Our "New to Us" Winnie

[jon_d]

Good news Terry.

No idea where the bloke I bought from came up with the 4km/ltr on LPG .... although he might have driven a bit slower than I do   I got a bit over 2km/ltr, so around 50 cents/km in fuel

The bus gets about 39c per k on diesel.

[T1 Terry]

Good news Terry.

No idea where the bloke I bought from came up with the 4km/ltr on LPG .... although he might have driven a bit slower than I do   I got a bit over 2km/ltr, so around 50 cents/km in fuel

The bus gets about 39c per k on diesel.

You get 5.5ltr/100kms? That is excellent fuel economy .... or is your diesel a lot cheaper? Wish we could buy LPG at Melbourne prices, when I was there about a mth back, LPG was 88c ltr, $1.12 ltr is about the best I've seen around Mannum.

T1 Terry

[jon_d]

Terry,

4.73km per litre. That's the average over 30,000 ks.

At say $1.80 a litre, is 38c per km

And since replacing the front tyres and increasing the air pressure, I've gained about another 0.5kms per litre.

[native pepper]

No idea where the bloke I bought from came up with the 4km/ltr on LPG .... although he might have driven a bit slower than I do I got a bit over 2km/ltr, so around 50 cents/km in fuel

T1 Terry

Wow, you need to own a bank to pay for fuel, my old bedford Isuzu gets 3.2-3.8kpl depending on terrain. But don't have to buy fuel except for the 1lt of dino used to flush the engine at the end of the days driving, running on veggie oil reduces fuel costs by around 99%.

At least you've got it going well and hope it gets through rego without a problem for you. Interesting the difference between rego checks etc between states, down here we can take our vehicle to get repairs and rego checks without a permit, just have to prove that's what we're doing. But need a permit to move an unregistered vehicle between places and they cost less than $50 and we never need to get a yearly rego check or when selling, so you see some pretty crappy looking vehicles driving round.

[supersparky]

We get about 4.3 - 4.8 km/l according to the Fillup app.
It's a great help working out your running costs. Thanks for the tip to that app Jon.

[supersparky]

Terry, how much does your Winny weigh with full everything's?

[jon_d]

Terry, how much does your Winny weigh with full everything's?

You'd think it would be less than ours. Mainly because the tanks are full of gas.

[T1 Terry]

Terry, how much does your Winny weigh with full everything's?

You'd think it would be less than ours. Mainly because the tanks are full of gas.

10.2 to 10.5 tonne. Found out why the kms/ltr wasn't great, massive gas leak at the filter housing on the converter. Couldn't smell it driving and it ran out of gas so switched over to petrol. Put 20 ltrs of LPG in it to take it for the rego check ..... I thought the gas smell was from filling it up .... but it wasn't, the leak was bad enough after the driving that it froze the fitting
Needless to say, it failed the inspection right from the get go. Back to the caravan park, find the leak ... engine cover has to come off, so seats have to come out .... the F word might have escaped a few times, but the fix was easy enough ..... there was a second problem, the LPG 3 way switch is supposed to turn both gas and petrol off in the middle position .... it didn't, middle position and petrol position it runs on petrol.
Pull the 3 way switch out, there is a terminal there for petrol, but nothing wired to it, Google was no help, traced the problem to the design from new. Seems it is designed to start on petrol no matter what, and once the engine revs are high enough, the gas kicks in and it switched the injectors off .....
Trip to see the man, nah, has to have an off position.
The rest of the afternoon has been hanging upside down under the dash to trace the wiring and design a method to turn the injectors off when the ignition is on and the 3 way switch is in any position other than petrol. The basics of the wiring is in, need a switching relay, 87a and 87 terminals, N/0 and N/C. In the closed position, the relay that interrupts the injector signals (2 out of the computer, 2 injector drivers) when powered, cuts the injector signal, no power, injection operates, so terminal 30 powered from the ignition and 87a (N/C) supplies power to the injector cut board and the injectors are off, power from the petrol side of the 3 way switch energises the relay, closing the 87 terminal (N/O) so it now connect to terminal 30 from the ignition and goes ... no where, no power to the injector cut board and the injectors can be driven by the computer ........

What are the chances of finding one of these relays in Balranald ...... took me ages to find anywhere that sold wire and spade terminals

The engine cover is back on, the seats are back in and a few cool beverages have been sampled .... the fight resumes tomorrow .....

T1 Terry

[jon_d]

What are the chances of finding one of these relays in Balranald .

Terry, the change-over relay is quite common.

Try this mob, here. 201 Market Street, Balranald NSW 2715

or the local auto-sparky.'


​Address: 30 Moa Street, Balranald
(Access via lane between 164 & 166 Market Street)

Phone: 03 5020 1228 or 0428500571
Email: balautolec@bigpond.com.au

[BruceS]

How about you borrow the headlight relay out of the Prius? Or one of the many in there?
Any crash repairs or wreckers there?