that caused the Allison transmission to leak...All was good. NO! IT WAS FRICKEN GREAT!
What was except for some drive-line vibration noise and in all honesty, Casa was suffering the same milady with the old motor too. So I consulted a local truck Guru and he made the suggestion of lowering the transfer case. So I made 1" spacer brackets and bought longer 5/8" dia. Grade 8 bolts then…Got it done, and took a test drive. But DANG!!! The drive-line still sounded worse! My buddy "Big Wave" Dave had an idea and hopped out of the truck then had me roll forward and back as he crouched down and watched the rear drive line (the front was not engaged). Well, he jumps up and gives me the kill the engine sign (you know one-fingers across the throat), then opens the passenger door and proclaims "Your noise is coming from your carrier yoke digging into your PVC water tank"…My reply" OH F@#KING JOY!
At this point I cracked open a Pacifico and contemplated my options. By the time the beer was done (or was the second one. Huh, I can’t remember), I accepted the reality that the tank HAD to be removed so that the drive-line could be made a perfect as possible (remember, Casa now has twice the ponies she used to have)!
So I removed the rear driveshaft and got half a dozen 5 gallon buckets, then climbed under the truck with a sharp knife and cut the hose going from the tank to my filter bank…But nothing came out! Weird, I was pretty sure that I had left the tank about half full???? I guess not.
My next step was removing then screws for the gauge sensor wires, and much to my surprise…Water started pissing out the screw hole! I undid the next one up, then the next one above that one and water came out of both them too. But why not the output port?
Once the water drained down until it was just dripping out of the "tank empty" sensor hole, I unscrewed the brass hose barb on the tank output and was surprised to see that it was clogged with pink caulking.
"What the huh?" I asked myself. Ok, I put the tank in the truck close to 10 years ago, long before I learned that urethane caulking was the hands down best, and to use nothing else. Maybe I used some odd caulking to seal in the sensors or an oversized vent tube. Ten years is a loooooong time ago, who in the hell knows what I did. But it still struck me as odd because I’ve never seen RTV turn pinkish and have the uncured durometer of saltwater taffy. "Oh well" I said, then proceeded to remove the tank and remount the driveshaft.
Once everything was buttoned up and my tools were but away, I grabbed another frosty beverage then went to inspect tank to see if it could be salvaged.

So I unscrew the large elbow that the fill hose is plumbed to and peer inside the tank and instantly discovered where the "pink caulking" came from when I saw the un-decomposed furry flesh and bones of about A DOZEN MICE!
OK!OK! Before you think I’ve been drinking "mouse water"…I’ve got to inform you that while Casa has been going through her "extreme makeover" I have left the doors and tank fill cap (the tank fill port is in the shower) open for weeks on end and that no one has drank "mouse juice". THANK GOD!
Things I learned from this experience:
  • ALWAYS KEEP YOUR TANK FILL CAP CLOSED! (Unless you are filling the tank, of course)
  • Fit your tank fill & vent with a mesh screen.
  • What may seem like burden (like having to remove the water tank) may be a blessing in disguise!
 ]]> General Chat Joaquin Suave http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/showthread.php?6082-Pink-Caulking