[diesel_mercedes] Re: Re : CNG Conversions

 

Nate,

Thanks for this careful walk through of this LP gas conversion system.

This thing has not been cranked in a number of years. Because it had been running on LP I am thinking it might not have a gummed up carb or stale fuel issues that could create start up problems. Am I right about that one?

Other must do's before I try and crank this sucker?

I know about the battery water and oil, fluids ect. but not sure about weather to give it a shot of raw gas, starter fluid or LP.

Chip
Houston

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Nate" <vwnate1@...> wrote:
>
>
> They use a very simple yet weird carby , some have dual fuel capacity , others only run CNG once converted .
>
> Do the basic tune up stuff first then look at the electric fuel cut off valve , it's a safety device that clogs up with rust silt and other dry powdery crap that the CNG folks say doesn't exist.....
>
> It sure caused many of the old LAX CNG Fleet to come to a halt .
>
> The carby was super simple yet tricky to adjust so resist touching or cleaning it until it simply refuses to run & you have done _EVERYTHING_ELSE_ .
>
> I remember very little apart from the hours of frustration trying to make vehicles no one else could fix , run , in time I did it but I'd suggest maybe you go to Pick-A-Part and replace the original carby as they ran really well on pump gas once you cleaned and adjusted them , yes , even those danged Carter Thermo-Quad plastic carbys were pretty good once sorted out .
>
> Other Dodge carbys have adjustable metering rods that some damnfool always cranked all the way out to have more power , then they'd smoke black , run too rich , foul spark plugs , load up and clog catalytic exhaust converters and fail SMOG tests so expect some serious fiddling before this old truck runs sweet & strong , well worth the effort IMO .
>
> -Nate
> Chip wrote:
> >
> > So this is off topic, I have been given an RV that runs off of natural gas. Some of you guys know about this conversion. What am I getting into trying to get this RV up and running again? It has not run in 20 years. I think the engine is a Dodge 360 but am not sure. Vogue 30 foot, 1986 vintage.
> >
> > Hey, it was free!
> >
> > Chip
> > Houston
> > Now with a constant storage bill......next best thing to owning a wood boat.
> >
>

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Re : Hijacked E-Mails..where's Trish

 

Careful, I went to law school with Larry H. Parker.
 
brian from laverne, ca
Mary (195K)  Martha (280K)
1983 w123 300d's
From: john public <brad_macaboy1234@yahoo.com>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Re : Hijacked E-Mails..where's Trish

 
trish has colorable title; if the seller wants to know how expensive selling the car can be, she ought to have an attorney send a letter.

--- On Mon, 4/30/12, Chip <czulli@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Chip <czulli@gmail.com>
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Re : Hijacked E-Mails..where's Trish
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, April 30, 2012, 11:22 AM

Well, when you report in, you really report in!

See all of the built up things you have been wanting to tell us about.  It's not good for women to let all of these conversations get backlogged.

