reards tony

Mark has booked to go to Gaydon, not sure if he has renewed his membership  :unsure:

mark is attending Gaydon

try contacting nick

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120248195013&_trksid=p3907.m32&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching

this is his disco and in the advert he states that various items are not included in the sale one of which is the VHF RADIO

REGARDS

MARTIN

The radio was a Standard Vertex (Yaesu) VX2000 and the aerial was a Sigma antenna MC150.  Neither are now available new. They are VHF PMR kit in the VHF 160-170Mhz band and are only licencable by companies etc. Licences are not available for private use.

The radio's were used again on the 2006 event, but will be superceeded by a newer model for 2009.  The Sigma aerials are no longer available which is a shame as they were a brilliant aerial. A replacement for 2009 is still to be decided.

Hope that helps!  Richard.

I owe you a cold one. Thank you much.

Dan

Have probably got an old MC150 aerial knocking about if you just wanted one for show.  No good for CB etc as totally wrong band but look the part for events etc..  PM me your address if you want one.  There may be some duff VX2000's about in the next few months, again fine if only for show...

Richard.

After dissecting my dash I could not find any remnants of an aerial lead or a power lead. Could it be possible that the aerial lead (if fitted) ran between the dash and the window through the door jam up to the roof rack? Or could it be that there was no radio installed in this vehicle? I found a photo from the 2003 G4 trials in Canada where a Disco II had a Garmin "GPS V" unit installed in the exact same area on the dash (right below the removable rubber pad). It looks like from the photo that the aerial for the GPS unit ran through the door up to the roof.

Do you know where I might be able to look for photo's of vehicle number 78 from the 2003 Challenge? I am trying to rebuild my vehicle back to the condition she was in during the event and have had no luck in securing actual event photo's. If anyone has any shots of vehicle 78, I sure would appreciate it if you could pass them along.

Regards,

Dan

my G4 D3 still has the mount in place

regards tony

Any ideas on who (or where) is a good source of photos from the 2003 event? I am looking for photo's from stage 1 and 4 for vehicle 78.  

- the radio aerial leads to the left of the windscreen and the power cable to the right and this is what they look like.......:)

There is a DIN plug that goes into the dash; the white plastic power lead and a small 4 pin circular plug on the same cable. this is joined to the red black wires where the silver aerial plug is pointing! So much power.They are permanently live with positions 1 and 2 on the circular plug also live.

Which is the radio supply? and which is the Garmin supply? What was the DIN used for?

I also have twin 12v cigarette and DIN power points on the front passenger seat support between the legs; on the nearside rear head lining and a single cigarette power outlet in the load area. Also 240v power inverter under the drivers seat!:w00t:

Does everyone else have these??? 

My G4 I was told was used in Australia as a press vehicle its number was 106 ( I found a g4 windscreen number sticker partially covered in sand stuck to the inside of the passenger door pocket!)

Paul Fritz-Johnson

Discovery II from Australia and much modified. 

How many power outlets does the G4 DII have offcially? Did only press vehicles have extras?

These are in the rear load area, there is the other (no photo) factory fit one behind the near side rear passenger seat. (I have taken out the metal rear storage bins and added the plastic FF items as my vehicle is used daily as its just more convienient, the rear shelf and dog guard has been has been adapted to still fit and is installed every summer for camping...

this pair is by the head of the near side rear passenger........

on the front passenger seat box......

and finally this is under the drivers seat.

Now if I connect a 12v battery to all of these outlets would my car be classified as an electrical hybrid and fall into a lower taxation class!:D

But seriously, can anyone reccomend a battery monitoring system?

Paul

quite a few useful extras you have in the vehicle,

i would say they were put there for the journo's convienience being a press car and all.

battery moniters are in the catorgory you pay for what you get and and are all subjective.

regards

martin

All the components (power sockets, DIN sockets and voltage inverters) in your pictures where of my manufacture, I don't know what company actually fitted these to the press cars, but presume you run a second battery through a split charge system of some sort. If so your main starter/vehicle battery will look after its self and it is the second deep cycle liesure battery you would like to monitor - stick a volt meter on it, if its above 11 volts your ok!

Cheers

I am running a second yellow top battery (does`nt everyone?) and that is a cool 13.2volts. My main battery is a red top and is 10.4! and its not a year old yet (engine running is a lovely 14.4)

I do have a cd multichanger under the seat as well.

Wolfman

the yellow top auxillary battery is mounted so

and was fitted to the car when I bought it, the chap I bought it from did not say he did it so I assumed LR did it.....

On further investigation all the additional sockets are live with ignition off at 13.2v - therefore powered by this yellow top.

I take it you dont have one fitted?

Wolfman

any chance of piccies as to where the charging system is routed to the yellow top and of course the original red top

have you a split charger or are they wired parrallal

regards

martin

Current red top position... (sorry this shot is a little blurred)

what you can see here is the many connections to the +ve side of the battery one of them being from the +ve side of the yellow top. The two -ve wires one to earth and I think one to the winch. The cable route for the +ve side is......

along the bottom of the bonnet seal resting on the top of the layer of wires, neatly cable tied into position.... to this durite relay just behind the fuse box

(The smaller wires from the +ve term go to a 30A inline fuse holder and then off to the inside of the car - presumably to the power outlets)

from this it runs to the +ve terminal on the red top...

The negative side runs to the front of the car and is bolted to the bodywork here....

 to the bolt in the centre of the photo. This is just in front of the air filter box.

Remembering basic physics from school they are wired in parallel. As for a "split charging" system I don`t know what I am looking for?

Does everyone have a 120 amp alternator? Which is what I have; i.e. has mine been upgraded because of all the surplus power requirements???

this shot is upside down but defintely 120 A and 14v!

Are other Discovery IIs like this?

Also What is secondary air?????

Wolfman  

Regards

Paul

Re your split charge system, not very nice in my opinion, they have used an ignition controlled 120 amp relay (my part number 0-727-18) connected buy 35 amp wire to the main battery and 120 amp alternator (you could start a nice fire here if you wanted!) It may only become a problem if your second battery is nearly flat and your 120 amp alternator would want to push that sort of current up the small wire. Get some one to do the job properly with a 120 amp Moss Fet technology charge splitter that can handle the current.

I have had trouble with Optima red top batteries on my rally vehicles (yellow tops seem to last ok, but the red tops die in 12 months) I now replace them with Maxima batteries that last much better (not replaced one yet) and slightly cheeper!

Cheers

Have fitted a three way Mos Fet and Maxima Batteries (well Gert did) and i am very impressed.

Adrian