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I had bought a bargain of a stereo off ebay -https://www.chinavasion.com/china/wholesale/Car_DVD_Players/2_DIN_Car_DVD_Player/2-DIN-6.2-Inch-Universal-Car-DVD-Player/ The reason for buying is the newer CJ Lancer I bought (we had another smash- which wrote off the CH Lancer – that car was a great car, towed … Continue reading →

54320001 is the 54320001 xml. Backup so it can be found for later uses. Hard to come by, considering the licence states it’s a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ file..    

The last update here was back in October, after we got the Lancer. It’s not that I don’t want to maintain the blog, but it’s a reflection of how busy I’ve been with work and other stuff. My most recent … Continue reading →

After messing around with it for a few hours this morning, the lawn mower finally starts and the grass is finally cut. The problem turned out to be the spark plug, which would work but go crappy after the motor … Continue reading →

Today, I pulled out of my driveway, stopped at the end of the street. Waited patiently for the never to be seen gap in traffic on the main road. Whilst waiting for the gap, I see behind me there’s the … Continue reading →

Seriously.. I spend too much time putting thought into what I will end up doing… Just recently, contemplating a method to monitor the actual roof sensor on our hot water system, I wanted to avoid any effects on the circuit … Continue reading →

It’s not so hard to look at and work with when you are looking right at one. It becomes a different thing to work with when you are trying to calculate dynamically with it. It’s not overly difficult, it just … Continue reading →

Holden is a private company. They employ Australians to manufacture cars in their Australian factory. They therefore provide jobs to Australians by maintaining the factory here. Holden, and their parent company, General Motors are fully aware they can get labour … Continue reading →

Yesterday I went to go for the final test to get off the provisional licence (it was due to expire in 14 days). I drove out to Gosford to get the car registration sorted, and then I went over to … Continue reading →

I did some more digging to decide how I was going to approach the protocol used. I came across the Consult II hand held scanner manual which specifies 3 protocols used of which ISO9141 and KWP2000 are specified as using … Continue reading →

I picked it up on Sunday, it’s nice to drive. The few things that I immediately noticed was – the headlights are much brighter than on the other car. The ability to see the road at night is a welcome … Continue reading →

I start my new job this week – which isn’t the one I first applied and received an offer for, it was another that followed up whilst I was waiting. I like the description of the new job, it’s integrating … Continue reading →

We’ve just finished getting the cable installed for the Carduino, so I can get it installed in a more permanent manner. The last two tanks of fuel had the jumper wires that were jammed into the connector, come loose, and … Continue reading →

I was going to get some touch up paint to fix some of the scratches and marks on the car. I figure if it’s cheap enough, it’ll help cover up a lot of the rust converter and give it a … Continue reading →

… with our car’s water leak, a solution. I had a look at Hyundai’s ‘hmaservice.com’ website which contains the workshop manuals for all Hyundai vehicles and came across a section on “Body (Interior)” – had a look at noted that … Continue reading →