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Message started by Lazydocker on 27. Mar 2010 at 22:18

Title: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by Lazydocker on 27. Mar 2010 at 22:18
Some pictures of the front end installation...

Air intake and Throttle Bodies Removed (Interesting use for Tunnie's hat! ;D)


HBV "Helter Skelter" pipe cut and connectors fitted


Inlet Manifold Removed and Cable tray scrapped for ease of re-fitting in limited space


Existing loom tidied up


Sorting the loom, it looks worse than it is!


Getting there... The loom is all pointing in the correct directions!


The liquid feed pointed the wrong way so a 90 degree elbow was required (thanks to Teilo for speedy delivery)... This needs thread lock too


Vaporiser in place (temporarily) to check all connections before permanent fixing


The extra wiring will fit in the 4 pot cable tray :y


Digging out the required wires in one of the ECU plug


There it is! ;D


And soldered, ready for heat shrinking (Don't look Kevin, not my best joint :-[)

The 2 required from the other ECU plug


Apart from the extra wires (through the grommet) you wouldn't know I'd been in there :y


The wires for the switch in the cabin ready for connecting up


All soldered up and heat shrink sorted. This was then taped into a loom and pulled back through


The fitted switch, showing full tank and running on LPG :y


The finished engine bay... Larger picture for better viewing :y


Hopefully there'll be a How 2 written up soon :y :y

Title: Re: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by tunnie on 27. Mar 2010 at 22:23
Good stuff LD, RE my hat, i was going to use paper towels but i felt it would disappear down the inlet, used to use a old dish cloth, but could not find that. So my hat filled the purpose!  ;D

Title: Re: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by jonnycool on 27. Mar 2010 at 22:28
Excellent standard of work, well done  :y

Title: Re: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by tunnie on 27. Mar 2010 at 22:30

jonnycool wrote on 27. Mar 2010 at 22:28:
Excellent standard of work, well done  :y


LD's work is outstanding, remove the injectors, and bar the filler / tank, could not tell LPG was installed!

Title: Re: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by Lazydocker on 27. Mar 2010 at 22:37

tunnie wrote on 27. Mar 2010 at 22:30:

jonnycool wrote on 27. Mar 2010 at 22:28:
Excellent standard of work, well done  :y


LD's work is outstanding, remove the injectors, and bar the filler / tank, could not tell LPG was installed!


You weren't so excited about my standards last night when you wanted your bed ;D ;D ;D

Useless Student isn't used to grafting all day :D :D :D

Title: Re: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by joshwyatt on 27. Mar 2010 at 23:19
Tunnie and Paul, please accept my apologies for not being able to make it. I was rather dissapointed I couldn't make it.
This has been an interesting thread, I now nothing of LPG at all, well only the very basics of what it is in basic form...so it has been an interesting read.

Title: Re: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by Lazydocker on 27. Mar 2010 at 23:27

joshwyatt wrote on 27. Mar 2010 at 23:19:
Tunnie and Paul, please accept my apologies for not being able to make it. I was rather dissapointed I couldn't make it.
This has been an interesting thread, I now nothing of LPG at all, well only the very basics of what it is in basic form...so it has been an interesting read.


No worries Josh... Was a shame as I was looking forward to meeting you, but selling cars is far more important ;) :y

I may be down your way next weekend for a meeting if you're around? Might be able to meet up :-/

Title: Re: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by joshwyatt on 27. Mar 2010 at 23:31
That would be good Paul, next weekend is nice and empty for me so far...just let me know which day and a rough time and I'll make sure I'm free  :y

Title: Re: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by Lazydocker on 27. Mar 2010 at 23:52

joshwyatt wrote on 27. Mar 2010 at 23:31:
That would be good Paul, next weekend is nice and empty for me so far...just let me know which day and a rough time and I'll make sure I'm free  :y


No promises... Not even sure what's be happening at the moment. There was talk earlier today of the meeting being in Weston-Super-Mare :o :o

Title: Re: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by philrich on 28. Mar 2010 at 01:06
Bloody Good Job Lads! :D  I can't wait for the full edited version in a 'Howto' ;D ;D ;D ;D :y

Title: Re: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by Darth Loo-knee on 28. Mar 2010 at 14:34
Top Lads although I hate too say it  ;D

That 5th picture down gave me Flashbacks of a Nightmare :o ;D

Title: Re: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by tunnie on 28. Mar 2010 at 14:36

Lazydocker wrote on 27. Mar 2010 at 23:27:

joshwyatt wrote on 27. Mar 2010 at 23:19:
Tunnie and Paul, please accept my apologies for not being able to make it. I was rather dissapointed I couldn't make it.
This has been an interesting thread, I now nothing of LPG at all, well only the very basics of what it is in basic form...so it has been an interesting read.


