Not a bad weekend in all.

Got the rangie idling nice on LPG.
Got it idling better on petrol (for the odd time I need it).
Got the new air filter cone fitted away from where it might short the
coil, and in a colder spot (in the spare battery tray) using one of them
cheap tin foil corrugated "ducting" pipes.
Got the top tailgate bottom seal properly reattached with contact
adhesive (removed it, cleaned off all the previous attempts worth of
glue, gunk, silicon and filler first) so quieter and less rattly now.
Got the cheap VR3 headunit I fitted to accept the bluetooth connection
from my phone. Works great for £100 and I can play tunes from my phone
memory card through Bluetooth through the speakers.

I don't normally get this kind of luck.

Just need to sort out a fuel gauge for the LPG now. I could hookup the
LEDs on the switch, but then it is out of line of site.

I might as well find the resistance of the tank gauge feeds and then
raid the scrappies for something old with a similar resistance or buy a
cheap gauge and pod mount it. That way I get a proper needle gauge at
eye line. It doesn't need to be particulary accurate, just to give me an
idea so I switch to petrol as little as possible.
--
Carl Robson
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Now Playing at home:Front Line Assembly-A Decade
http://www.myspace.com/theelderuk

In news:MPG.20a95d91b6712eed1492 (AT) news (DOT) individual.net,
Elder <carl.robson (AT) bouncing-czechs (DOT) com> wittered on forthwith;

Got the rangie idling nice on LPG.
Got it idling better on petrol (for the odd time I need it).
Got the new air filter cone fitted away from where it might short the
coil, and in a colder spot (in the spare battery tray) using one of
them cheap tin foil corrugated "ducting" pipes.
Got the top tailgate bottom seal properly reattached with contact
adhesive (removed it, cleaned off all the previous attempts worth of
glue, gunk, silicon and filler first) so quieter and less rattly now.
Got the cheap VR3 headunit I fitted to accept the bluetooth connection
from my phone. Works great for £100 and I can play tunes from my phone
memory card through Bluetooth through the speakers.

I don't normally get this kind of luck.

Just need to sort out a fuel gauge for the LPG now. I could hookup the
LEDs on the switch, but then it is out of line of site.

LPG fuel gauges are nearly always hopeless anyway. I always used the trip
meter along with keeping an eye on the LEDs. The trip was more accurate most
of the time.

Well done with the rest though, I should have mine in the next few days.
Will have to pay a visit to Rik and get the turbo balance pipe welded up.


--
Pete M - Using the Scouse Side of the Force -
Golf GTi Mk2 2.0 8v
Wood and Pickett Range Rover V8 Turbo
Golf GTi Mk1 (For Sale)
OMF#9

Currently listening to The White Stripes

In article <f1njah$rnv$1 (AT) registered (DOT) motzarella.org>,
pete.murray (AT) bogoffwithzepressed...er (DOT) co.uk says...

LPG fuel gauges are nearly always hopeless anyway. I always used the trip
meter along with keeping an eye on the LEDs. The trip was more accurate most
of the time.
The LPG LEDs are as accurate in mine as the trip meter. Neither work.

Neither of the tanks have the flylead from the tanks wired, so I should
be able to add a gauge easily, something a tad more readable than
looking at my knee when driving.

Well done with the rest though, I should have mine in the next few days.
Will have to pay a visit to Rik and get the turbo balance pipe welded up.

You are going to have so much fun with that car.

--
Carl Robson
Audio stream: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com:8000/samtest
Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

"Elder" <carl.robson (AT) bouncing-czechs (DOT) com> wrote

Just need to sort out a fuel gauge for the LPG now. I could hookup the
LEDs on the switch, but then it is out of line of site.

At a guess, the most accurate method you're going to get for the LPG is the
temp gradient on the tank... If you're halfway competent with electronics it
should be doable to have at the very least a warning light.

In article <463f6b91$0$10720$db0fefd9 (AT) news (DOT) zen.co.uk>, mrdoki (AT) gmail (DOT) com
says...

At a guess, the most accurate method you're going to get for the LPG is the
temp gradient on the tank... If you're halfway competent with electronics it
should be doable to have at the very least a warning light.

It is just a resistance feed, so I just need to see what full is, get a

gauge with that as the full measure.
Normally they tend to follow several standards, 0-90 Ohm, 80-240 Ohm
etc.
Just need to get a decent multimeter that can measure below 100 Ohms
(just in case) and I will be sorted.
--
Carl Robson
Audio stream: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com:8000/samtest
Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

In article <MPG.20a98a0ded91157898984f (AT) news (DOT) individual.net>, Elder
says...

In article <463f6b91$0$10720$db0fefd9 (AT) news (DOT) zen.co.uk>, mrdoki (AT) gmail (DOT) com
says...

At a guess, the most accurate method you're going to get for the LPG is the
temp gradient on the tank... If you're halfway competent with electronics it
should be doable to have at the very least a warning light.

It is just a resistance feed, so I just need to see what full is, get a
gauge with that as the full measure.
Normally they tend to follow several standards, 0-90 Ohm, 80-240 Ohm
etc.
Just need to get a decent multimeter that can measure below 100 Ohms
(just in case) and I will be sorted.

It's all starting to come together nicely now isn't it?

