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Re: Home fill unit alternative to FuelMaker by d_link
Aug 22, 2007 (7:45 pm)
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Replying to: kaseyjones1 (Aug 19, 2007 5:53 am)

There is another company which has been planning to enter the US market, though they have run into problems locating a US partner. You may check their website for current information:
 
http://www.pressurecontrols.com/00000098290825904/000000997e0f95a0d/index.html
 
This company states that their CNG at Home unit will retail for approximately $1,800 US, though FuelMaker told us many years ago, when we were supposed to be part of their pre-production program, that Phill would sell initially for $1,900 and drop to $1,000 within one year. We all know now that they were off by $2,500, only part of that increase due to the increasingly stronger Canadian dollar. We are very interested, but are still awaiting positive news.
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Re: 3000 to 3600psi conversion [patcng] by az5
Aug 23, 2007 (8:40 am)
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Replying to: patcng (Aug 22, 2007 3:05 pm)

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Re: Home fill unit alternative to FuelMaker [d_link] by cnguser
Aug 23, 2007 (9:59 pm)
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Replying to: d_link (Aug 22, 2007 7:45 pm)

This is most interesting - a potential competitor for FuelMaker, and better yet some $avings for us home fuelers. Just hope Homeland Secruity doesn't stop them at the border!
Keep on it and post updates for us all here.
It will be interesting to follow as I believe Honda owns roughly 20% of FuelMaker, so there will either be some FuelMaker price concessions and better availability or strong resistance keeping the competition off shore and far away.
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Re: Home fill unit alternative to FuelMaker [cnguser] by tstik
Sep 20, 2007 (5:36 pm)
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Replying to: cnguser (Aug 23, 2007 9:59 pm)

Did anybody ever get any info from patcng (user from a few post up) about the fm competitor or the fm mods?
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Re: Where to get CNG fueled vehicle labels? [cnguser] by ngvdrivers
Sep 20, 2007 (9:53 pm)
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Replying to: cnguser (Jun 08, 2007 8:40 pm)

I just bought my '07 Civic GX last month and had trouble finding NGV/CNG decals too. So I designed some of my own and put them on a cafepress.com shop (ngvdrivers.com). There are some "cleanest on earth" decals as well as some custom decals that look similar to the blue diamond CNG decal. They look cool placed near the blue CNG decal that's already on the car. I put the one with 4 small diamonds in it above and to the left of the CNG diamond and I get questions about it about every other day. I put the "cleanest on earth - natural gas vehicle" decal just above the chrome CIVIC emblem on the trunk and I've received several compliments on that.
 
Has anyone else noticed that the Civic GX's no longer have a "GX" emblem on the car anywhere? At least there wasn't one on mine. So, I bought a "G" and an "X" from chromeemblems.com for pretty cheap (free shipping) and put it below the CIVIC emblem right aligned. The emblems from chromemblems.com are really nice. In fact, I think they provide custom emblems for some car manufacturers.
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Re: Where to get CNG fueled vehicle labels? [ngvdrivers] by cnguser
Sep 21, 2007 (9:29 pm)
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Replying to: ngvdrivers (Sep 20, 2007 9:53 pm)

You could likely order the real "GX" from the parts department at a Honda dealer for any 2005 or older model, as they no longer are branding the various new Civic models for some reason....makes them all appear the same so you can't tell the spendy ones from the others I guess.
 
Thanks for the links on the decals.
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Ford Contour Natural Gas Transmission Problems by marty2611
Sep 23, 2007 (6:05 am)
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All, I have a 2000 Ford Contour with 48000 miles. The transmission has gone out and they want $3,000 to fix it. Has anyone tried to remove the Natural Gas system and put on another car such as a Ford Focus? Or should I just part it out? It has the new module that Ford replaced under warranty and I just hate to junk it out. Thanks
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Re: Ford Contour Natural Gas Transmission Problems [marty2611] by kaseyjones1
Sep 23, 2007 (6:13 am)
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Replying to: marty2611 (Sep 23, 2007 6:05 am)

Where are you located? How much do you want for the car?
 
Thank you,
Jim Kuhlman
York, PA
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Re: Ford Contour Natural Gas Transmission Problems [marty2611] by adea
Sep 23, 2007 (11:26 am)
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Replying to: marty2611 (Sep 23, 2007 6:05 am)

Marty...the cng kits are only for certain cars...I doubt that there is one for the Focus, so you won't be able to transfer your system to another. But, you may be able to get another transmission cheaper than 3K, depending on where you are. We have a Geo Prizm here in AZ, and all the transmission places wanted 3K also for a new/rebuilt one, but we found a mechanic that had someone rebuild one for $750 and then our mechanic installed it for $100 for a total of $850 and it works great!
Garry
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Re: Ford Contour Natural Gas Transmission Problems [marty2611] by cnguser
Sep 23, 2007 (4:11 pm)
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Replying to: marty2611 (Sep 23, 2007 6:05 am)

1. You might consider donating it to a local community college automotive program. The CNG aspect might be of special interest there. You can get a tax credit.
2. Check out more places to quote the transmission fix. That $3K seems rather off the scale... With a warranty replaced compuvalve, that car should run a LONG time. Just remember imported oil is not getting cheaper.
 
I own 2 of the same model with replaced compuvalves - everything is running quite OK. One will be for sale shortly, to be replaced with a Civic GX.

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