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    I figured something would give you some trouble, since that's the nature of these things, but WOW you've really landed in it. What is it with LPG installers? Is the industry made up of the people who couldn't figure out how to install garden reticulation??? And as for Land Rover specialists . . .

    So, I take it you're just going to keep plodding along and get it all sorted out? At least you're not working to some strict deadline.
    At any given point in time, somewhere in the world someone is working on a Land-Rover.

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    Feel for you but when you custom build a hybrid I guess you expect issues -but frustrating when outsource to 'professionals' and the work is below the standards you impose on yourself.

    If box out think about any mods or adjustments that should do at same time including seal. It is a big job that u dont want to redo for 200k kms at least!

    Advice based on 2x gearbox changes due to issues.

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    Jesus, I've just read through the entire thread and this has just blown my mind. I'm only new to this whole Land Rover world and this is just giving me so many ideas (that I will never have the patience to fulfil) can't wait to see this thing actually plated and legal.

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    Thanks for the feedback everyone! I find it interesting that the name of the LPG installer I mentioned has been removed, so I can't seem to warn others about the quality of their service?

    It's been a bit of a saga over the last couple of weeks trying to get the right flex plate assembly over in my hands. Not because of anything Triumph Rover Spares did, they actually shipped the part very quickly, the problem came from the fact that they shipped the part to my old workshop address. And then when I tried to re-direct the package with TNT, things went haywire. Anyway, long story short - I finally got the part and handed it over to BTA so they can put the car on a hoist they have and pull the gearbox out. I just hope nothing more goes wrong at this next stage. The work should be finished in this coming week and then it goes back on the Dyno.

    On another front, I have been chipping away at the bonnet scoop, applying liberal amounts of bog and sanding it back. It is actually really hard to get a decent smooth surface over something that is so large and curved!! Anyway, I thought I was close so we moved on and put another layer of glass. Thing is, the next layer of glass was a bit stiff (I think it had a binder that dissolves with polyester and I was using epoxy), so it ended up introducing more deformations to the surface!! So more sanding to do!!



    I'll get there eventually...
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    I wonder if you might tell those people that ask you directly, off the forum?

    Your experience is why someone mentioned using fairing balloons, like in boat building. It is much easier to work with than bog. Pretty annoying about the top surface though. You might like to try using a "sanding longboard". Makes it easier to get curves without ending up with small local depressions through over work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by stirlsilver View Post
    I find it interesting that the name of the LPG installer I mentioned has been removed, so I can't seem to warn others about the quality of their service?
    While I understand your frustration with this, name and shames are strictly forbidden here as per the forum rules - number 4 - please see below link.

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    Quote Originally Posted by disco2hse View Post
    You might like to try using a "sanding longboard". Makes it easier to get curves without ending up with small local depressions through over work.
    Excellent suggestion Alan! I made a sanding board using some ply wood and it definitely produced a much more accurate result. After sanding, I had nearlly sanded of ALL of the fibreglass I had laid... Because of the amount of surface imperfection I had. So after hours of sanding, and some more bogging, I was ready for Take Two. This time I armed myself with a fibreglass roller.







    The surface isn't perfect, but it is much better. I think after some light sanding and one more layer of a fine fibreglass weave, it shoudl be ready for finishing which is pretty exciting!

    On the car front, I was promised by BTA that the gearbox would be pulled out and the flex plate changed, but it hasn't happened yet. So I'll chase them up tomorrow and see how things are going! I told them I wanted to be there when it went back onto the dyno.

    Anyway, stay tuned!
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    Hello everyone,
    A quick update, to share this unbelievable run of bad luck I have been having. After getting the replacement flex plate over to the guys to swap out, I was initially promised the work would happen in 2 days. After 3 weeks of houding, we were finally ready for the car to go on the dyno to finish the tuning. I arrived, and watched the car get loaded on to the bed. I decided to have a look underneath to see how they had gone with pulling the gearbox out before trying to put 400hp through. Everything looked fine until I had a look at the flex plate...

    It was the SAME flex plate!! They had spent 6 hours pulling the gearbox out. Unbolted the old flex plate, sat the old flex plate next to the new one, and then picked up the old one and bolted it back on!!! Unbelievable. So now I need to wait... Again... For them to do the work again... Absolutely unbelievable. Fingers crossed we can be over this saga by the end of this week...

    In other, less interesting news, my relationship with Sand paper and Epoxy continues, more layers of fibreglass and sanding have happened and I've now got the surface pretty close. I think I now need to knuckle down and do the final sanding and then primer paint the bonnet!!





    It doesn't look all that different in the photos, but it is a smoother finish now than before!
    Stirling

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    Not good new`s on the flex plate
    Hope they don`t slug you extra on the over all job to make up for their stuff up

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    Did you happen to notice any greasy knuckle drag marks across the workshop floor at this place? Are the workers dressed in animal skins and spend their spare time painting with their fingers on the walls? Do they get their dinner by hoisting a club over their shoulders and looking for a mammoth?

    Bloody hell, I hate dealing with "professionals" because of things like this. I get nervous just buying new tyres - and even then I bring in the wheels on a trailer so I don't have to leave my car with them!

    The scoop looks marvellous, though.
    At any given point in time, somewhere in the world someone is working on a Land-Rover.

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