> Anyone have any suggestions? Can I order a value from somewhere and > replace it myself? Apparently these autofill thigns are no longer made...If I > put on a manual valve, how does a propane filling person avoid overfilling the > tank? The RV place I took it to says mechanically a new valve can be fitted, > but they won't do it for liability reasons.
I replaced the fill valves on both my tanks. There is some tubing from an upper port to the Autostop. The standard replacement is to put a small bleeder valve on that upper port and a standard fill valve where the Autostop is. The tubing goes away. When filling the tank, the bleeder is opened and the tank filled (via the fill valve) until liquid propane starts coming out of the bleeder. That means the tank is at the 80% level. An advantage of this is that propane-guys know how to fill a tank like this. Few know how to fill a tank with the Autostop. That's because with the bleeder, you just open it a little, but with the Autostop, you have to open the thumbscrew valve where the tubing connects all the way for the Autostop to work as it should. I don't remember prices exactly, but the standard fill valve is about $30 and the bleeder valve about $6. Don't buy a new tank. You can buy/replace these yourself or find a RV or propane dealer to do it. Here's stuff on the web: http://www.pplmotorhomes.com/parts/lp-gas/propane-refill-adapter.htm http://www.go-rv.com/coast/do/catalog/page?index=A&pageNext=TRUE&dealerId=270&pageNum=350
Richard A Jones Boulder, Colorado |
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