Chip
Houston

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Trish Dougherty <purrfectharmonyfarm@...> wrote:
>
> Oh hacking yahoo...I never, ever use my yahoo email.  I was hacked a while
> back.  Just last week I got a hacked message from a friend of ours that
> "just hopped over to Scotland for the weekend"  I knew it was fake and had
> fun calling her about it.  Like Kevin said, people may call us for a LOT of
> things, but borrowing money is NOT one of them!
>
> I'm here...just non-stop busy.  This weekend it was cutting a hole in the
> wall to install a window a/c unit since it's supposed to hit 90 degrees
> this week!
>
> And I FINALLY got the fence up around the garden area, about 40' oblong.
> Has the dogs all worked up!
>
> And while Kevin was cutting holes in the house I walk mowed another
> acre...OK maybe a bit shy of that much, at least it feels like I did that
> much!
>
> I'm also trying to bond with my car.  It no longer leaks like I own a
> freaking oil well!  I hope we can get to a PAP this up coming weekend to
> find the fan for the front so I can hook up the a/c and hopefully it'll
> work and so I can find a washer reservoir...Dirty windshields drive me nuts!
>
> Since my tags expire TODAY I have been struggling with the former owner
> over the title which he signed in the wrong place. I left a message for the
> grandson, of course didn't hear back, thankfully I have all of the
> paperwork so I was able to call Todd (grandpa)...he was peeved!  He had no
> idea GS sold the car!  He was also peeved because he thought the kid had
> gotten it in his name a year ago! (Which is his own dumb fault, he should
> have gotten the registration in the mail recently and should have wondered
> why)  He has to send in a copy of his drivers license to the tax office
> (because he lives too far away to meet me there and doesn't know me, or
> trust me with a copy of his license) along with an affidavit stating he
> signed on the wrong line. He works at a hospital and has odd hours so it's
> hard to get a hold of him and apparently lying runs in the family.  When I
> called at 11:30am on Thurs his wife said he was sleeping and she'd give him
> the message.  I left another at 8pm.  When he called me on Friday at 9:30am
> he told me he just got off of a 36 hour shift...so, was he sleeping less
> than 24 hours earlier or at work????  Hmmmm.
>
> I do have a shudder or thudding (IMO) that I feel around 55+ MPH.  Kevin
> thinks he might have put something to do with the transmission on
> backwards...have no clue what he's talking about, neither does he. :(
>
> Mechanically she's running fine.  Has a rattle in the exhaust, which I'm
> not sure what to do about.  I've already taken it to the guy 2x and I hate
> to go back a third.  I know he had a stroke and wonder if his work is
> lacking in quality due to that.
>
> Happy motoring everyone.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Nate <vwnate1@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> >
> > Chip wrote:
> > >
> > > And where in the world did Trish go?
> > >
> > > Chip
> > > Houston
> > >
> > >
> >
> > 
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Trish Dougherty
> PurrFect Harmony Farm
> Ennis, TX
> http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com
>




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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Minor Miscellaneous Tasks

 

Good to hear from you Tom (I thought you had died). Yes, I may have to pull it out again and reinstall. It was such a bugger last time, I wanted to avoid doing it, but as long as I am going to remove the door panel anyway (for the new map case), and yank the seat out, I might as well pull the door seal while I am at it.
 
brian from laverne, ca
Mary (195K)  Martha (280K)
1983 w123 300d's
From: "audiolaw@aol.com" <audiolaw@aol.com>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Minor Miscellaneous Tasks

 
Brian, 
 
    As to your #9 door issues, I recently changed the door panel on my 126.  It then was hard to close. 
 
    So, I took the panel off again, and was more careful about reseating the new one.  Turns out that just as with the rest of the car, the German perfectionist, fiddly engineers design door panels that will fit perfectly ONE WAY.  Miss a single hook or other alignment bit and the fit is WRONG. 
 
    The new panel I installed is from a more recent 126, one of those with the in-door speakers, at the rear of the map pocket.  They LOOK deeper and threaten to hit the side of the seat.  But in reality, when properly installed, it fit fine. 
 
    The big problem with my first try was with the dampening foam that runs along the top of the door, just under the curved in part of the panel the goes to the window channel.  I used double sided tape to hold the foam strip in place.  But it slipped as I was trying to get all the hooks done on the panel.  Just that little bit of foam out of position messed with the door closing right.  I was able to find good clean foam strips in P-a-P 126s that had not had door work. 
 
(I don't know if the 123 models have that foam strip on their doors.) 
 
Tom 
 
 
In a message dated 4/30/2012 10:48:01 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bstromsoe@yahoo.com writes:
 
1. DONE - 1 hour for both cars. Getting too old to crawl onm a creeper.   Semi annual Oil & Filter
2. DONE - Drained, flushed, and filled (both cars stay on 85C (175F) and make me smile.  Drain the radiator on Mary and put in MB orange juice. 
3. DONE - New primary fuel filters for both cars. Did big filters last year.

#4-#9 are pending. Got to rest first:
4. New glow plugs for Mary, although may wait for reamer to see if carbon build up is shortening life.
5. Change rubber muffler donuts on both cars, and twist one coat hanger loop as insurance on each muffler.
6. See if I can spot where Mary's oil leak comes from (I buy $1 bag of cat litter every 3 months but that is getting old). Ditto for Martha's trannie leak. 
7.  Check and change fuses on both cars.
8. Photo all the accumulated PAP parts in both cars and home so I can remember what I have.
9. Take a look at my wifes seat (Martha) to see why it slips when I sit in it. Also, look at the trannie shifter to see why it is not locking in park. Maybe take the door panel off and replace the map case (repaired with Goop) with a pristine one found at a PAP. See if I can shave a little rubber from the recently replaced door seal which now requires some muscle to close.


