Chrisg Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 may be you should buy your own scopie thing for the next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Hi all. I am more than happy to report after 20 hours of looking for my phone in the Chieftain engine bay - success has come to those who persist. I borrowed a scopie-thing from a friend of mine. I spent a couple of hours looking for it using the scope but had no success. Then Grasshopper and Nick paid me a visit to discuss painting options for the ARRV and stayed for a while. When they left I decided to have one more search before I wrote the phone off as I had to return the scope to my friend. Hey presto - there it was. You can just see the rear of the phone in the scope screen. What you can see is the camera lens and flash unit. I managed to re-locate the phone to where I could see it and get at it. I still couldn’t reach it but managed to use a drain rod and raise it just high enough to get hold of it. It was covered in oil and muck as the bottom of a Chieftain engine bay is not the cleanest of places as you can imagine. I’m even happier to report after a clean up and re-charge the phone is in full working order. I can now give it to the Naughty-Nurse as her phone has seen better days. I’m now happy as Larry. It’s not that the phone was expensive and I had already purchased another phone but I really do not like losing things - especially when I know where they are. If the phone had fallen into water I would have written it off as knackered but as I knew it was working it did pee me off that I couldn’t retrieve it. If you think that’s anal - you should see me when I lose a spanner - just ask Tootallmike! Well now it’s full steam ahead with the restoration of the Chieftain ARRV - without the in-built phone. If you are one of the 36 missed calls and 24 texts sent to my phone whilst in the engine bay - I'll get round to you eventually. Markheliops well done Mark!!!! Did you knowyour full steam ahead leads to a tabard for sale???????Thats a bit odd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markheliops Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Yes - odd. Can't work out why but "camera lens" is showing as a hyperlink too. Mods - any idea on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Ah - off-topic but I see that like the Abbot, the Chieftain also has those bizarre quick-release pipe couplings designed purely to create leaks? :-) Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I can now give it to the Naughty-Nurse as her phone has seen better days. :nut::rotfl: I wonder if her phone spent part of the time in engine bay of a Chieftain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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