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David McAughtry
David McAughtry
photo, travel, comment
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    The Aston-Martin Virage – Part 2: The engine

    ByDMcA August 6, 2011August 12, 2011

    The 5.3 litre V8 of the Virage is at the same time the essence and the Achilles heel of the car.  In the next post I’ll describe how we solved all the major problems with it (none of which had been diagnosed by Aston dealers and specialists).  In this one, I’ll cover a bit about the unit…

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    The Aston-Martin Virage – Part 1: A thoroughbred classic

    ByDMcA August 5, 2011August 12, 2011

    One sunny Friday morning in May 2002, your correspondent was returning from his weekly commute to New York. Pulling up outside our modest lair in South London in the taxi, I was surprised to find the parking space occupied by a huge, and beautiful gun-metal-grey sports car. On closer examination I saw this was an…

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    On Portability – Systems Part 8: Android and Transformer security and round-up

    ByDMcA August 3, 2011September 9, 2012

    In this, the last post of the Transformer series, I’ll cover security issues, look at accessories to get for it, summarize my assessment of this tablet against the iPad2, and suggest which model to buy. Security.  This topic creates a number of conflicts for those who want to increasingly replace their PCs with a tablet. …

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    On Portability – Systems Part 7: Android software (part b)

    ByDMcA August 2, 2011September 9, 2012

    In prior posts I have covered the core browsing software for Android tablets as well as the soft and hard keyboards. In this post I will round things up by looking at the other software that I use on a day to day basis. I’ll continue to compare these apps to those available on the…

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    On Portability – Systems Part 6: Transformer keyboard

    ByDMcA July 28, 2011September 9, 2012

    OK, enough with  the sentimentality already.  In the previous post I looked at the excellent Thumb keyboard software for the Transformer.  Now let’s look at the item that gives the product it’s name – the Transformer keyboard dock.  I covered the connectivity of this device 3 posts ago, so now I’ll cover the keyboard in use. Here’s a shot…

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    Portugheis plays Debussy

    ByDMcA July 27, 2011July 27, 2011

    Friends and family probably don’t think of me as an emotional person.  Yet I do not by choice read books or watch films where the dog dies.  I don’t like it when the dog dies and that is why we don’t currently have a dog (or cat, as it turns out I don’t like it…

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Latest News September 2021

“Still alive and able to get about quite well” is the overall report.  We are all fine, albeit with the usual ups and downs.  The site has been spiffed up a bit, and should be faster and easier to navigate.  I might even put some new content on – see What’s happening? for more info.

On other fronts, I think my photography techniques and images have improved quite a lot  over the last 4 years, and I have discovered a fascination for the technical and technique challenges of photographing birds in flight.  Have a look at mcaughtry.photo to see if you agree.  I have also discovered the delights of artisan coffee, and have built a spiffy state of the art digital audiophile music system, all of which I may write about in the future. So no shortage of things to interest or infuriate me.

But most of all my life has been enriched and inspired by my two beautiful and funny grandchildren, 5 and 2 years old as I write.  Why couldn’t I have been like this when I was their age I ask myself?  I am privileged to know them and my heart skips on each encounter.

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    • Introduction
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    • Maintaining the Virage engine
    • Bodywork
    • Removing water from the Virage petrol tank
    • Detailed instructions on fixing the VIC
    • Virage relays – one cause of the one-way journey
    • Virage immobiliser – the elusive wiring diagram is tracked down
    • Virage – fixing cracked vacuum pipes
    • Virage radiator sensors – seals and electrical connections –
    • Virage Brakes and Suspension joints
    • Virage relays in detail – first place to look if you have over-revving or uneven running problems
    • Virage reversing lights/start inhibit
    • Virage timing chain tensioner and guide replacement
    • Virage fuel filler cap fix – stop water getting into the fuel tank.
    • Virage water temperature and throttle sensors – a possible cause of overrunning
    • Virage – VIC background, and breakthrough in VIC repair
    • Virage VIC – restoring the unit to life
    • Detailed instructions on fixing the VIC
  • McAughtry.photo
  • Harry and Joyce
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