brian from laverne
 
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Re: [diesel_mercedes] '86 260E filter source question

 


www.rockauto.com or ebay.com
--- On Mon, 4/30/12, john public <brad_macaboy1234@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: john public <brad_macaboy1234@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] '86 260E filter source question
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, April 30, 2012, 1:23 PM

 
I need to buy some oil filters for my gasser '86 260E; I need the OEM style and would like to buy them online. Any idea of where I can get them? Forgive me for asking a gasser question in the diesel forum but I know some of youse have them. Thanks.

A few diesel links below for your perusal and general entertainment


http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g233/rolfi2/w123/22042011235.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g233/rolfi2/w123/02052011245.jpg
http://www.superturbodiesel.com/std/Thread-Callaway-240d-turbo-article-with-pics
http://www.superturbodiesel.com/std/Thread-1973-w115-240d-back-from-the-dead

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] '86 260E filter source question

 

I need to buy some oil filters for my gasser '86 260E; I need the OEM style and would like to buy them online. Any idea of where I can get them? Forgive me for asking a gasser question in the diesel forum but I know some of youse have them. Thanks.

A few diesel links below for your perusal and general entertainment


http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g233/rolfi2/w123/22042011235.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g233/rolfi2/w123/02052011245.jpg
http://www.superturbodiesel.com/std/Thread-Callaway-240d-turbo-article-with-pics
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Brian, 
 
    As to your #9 door issues, I recently changed the door panel on my 126.  It then was hard to close. 
 
    So, I took the panel off again, and was more careful about reseating the new one.  Turns out that just as with the rest of the car, the German perfectionist, fiddly engineers design door panels that will fit perfectly ONE WAY.  Miss a single hook or other alignment bit and the fit is WRONG. 
 
    The new panel I installed is from a more recent 126, one of those with the in-door speakers, at the rear of the map pocket.  They LOOK deeper and threaten to hit the side of the seat.  But in reality, when properly installed, it fit fine. 
 
    The big problem with my first try was with the dampening foam that runs along the top of the door, just under the curved in part of the panel the goes to the window channel.  I used double sided tape to hold the foam strip in place.  But it slipped as I was trying to get all the hooks done on the panel.  Just that little bit of foam out of position messed with the door closing right.  I was able to find good clean foam strips in P-a-P 126s that had not had door work. 
 
(I don't know if the 123 models have that foam strip on their doors.) 
 
Tom 
 
 
In a message dated 4/30/2012 10:48:01 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bstromsoe@yahoo.com writes:
 

1. DONE - 1 hour for both cars. Getting too old to crawl onm a creeper.   Semi annual Oil & Filter
2. DONE - Drained, flushed, and filled (both cars stay on 85C (175F) and make me smile.  Drain the radiator on Mary and put in MB orange juice. 
3. DONE - New primary fuel filters for both cars. Did big filters last year.

#4-#9 are pending. Got to rest first:
4. New glow plugs for Mary, although may wait for reamer to see if carbon build up is shortening life.
5. Change rubber muffler donuts on both cars, and twist one coat hanger loop as insurance on each muffler.
6. See if I can spot where Mary's oil leak comes from (I buy $1 bag of cat litter every 3 months but that is getting old). Ditto for Martha's trannie leak. 
7.  Check and change fuses on both cars.
8. Photo all the accumulated PAP parts in both cars and home so I can remember what I have.
9. Take a look at my wifes seat (Martha) to see why it slips when I sit in it. Also, look at the trannie shifter to see why it is not locking in park. Maybe take the door panel off and replace the map case (repaired with Goop) with a pristine one found at a PAP. See if I can shave a little rubber from the recently replaced door seal which now requires some muscle to close.


brian from laverne
 
brian from laverne, ca
Mary (195K)  Martha (280K)
1983 w123 300d's




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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Re : Hijacked E-Mails..where's Trish

 

trish has colorable title; if the seller wants to know how expensive selling the car can be, she ought to have an attorney send a letter.

--- On Mon, 4/30/12, Chip <czulli@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Chip <czulli@gmail.com>
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Re : Hijacked E-Mails..where's Trish
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, April 30, 2012, 11:22 AM

Well, when you report in, you really report in!

