Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 00:31:52 -0700
Reply-To: Vince S <gipsyflies@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Vince S <gipsyflies@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Westy fridge clinic tomorrow, SoCal
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Malcolm,
Nice work on the Syncro repaint. Very big project I see. What's up with
the Solex. This is the first photo of carburetor I seen in years except
the miniature cab on my 34cc Honda generator. You know people drive fuel
injection cars nowadays? Carburetor vehicle nearly all but extinct.
- Vince
http://gipsyflies.home.comcast.net
1989 Vanagon GL Camper
1993 Mazda Miata
1996 Land Rover Discovery
2005 Mini Cooper S (almost here)
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Malcolm Stebbins
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 7:04 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Westy fridge clinic tomorrow, SoCal
FWIW I have posted several pictures of my fridge & burner R&R at:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/vanagonlist/my_photos
and my post as to what I did to fix my fridge is at:
http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0308D&L=vanagon&P=R16178
my post on Sink, Stove removal is at:
http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind9909A&L=vanagon&P=R12789
Don't know is this helps anyone, but if it does, good. Malcolm
--- Mark Drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote:
> Tomorrow I will be taking out one or more of my Westy fridges for a
> thorough servicing. I invite other Socal Westy owners with fridges
> that work poorly or that may need burner chamber cleaning to come over
> and do theirs too. It is not as hard as people fear and can turn what
> some use as a storage cabinet back into a real fridge.I have done this
> to many Westys with fridges that don't work well. Usually a cleaning
> takes care of the problems or at least greatly improves the propane
> operation. We will also check that the propane pressure regulators are
> set to the proper pressure. This is one cause for Westy fridges that
> won't cool well on propane. We will also test the temp switch that
> runs the fridge fan. The fan must cycle on and off or cooling will be
> meager on warm days.
>
> Anyone interested, we start at 10 am. Let me know by p-mail and I will
> give directions.
>
> Mark
> Oceanside
>
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