Insurance - happy pixie two days running.

On or around Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:07:18 GMT, "Lee_D" enlightened us thusly:

forget the new carbs, get it running on LPG...

:-)

Indeed... but the first hurdle is getting it to run. I suspect it's coked up like a big black fury coked up thing... must get around to taking a look.

Lee D

On or around Wed, 06 Oct 2004 17:28:18 GMT, "Lee_D" enlightened us thusly:

well, there's no reason why it shouldn't start on LPG, provided you guess the settings close enough. I've managed to install and get running a system on a V8 without ever actually getting the petrol system to work.

Good show on the insurance, but how did you tax it without an MOT?

Well done Lee,

Makes my FC cover with NU Direct at the thick end of £500 for a very faintly modified (suspension and exhaust) RRC V8i seem totally sick.

Richard

In news:WKU8d.182$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net, Lee_D blithered:

Sounds like you've mastered walking on it!

Proves it pays to shop around for insurance.

I have a SAAB 9000 Aero insured through Swinton at £650 pa FC, went to them with my RR Classic 1991 and they wanted another £500!!!!!

After much searching via the interweb and many phone calls I ended up with the AA, of all places, and paid £295 for the RR, FC !!!

AlunP

S'got MOT till the 13th ...just needs a newun.

Given it was Running rich when last running and also at the last MOT I daren't take it for an MOT as the Lads will be gagging on the fumes. Emmisions isn't an issue :-)

Lee D

Certainly worth ringing them for a quote if nowt else, It's fully comp too only down side being the lack of accumulative N/C bonus. You can always cancel and renew if it saves sufficent to justify it.

They (Sureterm) do a cracking deal on the 101 too... but thats standard. Dunno how they fair on the regular Landies.. In fact I'm sure they couldn't compete on our RRC which we still have currently through the AA and thats bog standard.

Lee D

Yep we can ditto that for the RRC via the AA.... spooky init!

Lee D

Any idea of age limits etc? I'm not gonna do more than 1500m a year in Monty the RRC

She's 15 years old & I'm 37!

Nige

I hope were still talking about your Rangie in which case I can't see any problems with the age :-) Given a ring on 0700 20 20 999.

Lee D

problems with the age :-)

crikey, it' does look a little odd now I read it!!!

LOL!

Ta

Nige

Hmmm - perhaps you could hand me some of your magic dust. My RR won't run on either at the moment. The airflow meter is knacked and it just splutters and coughs out clouds of thick black smoke before giving up on petrol. On gas BANG it wont even BANG try to BANG BANG run .......PHUT. Needless to say I don't have any air filter left now (the airflow meter was bust before this incident)! All since I switched it over to petrol on the move to give the injectors a squirt through - as recommended on here in fact (lies, damned lies and Landrovers!!). It used to run on gas just fine (although the already bust air meter meant that petrol was always tricky). Cured the old lady outside the post office of her constipation when I switched back to gas anyway.

I knew I shouldn't have messed with it. :(

Steve

On or around Thu, 7 Oct 2004 18:15:38 +0000 (UTC), "Steve" enlightened us thusly:

hehe. System details?

but you'll need a new air filter element if that's buggered. wrong or missing air filter element will produce very silly answers on gas.

if it's an open loop OMVL... main adjuster in the gas line to the engine about half-way, small (8mm head) screw (fixed idle bleed) on the vap. about

3/4 turn out, large (10mm head, with spring) screw (mixture) with the top of the head about 15mm out from the vap body.

That assumes a standard airbox and normal-sized mixers. if it won't go, try turning the gas off (and petrol i.e. no fuel) while cranking - if it fires, you're a lot too rich, screw the mixture in about 1 turn and try again. if turning the gas off doesn't make it fire, it's a lot too lean, so try screwing the mixture screw out about 1 turn. Once it's running, you can get it on a crypton and tune it properly.

Other open loop are similar but may not have the 2 adjustments on the vapouriser.

The system has what you said - a main adjuster in the pipe from vapouriser to inlet manifold (plastic finger twiddle-able with spring) and two more on the vapouriser itself (i.e. 3 twiddlers in all). Of the two on the vap. one is a brass plain-slot screw thingy (about the size of the 8mm head you mentioned, and very tight!!) and the other has a knurled plastic finger-twiddly knob (haven't noticed a spring, but haven't looked hard either). I've got a serviceable airflow meter, but that isn't going anywhere near the vehicle until the blow-back is sorted!

Steve

On or around Fri, 8 Oct 2004 12:07:48 +0000 (UTC), "Steve" enlightened us thusly:

's not the OMVL 90 then. does the vapouriser have any ID on it?

"Voltran" is the make - I don't know if there are any other numbers or whatever on it. The vehicle isn't parked where I am now so I can't have a look until tomorrow at the earliest.

Steve

On or around Fri, 8 Oct 2004 16:43:12 +0000 (UTC), "Steve" enlightened us thusly:

ask on uk.rec.cars.fuel.lpg if anyone knows what the adjusters do on that vapouriser. someone probably has one.