See all of the built up things you have been wanting to tell us about.  It's not good for women to let all of these conversations get backlogged.

Chip
Houston

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Trish Dougherty <purrfectharmonyfarm@...> wrote:
>
> Oh hacking yahoo...I never, ever use my yahoo email.  I was hacked a while
> back.  Just last week I got a hacked message from a friend of ours that
> "just hopped over to Scotland for the weekend"  I knew it was fake and had
> fun calling her about it.  Like Kevin said, people may call us for a LOT of
> things, but borrowing money is NOT one of them!
>
> I'm here...just non-stop busy.  This weekend it was cutting a hole in the
> wall to install a window a/c unit since it's supposed to hit 90 degrees
> this week!
>
> And I FINALLY got the fence up around the garden area, about 40' oblong.
> Has the dogs all worked up!
>
> And while Kevin was cutting holes in the house I walk mowed another
> acre...OK maybe a bit shy of that much, at least it feels like I did that
> much!
>
> I'm also trying to bond with my car.  It no longer leaks like I own a
> freaking oil well!  I hope we can get to a PAP this up coming weekend to
> find the fan for the front so I can hook up the a/c and hopefully it'll
> work and so I can find a washer reservoir...Dirty windshields drive me nuts!
>
> Since my tags expire TODAY I have been struggling with the former owner
> over the title which he signed in the wrong place. I left a message for the
> grandson, of course didn't hear back, thankfully I have all of the
> paperwork so I was able to call Todd (grandpa)...he was peeved!  He had no
> idea GS sold the car!  He was also peeved because he thought the kid had
> gotten it in his name a year ago! (Which is his own dumb fault, he should
> have gotten the registration in the mail recently and should have wondered
> why)  He has to send in a copy of his drivers license to the tax office
> (because he lives too far away to meet me there and doesn't know me, or
> trust me with a copy of his license) along with an affidavit stating he
> signed on the wrong line. He works at a hospital and has odd hours so it's
> hard to get a hold of him and apparently lying runs in the family.  When I
> called at 11:30am on Thurs his wife said he was sleeping and she'd give him
> the message.  I left another at 8pm.  When he called me on Friday at 9:30am
> he told me he just got off of a 36 hour shift...so, was he sleeping less
> than 24 hours earlier or at work????  Hmmmm.
>
> I do have a shudder or thudding (IMO) that I feel around 55+ MPH.  Kevin
> thinks he might have put something to do with the transmission on
> backwards...have no clue what he's talking about, neither does he. :(
>
> Mechanically she's running fine.  Has a rattle in the exhaust, which I'm
> not sure what to do about.  I've already taken it to the guy 2x and I hate
> to go back a third.  I know he had a stroke and wonder if his work is
> lacking in quality due to that.
>
> Happy motoring everyone.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Nate <vwnate1@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> >
> > Chip wrote:
> > >
> > > And where in the world did Trish go?
> > >
> > > Chip
> > > Houston
> > >
> > >
> >
> > 
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Trish Dougherty
> PurrFect Harmony Farm
> Ennis, TX
> http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com
>




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1. DONE - 1 hour for both cars. Getting too old to crawl onm a creeper.   Semi annual Oil & Filter
2. DONE - Drained, flushed, and filled (both cars stay on 85C (175F) and make me smile.  Drain the radiator on Mary and put in MB orange juice. 
3. DONE - New primary fuel filters for both cars. Did big filters last year.

#4-#9 are pending. Got to rest first:
4. New glow plugs for Mary, although may wait for reamer to see if carbon build up is shortening life.
5. Change rubber muffler donuts on both cars, and twist one coat hanger loop as insurance on each muffler.
6. See if I can spot where Mary's oil leak comes from (I buy $1 bag of cat litter every 3 months but that is getting old). Ditto for Martha's trannie leak. 
7.  Check and change fuses on both cars.
8. Photo all the accumulated PAP parts in both cars and home so I can remember what I have.
9. Take a look at my wifes seat (Martha) to see why it slips when I sit in it. Also, look at the trannie shifter to see why it is not locking in park. Maybe take the door panel off and replace the map case (repaired with Goop) with a pristine one found at a PAP. See if I can shave a little rubber from the recently replaced door seal which now requires some muscle to close.


brian from laverne
 
brian from laverne, ca
Mary (195K)  Martha (280K)
1983 w123 300d's




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[diesel_mercedes] Re: Re : Hijacked E-Mails..where's Trish

 

Well, when you report in, you really report in!

