Date:         Wed, 14 Aug 2002 21:42:39 -0400
Reply-To:     Hans Brouwer <h.brouwer@SYMPATICO.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Hans Brouwer <h.brouwer@SYMPATICO.CA>
Subject:      Re: As non-mechanic, am I crazy to pull my own Fridge?
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Check the following site for information.

http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/fridge.htm

Hans Brouwer
Cumberland, Ont.

86 Westfalia (SlowPoke)
92 Cabriolet

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nolan Hester" <waywest@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 9:15 PM
Subject: As non-mechanic, am I crazy to pull my own Fridge?


> Need a reality check here. My 87 Westy's Dometic has stopped
> lighting--despite repeated use of the many tricks contained in the
> archives. It does fine on AC & battery, just won't light. Every time
> in the past eight years, I've been able to get it lit eventually but
> no go this time despite plugging it in, etc. I suspect the jet's
> clogged or the Piezo lighter's dead.
>
> My wonderful regular van mechanic--Bela's Foreign Car Repair in
> Burbank, CA--doesn't work on the camper components. So using the
> dometic.com site, I took it to an RV place that advertised that they
> work on Dometics but they were exceptionally clueless about the VW
> ("Is this some kind of European import?"). Fortunately was able to
> get the keys back and leave with my baby intact.
>
> Thanks to the list I downloaded the Dometic manual and am just
> wondering if I'd be crazy to pull the fridge out myself to
> check\replace parts?
>
> I'm NOT an electrical\grease monkey kind of guy but at first reading
> seem to understand the manual's instructions. So tell me--is this
> doable or would I be better off resuming my RV mechanic search?
>
> thanks,
> Nolan
> 87 Westy "Hanz"