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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Markie on 29 December 2007, 22:17:16
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Just back with my new project....
straight 6 Grand Cherokee 4litre.
Magnificent condition inside and out and full lpg. FULL service history, unmarked leather and carpets and hundreds of pounds worht of reciepts....
Its an MOT failure on everything to do with brakes......( discs, pads, handbrke shoes, a caliper and brake pipes. Otherwise its fine.
Now i know we dont like these things but at the price ( 3figures) i really couldnt let it pass me by.
Its awful to drive ( refinement wise) compared to an omega, but the level of equipment is astonishing.....
Now the lpg seems really well done but i DONT like the tank or position, how easy is it to move the tank?
Ill post some pics in the daylight....
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Just back with my new project....
straight 6 Grand Cherokee 4litre.
Magnificent condition inside and out and full lpg. FULL service history, unmarked leather and carpets and hundreds of pounds worht of reciepts....
Its an MOT failure on everything to do with brakes......( discs, pads, handbrke shoes, a caliper and brake pipes. Otherwise its fine.
Now i know we dont like these things but at the price ( 3figures) i really couldnt let it pass me by.
Its awful to drive ( refinement wise) compared to an omega, but the level of equipment is astonishing.....
Now the lpg seems really well done but i DONT like the tank or position, how easy is it to move the tank?
Ill post some pics in the daylight....
I suppose it will come in handy with all the bad weather you get up there.
:y :y
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how easy is it to move the tank?
Depends if you've got enough pipe to get it where you want and if the pipe is solid copper or flexible, but not too much work. Plug the old mounting holes and drill some more, reconnect the fuel feed and filler pipes and electrics.
Kevin
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Just back with my new project....
straight 6 Grand Cherokee 4litre.
Magnificent condition inside and out and full lpg. FULL service history, unmarked leather and carpets and hundreds of pounds worht of reciepts....
Its an MOT failure on everything to do with brakes......( discs, pads, handbrke shoes, a caliper and brake pipes. Otherwise its fine.
Now i know we dont like these things but at the price ( 3figures) i really couldnt let it pass me by.
Its awful to drive ( refinement wise) compared to an omega, but the level of equipment is astonishing.....
Now the lpg seems really well done but i DONT like the tank or position, how easy is it to move the tank?
Ill post some pics in the daylight....
off road they are :y
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how easy is it to move the tank?
Depends if you've got enough pipe to get it where you want and if the pipe is solid copper or flexible, but not too much work. Plug the old mounting holes and drill some more, reconnect the fuel feed and filler pipes and electrics.
Kevin
its situated in the boot and runs along one side front to back ( rather than accross left to right) i want ideally to have the donut shaped tank and have it under the boot carpet...
guess i need to concentrate on making it stop first though ;D
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Get it MOT'd before you play with the LPG
Does it run OK on gas?
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Get it MOT'd before you play with the LPG
Does it run OK on gas?
yep, runs fine on gas, and switches back and forward whilst travelling...
Seems to be have more poke when on petrol, but idles perfect on either....
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how easy is it to move the tank?
Depends if you've got enough pipe to get it where you want and if the pipe is solid copper or flexible, but not too much work. Plug the old mounting holes and drill some more, reconnect the fuel feed and filler pipes and electrics.
Kevin
its situated in the boot and runs along one side front to back ( rather than accross left to right) i want ideally to have the donut shaped tank and have it under the boot carpet...
guess i need to concentrate on making it stop first though ;D
Bah 'dangle berries' to that, make it cheap to run at 80mph first! ;D
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how easy is it to move the tank?
Depends if you've got enough pipe to get it where you want and if the pipe is solid copper or flexible, but not too much work. Plug the old mounting holes and drill some more, reconnect the fuel feed and filler pipes and electrics.
Kevin
its situated in the boot and runs along one side front to back ( rather than accross left to right) i want ideally to have the donut shaped tank and have it under the boot carpet...
guess i need to concentrate on making it stop first though ;D
Bah 'dangle berries' to that, make it cheap to run at 80mph first! ;D
Looks like the swear filter has not been turned back on yet! ::)
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Not sure about the Grand Cherokee, but Land / Range Rover LPG's have some kits to put the LPG tanks underneath at the rear boot?