--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

"Elder" <carl.robson (AT) bouncing-czechs (DOT) com> wrote

Got the rangie idling nice on LPG.
Got it idling better on petrol (for the odd time I need it).
Got the new air filter cone fitted away from where it might short the
coil, and in a colder spot (in the spare battery tray) using one of them
cheap tin foil corrugated "ducting" pipes.
Got the top tailgate bottom seal properly reattached with contact
adhesive (removed it, cleaned off all the previous attempts worth of
glue, gunk, silicon and filler first) so quieter and less rattly now.
Got the cheap VR3 headunit I fitted to accept the bluetooth connection
from my phone. Works great for £100 and I can play tunes from my phone
memory card through Bluetooth through the speakers.

I don't normally get this kind of luck.

Just need to sort out a fuel gauge for the LPG now. I could hookup the
LEDs on the switch, but then it is out of line of site.

I might as well find the resistance of the tank gauge feeds and then
raid the scrappies for something old with a similar resistance or buy a
cheap gauge and pod mount it. That way I get a proper needle gauge at
eye line. It doesn't need to be particulary accurate, just to give me an
idea so I switch to petrol as little as possible.
--

-------------------------------------
Nice one, glad to hear it's all sorting itself out despite what a few people
on here predicted!!

My weekend started off well but went crap this evening. Spent saturday
lazing around the park drinking beer in the sun which is always good! Then
sorted the 205 out sunday morning - new cambelt, alt belt, water pump, crank
seal and cover gasket which cured the water/oil leaks. So the car was
running great which was nice. Took it for a run today across country as I
had to pick up some bargain wheels I got off ebay and it went fine, apart
from being dog slow!

Back home via Dads garage to start stripping he Nova apart. Filled the 205
with bits and went to start it and the glow plug didn't work - not a problem
as the engine was still warm and they were playing up the other day which
was a dodgy connection, so went home with the intention of cleaning all the
connections to get them working.

On the way home there was a really bad knock coming from the front. At
first I thought a CV joint was about to explode (they're knocking a bit when
turning already) but thought I'd try to limp home anyway. Got worse and
worse until I could start to feel it through the steering so pulled over
straightaway. Everything looked ok underneath - no play anywhere. Pulled
the wheel trim off and all the wheel bolts were loose!! Fuck knows how -
last time I had the wheel off was a couple of weeks ago when changing the
tyres and I distinctly remember titghtening every single bolt with my
breaker bar. But luckily they were all done up before something disasterous
had happened!

Finally got home and I've had the glow plug timer box out and have cleaned
everything up - the dash lights now light up better but still no glow plugs.
Have tested everything I can think of but I just cant get the bastards to
work - there's a feed going into the timer box, the relay inside clicks when
the ignition goes on but no output. Pissing me off! So gotta try and get
hold of a new timer tomorrow, but once again we have no transport (unless by
some miracle the car will start tmrw morning with no preheating)!!

Fecking French pieces of crap. I knew taking on a free 205 was gonna cause
trouble!!

"Elder" <carl.robson (AT) bouncing-czechs (DOT) com> wrote

In article <463f6b91$0$10720$db0fefd9 (AT) news (DOT) zen.co.uk>, mrdoki (AT) gmail (DOT) com
says...

At a guess, the most accurate method you're going to get for the LPG is
the
temp gradient on the tank... If you're halfway competent with electronics
it
should be doable to have at the very least a warning light.

It is just a resistance feed, so I just need to see what full is, get a
gauge with that as the full measure.
Normally they tend to follow several standards, 0-90 Ohm, 80-240 Ohm
etc.
Just need to get a decent multimeter that can measure below 100 Ohms
(just in case) and I will be sorted.

Aye, but if they're as bad as Pete reckons, measuring temp gradient is a
fairly decent way of working out when it's low - same as a gas bottle used
to run owt, the bottom half with the liquid gas in gets cold due to yer
basic thermodynamics / gas laws. When the cold bit's a long way down the
tank it's pretty safe to assume it's nearly empty.

"Elder" <carl.robson (AT) bouncing-czechs (DOT) com> wrote

Got the rangie idling nice on LPG.

Got a stable idle for it? Every Rangie I have seen on LPG hunts from 800-1k
when on gas.

In article <MPG.20a98fa9f30809a798a735 (AT) news (DOT) karoo.co.uk>,
conor.turton (AT) gmail (DOT) com says...

In article <MPG.20a98a0ded91157898984f (AT) news (DOT) individual.net>, Elder
says...
In article <463f6b91$0$10720$db0fefd9 (AT) news (DOT) zen.co.uk>, mrdoki (AT) gmail (DOT) com
says...

At a guess, the most accurate method you're going to get for the LPG is the
temp gradient on the tank... If you're halfway competent with electronics it
should be doable to have at the very least a warning light.

It is just a resistance feed, so I just need to see what full is, get a
gauge with that as the full measure.
Normally they tend to follow several standards, 0-90 Ohm, 80-240 Ohm
etc.
Just need to get a decent multimeter that can measure below 100 Ohms
(just in case) and I will be sorted.

It's all starting to come together nicely now isn't it?


Oh yes. I still don't know if I'll keep it, but it will be more

affordable to keep while I decide.
--
Carl Robson
Audio stream: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com:8000/samtest
Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com
Now Playing at home:Front Line Assembly-A Decade
http://www.myspace.com/theelderuk