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[Lazydocker]

Sooo reading between the lines, is there someone who's up to fitting lpg for me, :-? me helping/making coffee etc etc and getting in the way   

Cheers
 

In short... No! If I agreed to fit it for you then we would be talking about an exchange of beer tokens and an agreement where I would accept responsibility for the car and work carried out.

What may be possible is help fitting a kit. Yours is a 4 pot, which is what I wrote the full guide on in the maintenance section (that reminds me, I must do the V6 one ) and it is actually fairly simple... If you can service it, clean the throttle bodies and do the general maintenance you are capable of fitting LPG

If, for example (and this isn't an offer at the moment ), I were to come up and help you out I would be looking for expenses only... Fuel, B&B (quite happy with a spare bed in your home), all the tea and bacon butties I can manage and perhaps a Curry & beer evening (not necessarily part of the expenses but a good night out )

You would also have to accept full responsibility for any work carried out, as did Tunnie when I helped him and as did TB when he was helped. TB's last conversion was a good example of things going wrong... He didn't blame anyone who had worked on it with him and accepted it was one of those things.

Of course, in the nicest possible way, you are a very new member at present and I don't know you from Adam so I'm being slightly careful how I'm wording this so you don't take it the wrong way... I'm not currently offering to help you out (apart from anything else, I couldn't with my back as it is ) but it isn't an impossibility Either way, it will cost you money for hands on help... Whether it is expenses or professional help

Have a good read of the guides... It's not that hard

[tunnie]

Would probably be game for a trip southwards with some fettling beforehand to reduce work times, given that it would be very labour intensive over a weekend, say....

I'd say from when mine was done the main time consumers are injector mounting & tank / filler.

As LD says if you can mount the tank, filler, and get the injectors mounted, be about 2 days work to get it all plumbed together.

Can't re-call the mileage of yours, depends if your willing to fit someone else's injection manifold.

When it came to fitting, there was a 'Blue Peter' moment of, "Here's one I prepared earlier" - Saved so much time!

[cube]

I am still very much of the 'will I, wont I' mode.....   :-/

It could certainly save a few squids on weekly running, thats for sure, but thats assuming that the deed is done over a short period of time and, perhaps more importantly, set up properly on completion.

Would probably be game for a trip southwards with some fettling beforehand to reduce work times, given that it would be very labour intensive over a weekend, say....

If you wanted to travel down on a friday and stop over at mine your welcome, almost half way then we could travel together the next day to meet up with everyone else

[cube]

Sooo reading between the lines, is there someone who's up to fitting lpg for me, :-? me helping/making coffee etc etc and getting in the way   

Cheers
 

In short... No! If I agreed to fit it for you then we would be talking about an exchange of beer tokens and an agreement where I would accept responsibility for the car and work carried out.

What may be possible is help fitting a kit. Yours is a 4 pot, which is what I wrote the full guide on in the maintenance section (that reminds me, I must do the V6 one ) and it is actually fairly simple... If you can service it, clean the throttle bodies and do the general maintenance you are capable of fitting LPG

If, for example (and this isn't an offer at the moment ), I were to come up and help you out I would be looking for expenses only... Fuel, B&B (quite happy with a spare bed in your home), all the tea and bacon butties I can manage and perhaps a Curry & beer evening (not necessarily part of the expenses but a good night out )

You would also have to accept full responsibility for any work carried out, as did Tunnie when I helped him and as did TB when he was helped. TB's last conversion was a good example of things going wrong... He didn't blame anyone who had worked on it with him and accepted it was one of those things.

Of course, in the nicest possible way, you are a very new member at present and I don't know you from Adam so I'm being slightly careful how I'm wording this so you don't take it the wrong way... I'm not currently offering to help you out (apart from anything else, I couldn't with my back as it is ) but it isn't an impossibility Either way, it will cost you money for hands on help... Whether it is expenses or professional help

Have a good read of the guides... It's not that hard

I totally agree and understand mate, not a problem 

[TheBoy]

Not sure how correct a thought this is, but us it wise to go bigger than 80ltr tank without self levelling? Which we have obviously? But not in your mv6. Does that make any odds or are you thinking if binning sl shocks?

The thought had crossed my mind.

Kevin Wood has a 90l doesn't he? Or did I make that bit up.


Elite suspension - no decision made yet...

Yes, you made it up I've got the 90L.

My vote would always be for the 80L tank as it just seems to go in so well... I had to drill new holes in the frame to mount mine and even after over an hour of measuring didn't manage to get them all in the right places

I had to ovalise TB's a bit to get the frame to line up. But what he doesn't know won't hurt him.  . 

