http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/index.htmlArticlesensimon@thehobsons.co.ukCopyright 2008 Simon Hobson2011-04-01T00:00:00+01:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:50:03 +0100simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2011-04-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/fixed-it-for-you.html#unique-entry-id-29http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/fixed-it-for-you.html#unique-entry-id-29One of the more mundane topics that doesn't always get a consideration is how to fix stuff in place. There’s no real secret to it, but there are one or two tricks that can help.
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]]>simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2010-06-13T00:00:00+01:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/all-pumped-up.html#unique-entry-id-28http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/all-pumped-up.html#unique-entry-id-28here and here, not to mention the disaster story here, I've had a few queries about my hand pump. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised – there’s obviously a fair bit of interest in alternative ways of filling up. The reasons vary – for some it's a matter of availability because they don't have a forecourt locally, for others it’s a matter of cost. Whatever the reason, here is a distillation of what I’ve told those who've enquired.
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]]>simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2010-02-20T00:00:00+00:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/bangers-and-smash.html#unique-entry-id-26http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/bangers-and-smash.html#unique-entry-id-26here and here, and a discussion on the LPG Forum here. One of the LPG Forum members has posted a pic up here, and I think you'll agree it is a bit of a mess.
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]]>simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2010-01-17T00:00:00+00:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/all_tooled_up.html#unique-entry-id-25http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/all_tooled_up.html#unique-entry-id-25thread came up on the LPG Forum recently about tools required for LPG installations. So I thought it might be useful to some of you if I opened up my tool box and let you have a peek. …]]>simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2009-11-01T00:00:00+00:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/service.html#unique-entry-id-24http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/service.html#unique-entry-id-24LPG Forum, people want to know how to service their LPG system. …]]>simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2009-08-22T00:00:00+01:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/all-in-vane.html#unique-entry-id-23http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/all-in-vane.html#unique-entry-id-23simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2009-03-06T00:00:00+00:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/pumpin-up-the-volume.html#unique-entry-id-22http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/pumpin-up-the-volume.html#unique-entry-id-22simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2009-02-01T00:01:00+00:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/tuning-closed-loop.html#unique-entry-id-21http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/tuning-closed-loop.html#unique-entry-id-21]]>simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2009-01-24T00:01:00+00:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/tuning-open-loop.html#unique-entry-id-20http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/tuning-open-loop.html#unique-entry-id-20
Now how I am going to present this is different to most instructions you'll find. Usually you will find instructions that say "twiddle this, turn that, set the other", you will find those at the end, but first I intend to explain what it is that you will be adjusting and why — hopefully it will then make sense and you'll understand what each adjustment is doing. ...
]]>simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2008-11-30T00:01:00+00:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/how_not_to_biy_it.html#unique-entry-id-19http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/how_not_to_biy_it.html#unique-entry-id-19I recently purchased a Nissan X-Trail auto, with what I found out later, to be a home install LPG system.
It did not appear to work when I bought the car, (The dealer has washed his hand of it, even though the only reason I bought the car is because it was advertised as LPG.) So, I took it to a LPG approved installer who said he would take a look.
He proceeded to point out a list of a dozen points (listed below) as to why the car was not satisfactorily converted…” …
]]>simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2008-07-18T00:01:00+01:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/rising_damp.html#unique-entry-id-18http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/rising_damp.html#unique-entry-id-18]]>simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2008-07-13T00:01:00+01:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/installation_rules_pt2.html#unique-entry-id-17http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/installation_rules_pt2.html#unique-entry-id-17]]>simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2008-07-08T00:01:00+01:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/the_big_freeze.html#unique-entry-id-16http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/the_big_freeze.html#unique-entry-id-16“Why does my car cut out after a few miles on gas, and then refuse to start unless it’s been left for half an hour ?”
“After a short distance, it judders and then stops”
“It cut out, I looked under the bonnet and found the reducer was covered in ice”
Well I think the answer in all these cases is that the reducer has frozen up, …
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His tank was now full and that was that, but I wonder what he meant by “it just bolts in” ? …
]]>simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2008-04-13T00:01:00+01:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/legalities_of_conversions.html#unique-entry-id-14http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/legalities_of_conversions.html#unique-entry-id-14simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2008-03-30T00:02:00+00:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/hacking_the_efi_loom.html#unique-entry-id-13http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/hacking_the_efi_loom.html#unique-entry-id-13simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2008-03-30T00:01:00+00:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/my_v8_110.html#unique-entry-id-12http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/my_v8_110.html#unique-entry-id-12simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2008-03-29T00:01:00+00:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/what-is-lpg-anyway.html#unique-entry-id-11http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/what-is-lpg-anyway.html#unique-entry-id-11]]>simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2008-03-24T00:01:00+00:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/110-efi-conversion-pt1.html#unique-entry-id-10http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/110-efi-conversion-pt1.html#unique-entry-id-10simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2008-03-09T00:01:00+00:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/powder-coating-sucks.html#unique-entry-id-9http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/powder-coating-sucks.html#unique-entry-id-9]]>simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2008-07-21T00:01:00+01:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/a_good_wheeze.html#unique-entry-id-8http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/a_good_wheeze.html#unique-entry-id-8]]>simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2007-12-27T00:01:00+00:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/myths-and-legends.html#unique-entry-id-7http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/myths-and-legends.html#unique-entry-id-7]]>simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2005-01-01T00:01:00+00:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/rally-prepared-series3.html#unique-entry-id-6http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/rally-prepared-series3.html#unique-entry-id-6]]>simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2004-01-01T00:01:00+00:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/range-rover-1989.html#unique-entry-id-5http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/range-rover-1989.html#unique-entry-id-5]]>simon@thehobsons.co.ukNone2002-01-01T00:01:00+00:00http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/the-taxman-cometh.html#unique-entry-id-4http://www.diy-lpg.co.uk/articles/files/the-taxman-cometh.html#unique-entry-id-4see Fill ’er up) I wrote that you can legally fill your car from the red cylinders of industrial propane - another of those things you might have been told you can’t do. But of course, you have to do it right so as to keep the taxman happy …
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