See all of the built up things you have been wanting to tell us about. It's not good for women to let all of these conversations get backlogged.

Chip
Houston

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Trish Dougherty <purrfectharmonyfarm@...> wrote:
>
> Oh hacking yahoo...I never, ever use my yahoo email. I was hacked a while
> back. Just last week I got a hacked message from a friend of ours that
> "just hopped over to Scotland for the weekend" I knew it was fake and had
> fun calling her about it. Like Kevin said, people may call us for a LOT of
> things, but borrowing money is NOT one of them!
>
> I'm here...just non-stop busy. This weekend it was cutting a hole in the
> wall to install a window a/c unit since it's supposed to hit 90 degrees
> this week!
>
> And I FINALLY got the fence up around the garden area, about 40' oblong.
> Has the dogs all worked up!
>
> And while Kevin was cutting holes in the house I walk mowed another
> acre...OK maybe a bit shy of that much, at least it feels like I did that
> much!
>
> I'm also trying to bond with my car. It no longer leaks like I own a
> freaking oil well! I hope we can get to a PAP this up coming weekend to
> find the fan for the front so I can hook up the a/c and hopefully it'll
> work and so I can find a washer reservoir...Dirty windshields drive me nuts!
>
> Since my tags expire TODAY I have been struggling with the former owner
> over the title which he signed in the wrong place. I left a message for the
> grandson, of course didn't hear back, thankfully I have all of the
> paperwork so I was able to call Todd (grandpa)...he was peeved! He had no
> idea GS sold the car! He was also peeved because he thought the kid had
> gotten it in his name a year ago! (Which is his own dumb fault, he should
> have gotten the registration in the mail recently and should have wondered
> why) He has to send in a copy of his drivers license to the tax office
> (because he lives too far away to meet me there and doesn't know me, or
> trust me with a copy of his license) along with an affidavit stating he
> signed on the wrong line. He works at a hospital and has odd hours so it's
> hard to get a hold of him and apparently lying runs in the family. When I
> called at 11:30am on Thurs his wife said he was sleeping and she'd give him
> the message. I left another at 8pm. When he called me on Friday at 9:30am
> he told me he just got off of a 36 hour shift...so, was he sleeping less
> than 24 hours earlier or at work???? Hmmmm.
>
> I do have a shudder or thudding (IMO) that I feel around 55+ MPH. Kevin
> thinks he might have put something to do with the transmission on
> backwards...have no clue what he's talking about, neither does he. :(
>
> Mechanically she's running fine. Has a rattle in the exhaust, which I'm
> not sure what to do about. I've already taken it to the guy 2x and I hate
> to go back a third. I know he had a stroke and wonder if his work is
> lacking in quality due to that.
>
> Happy motoring everyone.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Nate <vwnate1@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> >
> > Chip wrote:
> > >
> > > And where in the world did Trish go?
> > >
> > > Chip
> > > Houston
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Trish Dougherty
> PurrFect Harmony Farm
> Ennis, TX
> http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com
>

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re : Hijacked E-Mails..where's Trish

 

Oh hacking yahoo...I never, ever use my yahoo email.  I was hacked a while back.  Just last week I got a hacked message from a friend of ours that "just hopped over to Scotland for the weekend"  I knew it was fake and had fun calling her about it.  Like Kevin said, people may call us for a LOT of things, but borrowing money is NOT one of them! 

I'm here...just non-stop busy.  This weekend it was cutting a hole in the wall to install a window a/c unit since it's supposed to hit 90 degrees this week! 

And I FINALLY got the fence up around the garden area, about 40' oblong.  Has the dogs all worked up! 

And while Kevin was cutting holes in the house I walk mowed another acre...OK maybe a bit shy of that much, at least it feels like I did that much! 

I'm also trying to bond with my car.  It no longer leaks like I own a freaking oil well!  I hope we can get to a PAP this up coming weekend to find the fan for the front so I can hook up the a/c and hopefully it'll work and so I can find a washer reservoir...Dirty windshields drive me nuts!