Eh? What? When? 


Bloody cowboys

[Lazydocker]

Sooo reading between the lines, is there someone who's up to fitting lpg for me, :-? me helping/making coffee etc etc and getting in the way   

Cheers
 

In short... No! If I agreed to fit it for you then we would be talking about an exchange of beer tokens and an agreement where I would accept responsibility for the car and work carried out.

What may be possible is help fitting a kit. Yours is a 4 pot, which is what I wrote the full guide on in the maintenance section (that reminds me, I must do the V6 one ) and it is actually fairly simple... If you can service it, clean the throttle bodies and do the general maintenance you are capable of fitting LPG

If, for example (and this isn't an offer at the moment ), I were to come up and help you out I would be looking for expenses only... Fuel, B&B (quite happy with a spare bed in your home), all the tea and bacon butties I can manage and perhaps a Curry & beer evening (not necessarily part of the expenses but a good night out )

You would also have to accept full responsibility for any work carried out, as did Tunnie when I helped him and as did TB when he was helped. TB's last conversion was a good example of things going wrong... He didn't blame anyone who had worked on it with him and accepted it was one of those things.

Of course, in the nicest possible way, you are a very new member at present and I don't know you from Adam so I'm being slightly careful how I'm wording this so you don't take it the wrong way... I'm not currently offering to help you out (apart from anything else, I couldn't with my back as it is ) but it isn't an impossibility Either way, it will cost you money for hands on help... Whether it is expenses or professional help

Have a good read of the guides... It's not that hard

I totally agree and understand mate, not a problem 

Glad you took it as it was meant

[Lazydocker]

I think he's out of the country at the moment

I'll have another go tomorrow

[feeutfo]

Btw, looks like I may go with a cylinde this time.

I,m sure I found an upright donut with no hole in the middle, but I'm buggered if I can find it again.

Would have given 65 litres or there abouts.

[feeutfo]

And thanks for trying obviously 

[aaronjb]

I,m sure I found an upright donut with no hole in the middle, but I'm buggered if I can find it again.

Hmm.. I can't find them either - the filled toroidals all say "must be mounted horizontally"..

Although in my searching guess where I ended up? Yes, back at OOF: http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1258818437/6 

[feeutfo]

I,m sure I found an upright donut with no hole in the middle, but I'm buggered if I can find it again.

Hmm.. I can't find them either - the filled toroidals all say "must be mounted horizontally"..

Although in my searching guess where I ended up? Yes, back at OOF: http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1258818437/6 

Yeah, ya know you wont find it when that happens, although I did find a flip number plate eventually, all roads seemed to lead to OOF on that search as well. My own posts mostly 

[Lazydocker]

Btw, looks like I may go with a cylinde this time.

I,m sure I found an upright donut with no hole in the middle, but I'm buggered if I can find it again.

Would have given 65 litres or there abouts.

TBH, in a saloon it's the best option IMO... OK, you lose that boot space but how often do you have the boot of the car full? I would say that roof bars and a box for those odd occasions would be more economical (if you take into account lost time constantly filling up at 200 miles instead of 300 ) than a Vertical Toroidal.

I must admit, I've never heard of or seen Vertical Full Toroidals... In fact, I don't think I've even seen a 4-hole Vertical tank.

And thanks for trying obviously

That's no problem... Gives me something to do

Not convinced I'll be able to get an answer this week as I got the international ring tone when I called him.

[Lazydocker]

Right, some progress! He is out of the country this week but we should be chatting next week. He also has a new vaporiser and injector set that may be more suitable, although the vaporiser will be close to its limit so would be best suited to 4 hole tanks. I may well be getting a set to trial

[Kevin Wood]

Right, some progress! He is out of the country this week but we should be chatting next week. He also has a new vaporiser and injector set that may be more suitable, although the vaporiser will be close to its limit so would be best suited to 4 hole tanks. I may well be getting a set to trial

When you do get in touch, can you drop in the question about certification - can he offer it yet, etc?

Cheers,

Kevin

[Lazydocker]

Right, some progress! He is out of the country this week but we should be chatting next week. He also has a new vaporiser and injector set that may be more suitable, although the vaporiser will be close to its limit so would be best suited to 4 hole tanks. I may well be getting a set to trial

When you do get in touch, can you drop in the question about certification - can he offer it yet, etc?

Cheers,

Kevin

It's on the list... Still got to get mine done