OrbitalPear Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Fitting a gas kit on my truck to sort the MPG as its now a daily commuting vehicle and also still pinker than a pink thing. Gas conversion progress..... Trial fitting to see what goes where. Some holes in the right places. Hopefully everything will fit. Still there. I need a hole in the side panel. I was worried about this part. Not keen on drilling big holes in immaculate pink panels. But it turned out OK. Perfectly circular, thank god for half round files. Just to prove its not a black circle I drew on the bodywork. Stick my hose in the hole. Feed the lot through and ziplock it up out of the way. Set the old man to work. Start reconnecting the pipes. Plumb and tidy up. Looks quite tidy at this side. Shiny. Really shiny. More to follow as I get it done. Vapouriser fitted, gas feed solenoid fitted, Petrol shutoff fitted, pictures to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Looks like a quality job. B) Seems like an interesting place to put the filler cap, particularly if you ever decide to fit a hood! Ours is just behind the door, where a filler cap would be on a normal series motor... Cheers Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbitalPear Posted August 10, 2005 Author Share Posted August 10, 2005 Its fitted with a truck-cab or goes topless, like it is at the moment (but maybe without the pink paint). I just wanted it up out of the way and the elbow on the reverse fits nicely into the gap between the tub capping and the bulkhead capping. Off to do a bit more soon as the truck is costing me 50 quid a week to get to work at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixpot Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Very neat and tidy and very interesting. Thanks for posting Mr Pear. Where is the kit from? Cheers Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbitalPear Posted August 10, 2005 Author Share Posted August 10, 2005 Kit is through Chris perfect, I believe. I bought it fitted to a 109. Paid less than the price of a new kit for the lot. Free 109. Progress from tonight. Got all the engine side hoses trimmed, routed, fitted and tightened. Just need a bit of PTFE to seal the tee piece to the thermostat housing. Then comes the main tank to vap gas line and the electrics. Getting a bit busy on the carb side of the engine bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbitalPear Posted August 11, 2005 Author Share Posted August 11, 2005 Not a lot of progress today. Decided to sort the leak on the front tee piece to the cooling circuit having 'found' 26 metres of PTFE tape today. Had to cut one of the jubilee clips off and bodge a replacement. Bolted the relay in, Fitted the petrol shutoff solenoid valve (Blue wire in the centre is the earth for it). Had some fun getting it running until I remembered theres a manual cutoff on the bottom of the valve. Then I cracked the casting on the side of the thermostat housing. Bugger it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbitalPear Posted August 17, 2005 Author Share Posted August 17, 2005 Sorted the cracked casting, fitted the gas feed line and sorted thepetrol delivery problems (sticky fuel solenoid valve). Will make a start on electrics tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbitalPear Posted August 20, 2005 Author Share Posted August 20, 2005 Wiring as it was installed on the old truck. New and improved Keef style wiring. Stupid arty pic of my gas pipe at the tank. A bit of ply with a hole in. A bit of ply with some holes in. Which with some buffalo vinyl becomes a new dash panel. Almost. Bit in the middle is a four line (blade) fusebox for the 12 volt system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbitalPear Posted September 4, 2005 Author Share Posted September 4, 2005 Well, its in and running now. Had a bit of grief sorting the HT sensing wire on a screened ignition system, but thats sorted now too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthdicky Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Looks good Keef - what size tank have you got in there? My brother's considering it for the 90 as we'll save more money than going to diesel, but there's the problem of flippin' huge tanks to put somewhere... Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbitalPear Posted September 29, 2005 Author Share Posted September 29, 2005 Looks good Keef - what size tank have you got in there? My brother's considering it for the 90 as we'll save more money than going to diesel, but there's the problem of flippin' huge tanks to put somewhere...Richard Sorry mate, missed this one. Its a 90 litre tank. Good for somewhere just over 250-300 miles at current reckoning. Depending on driving style. Done about 1000 miles on it so far. Mostly motorway work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrentace Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Thankyou for a very interesting and informative posting ! I am seriously considering going down the same route as yourself and was wondering if you could help me with a few basic questions. I suppose I could ask an LPG kit supplier but they are biased arn't they ? Anyway here goes . How does this affect the insurance of the landrover ie , does it cost more ! and do you need an engineers report to satisfy the insurers ? Also, what are the service implications, can you do it yourself and is there much to it ? Sorry to be a pain but I am just now getting to grips with lpg and all advice would be greatly appreciated. I hope that I'm not hijacking the thread but what other tank locations have all you other forum users used and are happy with ? Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeriousIIa Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Thankyou for a very interesting and informative posting ! I am seriously considering going down the same route as yourself and was wondering if you could help me with a few basic questions. I suppose I could ask an LPG kit supplier but they are biased arn't they ? Anyway here goes . How does this affect the insurance of the landrover ie , does it cost more ! and do you need an engineers report to satisfy the insurers ? Also, what are the service implications, can you do it yourself and is there much to it ? Sorry to be a pain but I am just now getting to grips with lpg and all advice would be greatly appreciated. I hope that I'm not hijacking the thread but what other tank locations have all you other forum users used and are happy with ? Many thanks. Hi Don't have any ideas about the legal aspect because they are different here in Holland , but LPG is much more common then in the UK over here. You can fit the tank or between the arches or on one side on the arch (but it will always lean a bit then and is more topheavy) it's even possible to mount it under the sills but it will reduce ground clearance. Service implications are easy. Servicing you LPG system is easier the servicing a carb. Fitting is also not that hard. You can also take out the 80% restricitor of the tank so you can fill it completely up. On my series a rub the 90 litre tank. And in my RR a twin 120 litre (240 litre!!!) tank setup. only downside is that filling up takes a long time Any more questions just ask. Cheers Bowy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cartman Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Bowy, What form does the restrictor take as a matter of interest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeriousIIa Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Bowy,What form does the restrictor take as a matter of interest? What form? I don't understand can you explain? Cheers bowy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cartman Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 What form? I don't understand can you explain?Cheers bowy You mentioned you could increase the gas capacity beyond it's safe design max of 80% by removing a 'restrictor'. What is this device/lump? Cheers, Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeriousIIa Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 You mentioned you could increase the gas capacity beyond it's safe design max of 80% by removing a 'restrictor'. What is this device/lump?Cheers, Paul It's a little level floating device in the tank that's can be taken out. only problem is then when completely filled standing outside on a hot day the tank can start "farting" little blips of LPG. never had that happen but it is possible...... cheers bowy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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