I have work to do. . .

[daza]

G'day all,
I have recently checked my Tripod web site and discovered a lot of dead-links that need fixing.
Seeing as I have a little time to attend to some 'housekeeping', I'll get on with it.

I intend to make 'The Ute Project' available for download. . . free bandwidth allowing, and add some updates to this file. It will probably be in 'Word' format.

Also, housekeeping will eliminate a lot of the existing posts, no loss here I think. You all have the links and we don't lose much data. It's necessary to keep traffic within limits.

I'm up for a FULL rebuild of the Ute's front end. I've been collecting new parts for several months and it will be a suitable finale to that (Project) thread. At present, the thread reads over 24 Mb uncompressed. I can add that again with new posts so, the download will be largish.
Broadband will allow a quick transfer. . . no more than a sultry skin-flick worth of data.

See how I go over the next few weeks.
I may even get a few field reports in and some detecting.

daza

[topcatwa]

Hi Daza,

Good to see you are keeping yourself busy.
Best of luck with the ute improvements.

Cheers

Ted

P.S. I have replied to your hotmail message.

[daza]

Got your message Ted. Good luck with the trip.

Readers: I have to change the mail addresses. I no longer access Hotmail.

The new mail addy is - - [e-mail] - - -

I will change the links this weekend time permitting as I am busy getting my new work Ute running. Bit of a surprise this one. . .

daza

[daza]

just an update:
I didn't make it to Ora Banda because I was elbow-deep in rebuilding the front end.
I've changed a few links on my web-site to active pages or deleted the links. Expediancy.

I have a Suzuki Sierra to play with. It's a bit of a mongrel, but an interesting toy. I have taken a few pix but that's all about getting parts.
I'm nearly 'there' with getting it going, but problems still stick their head up. My last was fixing a broken engine mount.
The Kal Earthquake has slowed me down.

I can't go to town until things are open again in Boulder.

Note: this little suzy has been crammed full with a Dat. 200B engine.
Not my choice, but I need it going to save my Ute from dammage around rough and sometimes boggy station tracks.

I took a test drive yesterday. I had to collect some oil and coolant for the operation up here. I asked our mechanic to take the beastie for a test drive and he returned a view that something was wrong.
It turns out that both engine mounting were off the plates.

More work for me.
It's a nice little ute with 4x4 an Hi/Lo range.

Still working on it and todays persistant rain will keep me in camp a while longer.

daza

[Reno Chris]

Heard you did a little shaking during the earthquake.

An interesting experience isnt it?

Chris

[daza]

yup! I can see how people drop-dead from fright. The initial BANG is very loud and the reverbrations seem to go on and on for a long time.

These are girl thingy quakes compared to others. They are big enough for me though.

daza

[topcatwa]

Hi Daza,

Didn't make Ora Banda also.
Did the gearbox in on my Troopy while up in the Gascoyne & had
to drive 1000ks home in 4th gear.
Dropped the box & recond'd it - now running OK.
Hope to get back up there as I found a patch that looks
very promising.

Cheers

Ted

[Reno Chris]

A magnatude 5 quake is enough to give a person a start if you are close to the epicenter. In California and Nevada where I am from they are not as unusual. I've experienced probably 30 quakes of a 5 magnetude, maybe 10 of a size 6 and one 7+.
(each number is 10 times more powerful than the last)

You get to where you quickly recognise whats happening, but one never gets used them.

A while back we had a swarm many dozens of them centered near where I live on the west side of Reno, Nevada.
www.seismo.unr.edu/feature/2008/mogul.html

I hope you dont experience any more.

Chris

[daza / lemons]

Another tonight Chris. It was 2.7.
There have been several very close to the biggie (5.0) a total of seven in around one week.

See my post on finders for the epi-center charts.

I hope its not the build-up to a monster.

Here's the geo site address: www.ga.gov.au/bin/listQuakes

daza

[Reno Chris]

I'm guessing its just aftershocks, getting smaller and fewer as time goes on.

Chris