Date:         Mon, 29 May 2000 08:40:06 -0400
Reply-To:     Doug Alcock <dgalcock@HEWITT.COM>
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From:         Doug Alcock <dgalcock@HEWITT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Aren't We Cooking Now?
Comments: To: Marc Perdue <marcperdue@ADELPHIA.NET>
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Hey Marc,

Your procedure sounds perfect ---- it would light my stove anyway. You may
indeed be
out of propane. Fill your tank and try again. You might also benefit from
cleaning out the
passages leading to the burner ---- poke something flexible down as far as you
can and
swoosh it around ---- a little compressed air is good too. (I use the canned
stuff available for
computer/electronic cleaning since I don't have compressor). Let me know if you
find out anything
further about the mystery "key".

Good Luck
Doug
'84 Westy
Toronto, Canada

>And now, from the Department of Silly Questions, from someone

>whousually has a keen grasp of the obvious:

>running, right?  I've assumed that the little white dot means off, that
      >you turn the knob counter-clockwise to the first flame (the big one),
      >that you then hold a match to it and it should light.  Is this the
      >correct procedure?  If so, then I may be out of propane.  If not, what
      >is the correct procedure?
      >
>Next, while cleaning the van, I found an odd piece of galvanized metal
>that looks like a key for a wind up toy.  Upon further investigation, I
>found that the two prongs on the end of the "key" fit onto the burners
>of the stove and enable one to turn them.  There are also the letters A
>& B on this turning part of the burner.  What, pray tell, is the purpose
>of this?

>Thanks one and all,
>Marc Perdue