No worries Josh... Was a shame as I was looking forward to meeting you, but selling cars is far more important ;) :y

I may be down your way next weekend for a meeting if you're around? Might be able to meet up :-/


Indeed, selling cars and keeping the dosh rolling in is much more important  :y

Title: Re: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by Psychoca on 28. Mar 2010 at 22:00
Awesome job...  Looks tidier in the engine than mine ever has, even before I started "playing" about, pretending to be a mechanic..

I really do stand in Awe...

Title: Re: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by Lazydocker on 28. Mar 2010 at 22:02

Psychoca wrote on 28. Mar 2010 at 22:00:
Awesome job...  Looks tidier in the engine than mine ever has, even before I started "playing" about, pretending to be a mechanic..

I really do stand in Awe...


Think Tunnie found my attention to detail a little "Anally Retentive" at times... Especially when he was trying to bodge something ;D ;D

Title: Re: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by tunnie on 28. Mar 2010 at 22:06

Lazydocker wrote on 28. Mar 2010 at 22:02:

Psychoca wrote on 28. Mar 2010 at 22:00:
Awesome job...  Looks tidier in the engine than mine ever has, even before I started "playing" about, pretending to be a mechanic..

I really do stand in Awe...


Think Tunnie found my attention to detail a little "Anally Retentive" at times... Especially when he was trying to bodge something ;D ;D


It was worth it  :y

Although 11pm at night i was beginning to wonder  ;D

Fact in ran so smoothly & perfectly on gas on our first run just showed how good your work was  :y

Title: Re: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by Lazydocker on 28. Mar 2010 at 22:22

tunnie wrote on 28. Mar 2010 at 22:06:

Lazydocker wrote on 28. Mar 2010 at 22:02:

Psychoca wrote on 28. Mar 2010 at 22:00:
Awesome job...  Looks tidier in the engine than mine ever has, even before I started "playing" about, pretending to be a mechanic..

I really do stand in Awe...


Think Tunnie found my attention to detail a little "Anally Retentive" at times... Especially when he was trying to bodge something ;D ;D


It was worth it  :y

Although 11pm at night i was beginning to wonder  ;D

Fact in ran so smoothly & perfectly on gas on our first run just showed how good your work was  :y

:-[ :-[ :-[

Just did as I would expect to be done :y

Felt like the living dead today... Couldn't sleep when I got to bed last night (dunno why though... I was knackered!) and clocks went forwards too... Reckon I only had about 3 hours kip :( :(

Also feeling very stiff in all the wrong places :o ::)

Title: Re: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by tunnie on 28. Mar 2010 at 22:25
driveway om slight slope does not help, does make the engine bay low :(

Title: Re: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by Lazydocker on 28. Mar 2010 at 22:38

tunnie wrote on 28. Mar 2010 at 22:25:
driveway om slight slope does not help, does make the engine bay low :(


Even lower when you consider the back was on stands when I did most of the work :o :(

Title: Re: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by tunnie on 28. Mar 2010 at 22:49

Lazydocker wrote on 28. Mar 2010 at 22:38:

tunnie wrote on 28. Mar 2010 at 22:25:
driveway om slight slope does not help, does make the engine bay low :(


Even lower when you consider the back was on stands when I did most of the work :o :(


Maybe we should have put the front on axel stands too  :-/

Title: Re: Tunnie's LPG Fitting - Front End Pics(56k WARNING)
Post by Lazydocker on 29. Mar 2010 at 07:22

tunnie wrote on 28. Mar 2010 at 22:49:
Maybe we should have put the front on axel stands too  :-/


Hindsight is such a wonderful thing! :D

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