Critical to success in the rally is our ability to accurately measurethe distances we travel. Without this we cannot accurately follow the route book. To achieve this we have purchased, at not inconsiderable expense, the rally’s recommended electronic unit, the Monit 2000. I knew that we had problems during the Flying Scotsman when it was showing the mileage continuing to increase even when we were stationary. Day 2 and it was completely unusable. It was soon clear that it was absolutely useless as currently installed. However until we get the engine back running there is little we can do.
I read Tim Wilkinson’s blog last night. Tim and his wife have entered their 1929 Buick into the Peking to Paris rally and have been having trouble with their Monit. I dropped him an email asking for help. Tim replied by return with great advice and hopefully we will get it sorted. “..it was interference from the HT leads, once they changed them from the open brass strips to a modern HT lead the problem went away.”. We will try this and see what happens.
RHC
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