What's in the workshop this week, Pelikanblau edition

[Architex_mA8tey]

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

It says 83 litres, but I think that may be total volume. Going on 80% thats 66 litres usable.

Probably 250 miles / 400km range?

Thats spot on - I have the same toroidal tank in my D3 and I concur with those figures

[27litres]

I used to get about 350km out of mine.
But it was a fuel guzzler, horrible inlet/exhaust design on a Holden Red Motor (push rod straight 6cyl 3.3L).
LPG system was also the poverty model with a constant flow venturi vapour ring design.

Vera's system looks to be a thoroughly more modern vapour injection system. Far more efficient and necessary on variable inlet multi-valve heads.
Still inefficient compared to petrol, and probably a noticeable power loss, but all in all not a bad compromise when looking at cost per mile (LPG runs about 55c-60c/L here, compared to $1.25-1.40/L for petrol ($1.40-1.65/L for 98RON)).
The only thing better than that is a liquid injection system, which are very expensive.

[steamship]

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

Because of the LPG tank, the boot carpet doesn't fit any more. This is a, most uncomfortable when working in the boot, and b, a most excellent tool-trap when things fall under the tank! I should imagine its also quite vexing if you want to use the boot too!

Reminds me of when I had my first car, a Vauxhall Nova 1.5TD. Had an interest in music then, and remodelled the boot to accommodate a CD multi-changer (a big brute in the late 80s) on one side and a couple of amps and lockable storage space for the head unit on the other. Had to then redo the floor to get access to the spare and used some Aluminium checker plate that was hinged, with gas struts. Rear shelf was replaced with MDF to take the 7" speakers and 10" sub-woofer, with a further six speakers upfront.

[MikkiJayne]

Scuttle panel and windscreen washers tonight.

When I took the e-box lid off I discovered the wires and pipes were hanging down, and it turned out it had a random piece of pipe in there which didn't fit very well so stripped it down and started again



New washer jets since the heaters didn't work in the old ones



Jets installed



New clips to hold the pipes down



Pipes fixed in place



Wires nice and neat



Installed and wipers back on



Covers back on and we're done under the bonnet

[HPsauce]

I'll probably be doing something similar fairly soon; where did you get the 4D0955491A clips from, I might need a few?

[MikkiJayne]

TPS. I bought a bag of 20 since they were on back order. 7 per car so I can do the next one too.

[Djinny]

And when you think there's nothing left another detail shows in that perfection!
How did you find out the heaters won't work anymore? It's summer!
Thank you so much, Mikki Jayne!

The LPG is by Zavoli. It is an Italian make with a master slave system. Both my Vento 2.0E and the A6 3.2 FSI run flawlessly on Zavoli, too.
The LPG tank lets me fill up approx. 64,8 litres and it lasts for approx. 300 km. In average it's approx. 12 mpg. A loss of power cannot be denied so the LPG sometimes needs to be switched off depending on the circumstances.

[Djinny]

My new S8 :

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

Covers back on and we're done under the bonnet

[MikkiJayne]

Couple more jobs tonight:

One of the mounting points on the undertray was broken. I've cut a chunk out of an old broken tray to use as a repair piece.



Stuck the repair piece on using panel-bond. This is a structural polyurethane for sticking bodykits on so it ought to stick the plastic quite well but still be flexible. This is rather experimental so we'll find out in a day or two if it works!





With that done, moved on to the missing fridge bracket. I made a new one from 25mm aluminium flat bar, bent to shape. Using a 'mandrel' to get a radius on the bends:



Rough shape



I needed to tuck the front of the bracket in round the shape of the fridge to get to the mounting holes so used a couple of bits of steel to form a kink



Wrapped the completed bracket in anti-rattle felt tape and its ready to fit



Here the car threw me another little challenge. I was expecting the sheet metal to have captive nuts of some sort, but it turned out they were just through-holes. Back seat out then, to get a nut on the bolts!



Employ Mr Tickle to hold the bolt in the boot and the nut in the cabin at the same time



Bracket bolted in place and secured to the fridge with plastic rivets



And finished with it's cover panel



Pretty happy with how that turned out

[Johnmed]

My word. You put us hobby bodgers and plenty of professionals to real shame!