My 1981 Westy was US 3/8 inch copper with US fittings. Sean Garrett 81 Westy (his) 95 EVC (hers) 87 Syncro (Subie project) 82 Parts Vanagon (need a part ?) Central Arizona
> -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf > Of Tim Demarest > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 2:15 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Un-Sealing propane tank fittings... > > > ummm... that would be insulting my lack of knowledge, not my > intelligence... and you don't seem awfully sure yourself. ;-) > > Anyone with direct experience who can tell me if these are > left-hand thread? these are the copper-line fittings right at > the propane > tank, on an '85 Westy. > > If it does turn out that I can't get this off > without copper-line > butchery, can anyone tell me if I can replace these with > good-old US spec > copper, or do I need to get some $pecial euro-$pecific copper line and > fittings? > > > At 03:58 PM 11/19/2003 -0500, David Brodbeck wrote: > >On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Tim Demarest wrote: > > > > > Has anyone got suggestions for getting stuck propane > fitting loose? > > > >Not to insult your intelligence, but you *do* know propane > fittings are > >left-hand thread, right? I know some people who have gotten > screwed up by > >this. :) (At least, the ones on the old-style pre-OPD > bottles are. I'm > >not totally sure about fittings in permanent installations.) > > > > > >David Brodbeck, N8SRE > >'82 Diesel Westfalia > >'94 Honda Civic Si -- For Sale > >'86 Volvo 240DL wagon > |
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