Since my tags expire TODAY I have been struggling with the former owner over the title which he signed in the wrong place. I left a message for the grandson, of course didn't hear back, thankfully I have all of the paperwork so I was able to call Todd (grandpa)...he was peeved!  He had no idea GS sold the car!  He was also peeved because he thought the kid had gotten it in his name a year ago! (Which is his own dumb fault, he should have gotten the registration in the mail recently and should have wondered why)  He has to send in a copy of his drivers license to the tax office (because he lives too far away to meet me there and doesn't know me, or trust me with a copy of his license) along with an affidavit stating he signed on the wrong line. He works at a hospital and has odd hours so it's hard to get a hold of him and apparently lying runs in the family.  When I called at 11:30am on Thurs his wife said he was sleeping and she'd give him the message.  I left another at 8pm.  When he called me on Friday at 9:30am he told me he just got off of a 36 hour shift...so, was he sleeping less than 24 hours earlier or at work????  Hmmmm. 

I do have a shudder or thudding (IMO) that I feel around 55+ MPH.  Kevin thinks he might have put something to do with the transmission on backwards...have no clue what he's talking about, neither does he. :(  

Mechanically she's running fine.  Has a rattle in the exhaust, which I'm not sure what to do about.  I've already taken it to the guy 2x and I hate to go back a third.  I know he had a stroke and wonder if his work is lacking in quality due to that.

Happy motoring everyone.






On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com> wrote:
 


Chip wrote:
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> And where in the world did Trish go?
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> Chip
> Houston
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Trish Dougherty
PurrFect Harmony Farm
Ennis, TX
http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com

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[diesel_mercedes] Re: And while we are letting just about anything post to this board....

 

I wouldn't mess with it. Too dangerous IMHO.

Jim

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Chip" <czulli@...> wrote:
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> So this is off topic, I have been given an RV that runs off of natural gas. Some of you guys know about this conversion. What am I getting into trying to get this RV up and running again? It has not run in 20 years. I think the engine is a Dodge 360 but am not sure. Vogue 30 foot, 1986 vintage.
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> Hey, it was free!
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> Chip
> Houston
> Now with a constant storage bill......next best thing to owning a wood boat.
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Re: RE: [diesel_mercedes] Re : CNG Conversions

 

Ben,. (JOKE ON). In your travel trailer, you probably want avoid putting biodiesel in your holding tank.. (JOKE OFF). Bobby
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RE: [diesel_mercedes] Re : CNG Conversions

 

Timely topic.  I just converted my Honda EU2000i generator to run on propane/LP this weekend.  We bought a travel trailer and wanted to not have to deal with carrying gasoline.

 

Now to fit a biodiesel holding tank…

 

Ben near Detroit

 

From: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com [mailto:diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nate
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 10:15 PM
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re : CNG Conversions

 

 


They use a very simple yet weird carby , some have dual fuel capacity , others only run CNG once converted .

Do the basic tune up stuff first then look at the electric fuel cut off valve , it's a safety device that clogs up with rust silt and other dry powdery crap that the CNG folks say doesn't exist.....

It sure caused many of the old LAX CNG Fleet to come to a halt .

The carby was super simple yet tricky to adjust so resist touching or cleaning it until it simply refuses to run & you have done _EVERYTHING_ELSE_ .

I remember very little apart from the hours of frustration trying to make vehicles no one else could fix , run , in time I did it but I'd suggest maybe you go to Pick-A-Part and replace the original carby as they ran really well on pump gas once you cleaned and adjusted them , yes , even those danged Carter Thermo-Quad plastic carbys were pretty good once sorted out .

Other Dodge carbys have adjustable metering rods that some damnfool always cranked all the way out to have more power , then they'd smoke black , run too rich , foul spark plugs , load up and clog catalytic exhaust converters and fail SMOG tests so expect some serious fiddling before this old truck runs sweet & strong , well worth the effort IMO .

-Nate
Chip wrote:
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> So this is off topic, I have been given an RV that runs off of natural gas. Some of you guys know about this conversion. What am I getting into trying to get this RV up and running again? It has not run in 20 years. I think the engine is a Dodge 360 but am not sure. Vogue 30 foot, 1986 vintage.
>
> Hey, it was free!
>
> Chip
> Houston
> Now with a constant storage bill......next best thing to owning a wood boat.
>

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