Date:         Mon, 7 Mar 2005 11:58:59 -0800
Reply-To:     gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Propane tank fill valve replacement...
Comments: cc: amalmin@OKB-1.ORG
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Malmin,
      I would take it somewhere else to see if they
can fill it before trying to fix it.   I find that the
uhaul people will work with you a bit.   Give them a
heads up on it and pay them extra if they can fill it.
good luck, gary
Date:    Mon, 7 Mar 2005 09:28:39 -0800
From:    Audin Malmin <amalmin@OKB-1.ORG>
Subject: Propane tank fill valve replacement...

        So I have an 85 westy with a non-fillable
propane tank.
Apparently it
has the aluminum autofill valve, which is not
rebuildable.  The RV
place I
took it to claims the only choice is to replace the
whole tank.  I am
loathe
to do this though, both for money reasons (~$360) and
because I don't
want to
throw away a perfectly good tank just because some
stupid spring has
weakened
(as i assume has happened).  So...

        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.

        So, suggestions?

--
                                            Audin
Malmin -
audin@okb-1.org





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