Might be worth investigating.
zirk.
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Not sure about the Grand Cherokee, but Land / Range Rover LPG's have some kits to put the LPG tanks underneath at the rear boot?
Might be worth investigating.
zirk.
My Rangie had twin underslung tanks...
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Not sure about the Grand Cherokee, but Land / Range Rover LPG's have some kits to put the LPG tanks underneath at the rear boot?
Might be worth investigating.
zirk.
yep ive seen these for the JEEP as well.....give me the boot space back...
think its definately worth investigating
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Not sure about the Grand Cherokee, but Land / Range Rover LPG's have some kits to put the LPG tanks underneath at the rear boot?
Might be worth investigating.
zirk.
yep ive seen these for the JEEP as well.....give me the boot space back...
think its definately worth investigating
It's the normal trade off between range and space consumed, I guess. Depends how many miles you need to be doing on a fill up. A tank change wouldn't be a problem. Shame you're not closer to James, Markie(No.2) and I!
I don't know how specific the LPGA certificate is no what tank was installed might need to get it certified again just for good measure.
Did it have an SGI system or mixer in the end?
Kevin
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...and so you can see my tank prediciment....here she is...
(http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n54/markiec23/DSCF3741.jpg)
note height of Jeep wing mirror in relation to the boot of the MV6 - its BIG
(http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n54/markiec23/DSCF3740.jpg)
AND everything works inside !!
(http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n54/markiec23/DSCF3742.jpg)
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Markie, you Barstweard, I bloomin love those Jeeps.....
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Markie, you Barstweard, I bloomin love those Jeeps.....
Fancy a swap for an LPG meggy? ::)
(when you've MOT'd it of course ;D )
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change the tank? redo the lpga certificate im afraid
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change the tank? redo the lpga certificate im afraid
If it doesn't mention tank position etc on the cert, then I doubt it would ever be picked up on though?
Mine doesn't even have a cert yet :-X
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Markie, you Barstweard, I bloomin love those Jeeps.....
Fancy a swap for an LPG meggy? ::)
(when you've MOT'd it of course ;D )
;D ;D
unfortunatley no James, well yes but no.....
I would, but this is for swmbo and her horses, shes keeping her facelift, me the MV6, but it means the pre facelift estate has to go ..... :-?
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Markie, you Barstweard, I bloomin love those Jeeps.....
Fancy a swap for an LPG meggy? ::)
(when you've MOT'd it of course ;D )
;D ;D
unfortunatley no James, well yes but no.....
I would, but this is for swmbo and her horses, shes keeping her facelift, me the MV6, but it means the pre facelift estate has to go ..... :-?
Are you in a position to pick anymore up, or was this a lucky one off? I would seriously like one of these... I wouldn't mind doing the LPG myself either...
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Markie, you Barstweard, I bloomin love those Jeeps.....
Fancy a swap for an LPG meggy? ::)
(when you've MOT'd it of course ;D )
;D ;D
unfortunatley no James, well yes but no.....
I would, but this is for swmbo and her horses, shes keeping her facelift, me the MV6, but it means the pre facelift estate has to go ..... :-?
Are you in a position to pick anymore up, or was this a lucky one off? I would seriously like one of these... I wouldn't mind doing the LPG myself either...
lucky one off, i was outbid at £950 and it went on to make £1100 odd on ebay....got an email a few days later to say no winning bidder had turned up and did i want it.
Answer was yes, but i initially said no and haggled the price down from my highest bid of £950 to nearer £800 ( with tax included)
....i knew if he readvertised it would be over new year and that he needed the space and that it was a buyers market...
Naughty arent I :D
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..oh and bottom book price without LPG is £2200..
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In my opinion, that tank position is dangerous. If you get rear-ended (fnarr), the person in the back seet is going to mashed by a huge, pretty much uncompressable, lump of metal.
Just my opinion of course, but I do beleive that there is something about positioning tanks this way round in the LPGA guidelines...and that way round isn't recommended.
Good bargain though :y